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Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
OverheadABOVE5Across1 Its box is of boneBRAIN5Across1 ShunAVOID5Across2 Made a start, for instance, in hairdressingBEGUN5Across6 RoomSPACE5Across6 EleganceGRACE5Across7 HarmoniumORGAN5Across8 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across9 Dispose of what may be stored at the eye centreDESTROY7Across9 SingerTENOR5Across10 AptitudeKNACK5Across10 What's more, dad's upset the boy!ADDED5Across10 A boastVAUNT5Across11 Pleasant country areas for drivingWOODS5Across11 Wading birdHERON5Across12 Assembled, but out around half a mile!BUILT5Across12 FishEEL3Across12 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Across13 Quarrel over some nuclear issueFALLOUT7Across13 ViperADDER5Across13 World wide, maybe, but it's a trapWEB3Across15 RegionallyLOCALLY7Across15 Small pieceTAD3Across15 The music of love to a Manx cat?OPUS4Across17 ChargedLOADED6Across17 Boy's nameADAM4Across17 Cook the wrong way in Serbia!BRAISE6Across18 White furERMINE6Across18 ChildTOT3Across19 They're before your very eyes!CLUES5Across19 SmilesBEAMS5Across19 Animals straying in a small wayLLAMAS6Across20 American stateOREGON6Across20 PostponedDELAYED7Across20 It's a little hollowDELL4Across22 SatisfySATE4Across22 FinishedOVER4Across23 At school, the kids wouldn't miss himSIR3Across24 And notNOR3Across24 CupolaDOME4Across25 Wine merchantVINTNER7Across25 Land I regain somehowNIGERIA7Across25 The house vendor's figureSEVEN5Across26 DiscussedDEBATED7Across26 EscargotSNAIL5Across26 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Across27 It's polite not to use Arabic numeralsCIVIL5Across27 Just the hospital for partial treatment of strabismus?BARTS5Across28 VulgarCRUDE5Across28 It's a term of greeting, sunshine!GOODDAY7Across29 StateDECLARE7Across29 One representing, for a long time, the National Theatre?AGENT5Across30 AnaestheticETHER5Across30 PlaythingTOY3Across30 Not oldYOUNG5Across31 DallyDAWDLE6Across31 One aspect that's shelvedASIDE5Across31 War-horseCHARGER7Across34 KinglyROYAL5Across37 EpochERA3Across38 MaterialDENIM5Across39 TallyMATCH5Across40 WhinnyNEIGH5Across41 Line upALIGN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BeliefCREDO5Down1 ForbiddenBANNED6Down2 PerformedACTED5Down2 Soldier's colourful headgearREDCAP6Down2 Lofty notions of exceptional ladiesIDEALS6Down3 SwervedVEERED6Down3 CasualtyVICTIM6Down3 HeroIDOL4Down4 One of the Kennedy boysNED3Down4 MooseELK3Down4 MadeCREATED7Down5 You could drink to such friendsSTOUT5Down5 AgueFEVER5Down5 GreetingHALLO5Down6 If of the swinging type, they're not slowBOWLERS7Down6 RelishesSAVOURS7Down6 Island noted for toy-making?EYOT4Down7 SchemePLAN4Down7 Garments that fade in the terrible sunUNDIES6Down8 SwindlerCONMAN6Down8 SolidifyGEL3Down9 TurnedROTATED7Down11 Targeted animals?BULLS5Down12 Place of safetyHAVEN5Down12 PermitALLOW5Down13 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Down13 Noisy birds?FOWLS5Down13 StupefiedDAZED5Down14 In different ways, a girl is moonyLUNAR5Down14 ManufacturerMAKER5Down14 We, sir, may be better informedWISER5Down15 GiantTITAN5Down15 ShyCOY3Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 She tore the labelBELLA5Down16 RottedDECAYED7Down18 Electronic messageEMAIL5Down18 Country whence one formerly got home in a dayBENIN5Down18 Where Arthur turned up a good dealCAMELOT7Down19 Pub doormanBOUNCER7Down19 Being just what a clergyman needs?LIVING6Down21 SturdyROBUST6Down21 ShabbyDOWDY5Down21 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down22 Sadly upset about an early start, shows no hasteDELAYS6Down22 SpreeREVEL5Down22 SinewTENDON6Down23 Inclined to be included in cataloguesLISTED6Down23 WithdrawRETRACT7Down24 Holiday homeVILLA5Down25 Familiar name for a northern currentNEDDY5Down25 Put your name downSIGN4Down26 FlankSIDE4Down26 SwampBOG3Down27 Cry of 'Bravo' followed by a repeatBAA3Down28 WeepCRY3Down28 AudaciousDARING6Down28 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down29 FemalesWOMEN5Down32 HugeLARGE5Down33 SkillART3Down35 GenuineREAL4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. 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.