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Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2018 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Of birthNATAL5Across1 Raciness giving a girl a bit of oomph?SPEED5Across1 SharpACUTE5Across2 Get up around noon and washRINSE5Across6 Photo bookALBUM5Across6 BringFETCH5Across7 WaterwayCANAL5Across8 FascinateBEGUILE7Across9 Go down as the originatorFOUNDER7Across9 SubjectTOPIC5Across10 SwaggerSTRUT5Across10 Go along to the doctor to get fit?DRIFT5Across10 Prickly plantsCACTI5Across11 OK for audioSOUND5Across11 Pig meatBACON5Across12 Round bird?ROBIN5Across12 InsaneMAD3Across12 DrearyDOLEFUL7Across13 Fight to get a comic character to the topPUNCHUP7Across13 MaskVISOR5Across13 Sausage ingredient that'll make you look tiredSAG3Across15 LikableLOVABLE7Across15 RamTUP3Across15 Anger, possibly hateHEAT4Across17 NetENTRAP6Across17 Eye partIRIS4Across17 It's good, say, for carrying water awayGUTTER6Across18 Evening partySOIREE6Across18 HorseNAG3Across19 By railway, again, it's not farMETRE5Across19 EscargotSNAIL5Across19 Something written in parenthesis?THESIS6Across20 Illegal actsCRIMES6Across20 CrustaceanLOBSTER7Across20 You could call it bubblyFOAM4Across22 2nd Greek letterBETA4Across22 RouseSTIR4Across23 Liquid used in one's toiletOIL3Across24 StrikeHIT3Across24 PlateDISH4Across25 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Across25 The opposition's contention?RIVALRY7Across25 Fire breather maybe, but he'll be half dead by MondayDEMON5Across26 TwistDISTORT7Across26 RushHURRY5Across26 Threshing implementFLAIL5Across27 Is a high one infantile?CHAIR5Across27 Study brieflyMATHS5Across28 Action figuresDOLLS5Across28 Related in edited formALTERED7Across29 Welsh rabbitRAREBIT7Across29 In fact, try out a superior studentTRULY5Across30 Baffling questionPOSER5Across30 BornNEE3Across30 Native New ZealanderMAORI5Across31 DiatribeTIRADE6Across31 Whether or not adjacent to London, it's in Northern IrelandDERRY5Across31 AcridPUNGENT7Across34 FruitMELON5Across37 FriendPAL3Across38 ClanTRIBE5Across39 AdderVIPER5Across40 EludeEVADE5Across41 FrugalSPARE5Across42

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StartBEGIN5Down1 WriterAUTHOR6Down2 PlayerACTOR5Down2 Go after a cash prize out of turnPURSUE6Down2 Follower of a causeEFFECT6Down3 ChantedCHORAL6Down3 MaltreatsABUSES6Down3 DogTAIL4Down4 Point raised in talking to doctorsDOT3Down4 PermitLET3Down4 HarmedDAMAGED7Down5 Show unwelcome interest in spoon bendingSNOOP5Down5 Wall paintingMURAL5Down5 SpoonLADLE5Down6 Is left to regret being excluded from the side, perhapsRESIDUE7Down6 BoozeALCOHOL7Down6 How hard I am on little Ronnie!IRON4Down7 Lacking fatLEAN4Down7 Pronouncedly the sweet of the week?SUNDAE6Down8 FalseUNTRUE6Down8 SeizeNAB3Down9 CompanionCONSORT7Down11 Rugby Union name for Australian footballRULES5Down12 Undergoes combustionBURNS5Down12 PoetryVERSE5Down13 Drainage channelDITCH5Down13 In short, it's of graphic significancePHOTO5Down13 SoberSTAID5Down14 Did Adam have one?NAVEL5Down14 RestrictLIMIT5Down14 Not backing him up, wouldn't do for the chairmanSTOOL5Down15 One who perseveresTRIER5Down15 CaskVAT3Down16 Oval nutPECAN5Down16 Being filthy is serious, at the end of the dayGRIMY5Down16 OmenPORTENT7Down18 FoolishSILLY5Down18 Not much of a grin, perhapsGRAIN5Down18 Left in sadness, Scrooge-likeMISERLY7Down19 TemporalSECULAR7Down19 Here, there's a Green place out Lewisham wayHITHER6Down21 Market or exchangeRIALTO6Down21 EmulateRIVAL5Down21 Colombian capitalBOGOTA6Down22 Outer aspect of a building with an advert in frontFACADE6Down22 LustreSHEEN5Down22 Maker of menswearTAILOR6Down23 Lordly old soldier?ARCHER6Down23 CurlRINGLET7Down24 Star signARIES5Down25 He pulls himself backwardsROWER5Down25 Laid up with a bad face!DIAL4Down26 Employ for wagesHIRE4Down26 ObserveSEE3Down27 Not exactly La Mer, nevertheless the sea!MED3Down28 FaintDIM3Down28 WoodTIMBER6Down28 ScholarPUPIL5Down29 ThreadREEVE5Down32 SlovenlyDOWDY5Down33 SleepNAP3Down35 StumbleTRIP4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, June 12, 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.