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Evening Standard Crossword July 6 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 6 2021 answers. The Tuesday 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#
CustomaryUSUAL5Across1 Fliers or fatheaded convicts!FLAGS5Across1 DeleteERASE5Across4 Spell "shape" differentlyPHASE5Across6 Hot molten rockMAGMA5Across6 TormentorABUSER6Across7 Word for wordLITERAL7Across9 Toss an essayist a flowerLOBELIA7Across9 MineralORE3Across9 PlaitBRAID5Across10 He's very efficient, if maybe flashyROBOT5Across10 WeightTON3Across10 Fry quicklySAUTE5Across11 Quoted as seen?CITED5Across11 BidOFFER5Across12 For punishment, ring around mid-morningPENAL5Across12 Twelve dozenGROSS5Across12 HashSTEW4Across13 One who resists changeDIEHARD7Across13 Accommodated by a deceiver?TAKENIN7Across13 Aeroplane on the way to Gateshead?MIG3Across15 JewelGEM3Across15 AbruptTERSE5Across15 Saintly, warm-hearted celebrity?STAR4Across17 HarmDAMAGE6Across17 HireRENT4Across17 ExaggerateOVERDO6Across18 Be generous when cheated out of a fast finishDONATE6Across18 He'll sing a number as an alternativeTENOR5Across19 StaggerREEL4Across19 GazeSTARE5Across19 Engineer free to move in jacketREEFER6Across20 LizardIGUANA6Across20 UnaccompaniedALONE5Across20 GuidedLED3Across22 In entering the Foreign Office, one gets a sherryFINO4Across22 Untidy stateMESS4Across22 Yes, a Pole has a commissionSIN3Across24 ScornedDERIDED7Across24 Born asNEE3Across24 It eats fish (possibly plaice, by the way)PELICAN7Across25 Afternoon showMATINEE7Across25 Of a townURBAN5Across26 Wherein to see the art of hairdressing?SALON5Across26 Smug smileSMIRK5Across27 PullTUG3Across27 Hitch a ride with TomTHUMB5Across27 It means less in mathsMINUS5Across28 Pulped foodPUREE5Across28 StadiumARENA5Across28 Liquid lossesULLAGES7Across29 RodentsGERBILS7Across29 Put down what sounds rightWRITE5Across30 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across30 LeavenYEAST5Across31 A pair royal (of kings?)THREE5Across31 FeverAGUE4Across31 ScorchedSEARED6Across33 PassedSPENT5Across35 DroopWILT4Across37 LariatLASSO5Across38 SummitTOP3Across39 BeerALE3Across41 DemureMODEST6Across42 GemstoneBERYL5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SicknessNAUSEA6Down1 A sallySORTIE6Down2 Inspect for what may seem a short timeLOOKAT6Down2 Dinner jacketTUXEDO6Down2 A shiner, it seems, will make you scowlGLOWER6Down3 BurningALIGHT6Down3 ObtainGET3Down3 A regular elbow benderSOT3Down4 CupidEROS4Down4 CoverLID3Down4 AlludeREFER5Down5 EerieWEIRD5Down5 Lake still in Scotland!LEVEN5Down5 HugeMASSIVE7Down6 FrameworkSKELETON8Down6 Foreign sportsman or cad, drunk on half a pint!PICADOR7Down6 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down7 Greeting from heaven?HAIL4Down7 RosterROTA4Down8 TangledMATTED6Down8 Think right, and you can raise fees for itSEEFIT6Down8 CarelessNEGLIGENT9Down11 Player with puffy cheeksPIPER5Down12 Woman's nameGRETA5Down12 Romanov stars, possibly?TSARS5Down13 SewerDRAIN5Down13 FollowENSUE5Down14 RodWAND4Down14 Carpenter, femaleKAREN5Down14 ColourGREEN5Down15 Wonderful bit of reading, I seeMAGIC5Down15 RushREED4Down16 Become head girl at school?GETON5Down16 ElkMOOSE5Down16 Denis touring Australia with a groupDOZEN5Down18 EncounterMEET4Down18 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Down18 Swimmer's deviceSNORKEL7Down19 Plausible woman in a twisted beltTENABLE7Down19 European languageGERMAN6Down21 Note their confusion, both one and the otherEITHER6Down21 TongueLANGUAGE8Down21 The finale sounds like Sibelius, sayFINISH6Down22 Improper treatmentMISUSE6Down22 ExpensiveDEAR4Down23 Cuts offSEVERS6Down23 Mother's kindNATURE6Down23 TrickRUSE4Down25 Where it's cold, the police get rid of ice (having a right)POLAR5Down25 SnakeMAMBA5Down25 Black spotSMUT4Down26 ImpulseURGE4Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 The force sometimes reducedMET3Down28 LayerPLY3Down28 RevisedEDITED6Down29 ShrewdASTUTE6Down30 CompositionESSAY5Down32 ParticleATOM4Down34 ElectionPOLL4Down36 TankardPOT3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. 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.