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Evening Standard Crossword July 8 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 8 2020 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Yearly recordsANNALS6Across1 Of such music, a piece is of questionable lengthSTRING6Across1 ThrowPITCH5Across3 Can one order such a bed?APPLEPIE8Across7 AlwaysEVERMORE8Across7 Pack up for post, possiblySTOP4Across8 ChallengeDARE4Across8 AviatorsAIRMEN6Across9 Go back and make another concession?RECEDE6Across10 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across10 SturdyROBUST6Across10 A spectator’s view?ASPECT6Across11 Jungle expeditionSAFARI6Across11 AdvantageASSET5Across11 Sea eagleERNE4Across12 AcquireGET3Across14 Not to mention the outlandish bitAND3Across14 ShortageLACK4Across15 Italian cityTURIN5Across16 Had ways of going to hell!HADES5Across16 It’s tough, being caught outright!HARD4Across17 Fish typeBASS4Across17 DiminishDETRACT7Across17 Intertwined with material benefitWOVEN5Across19 Meat in rashersBACON5Across19 Attendants possibly back to backPAGES5Across21 SucroseSUGAR5Across21 SumTOTAL5Across21 Inert gasRADON5Across22 To run away is quite legal, in shortLEGIT5Across22 CalmCOOL4Across23 PaceSTEP4Across23 Hardly a finishing school!PREP4Across23 BalladSONG4Across25 SwiftRAPID5Across26 To cut or reduce severelySEVER5Across26 Illegal burningARSON5Across26 A lowMOO3Across28 The master has sweetheart – name her!MAE3Across28 FinishEND3Across28 CureREMEDY6Across29 That horsy man leaping about on board!KNIGHT6Across29 In the middleCENTRAL7Across30 Sausages for the girlfriendSALAMI6Across30 Restaurant workerWAITER6Across30 This placeHERE4Across31 A stone to duck, chumOPAL4Across31 It won’t hold much soap, note, if shakenTEASPOON8Across32 Jewellery itemNECKLACE8Across32 ParadiseEDEN4Across33 Slippery, perhaps, and grey as can beGREASY6Across33 Deep ditchTRENCH6Across33 ApertureHOLE4Across35 ChangeALTER5Across36 IntroduceINSERT6Across38 FightTUSSLE6Across39 SymbolTOKEN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shaken by a crash outside the Turk’s Head, you need a stiffenerSTARCH6Down1 Part of speechADVERB6Down1 ConfrontedFACED5Down1 Mean to indent anewINTEND6Down2 SubsidesABATES6Down2 AllowGRANT5Down2 ProphetSEER4Down3 Give the dentist an astonished look?GAPE4Down3 VegetablePEA3Down3 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 Looks embarrassed when left in the shrubberyBLUSHES7Down4 BugINSECT6Down4 Of the SunSOLAR5Down5 GangCREW4Down5 Spotted one being rushed outsideSPIED5Down5 HeatedHOT3Down6 Tree sapRESIN5Down6 Are they best sorted out with Danish capital?DEBTS5Down6 SweetenerSUGAR5Down7 LodgingsDIGS4Down8 WagerSTAKE5Down8 A blemish to the borough, up North?SCAR4Down8 DecomposeROT3Down9 To do wrong to a good end, seems strangeODD3Down9 All for a mythical godPAN3Down12 MerrimentFUN3Down12 Wash outRINSE5Down13 RevokeRESCIND7Down13 Stop having a bearing in the caseCEASE5Down13 MistakeERROR5Down14 TruckWAGON5Down15 Reason to keep a record, I seeLOGIC5Down15 CurdleCONGEAL7Down16 SubjectTOPIC5Down18 CognizantAWARE5Down18 Foreign film?ALIEN5Down18 Is he movingly funny?WAG3Down19 OwnsHAS3Down19 Unopened flowerBUD3Down19 His patients don’t talkVET3Down20 ContainerCAN3Down20 Possibly getting a fashion-centre into the papers?PERHAPS7Down21 Light shoesSANDALS7Down21 Fish eggsROE3Down22 UnwillingLOATH5Down22 The French, at long last, have a cricket side!LEG3Down22 Private evening partySOIREE6Down23 A better team than Villa?PALACE6Down23 CircuitLAP3Down24 No phony earl, it’s trueREAL4Down24 CarryTOTE4Down24 DiePERISH6Down25 Not quite prim, and a bit fussy?PRISSY6Down25 Fish on board?SKATE5Down26 StadiumARENA5Down26 EraseDELETE6Down27 SlapSMACK5Down27 Between a couple, the tango is very importantVITAL5Down27 Girl’s nameMAE3Down28 WeirdEERIE5Down28 Chart useful in semaphoreMAP3Down28 ThickDENSE5Down29 SharpenWHET4Down30 Musical number with very little going for itSONG4Down30 WakenROUSE5Down31 FlatLEVEL5Down32 SingerALTO4Down34 SkillART3Down36 ManageRUN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 8, 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.