Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 5 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 130 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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YelpSQUEAL6Across1 ValueASSESS6Across1 Looking sickly with a broken leg is just a trick!WANGLE6Across1 StickADHERE6Across5 AircraftAIRLINER8Across7 An expert fiddler?VIRTUOSO8Across7 Foreigner on top of the world?POLE4Across8 Beach materialSAND4Across8 PresentTHERE5Across9 Shown to wander within prison boundariesPROVEN6Across10 TopicsTHEMES6Across10 AttackerRAIDER6Across10 Stop being a policeman?ARREST6Across11 Hair colourAUBURN6Across11 HydrophobiaRABIES6Across11 AlloyMETAL5Across12 Ready to go after allSET3Across14 ParchedARID4Across14 Sheltered sideLEE3Across14 Art formMUSIC5Across16 Agree the totalTALLY5Across16 CrookedWRY3Across17 Somewhat unstable, possibly?NUTS4Across17 SummonCALL4Across17 YieldCEDE4Across18 Is he short of a goat?BILLY5Across19 Loses colourFADES5Across19 DissuadeDETER5Across20 Don't agree with what's less than believableBELIE5Across21 Boy's nameKEVIN5Across21 CommandORDER5Across22 Clean feathersPREEN5Across22 Musical test for a visitant alienMOTET5Across22 Seems tired of scraps of sausagesSAGS4Across23 TheftLARCENY7Across23 AbruptCURT4Across23 HickoryPECAN5Across24 Where the head of state has a bit of a moan?SAMOA5Across26 EraEPOCH5Across26 RegretfulSORRY5Across26 This thing isn't worth much (though it means a lot)FAR3Across28 Make a mistakeERR3Across28 Their fruits can be eaten, with egg on!PLANTS6Across29 AbsentAWAY4Across29 SoldiersTROOPS6Across29 Primary sourceORIGIN6Across30 If upset, in dire need, make it clear!DEFINE6Across30 CatTOM3Across30 UrnVASE4Across31 Much impressed by an article on 'United'AWED4Across31 ConversationDIALOGUE8Across32 Feeling better when taken off dutyRELIEVED8Across32 PlantTREE4Across32 MistakeERROR5Across33 Cilla, we're told, is dangerous to sailorsSCYLLA6Across33 SnuggleNESTLE6Across33 ProgrammeAGENDA6Across35 TriedTASTED6Across36 PerformerACTOR5Across37 SupposeASSUME6Across38 BredREARED6Across39

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OverseasABROAD6Down1 StationarySTATIC6Down1 From an arm, we get a bit of a pongWEAPON6Down1 Grand amours, right and leftGLOVES6Down2 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down2 GhostSPIRIT6Down2 Still going north with the first mateEVEN4Down3 StriplingsLADS4Down3 StaunchSTEM4Down3 Alarm by shaking rattlesSTARTLE7Down4 Egg-whiteALBUMEN7Down4 Small mammalSHREW5Down4 Asian riverINDUS5Down5 DressARRAY5Down5 Original storyNOVEL5Down5 TradeDEAL4Down6 So a new toy is a puppetSOOTY5Down6 Former French currencyFRANC5Down6 RevisedEDITED6Down7 SimplerEASIER6Down8 VendSELL4Down8 It stands upright in pots, possiblyPOST4Down8 Born asNEE3Down9 Allow the French a little timeLET3Down9 Shiny exterior of a raspberryRAY3Down12 Public vehicleBUS3Down12 You and me for tea?SLANG5Down13 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Down13 Stair partRISER5Down13 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down15 Joe and Leslie, nominallyGILES5Down15 RenovateRENEW5Down15 PostponeDELAY5Down16 VaultCRYPT5Down18 DetestABHOR5Down18 The common upstart upset Saul!USUAL5Down18 To gamble is to be thick-headedBET3Down19 TwoDEUCE5Down19 ChargeFEE3Down19 Put a match to and left itLIT3Down20 RacketDIN3Down20 Those Volga fellows in song?BOATMEN7Down21 Gaseous elementKRYPTON7Down21 ManagedRAN3Down21 IndividualONE3Down22 One short day is less than a monthMON3Down22 In favour ofPRO3Down22 EmergencyCRISIS6Down23 How a dodgy false pony-tail should be securedSAFELY6Down23 ImpulseURGE4Down24 HatPANAMA6Down24 In popular idiom, uninterestingARID4Down24 FondleCARESS6Down25 Mountaineer's turn of phraseSHERPA6Down25 JumbleTANGLE6Down25 It's fun, cobber!SPORT5Down26 ExamineSTUDY5Down26 SpeakerORATOR6Down27 Sort of syrup for a soft-hearted manMAPLE5Down27 RegalROYAL5Down27 EpochERA3Down28 RespectedHEEDED6Down28 Noisy when we turn up? Not a lot!FEW3Down28 In many adverts, they're paternalDADS4Down30 CookerOVEN4Down30 ElementTRACE5Down30 EngineMOTOR5Down31 CheeseEDAM4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, July 5, 2026. 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.