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Evening Standard Crossword July 7 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 7 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
HymnANTHEM6Across1 SincereHONEST6Across5 DecreedORDAINED8Across8 Bad breathHALITOSIS9Across9 RepastMEAL4Across9 Begin to talk about one taking to drinkORIGINATE9Across9 ObtainGET3Across10 Not knowing the thread had fallen into the inkINTHEDARK9Across10 CrashCOLLISION9Across10 Unit of lengthINCH4Across12 A soft light, pleasePRAY4Across12 CoarseCRASS5Across12 Shooting starMETEOR6Across13 The room needs a dust badly. I will get round to itSTUDIO6Across13 Man's nameMALCOLM7Across14 Attacks the insects surrounding the animalBERATES7Across14 StitchSEW3Across15 Appalled at having broken?SHATTERED9Across15 DeviceMECHANISM9Across15 Girl'sHER3Across17 SackingDISMISSAL9Across17 The one making the speech is the bowlerDELIVERER9Across17 VaseURN3Across18 English countyNORFOLK7Across18 They make for the woodsDRIVERS7Across18 Underline “anxiety”STRESS6Across19 ParentFATHER6Across19 ScullOAR3Across19 Catch sight ofESPY4Across20 Sea-duckEIDER5Across20 Shut up after a firm “Get work”COOP4Across20 AbroadOUT3Across21 IndividualONE3Across22 AntelopeGNU3Across23 WarrantyGUARANTEE9Across23 Was fast and furious: the sea being roughMADEHASTE9Across23 NovelNEW3Across24 Save money by getting a local jobBARTENDER9Across25 SlaughteredMASSACRED9Across25 “Squandered” has a sad sound to itBLEW4Across26 Flying insectMOTH4Across26 CleansePURGE5Across26 Is depressed about, when you repudiateDISOWN6Across27 SeemAPPEAR6Across27 SailorTAR3Across29 Very happy, now the train is moving outRADIANT7Across29 EmbodimentEPITOME7Across29 Original modelARCHETYPE9Across32 Help the ladies carry out and put awayLAIDASIDE9Across32 EmployerUSER4Across33 Stuff the man’s with meatPETERSHAM9Across34 RebateDISCOUNT8Across34 BirdCHAFFINCH9Across34 Bag and keep everybody in detentionHOLDALL7Across35 MythLEGEND6Across35 Dramatic sceneTABLEAU7Across35 Cut back to the relations as they put the children to bedTUCKIN6Across36 FranklyOPENLY6Across36 PassionARDOUR6Across36 It’s rotten being short of moneyPOOR4Across37 Famous schoolETON4Across37 A Mrs Green ordering a duckMERGANSER9Across38 UnnaturalCONTRIVED9Across38 One’s utmost to get even?LEVELBEST9Across39 ComplexINTRICATE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Senior board memberCHAIRMAN8Down1 Either created or was cool and calmCOMPOSED8Down1 TendNURSE5Down2 FruitBLACKCURRANT12Down2 Hale and hearty though bowed?FITASAFIDDLE12Down2 WarmthHEAT4Down3 Star-shaped symbolASTERISK8Down3 In the past, impressionistic bird designsPATTERNS8Down3 RespectESTEEM6Down4 Was inclined to, if one cared forTENDED6Down4 CollierMINER5Down4 AuthoriseACCREDIT8Down5 HellHADES5Down5 Complaint from the messDISORDER8Down5 Great paintersOLDMASTERS10Down6 In the main, it’s a great levellerSTABILISER10Down6 TitleNAME4Down6 RoomSPACE5Down7 RogueVILLAIN7Down7 Scold for getting the material overprocessedREPROVE7Down7 When it comes to tall stories, this beats all!SKYSCRAPER10Down8 Out of workUNEMPLOYED10Down8 LamentGROAN5Down10 HurlTHROW5Down11 A fellow having a half of bitter as a chaserAFTER5Down11 FettersIRONS5Down11 CrawlCREEP5Down12 TreeALDER5Down13 SwellSURGE5Down14 MuzzleSNOUT5Down15 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Down16 IrrigateWATER5Down16 Allow the nippers to put in an appearanceTEETHE6Down16 EnemyFOE3Down19 Understand, when the note is soundedSEE3Down19 An outdated drink?OLDFASHIONED12Down21 Cut of beefSIRLOINSTEAK12Down21 List of chargesTARIFF6Down22 As chief, he doesn’t succeedLEADER6Down22 Is it not still providing you with accommodation?MOBILEHOME10Down23 SportGYMNASTICS10Down23 Not having a ghost of eagerness and energy?SPIRITLESS10Down24 Upside downTOPSYTURVY10Down24 SpoilMAR3Down25 FollowENSUE5Down25 Don’t allow to catch upBAN3Down25 UnfastenedUNDID5Down27 ZestGUSTO5Down28 GemsEMERALDS8Down28 It’s clear anger does exhaust oneOVERTIRE8Down28 Get back again at three, with a girlRETRIEVE8Down29 AssessEVALUATE8Down29 Yet, perhaps, deserve to be admitted, having boldnessTEMERITY8Down30 CancelANNUL5Down30 Improved by additionENHANCED8Down30 On the surface, would appear to be the first Scotsman everMACADAM7Down31 LiberateFREE4Down31 MerrymakingREVELRY7Down31 RippedTORE4Down32 Angry, I left in “backward and a shirker”IDLER5Down33 Room on a shipCABIN5Down33 Preserve from troublePICKLE6Down34 Golfer's attendantCADDIE6Down34

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