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Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 9 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 134 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#
DeceptionDECEIT6Across1 Death-dealingFATAL5Across3 Where, formerly, putting the finish before the start led to anger!ZAIRE5Across3 OrbSPHERE6Across5 Something to do with interestREPAY5Across8 BeliefTENET5Across8 The sameDITTO5Across9 FundamentalBASIC5Across10 She's of some help to a space visitantETHEL5Across10 HaphazardRANDOM6Across10 TupRAM3Across11 PassELAPSE6Across11 Started the fire and left itLIT3Across11 SlanderLIBEL5Across12 Show how everyone gets a letterTEACH5Across12 DeserveMERIT5Across12 Favoured or admiredPOPULAR7Across13 When it's cool out, run!CONTROL7Across13 SleighSLED4Across14 ExcludeDEBAR5Across15 Tries to take a girl around central TootingTESTS5Across15 ImmerseDIP3Across17 SnareTRAP4Across18 Male offspringSON3Across18 Have polo ponies such ears?LOP3Across18 TranquilSERENE6Across19 Because established at Epping?FOREST6Across19 DenseSOLID5Across20 Gives delight toREGALES7Across21 Half the side cried wildly for a golden goal!DECIDER7Across21 Those broken up mostly for scrap?CARS4Across22 Viewing organsEYES4Across22 TrunkCHEST5Across22 Source of waterWELL4Across23 CylindricalTUBULAR7Across23 Beat at golf, maybe?FLOG4Across23 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Across24 CalmPEACE5Across24 Playthings of a spoilt starlet?RATTLES7Across24 SoarTOWER5Across26 Of the people making a bad start in a testTRIBAL6Across26 Electric razorSHAVER6Across26 Father's girlHER3Across29 FreeRID3Across29 RoguishARCH4Across29 AllowLET3Across30 American stateTEXAS5Across31 Such boys aren't slowTONUP5Across31 Encourage to give attention to a broken netHEARTEN7Across32 Tea urnSAMOVAR7Across32 DecreaseWANE4Across32 MadnessMANIA5Across33 One presenting a soldier with a piece of silverGIVER5Across34 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Across34 Whence tea may run freelyURN3Across35 PallidWAN3Across35 BelieveCREDIT6Across35 Fishy means of measuring?SCALE5Across36 FinishedENDED5Across36 SieveRIDDLE6Across36 See '38'FLYNN5Across37 MeasuredMETED5Across37 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across37 and 37 Being right in a new role, had he to fly north again?ERROL5Across38 ChairsSEATS5Across38 EpistleLETTER6Across38 EdictDECREE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Wading birdHERON5Down1 Fruit of some long endeavoursMELON5Down1 CompulsionDURESS6Down1 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down2 In major contests, let's bat cannilyBATTLES7Down2 AnnulCANCEL6Down2 ImageIDOL4Down3 AssertAVER4Down4 One of the first men to have a unitABEL4Down4 ShyTIMID5Down4 ToleratesABIDES6Down5 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down5 He does things in religiously correct orderRECTOR6Down5 ReferendumPOLL4Down6 AfterwardsLATER5Down6 Maybe three can put you to sleepETHER5Down6 DieEXPIRE6Down7 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down7 Short menGENTS5Down7 ExcusedEXEMPT6Down8 DozeNAP3Down9 From the pine, it's not a needlePIN3Down9 Football bossMANAGER7Down12 Shifty CIA plot of current interestTOPICAL7Down12 TarBITUMEN7Down13 A fancied flierROC3Down14 Unhewn piece of timberLOG3Down14 AdmirerLOVER5Down15 They swim in waters around the Docklands centreSEALS5Down16 CantBEVEL5Down16 TrenchDITCH5Down16 Put on, dramaticallySTAGE5Down17 KingdomREALM5Down17 TossTHROW5Down18 PaleASHEN5Down19 It's used in flight (by the RAF out East?)FEATHER7Down19 A good fewSEVERAL7Down19 That great explorerSCOTT5Down20 MinimumLEAST5Down20 OwingDUE3Down21 It carries water in many thousands of dropsDRAIN5Down21 UnwindRELAX5Down21 FelineCAT3Down22 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Down23 Rod's jointFERRULE7Down23 Weapon used by gunners at a landing placeRAPIER6Down24 Next toBESIDE6Down24 PackagePARCEL6Down24 Part of an arable areaLEA3Down25 Vigour, informallyVIM3Down25 StressACCENT6Down25 RoamWANDER6Down27 It swims in an arch around a circleROACH5Down27 Reddish dyeHENNA5Down27 VenerateREVERE6Down28 Instrument forming a bulgeBUGLE5Down28 Vessels for flowersVASES5Down28 AfterLATER5Down30 In short, she has very little moneyPENNY5Down30 Sudden fearPANIC5Down30 WearyTIRED5Down31 CondimentSALT4Down32 Only a brave person will give her a ringHERO4Down32 It means a shot at goalTRY3Down33 VehicleVAN3Down33 MimicMIME4Down33 AssistantAIDE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. 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.