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Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2018 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Steering deviceWHEEL5Across3 Time will certainly not stand still!MARCH5Across3 HankerCRAVE5Across4 FlinchedWINCED6Across7 Apply for the job of president?PUTIN5Across8 Place of safetyHAVEN5Across8 SorrowWOE3Across9 WhelpPUP3Across10 SalineSALTY5Across10 To rob thus shows no humanity!ROBOT5Across10 The 'beat' of a giant heart!TAN3Across11 LevyTAX3Across11 Bad ignitionARSON5Across12 WedMARRY5Across12 Rugby forwardsPROPS5Across12 ImageIDOL4Across13 Familiar form of grub chewed by diners without much noiseBURGERS7Across13 Hand overDELIVER7Across13 In Germany we get faultless serviceWESER5Across15 Happen againRECUR5Across15 EthicMORAL5Across15 StrollRAMBLE6Across17 Wherein the chemists could have a little partyLAB3Across18 Male swanCOB3Across18 Possibly sent half a mile to rest in comfortNESTLE6Across19 SavageMAUL4Across19 CorsairPIRATE6Across19 SpiritGENIE5Across20 TugTOWBOAT7Across21 Went back to bedRETIRED7Across21 On top ofUPON4Across22 Honest people?ONES4Across22 CircuitLAP3Across22 Small quantity of margarine returnedGRAM4Across23 Raven, sayBIRD4Across23 PaganHEATHEN7Across24 UniformREGULAR7Across24 Cabin with space for nautical manoeuvres?SEAROOM7Across24 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across26 Macbeth's fancied weaponDAGGER6Across26 GearKIT3Across27 StopCEASE5Across28 Belonging to himHIS3Across29 Time to finish supper with heavy heartERA3Across29 Means of locating '12'?SONAR5Across31 Of the sunSOLAR5Across31 KeyCLEF4Across31 Vain advice not to consume so muchUSELESS7Across32 Gives up workRETIRES7Across32 AilSICKEN6Across33 Bread makerBAKER5Across34 Joe, a six-footer, is very bigGIANT5Across34 Air composed by George Gershwin's brotherIRA3Across35 Give a title toDUB3Across35 PlayerACTOR5Across35 In a state of confusion on the oceanATSEA5Across36 In motionASTIR5Across36 The stuff comes in a bowser, generallySERGE5Across37 Picture puzzleREBUS5Across37 AffectionateFOND4Across37 OarSCULL5Across38 End of lifeDEATH5Across38 Criticise the possibility of a debt on it?SLATE5Across38 SleepNAP3Across39 WeakenSAP3Across41 BearingMANNER6Across42 SoakSTEEP5Across43

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Use a knife on some stuff in a cupCUTUP5Down1 AfterwardsLATER5Down1 CopingAWNING6Down1 Felt things tailored to make a singlet!TINGLES7Down2 Book of wordsLEXICON7Down2 InnateINBORN6Down2 VigourPEP3Down3 German manHERR4Down4 StuporCOMA4Down4 They can be put on in the manner of a sariAIRS4Down4 KingdomREALM5Down5 Spirit, livelinessESPRIT6Down5 Exulted when, given credit, one was in debtCROWED6Down5 ChasteVIRTUOUS8Down6 The flat stones shone weirdly!HONES5Down6 Intense beam of lightLASER5Down6 Way to make love by the bookNOVEL5Down7 PortlySTOUT5Down7 MuteDUMB4Down8 Boy or girl's nameVAL3Down9 Bit of a stare from JackTAR3Down9 DefilementPOLLUTION9Down11 Rarebit cooked up for the refereeARBITER7Down12 Small stonesPEBBLES7Down12 Solemn pledgeVOW3Down14 DenLAIR4Down14 One must do so or die in the attempt!EAT3Down14 GenuineREAL4Down16 Rant or rave about the weatherSTORM5Down16 HutCABIN5Down16 Once more, a manuscript takes plenty of paperREAMS5Down17 RipsRENDS5Down17 MildMEEK4Down18 Closest to seeming unusually earnestNEAREST7Down19 LeopardPANTHER7Down19 Tiger's golf clubs?WOODS5Down20 Honour and gloryKUDOS5Down20 The rule for keeping a guerrilla leader in checkREIGN5Down21 DefiniteEXPLICIT8Down21 Drying clothTOWEL5Down21 WrapPACK4Down23 Apart fromBESIDES7Down23 The keepers can tell you where the land liesGOALIES7Down23 A broken romanceSERIAL6Down24 Capital of ZimbabweHARARE6Down24 EssenceGIST4Down25 Alternatively, sweetheart, it's a mineralORE3Down25 StrikeHIT3Down25 ShoalREEF4Down26 A rota arranged to play a vital part in circulationAORTA5Down27 Sheriff's menPOSSE5Down27 Pledges made when short of fruit?GAGES5Down28 Of rabiesRABID5Down28 AnealeANOINT6Down29 LastENDURE6Down30 RefuteREBUT5Down30 Custom socially acceptable to a wise manUSAGE5Down30 IncorrectFALSE5Down32 One you knit soundly?UNIT4Down32 Tenant's paymentRENT4Down32 Stray from the proper routeERR3Down33 ChafeRUB3Down33 StuffCRAM4Down34 ApplaudCLAP4Down36 SpendPAY3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 9, 2018. 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.