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Evening Standard Crossword June 22 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 22 2018 answers. The Friday 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#
DulcetSWEET5Across1 UndergoSUFFER6Across5 CorrespondMATCH5Across8 Ruin the openingUNDOING7Across8 WeaponFIREARM7Across8 Man-madeSYNTHETIC9Across9 The plumber’s fantasy?PIPEDREAM9Across9 GloomySOMBRE6Across10 ConfessAVOW4Across11 ViperADDER5Across13 Go on and on about how you’re at home in?DWELL5Across13 Board gameCHESS5Across14 SpiritMORALE6Across14 Categorise as studentsCLASS5Across14 PastoralIDYLLIC7Across15 Book, though it’s a formalityRESERVE7Across15 EruditeLEARNED7Across15 Drop back after the right turn, pleaseRELAPSE7Across16 PoliteGENTEEL7Across16 Agrees to a change of nameSERGE5Across17 Former French currency unitFRANC5Across17 The painting has been returned to once moreEXTRA5Across18 GainWIN3Across18 Civilian dressMUFTI5Across18 CerealOAT3Across19 Shot in the avenueDRIVE5Across20 NameTITLE5Across20 ObligationDEBT4Across21 Figures accommodation will include itDIGITS6Across22 BullyHECTOR6Across22 Anything but a bad hat!TOPPER6Across23 ScholarPUPIL5Across23 GruesomeGRISLY6Across23 LumpMASS4Across24 The fish swim back, hemming in the non-swimmersMINNOWS7Across25 By degreesGRADUAL7Across25 WhacksWALLOPS7Across27 CliqueSET3Across27 Corroborate it’s to do with businessCONFIRM7Across27 SwabMOP3Across29 In about an hour, the murderer’s in shacklesCHAINS6Across30 CookBRAISE6Across30 BurstRUPTURE7Across31 SeasonSPRING6Across31 “24” turns a little to give a signGEMINI6Across31 Goes along with, as the second dateSIDES5Across32 CharmAMULET6Across32 BuryINTER5Across32 YawnGAPE4Across34 Give a seat to somebody who’s standingELECT5Across35 Group of singersCHOIR5Across35 To eachAPIECE6Across35 Say yes, it is about time to captureAGREE5Across36 Fertile spotOASIS5Across36 ConflagrationINFERNO7Across37 Championed the conceitedSTUCKUP7Across37 FragmentSCRAP5Across38 DisquietPERTURB7Across39 The porter is prepared to carry one for the entertainerPIERROT7Across39 AceEXPERT6Across39 CondescendDEIGN5Across40 Man with a degree in musicSAMBA5Across41 DueOWING5Across41 At that point, giving an exclamation of triumphTHERE5Across42 RecessNICHE5Across42 Always take it in good part. Don’t worryNEVERMIND9Across43 GenuineAUTHENTIC9Across43 Lets slip about the vehicle and is very embarrassedSCARLET7Across44 FighterWARRIOR7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConcealedHIDDEN6Down1 Not thoroughly out of sorts?UNWELL6Down1 RecoverRETRIEVE8Down2 In a terribly close round, break downCOLLAPSE8Down2 CourtWOO3Down2 Skin complaintPRICKLYHEAT11Down3 Having been sold, was demolishedKNOCKEDDOWN11Down3 PreserveEMBALM6Down3 Cosmetic itemEYESHADOW9Down4 The very good trees, treat differentlyFIRSTRATE9Down4 SailorTAR3Down4 BogusSHAM4Down5 Sloping textITALICS7Down5 Be told the time has come to give encouragementHEARTEN7Down5 OrnateFLORID6Down6 ButterflyREDADMIRAL10Down6 Fed up to find the ring isn't really gold?BRASSEDOFF10Down6 RefuseREJECT6Down7 Potter's ovenKILN4Down7 Just as lovelyFAIR4Down7 BoringTEDIOUS7Down9 DeviceGADGET6Down10 Either got dead worried about it or loved itADORED6Down10 IdealPERFECT7Down11 Trip the fool attendant coming outPASSAGE7Down11 SwearVOW3Down12 PeculiarityODDITY6Down12 Go off with the agent to have a lookREPAIR6Down12 DeclineWANE4Down13 InformationDATA4Down16 AnticCAPER5Down17 Pernickety person, informallyFUSSPOT7Down19 A ribbon, brightly coloured and narrower at one end than the otherTAPERED7Down19 NominalTITULAR7Down20 Copy and I get a friend to frame itIMITATE7Down21 TwisterTORNADO7Down21 DimBLUR4Down22 As an example, France is not badFORINSTANCE11Down24 Nitrous oxideLAUGHINGGAS11Down24 ScantMEAGRE6Down24 Self-satisfiedSMUG4Down25 ConsolationSOLACE6Down26 Not being a novice, he's not running in the raceNONSTARTER10Down26 Highly agitatedDISTRAUGHT10Down26 StreakSTRIPE6Down28 IntermittentSPASMODIC9Down28 Once more there to act as proxyREPRESENT9Down28 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Down29 The cover-up woman is the problemDILEMMA7Down29 VigourPEP3Down30 Feeling of revulsion sneaks give youCREEPS6Down30 Arm muscleBICEPS6Down30 Foot soldiersINFANTRY8Down32 They don't open the coversSHUTTERS8Down32 Exceptionally quiet during the mealSUPPER6Down33 TrialTEST4Down33 Building workerROOFER6Down33 "A leisure activity that's beyond me," I put inPASTIME7Down34 Join togetherCOMBINE7Down34 CushionPAD3Down36 ToothCOG3Down37 ClergymanRECTOR6Down38 He maintains a uniform usually goes with his jobKEEPER6Down38 Quits the flatEVEN4Down40 Overwhelming defeatROUT4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 22, 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.