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Evening Standard Crossword June 26 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 26 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 121 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#
HeathenPAGAN5Across1 Falling into it is badDECAY5Across1 CheerfulBLITHE6Across1 ForceCOMPEL6Across5 ShamBOGUS5Across6 Not a word gameWHIST5Across6 InstrumentTRIANGLE8Across8 NicknameMONIKER7Across9 ObligationDUTY4Across9 Disease caught by a girl going round Los AngelesMALARIA7Across9 NetworkWEB3Across10 In motionASTIR5Across10 Fight for a mere morselSCRAP5Across10 Useful animal left to a holy manLLAMA5Across11 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Across11 Something to do with the beans, relevantlySPILL5Across12 ImposingGRAND5Across12 CantBEVEL5Across12 ThrivePROSPER7Across13 Veggies from Brussels?SPROUTS7Across13 Leaves it's possible to eatTEA3Across15 TreeELM3Across15 BeretCAP3Across15 WholeALL3Across17 Farm worker, or a writer about lovePEON4Across17 AdjoinABUT4Across17 SickILL3Across18 Elastic corsetGIRDLE6Across18 Is sure to have pointed ears!SWEARS6Across18 OutriderSCOUT5Across19 Allotments for deprived pilots?PLOTS5Across19 TrapGIN3Across19 The head's a funny old one!NOODLE6Across20 SoakDRENCH6Across20 CommandORDER5Across20 PoemODE3Across21 CurveBEND4Across22 City of madrigals?RIGA4Across22 DonkeyASS3Across22 ObtainGET3Across23 Lofty light orchestral pieceTOR3Across24 NothingNIL3Across24 VentilateAIR3Across24 Sporting event possibly seen live in JanuaryJAVELIN7Across25 GratifiesPLEASES7Across25 WaveSURGE5Across26 Birthday boys?NATAL5Across26 Sleep noisilySNORE5Across26 He lives anew!ELVIS5Across27 PutrefyGOBAD5Across27 DenSTUDY5Across28 Longed to be a good boy?PINED5Across28 Nullified the need to possess a gunNEGATED7Across29 PortentousFATEFUL7Across29 OwnedHAD3Across29 Is little Leslie possibly British?ISLES5Across30 InhumanCRUEL5Across30 BrawlMELEE5Across31 She buys little or nothingPENNY5Across31 FrontFACE4Across33 SignifyingDENOTING8Across34 RepairedMENDED6Across35 LitheSUPPLE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soak upABSORB6Down2 Great Steve McQueen movie - like The Getaway?ESCAPE6Down2 HugeLARGE5Down2 Female deadlier than the maleAMAZON6Down3 AmongstAMIDST6Down3 RipTEAR4Down3 KeenEAGER5Down4 And notNOR3Down4 Cry, but pay upYAP3Down4 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down5 Stair partRISER5Down5 Six-footers in football jerseys?WASPS5Down5 ManufacturedMADE4Down6 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down6 Do they grow weepy?WILLOWS7Down6 VerbalORAL4Down7 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 At Leatherhead, Henry's posh houseHALL4Down7 UnfurlUNROLL6Down8 Smile, sir, about a silly MEPSIMPER6Down8 TruckWAGON5Down10 TriteBANAL5Down11 SheenGLOSS5Down12 Old broken slateSTALE5Down12 Long seatBENCH5Down12 Large bearlike mammalPANDA5Down13 ViperADDER5Down13 Exhausted as little Penelope may beSPENT5Down13 ExternalOUTER5Down14 LamentDIRGE5Down14 It goes round or up over a hillROTOR5Down14 MaterialCLOTH5Down15 Language spoken by many in the endTAMIL5Down15 VergesEDGES5Down15 RepairsMENDS5Down16 A large waterfowl on the NileASWAN5Down16 BegPLEAD5Down16 Wrongly to take the seat on the corner?STEAL5Down18 CunningGUILE5Down18 Disgraceful actionSCANDAL7Down19 What every prospect does to the lover of quotations?PLEASES7Down19 Lots of love for strange old waysOODLES6Down21 HardshipRIGOUR6Down21 Live in a mad state of desireRESIDE6Down22 CombatBATTLE6Down22 Don't pass out - simply admit defeat!GIVEIN6Down23 StylusNEEDLE6Down23 Is this Oriental? Yes - something akin to a wok!JAPAN5Down25 AngryIRATE5Down25 Clean feathersPREEN5Down25 StrongboxSAFE4Down26 The quantity used in evening upNINE4Down26 UnfastenedUNDID5Down27 Go very quietly around Mile End!PEP3Down28 ClassGENUS5Down28 TotalSUM3Down28 CancelANNUL5Down30 CeaseSTOP4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, June 26, 2023. 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.