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Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
BlemishSCAR4Across1 CushionPAD3Across4 BulkMASS4Across6 VaseURN3Across9 Still applies if the grip's OKHOLDSGOOD9Across9 CanteenCAFETERIA9Across9 SplendidGORGEOUS8Across10 Worried, agrees to put in an addendum, as one forecastsPRESAGES8Across10 SiblingsBROTHERS8Across10 RemainSTAY4Across11 The gentleman and I brought her backIRIS4Across12 Long journeyTREK4Across12 See turning in the gun that was misappropriatedSTOLEN6Across13 BoxCARTON6Across13 The small, older one on the inside is in the armySOLDIER7Across14 Ridiculous pretenceCHARADE7Across14 ResinGUM3Across14 EvidenceTESTIMONY9Across15 Noticing the traffic has been stopped, crossSEEINGRED9Across15 ClimbSCALE5Across16 Shouted to the daughter held captive belowTHUNDERED9Across17 RelateAPPERTAIN9Across17 What is forcing the rain through the shades?WRAITHS7Across18 Live togetherCOHABIT7Across18 HuggedEMBRACED8Across19 Lash out when you get luck as a prospectorSTRIKE6Across20 SpinROTATE6Across20 FruitPLUM4Across21 DangerPERIL5Across21 Bearing with the people I admittedMIEN4Across21 DifferDISAGREE8Across23 Compensating for, by toadying toMAKINGUP8Across24 ObstinateSTUBBORN8Across24 ChooseELECT5Across24 The guard has been posted: Neil TurnerSENTINEL8Across26 ImpassionedVEHEMENT8Across26 KnockTAP3Across27 Was less low, due to the wineROSE4Across28 Betting chancesODDS4Across28 ScatteredSTREWN6Across29 Stopped its use in the homePAUSED6Across29 Hearing rangeEARSHOT7Across31 UnfastenUNDO4Across31 Shouts and stormsSQUALLS7Across31 AdornedENRICHED8Across33 Unhappy, urge into actionDEPRESSED9Across34 RemissNEGLIGENT9Across34 FirearmGUN3Across34 YieldCEDE4Across35 PlaythingTOY3Across36 EffusiveEXUBERANT9Across36 Kept guard at the window while one searched forLOOKEDOUT9Across36 UnspeakingMUTE4Across37 Cut shortCURTAIL7Across38 Heading is: "Top player gets into Trouble"CAPTION7Across38 GloomyMOROSE6Across39 Deny once having carried a gunNEGATE6Across39 Excessively sentimentalTWEE4Across40 Are reps and a disappointmentSELL4Across40 Inaccuracies, I bet, in the writingMISTAKES8Across41 FasteningREEFKNOT8Across41 Moderates but doesn't, perhaps, admit toTONESDOWN9Across42 Original modelPROTOTYPE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
OverjoyedECSTATIC8Down1 Do you sever all links with it?CHAINSAW8Down1 Dessert, informallyAFTERS6Down2 A spot, you say, of foodPLAICE6Down2 ChefCOOK4Down2 Prison escapeBREAKOUT8Down3 Twists and the cotton's snarled: caught right insideCONTORTS8Down3 RantRAGE4Down3 ManufacturedPRODUCED8Down4 LarderPANTRY6Down4 Confused, put another pound inADDLED6Down4 RunDASH4Down5 AmpleABUNDANT8Down5 Miss the ride the rest went off onSPINSTER8Down5 MelodyMUSIC5Down6 JumbleHOTCHPOTCH10Down6 Start eagerly but find you can go no furtherGETSTUCKIN10Down6 SkillART3Down7 PlayhouseTHEATRE7Down7 There are songs, now, and dances aboutBALLADS7Down7 GrowlSNARL5Down8 FleetARMADA6Down8 With weight, he disputes itDENIER6Down8 Standing about and outdoing when it comes to eatingERODING7Down11 Nom de plumePENNAME7Down11 BarrierFENCE5Down12 OverheadABOVE5Down13 BreachGAP3Down14 DeserveMERIT5Down15 DrinkIMBIBE6Down16 The twin went off with it, the dope!NITWIT6Down16 GrantAWARD5Down17 EjectEXPEL5Down18 Gather it's an admission that one is a foolAMASS5Down19 DespisedHATED5Down19 ManageRUN3Down20 DisorderDISARRAY8Down20 It doesn't weaken the treeSAP3Down20 MealLUNCH5Down22 CircuitLAP3Down22 Just what I need! Lunchtime trafficIDEAL5Down22 A small tickMINUTE6Down23 Come outEMERGE6Down23 Why the charmer's secrets were secrets no more?GRASSSNAKE10Down25 Not working properly, informallyONTHEBLINK10Down25 ThrustLUNGE5Down25 HagCRONE5Down26 VehicleVAN3Down26 Reported I had got in, in need of a liftSAD3Down26 LinkCONNECT7Down27 Make for the gun in the coloured holsterPRODUCE7Down27 WarmthHEAT4Down28 DrossSCUM4Down29 ExploitFEAT4Down30 GuessESTIMATE8Down30 The Africans sue the interned ScandinaviansSUDANESE8Down30 Type of paintEMULSION8Down31 Photographing the executionSHOOTING8Down31 Determining, on meetingSETTLING8Down32 CounterfeitDUD3Down32 RaggedTATTERED8Down32 Fights to get the breaks one's put in forRESISTS7Down33 Long-necked animalGIRAFFE7Down33 AtticGARRET6Down35 Nip back, love, to get the materialPOPLIN6Down35 Comes upon unexpectedly when one landsLIGHTS6Down36 ContinentEUROPE6Down36 Without the other, has gone off to somewhere in the USOREGON6Down37 ForeverALWAYS6Down37

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