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Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
HalveBISECT6Across1 ResoundECHO4Across5 SeatBENCH5Across8 PredaciousPREDATORY9Across9 ConflictWAR3Across9 He's fiendishly hard up and has my sympathyPOORDEVIL9Across9 HumbleHUMILIATE9Across10 A tense "No improvement is possible for me"IMPERFECT9Across10 IntellectNOUS4Across10 GreasyOILY4Across11 Lose your temper at the right timeRAGE4Across12 PrecipitationRAIN4Across12 FragranceSCENT5Across12 Continue boringly to tell you what prompted the child's nightmare?DRAGON6Across13 ContusionBRUISE6Across13 SeemAPPEAR6Across13 Not very good, having mostly little-known actors in itONESTAR7Across14 LetterEPISTLE7Across14 As the prisoner does when there's a rash of escapesBREAKSOUT9Across15 DisadvantagesDRAWBACKS9Across15 StitchedSEWN4Across16 Unsafe vehicleDEATHTRAP9Across17 Brown is fatteningCHOCOLATE9Across17 Furniture itemDRESSER7Across18 MuddleMESS4Across18 Confer, unusually, with the East to put it into effectENFORCE7Across18 Golfer's assistantCADDIE6Across19 From Rome, getting right back in a shakeTREMOR6Across19 She got caught by the lionCLEO4Across20 VegetablePEA3Across20 ResonationECHO4Across20 DeityGOD3Across22 Forced outDISLODGED9Across23 YelpYAP3Across23 Wearing it, does one look like nothing on earthSPACESUIT9Across23 TeamSIDE4Across24 AfreshANEW4Across25 SoonPRESENTLY9Across25 This bird, among others, gets breadcrumbsREDBREAST9Across25 If it's broken, that's understandableCODE4Across26 OutletVENT4Across26 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Across27 At sea, it's badADDLED6Across27 TraderDEALER6Across28 BloomBLOSSOM7Across29 Returns because the wrens inside must be freedANSWERS7Across29 CheeseGOUDA5Across30 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across32 Sheltered in a bower he had outsideHARBOURED9Across32 ToadySYCOPHANT9Across32 HeroIDOL4Across33 ContrivedUNNATURAL9Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 Sick and dirtyOFFCOLOUR9Across34 HillockMOUND5Across35 FruitAPRICOT7Across35 A sailor giving an officer a parcelMATELOT7Across35 FightDUEL4Across36 Carry the fellow in drunkLIFTUP6Across36 Involving wordsVERBAL6Across36 TalkativeCHATTY6Across37 PrimatesAPES4Across37 Drink, which is sadDOWN4Across37 Joyously unrestrainedEXUBERANT9Across38 Escorted to some low venue, as promisedUNDERTOOK9Across38 Cheat the firm and he'll arrest youCONSTABLE9Across39 Type of paintingSTILLLIFE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
If it can be worked, be getting parole, somehowOPERABLE8Down1 ImprovedUPGRADED8Down1 ArcherBOWMAN6Down1 A promontory in the mouth of the river?TONGUEOFLAND12Down2 Food shopDELICATESSEN12Down2 PeeledSTRIPPED8Down2 Making clear to one, with a hintOVERTONE8Down3 Reckless young driverBOYRACER8Down3 TentsCANVAS6Down3 A little sun: fairSLIGHT6Down4 Song wordsLYRICS6Down4 FellDESCENDED9Down4 Top up the drink the freelance hasPINNACLE8Down5 ProtectedSHIELDED8Down5 FrugalityECONOMY7Down5 VoucherCHIT4Down6 As far as "useless and making mischief"UPTONOGOOD10Down6 EssentialIMPERATIVE10Down6 GemONYX4Down7 Assumed, for the moment, that I do rent outTRIEDON7Down7 Deceitful craftinessSLEIGHT7Down7 CoachBUS3Down8 Began with the fat boys (two of them) on the insideSTARTEDOUT10Down8 CommandingPEREMPTORY10Down8 Run furtherEXTRA5Down11 Communion tableALTAR5Down11 ConcerningREGARDING9Down14 SerpentASP3Down15 Chess pieceBISHOP6Down16 A nut cracker Nellie is holdingKERNEL6Down16 GainedWON3Down17 Nip the nipperTOT3Down19 SoonestEARLIEST8Down19 Food fishCOD3Down19 SeedPIP3Down20 DisastrousCATASTROPHIC12Down21 Air-sprayAEROSOL7Down21 Convince that you'll give noticeLEAVENODOUBT12Down21 PiousDEVOUT6Down22 Quickly set off for the outskirtsPRESTO6Down22 What made you laugh in the doctor's waiting room?SICKHUMOUR10Down23 Laid wasteDEVASTATED10Down23 GiganticGARGANTUAN10Down24 Had too little endurance, one graspedUNDERSTOOD10Down24 The gun that beats the others?ROD3Down25 StandardPAR3Down25 RichesWEALTH6Down26 WindyBREEZY6Down27 Spur onMOTIVATE8Down28 Refined woman you are fond ofLADYLIKE8Down28 DifficultHARD4Down29 Boy's nameBENJAMIN8Down29 A fellow with the gift of the gab and richAFFLUENT8Down29 SportGAME4Down30 Thick syrupMOLASSES8Down30 That he's new to here is more surprisingSTRANGER8Down30 Catches in the river and the locals are put out about itCOLLARS7Down31 Group of organismsSPECIES7Down31 AppendADD3Down31 Greek islandCORFU5Down33 Embarrassed at having to go in to be scoldedRATED5Down33 Starting to warm to the job?OFFICE6Down34 AgitationUNREST6Down34

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