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Evening Standard Crossword June 21 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 21 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
ForeheadBROW4Across1 VaseURN3Across4 BoxSPAR4Across6 DesertedDESOLATE8Across9 CoverLID3Across9 As before, run after the animalANTELOPE8Across9 Not working? That's badOFF3Across10 SurroundENCIRCLE8Across10 BeverageTEA3Across10 The concept that it has gone back in timeNOTION6Across11 ParticleATOM4Across11 FairnessEQUITY6Across11 "Not new, but making a comeback," one continuedWENTON6Across12 NoiselessSILENT6Across12 Painter's mixing boardPALETTE7Across13 As a result, there's an egressionOUTCOME7Across13 A modern word meaning "again"ANEW4Across14 InsectBUG3Across14 Slippery fishEELS4Across14 Keeping, due to an attachment you've formed for?STICKINGTO10Across15 Bad dreamsNIGHTMARES10Across15 EvenLEVEL5Across16 I've reformed the awful older baddieEVILDOER8Across17 AppraiseEVALUATE8Across17 ImperfectionBLEMISH7Across18 Even changing the cover round pepped it upLIVENED7Across18 Wound markSCAR4Across19 You really want the thing, child?ITCH4Across19 ChasteVIRTUOUS8Across19 SetSUITE5Across21 Three timesTHRICE6Across21 Pick up, after tips, the othersARREST6Across21 DormantSLEEPING8Across23 Betraying, when making a present of the winning goal toGIVINGTHEGAMEAWAY17Across24 State social-security schemeNATIONALINSURANCE17Across24 TurnipSWEDE5Across24 SailorTAR3Across27 There's a worm, cooked, right inside the vegetable!MARROW6Across27 In short supplySCARCE6Across27 TalonCLAW4Across29 Decorated and put in the refrigerator?ICED4Across29 Henry and I save the fishHALIBUT7Across30 SkillABILITY7Across30 FormerlyONCE4Across31 Way inENTRANCE8Across33 UnsophisticatedHOMESPUN8Across33 Say no, it doesn't make you feel sick?DISAGREE8Across33 LettuceCOS3Across34 InformationNEWS4Across35 Put off from getting a record of how old we areDISCOURAGE10Across35 DisparagingDEROGATORY10Across35 The voice on the line?BASS4Across36 AttemptTRY3Across36 OmitSKIP4Across36 UnusualRARE4Across37 Hug me back - it takes two!EMBRACE7Across37 MeantimeINTERIM7Across37 Essential characterNATURE6Across38 How cook answered the criticism about the pie?TARTLY6Across38 Wall paintingFRESCO6Across40 Lose energy - on the bottleFLAGON6Across40 PoemODE3Across41 Use trickery, though against itCON3Across41 CloudyOVERCAST8Across42 Also, do take Leo in to say goodbyeTOODLEOO8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Decolonising, which is disruptiveUNSETTLING10Down1 Antibiotic drugPENICILLIN10Down1 Bird of peaceDOVE4Down2 Just to satisfyMEET4Down2 TearREND4Down2 HobbiesPASTIMES8Down3 Music for two instrumentsHORNPIPE8Down3 StrayWAIF4Down3 Big catLEOPARD7Down4 Yearns to be head; feels it's one's rightful placeBELONGS7Down4 OilyUNCTUOUS8Down4 WantNEED4Down5 Soldier's ordinary uniformBATTLEDRESS11Down5 Angry it's on the hat rackOFFONESHEAD11Down5 MenialSLAVE5Down6 PatronBENEFACTOR10Down6 A coarse word for "robust"?INDELICATE10Down6 MinePIT3Down7 DeskBUREAU6Down7 Leave for the seasideSTRAND6Down7 WorshipADORE5Down8 Muscular or activeATHLETIC8Down8 Being desperate is rottenHOPELESS8Down8 Prevail over the wrong partyOUTDO5Down10 StoriesTALES5Down10 Fifty-fiftyEVENS5Down12 CourageousBRAVE5Down13 CoachBUS3Down14 CulpabilityGUILT5Down15 RodentHAMSTER7Down16 Does it stick to everything it cuts?CLEAVER7Down16 BrilliantVIVID5Down17 MassiveLARGE5Down18 PorcelainCHINA5Down20 Do leave off the Dome as a topic!THEME5Down20 FurtiveSTEALTHY8Down20 Ever (poetical)EER3Down22 "Noisier" is the word I changed back againROWDIER7Down22 CurlRINGLET7Down22 Retaliates by refusing to work for, in return?STRIKESBACK11Down23 InoculationVACCINATION11Down23 Word about a loner working in the southern USNEWORLEANS10Down25 FlinchWINCE5Down25 Penal establishmentOPENPRISON10Down25 Fresh new victims for Dracula?YOUNGBLOOD10Down26 AttireDRESS5Down26 VentureENTERPRISE10Down26 ThawMELT4Down28 It would be pleasant to free the lab mice, for a startAMICABLE8Down28 Plates, cups, etc.CROCKERY8Down28 JustFAIR4Down29 BlemishSCAR4Down30 The assumption is the fuss is over a lost pointADOPTION8Down31 NoviceBEGINNER8Down31 IntimidateCOW3Down32 Shade of redCRIMSON7Down32 Agrees one posted the twit on guardASSENTS7Down32 RevealEXPOSE6Down34 Give an indication to the listenersASSIGN6Down34 It's clearly "tired", yet it could be "tied"DRAWN5Down35 Mournful songDIRGE5Down35 DiplomacyTACT4Down39 Part with the said listROLE4Down39

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