Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for July 31 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Box41 AcrossReveal answer → Enquire34 AcrossReveal answer → Talk46 AcrossReveal answer → Burning torch89 AcrossReveal answer → Concealed39 AcrossReveal answer → Be fond of sage, too89 AcrossReveal answer → In the cold and rain, a vehicle appears310 AcrossReveal answer → Killer810 AcrossReveal answer → Zodiac sign310 AcrossReveal answer → The fur goes at the top, dear611 AcrossReveal answer → Particle411 AcrossReveal answer → Song of devotion611 AcrossReveal answer → Tear in to put back and stumble612 AcrossReveal answer → Small hound612 AcrossReveal answer → Closed and opened eyes713 AcrossReveal answer → Urge to get out of bed and exercise713 AcrossReveal answer → Come back to settle in, but not for good414 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain314 AcrossReveal answer → Boor414 AcrossReveal answer → A rotten crew and they're most impolite1015 AcrossReveal answer → Type of football shot1015 AcrossReveal answer → Anger516 AcrossReveal answer → Given a demotion, resign817 AcrossReveal answer → Magical stone817 AcrossReveal answer → Superficial718 AcrossReveal answer → Young for the team718 AcrossReveal answer → Countertenor419 AcrossReveal answer → Send from the office419 AcrossReveal answer → Earned819 AcrossReveal answer → Singer521 AcrossReveal answer → Very cheerful621 AcrossReveal answer → Tells one the way to train the rose round it621 AcrossReveal answer → Harmful823 AcrossReveal answer → Waving a fan and behaving very self-importantly1724 AcrossReveal answer → Frederick Forsyth novel1724 AcrossReveal answer → Sum524 AcrossReveal answer → Edge327 AcrossReveal answer → A b.... good thing you have a dog!627 AcrossReveal answer → Small restaurant627 AcrossReveal answer → Care for429 AcrossReveal answer → Unsheathe and turn to parry with429 AcrossReveal answer → Why a name is, perhaps, forgotten730 AcrossReveal answer → Is very sparing730 AcrossReveal answer → Saucy431 AcrossReveal answer → Start833 AcrossReveal answer → Criticise harshly833 AcrossReveal answer → Asleep in one's basket chair?833 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecute334 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet435 AcrossReveal answer → Your informant at the zoo?1035 AcrossReveal answer → Out of date1035 AcrossReveal answer → Don't go on to the snow cap436 AcrossReveal answer → Colour336 AcrossReveal answer → Highly curious436 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone437 AcrossReveal answer → Notes showers are on the way737 AcrossReveal answer → Evoking strong feeling737 AcrossReveal answer → Irregular in quality638 AcrossReveal answer → Take it you are willing to believe638 AcrossReveal answer → Highly seasoned sausage640 AcrossReveal answer → The new men do barge right in640 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name341 AcrossReveal answer → Understand you must quote the letter341 AcrossReveal answer → Showing contempt842 AcrossReveal answer → Visited and made an appeal to842 AcrossReveal answer →

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Regarding what you say, is not one of the listeners101 DownReveal answer → Sailor101 DownReveal answer → Mixture of fog and fumes42 DownReveal answer → Look up "subsistence"42 DownReveal answer → Go by42 DownReveal answer → Gigantic biblical beast83 DownReveal answer → How much money the VIP has?83 DownReveal answer → Peruse43 DownReveal answer → Prevaricate74 DownReveal answer → Lets me wander quietly through the buildings74 DownReveal answer → Pardoned84 DownReveal answer → Sort45 DownReveal answer → Child's allowance115 DownReveal answer → Employee of "The Shamrock Hair Salon" who's a pet?115 DownReveal answer → Seat56 DownReveal answer → Large holder for lights106 DownReveal answer → Broke the journey and didn't go on again106 DownReveal answer → Strike37 DownReveal answer → Needle67 DownReveal answer → Feast that gets two pages in the food magazine?67 DownReveal answer → Assume58 DownReveal answer → Hand down88 DownReveal answer → There's someone looking on again and he's critical88 DownReveal answer → In which the men try to prevent the mate coming on board510 DownReveal answer → Laymen510 DownReveal answer → Fool512 DownReveal answer → Advantage513 DownReveal answer → Skill314 DownReveal answer → Punitive515 DownReveal answer → Healthiest716 DownReveal answer → Reasons why it waggles and shifts about716 DownReveal answer → Pungent517 DownReveal answer → Barrier518 DownReveal answer → Roman language520 DownReveal answer → Ball game played to the letter520 DownReveal answer → Home820 DownReveal answer → Knock322 DownReveal answer → Don't stop. There's a campaign in progress722 DownReveal answer → Slight intimation722 DownReveal answer → A sermon delivered at Mount St., Mayfair?1123 DownReveal answer → Thick choice steak1123 DownReveal answer → Something one's been billed for that's missing1025 DownReveal answer → Fat525 DownReveal answer → Contrite1025 DownReveal answer → Will post on behalf of? That's champion!1026 DownReveal answer → Change526 DownReveal answer → Mischievous Irish elf1026 DownReveal answer → Desire428 DownReveal answer → The assumption is that now the potion's been mixed828 DownReveal answer → Graphic symbol828 DownReveal answer → Jetty429 DownReveal answer → Knife430 DownReveal answer → Not a sitter to win the title of "Efficiency Queen"?831 DownReveal answer → Victor over all others831 DownReveal answer → Regret332 DownReveal answer → Hostile732 DownReveal answer → Rushed to the boot to search it732 DownReveal answer → Knitted shawl634 DownReveal answer → Either eavesdropped on the conversation or knocked634 DownReveal answer → A mere semblance, as the chaps said535 DownReveal answer → Mediterranean evergreen tree535 DownReveal answer → Slender prong439 DownReveal answer → Munch on a cold chop439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 31, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.