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Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PainACHE4Across1 FrustrateTHWART6Across4 MinePIT3Across4 It's nice and warm, for a change, in EalingGENIAL6Across4 TalonCLAW4Across6 Such work may seem too much for a whileOVERTIME8Across7 Coffee typeESPRESSO8Across7 ServantMENIAL6Across8 Keep in orderPOLICE6Across8 Join to get the club promotedTEAMUP6Across8 MeansAGENCY6Across9 Injures with a knifeSTABS5Across10 DragTOW3Across10 He's funny, as many will admitCLOWN5Across10 ConfessADMIT5Across12 Dash off to fix thingsBOLT4Across13 Thick paperCARD4Across13 To me, a little houseHOME4Across14 Hawaiian danceHULA4Across14 VainPROUD5Across14 We're out to get in for a drinkWINE4Across15 Flow out slowlyOOZE4Across15 ClassCASTE5Across15 Favourite part of PeterboroughPET3Across16 Fizzy drinkPOP3Across16 Find faultCARP4Across17 The opposite of hen, in a senseSTAG4Across17 PlacidSERENE6Across18 Broad smileGRIN4Across19 It's useless putting one in a truck iVAIN4Across19 SmoothlyLEGATO6Across20 The chap to flatter, perhaps, but it must be sincereHEARTFELT9Across21 Newlyweds' tripHONEYMOON9Across21 It's of growing potentialCORM4Across23 Search for preyHUNT4Across23 BiscuitWAFER5Across24 BevelCANT4Across24 Current charge?RENT4Across24 DefectFAULT5Across26 LimbLEG3Across26 Female of the cassowarySOW3Across26 HotnessHEAT4Across27 Regarded as a bit of a key manEYED4Across27 StratumLAYER5Across28 Leave outOMIT4Across29 State definitely it's the little turning on the rightAVER4Across29 Animal's noseNEB3Across30 Fossil fuelPEAT4Across32 Run away and shelter at the welfare centreFLEE4Across32 VehementPIERCE6Across32 Spring gave heart to the PhariseesARISE5Across33 RevisedEDITED6Across33 BeastBRUTE5Across33 Where, abroad, Alma got mixed up with some YanksMALAYA6Across34 TransmitSEND4Across34 TempestsSTORMS6Across34 Where the wealthy go on most MondaysRICHMOND8Across35 FreeRID3Across35 PachydermELEPHANT8Across35 Be a close thing!ADJOIN6Across36 EntranceGATE4Across36 First, originalPRIMAL6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dog leadLEASH5Down1 Affect just a littleTOUCH5Down1 Dismay, terrifyAPPAL5Down2 An oven faulty at the bottom end will do you no good!VENOM5Down2 BeliefCREED5Down2 Untidy stateMESS4Down3 Knock out with a snooker cue?STUN4Down3 BuildingEDIFICE7Down3 GemstoneTOPAZ5Down4 HidePELT4Down4 Be progressively friendlyGETON5Down4 MeltTHAW4Down5 Not tameWILD4Down5 Practised without weakeningNEAT4Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down6 CalculateRECKON6Down6 Some faculty men have; call it insightACUMEN6Down6 BillACCOUNT7Down7 American stateOREGON6Down9 A team of two, as the Romans would have figured?ELEVEN6Down9 ContainerTUB3Down11 Like the setting sun, if you look westLOW3Down11 ChooseOPT3Down11 River flowing into a sewer?WESER5Down12 DonkeyASS3Down12 Meat in rashersBACON5Down12 BrownTAN3Down13 It's largely known as WellingtoniaBIGTREE7Down13 One imitating anotherCOPYCAT7Down13 MineralORE3Down15 In attrition, perhaps, endlessly waryWAR3Down15 Narrow broochPIN3Down16 StitchSEW3Down16 After a poor start, it may yield coalPIT3Down16 SpriteELF3Down17 Wildly contradictedTAMELY6Down18 National songANTHEM6Down18 ElusiveEVASIVE7Down19 The Gibraltarian's tableALTAR5Down20 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down20 The way shown between two pointsHOW3Down21 EmbraceHUG3Down21 FishEEL3Down21 Prevented a G-man from starvingFED3Down22 GrilleGRATING7Down22 Floor coveringMAT3Down22 Blustering bullyHECTOR6Down23 ScullOAR3Down23 No hero in the cod warCOWARD6Down23 BeerALE3Down25 SeizureFIT3Down25 Like the French, he's free from deceitLES3Down25 SensationalLURID5Down27 Desire strongly - yes, to join the Navy!YEARN5Down28 Artist's standEASEL5Down28 ExpelEJECT5Down29 Wall paintingMURAL5Down30 Through which to see a girl's love for RomeoVISOR5Down30 CloseNEAR4Down30 CurveBEND4Down31 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down31 Prepared, once more, for the new dayREADY5Down31 It's played a great deal for nothingFARO4Down32 Baby carriagePRAM4Down32 Each can bring a yearningACHE4Down33 Strikes, informallyBOPS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.