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Evening Standard Crossword June 21 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 21 2019 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#
ConciseBRIEF5Across1 ImitatedCOPIED6Across5 RepulseREPEL5Across8 Past its prime, as the old trumpet is?OVERBLOWN9Across9 PredaciousPREDATORY9Across9 HumbleHUMILIATE9Across10 CarrierBEARER6Across10 Suddenly it’s not in dribs and drabsALLATONCE9Across10 EmployedUSED4Across11 It’s blind, dearLOVE4Across12 PrecipitationRAIN4Across12 ContusionBRUISE6Across13 Drifts right in, becomes a permanencySTRAYS6Across13 LetterEPISTLE7Across14 TediousBORING6Across14 Advertisement for “The Laggard”TRAILER7Across14 Air hole a tile was moved to createVENTILATE9Across15 SeriousEARNEST7Across15 DisadvantagesDRAWBACKS9Across15 It’s clear one’s got the hintsOVERTONES9Across17 Unsafe vehicleDEATHTRAP9Across17 Are revamping the issue, one deducesREASONS7Across18 LairDEN3Across18 Furniture itemDRESSER7Across18 Soft, one went on to say, being cushionedPADDED6Across19 Golfer's assistantCADDIE6Across19 ConsumeEAT3Across19 ResonationECHO4Across20 The port is a local oneBARI4Across20 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 All certain it’s healthyWHOLESOME9Across23 Forced outDISLODGED9Across23 EncounterINCUR5Across23 ShoalREEF4Across24 Rather old friendsGETTINGON9Across25 SoonPRESENTLY9Across25 Say the hail will be followed by rainAVER4Across26 OutletVENT4Across26 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Across27 CanTIN3Across27 The best runnerFLOWER6Across27 BloomBLOSSOM7Across29 RegretRUE3Across29 So excited one couldn’t keep still?STIRRED7Across29 StructureTEXTURE7Across31 StockedSTORED6Across32 Overshoot the green badly, though not with the driverPASSENGER9Across32 ToadySYCOPHANT9Across32 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across34 When back, the shipper disposed of the gemsSAPPHIRES9Across34 ContrivedUNNATURAL9Across34 CombinedUNITED6Across35 Are put into a home - the one easiest to travel toNEAREST7Across35 FruitAPRICOT7Across35 Not the little woman!AMAZON6Across36 Involving wordsVERBAL6Across36 PrimatesAPES4Across37 Up to the B in “beverage”ABLE4Across37 Joyously unrestrainedEXUBERANT9Across38 ToothMOLAR5Across38 Issue more than the others - the maximumUTTERMOST9Across38 Type of paintingSTILLLIFE9Across39 Is a better paint remover than?OUTSTRIPS9Across39 EbbRECEDE6Across39 TrivialPETTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Astound the keen violinist?BOWLOVER8Down1 ImprovedUPGRADED8Down1 Food shopDELICATESSEN12Down2 Not pestering - the hermit, to change his way of life?LEAVINGALONE12Down2 Fish eggsROE3Down2 Reckless young driverBOYRACER8Down3 Depicts as sinister radiationsPORTRAYS8Down3 WanderingERRANT6Down3 Song wordsLYRICS6Down4 Catching the sun is silly - downright crazyINSANE6Down4 ChargeFEE3Down4 CudgelCLUB4Down5 ProtectedSHIELDED8Down5 In answer to the challenge, the twit raised the weaponPASSWORD8Down5 PeepedPEERED6Down6 Regards as champions, without exceptionALLTHEBEST10Down6 EssentialIMPERATIVE10Down6 EludedDODGED6Down7 Opens up and one gets in with difficultySTRAITS7Down7 Deceitful craftinessSLEIGHT7Down7 A hollow “Hard times for everybody”DEPRESSION10Down8 CommandingPEREMPTORY10Down8 GiftPRESENT7Down9 Point out only that it’s man-madeNYLON5Down11 Communion tableALTAR5Down11 TurfSOD3Down12 FeedDINE4Down13 Pressed on and I got angry aboutIRONED6Down16 Chess pieceBISHOP6Down16 CompetentABLE4Down16 ImplicitTACIT5Down17 Food fishCOD3Down19 The dessert sounds goodPIE3Down19 MelodiousTUNEFUL7Down20 DisastrousCATASTROPHIC12Down21 The softest of all does, perhapsANGORARABBIT12Down21 DeclareAVER4Down22 PiousDEVOUT6Down22 Will delve about in, you concludeFINISH6Down22 Laid wasteDEVASTATED10Down23 Keeping quiet while one’s clinching the dealWRAPPINGUP10Down23 RotaROSTER6Down24 A requirement, due to indebtednessOBLIGATION10Down24 GiganticGARGANTUAN10Down24 StandardPAR3Down25 Gather you must release the fishGAR3Down25 CupidEROS4Down25 UproarFURORE6Down26 DressATTIRE6Down28 Spur onMOTIVATE8Down28 Guarantees, when the battle ragesWARRANTS8Down28 Boy's nameBENJAMIN8Down29 Well-versed in games, one maintainsSUPPORTS8Down29 Thick syrupMOLASSES8Down30 FishEEL3Down30 Find you don’t need to make the distributionDISPENSE8Down30 Got her back to read anew and gave another auditionREHEARD7Down31 Group of organismsSPECIES7Down31 Be surprised by the openingSTART5Down33 CupolaDOME4Down33 Greek islandCORFU5Down33 AgitationUNREST6Down34 It could be spring water, childSEASON6Down34 DozeNAP3Down36 NewtEFT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 21, 2019. 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.