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Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2021 answers. The Wednesday 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#
TriflesTRIVIA6Across1 VoteBALLOT6Across1 A back seatSADDLE6Across1 HiredLEASED6Across5 WinnerCHAMPION8Across7 Being inexperienced, you get some things wrongYOUNGISH8Across7 A sportsman's small slipperLUGE4Across8 Wound markSCAR4Across8 NudeNAKED5Across9 Searched for somewhere to sleepPROBED6Across10 Savoury snackCANAPE6Across10 Counting-frameABACUS6Across10 - plus one?TWELVE6Across11 HardyROBUST6Across11 ReflectMIRROR6Across11 SturdySTOUT5Across12 Does Adam's have steadier consumers?ALE3Across14 NuzzleNOSE4Across14 ConsumedATE3Across14 Indian monetary unitRUPEE5Across16 Ready to drink a bit of porterALERT5Across16 StrayERR3Across17 Noted vessel made of glassPANE4Across17 Leaf of a bookPAGE4Across17 CeremonyRITE4Across18 Mythical animal hunted by Poles aboard shipSNARK5Across19 Present ageTODAY5Across19 SurrenderYIELD5Across20 She makes pink noiseROSIE5Across21 CantBEVEL5Across21 LeadingAHEAD5Across22 TendonSINEW5Across22 The first bit of pretentiousness upsets himPETER5Across22 He, a politician, associates with a dope!HEMP4Across23 HasteURGENCY7Across23 EntreatyPLEA4Across23 ShrillREEDY5Across24 The five at the Pentagon?SIDES5Across26 CinderEMBER5Across26 Man's nameCRAIG5Across26 Even an idiot has no love lost for itNIT3Across28 CoupleDUO3Across28 One cosily covered?TEAPOT6Across29 InactiveIDLE4Across29 BullyHECTOR6Across29 Incendiary liquidNAPALM6Across30 As nurses go for surgeons, are these chaps similarly spoilt?PILOTS6Across30 FishEEL3Across30 AmongAMID4Across31 Catalan name?ALAN4Across31 LawyerATTORNEY8Across32 Is there less foul play in one?FRIENDLY8Across32 Sea-eagleERNE4Across32 TreeALDER5Across33 Something handled by Father TimeSCYTHE6Across33 SiblingSISTER6Across33 FoulPUTRID6Across35 WreckerVANDAL6Across36 PostponeDEFER5Across37 TotterDODDER6Across38 CureREMEDY6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CleverBRAINY6Down1 Drinking vesselTEACUP6Down1 Seize the chance to make a break higherSNAPUP6Down1 Darts player's favourite drink?DOUBLE6Down2 LeaveVACATE6Down2 CooperateLIAISE6Down2 Viewed as I'd mentionedEYED4Down3 Land measureACRE4Down3 ResponsibilityONUS4Down3 Ignorant girl somewhere in HertsUNAWARE7Down4 CorruptIMMORAL7Down4 FlavourTASTE5Down4 Confused situationMIXUP5Down5 PrimateLEMUR5Down5 It's religiously readBIBLE5Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Female extraterrestrial flat out on the bedSHEET5Down6 UnifyUNITE5Down6 SallySORTIE6Down7 DashedDARTED6Down8 HitchSNAG4Down8 The sort of shark that mangled Nola?LOAN4Down8 PrimateAPE3Down9 Gosh, which half of the horse is it?GEE3Down9 Animal of the camel kind?ELK3Down12 PurchaseBUY3Down12 Noise coming from the engine room at fiveVROOM5Down13 CommandedORDERED7Down13 Wait onSERVE5Down13 Ramshackle dwellingHOVEL5Down15 In TV, say, you only get a small pictureINSET5Down15 LubricatedOILED5Down15 EscapeELUDE5Down16 VerseRHYME5Down18 InformedAWARE5Down18 Maybe he nearly failed to make that movie?ALFIE5Down18 So, on Tuesday, he's apt to get drunkSOT3Down19 AcceptedTAKEN5Down19 NumberTEN3Down19 Everybody has an excellent right to itAIR3Down20 CondensationDEW3Down20 Make unoriginal noisesRESOUND7Down21 PrejudiceBIGOTRY7Down21 ParchedDRY3Down21 ExpertACE3Down22 Go softly, softly around the OrientPEP3Down22 Be seatedSIT3Down22 StudentsPUPILS6Down23 Name a novice in a wildly hairy situationHILARY6Down23 BurdenLOAD4Down24 TornRIPPED6Down24 Educationally, a noted heavyweightETON4Down24 ExhilaratedELATED6Down25 A position, that is, for a delivery manPOSTIE6Down25 Protective coveringARMOUR6Down25 It's difficult, being inflexibleSTIFF5Down26 SwindleCHEAT5Down26 SpanBRIDGE6Down27 One of those holding up the boatDAVIT5Down27 SharpACUTE5Down27 WeirDAM3Down28 IndeedREALLY6Down28 There's nothing in turning leftNIL3Down28 Treats a spy as a mercenary?PAYS4Down30 No votesNAYS4Down30 SeniorELDER5Down30 BarLEVER5Down31 AssistantAIDE4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. 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.