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Evening Standard Crossword June 24 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 24 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
RespondREACT5Across2 JavelinSPEAR5Across7 HamperCRATE5Across8 Indicates the safety pin's not fastenedPOINTSOUT9Across9 AlternativelyOTHERWISE9Across9 ComedianCOMIC5Across10 One friend's taken it in to make copiesIMITATES8Across10 SensibleRATIONAL8Across10 NewtEFT3Across12 WickedEVIL4Across12 Says one realises it's the frontNOSE4Across12 ComingADVENT6Across13 In tucking the ends round, did the wrong thingSINNED6Across13 WearyTIRED5Across13 ThingARTICLE7Across14 It's an illegal substance - the man's in a messHASHISH7Across14 DaubPLASTER7Across15 Very funnyHILARIOUS9Across15 How the warder said "Files are not allowed in cells"?RASPINGLY9Across15 AvoidedELUDED6Across17 FreedLIBERATED9Across17 Do they keep rooms cool and bright?FANLIGHTS9Across17 AnguishTORMENT7Across18 To put it concisely, soonSHORTLY7Across18 Be indebtedOWE3Across19 DisagreeDISSENT7Across20 JockeysRIDERS6Across20 Only just - and with difficultyHARDLY6Across20 ChiefMAIN4Across21 One child's head got stuck in it some time backONCE4Across21 ProphetSEER4Across23 Consider carefully and decide to be beyond the tramlineTHINKOUT8Across24 GatherASSEMBLE8Across24 DomesticatedTAME4Across25 DawnDAYBREAK8Across26 Dejected at being given one of the inferior roles?DOWNCAST8Across26 RenovateRESTORE7Across26 ShadeTINT4Across28 The bit where they divorce?PART4Across28 Put paid to the whiskySCOTCH6Across29 SprangJUMPED6Across29 ChargeFEE3Across30 Mean Kate is prepared to have somePARTAKE7Across31 FightPUNCHUP7Across31 ConsumingEATING6Across31 Annoyed and upset me, having the painter messing aboutINATEMPER9Across34 UnableINCAPABLE9Across34 StreamCURRENT7Across34 Does it blow kisses?CROSSWIND9Across36 LudicrousLAUGHABLE9Across36 TemptressSIREN5Across37 OceanSEA3Across38 Solves - the problem of how to remove?GETSOUT7Across38 ClearEVIDENT7Across38 LiabilityDEBIT5Across39 The wild lion's caged, all right, when you call onLOOKIN6Across39 FestivalEASTER6Across39 SeatSOFA4Across40 Mix it in the yardSPAR4Across40 LukewarmTEPID5Across40 ShownREVEALED8Across41 It's dangerous, I see, to take the opened purse outPERILOUS8Across41 KeenEAGER5Across41 Money-makingLUCRATIVE9Across42 In which to sing sea shanties?DEEPVOICE9Across42 StrictSTERN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RatherSOMEWHAT8Down1 MarSPOIL5Down1 Peeved by the description "An expert on weapons"UPINARMS8Down1 ExcitementTHRILL6Down2 Wishes they were here - the girls, that isMISSES6Down2 RushedRACED5Down2 DiscoversFINDSOUT8Down3 How the plaintive article about going to a new home was written?MOVINGLY8Down3 WornERODED6Down3 CutCLIP4Down4 BreakRECESS6Down4 Mean and inclined to be hurtful?STINGY6Down4 GiftPRESENT7Down5 ChatteredPRATTLED8Down5 Locates on behalf of and allows one to win the caseFINDSFOR8Down5 SpeakUTTER5Down6 FruitSTRAWBERRY10Down6 Everywhere from soprano to bass?HIGHANDLOW10Down6 TwistCONTORT7Down7 An average and a below average buy at the greengrocer'sPARSNIP7Down7 Die through his foolishnessPERISH6Down8 TalismanMASCOT6Down8 AsternAFT3Down9 ShuttingCLOSURE7Down11 Having caught, be quick to disciplineCHASTEN7Down11 ForemostLEADING7Down11 TautTENSE5Down13 SovereignRULER5Down14 Concentrating hard on, aimINTENT6Down16 StaggeredREELED6Down16 WonderAWE3Down16 SwellDISTEND7Down18 RebelledRISEN5Down19 A second hole, then comes the rainOTHER5Down19 RegretRUE3Down20 Very keen on the spicyHOT3Down20 AnimalTAPIR5Down21 CondescendDEIGN5Down22 ShameABASH5Down22 Giving a home to a girlNESTA5Down22 Makes cuts - lots and lots of themSCORES6Down23 SaturateDRENCH6Down23 ChorusREFRAIN7Down24 Living in jobOCCUPATION10Down25 FlyBLUEBOTTLE10Down25 Reading aloud the tender noteDOH3Down26 FatherDAD3Down26 In the spy-ring, is jumpySPRINGY7Down27 ObserveSEE3Down27 MarkedSTAINED7Down27 SimplerEASIER6Down28 ContemplatedMUSED5Down29 Lester is running about, as always full of energyTIRELESS8Down30 FeignsPRETENDS8Down30 On condition that one furnished supplies ofPROVIDED8Down31 CautionPRUDENCE8Down31 GiantTITAN5Down32 ReadyPREPARED8Down32 Signed to get the gun back: badly needs to carry itENDORSED8Down32 ScorchedSPEEDED7Down33 Not everNEVER5Down33 Go in to get a bean. I come out with a flower!BEGONIA7Down33 Learnt to play the hornANTLER6Down35 RangCHIMED6Down35 MaterialREP3Down35 A number of words are misspelled, such as "hordes"CROWDS6Down36 TrialTEST4Down36 FinallyLASTLY6Down36 Would it hurt to give the scamp a look?IMPAIR6Down37 RegisterBOOKIN6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 24, 2022. 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.