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Evening Standard Crossword July 7 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 7 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
RotDECAY5Across1 PhysicianDOCTOR6Across1 Like the numerals used in necromancyROMAN5Across1 AbradeSCRAPE6Across5 Keep it closed in order to humMOUTH5Across6 A set-toFIGHT5Across6 NipPINCH5Across9 Care in taking shifty action out of turnCAUTION7Across9 ArdourFERVOUR7Across9 CorrodedRUSTED6Across10 Close to legless?TIGHT5Across10 DerisionSCORN5Across10 ClankRATTLE6Across11 Quick, informallyNIFTY5Across11 A measure you can get by the kiloMETRE5Across11 Cuts into cubesDICES5Across12 Not everNEVER5Across12 What follows here is futuristicAFTER5Across12 Treated to a parting observationSEENOFF7Across13 VisualOPTICAL7Across13 RushedSPED4Across14 Such a failure could take Tom abackMOT3Across15 FatherDAD3Across15 Peruse writingREAD4Across17 Puritan with a shaky gripPRIG4Across17 DinROW3Across17 Rocky bedsSTRATA6Across18 SaltySALINE6Across18 Not anyNONE4Across18 Sullen or angry frownSCOWL5Across19 Parts of Poplar East?AREAS5Across19 CongenitalINNATE6Across20 Photographer’s fancied favourite food?CHEESE6Across20 DrainSEWER5Across20 Superlative of goodBEST4Across22 Can he dispense the wisdom of the ages?SAGE4Across22 ChallengedDARED5Across22 LockjawTETANUS7Across23 Heart to heart organEAR3Across24 PerformedACTED5Across24 ToddlerTOT3Across24 Greek restaurantTAVERNA7Across25 Upright fellows, our deliverersPOSTMEN7Across25 He helped rename modern St. PetersburgLENIN5Across26 FoundedBASED5Across26 SwaggerSTRUT5Across26 Flying toysKITES5Across27 Officer in chiefMAJOR5Across27 Cilla bursts into flowerLILAC5Across28 Remembrance flowerPOPPY5Across28 Person not in good odourSTINKER7Across29 Small amount or portionMODICUM7Across29 ProphetSEER4Across29 New fronts for cafesFACES5Across30 StartBEGIN5Across30 GuidedLED3Across30 NervyTENSE5Across31 Not a whisper to the audience!ASIDE5Across31 LearningLORE4Across32 Market placeFORUM5Across33 CountlessUNTOLD6Across35 LikingPALATE6Across36 LeeredOGLED5Across37 InfuriateENRAGE6Across38 RelyDEPEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RestraintDURESS6Down1 Get awayESCAPE6Down2 NutCASHEW6Down2 Nominally, he may take a bathOLIVER6Down2 Suffering, wrap one’s jaw in pieces of ragACHING6Down3 FrankOPEN4Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 JockeyRIDER5Down4 The little chap may bite, we hearNAT3Down4 Monetary unitYEN3Down4 TwistSCREW5Down5 Those engaged in supporting the flag?STAFF5Down5 Be of useAVAIL5Down5 ScorchCHAR4Down6 Most men can have theirsMOMENTS7Down6 Burial or cremationFUNERAL7Down6 PlantIRIS4Down7 WriterAUTHOR6Down7 Uniquely striking exampleONER4Down7 Swimming tutor upset about a bigheadTURBOT6Down8 Hired assassinHITMAN6Down8 LevelledEVENED6Down8 Move to musicDANCE5Down12 Burning fear, perhaps, all around IndiaAFIRE5Down12 TravellerVOYAGER7Down13 Room to spread capesSPACE5Down13 Planet’s pathORBIT5Down13 A bird called IdaEIDER5Down14 TeaseTAUNT5Down14 CalmPEACE5Down15 Sometimes heartless form of addressMADAM5Down15 FrogmanDIVER5Down15 DissuadeDETER5Down16 Greek letterDELTA5Down16 Accepted as worth snapping?TAKEN5Down16 Of nosesNASAL5Down18 PerspireSWEAT5Down18 Where exhibitionists go for hairdressing?SALON5Down18 Declares the donkey needs to rest anewASSERTS7Down19 FresherNEWER5Down19 Cowboy hatSTETSON7Down19 Smoky cityHAVANA6Down21 ColourRED3Down21 Act of perceivingNOTICE6Down21 Develop intoBECOME6Down22 NameDUB3Down22 Agitates about a flight!STAIRS6Down22 Wading birdsSNIPES6Down23 Brigadier’s wild rage on the roadGERARD6Down23 ShrewdASTUTE6Down24 Spring bulbTULIP5Down25 Should such a stool be soft?PIANO5Down25 ExaminerTESTER6Down25 Go down and look over the southeastLOSE4Down26 House typeSEMI4Down26 ComfortSOLACE6Down27 Not all leaves are greenLEA3Down28 GuardDEFEND6Down28 To placePUT3Down28 DepositLODGE5Down30 CheatedDUPED5Down31 WhipFLOG4Down33 ManufacturedMADE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. 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.