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Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
AspersionSLUR4Across1 ConferDUB3Across4 RuleSWAY4Across6 BenchPEW3Across9 Chucked into the sea?; That’s going too far!OVERBOARD9Across9 Uncle-likeAVUNCULAR9Across9 InnkeeperPUBLICAN8Across10 “Insulting a friend is wrong, senor,” you put inPERSONAL8Across10 Rabble-rouserAGITATOR8Across10 SlenderLEAN4Across11 Tie to the catLASH4Across12 Eye partIRIS4Across12 One or two people playingSINGLE6Across13 StreetAVENUE6Across13 In danger, as a witch’s life was, when thereATSTAKE7Across14 FiascoDEBACLE7Across14 VigourPEP3Across14 TomfooleryHIGHJINKS9Across15 And, anyhow, shooting grouse is not without riskDANGEROUS9Across15 ScatterSTREW5Across16 Take ill before appearing in and you stand in forREPRESENT9Across17 WhatsitsnameTHINGUMMY9Across17 Intend to sit for, to start withPROPOSE7Across18 Powerful familyDYNASTY7Across18 UnseemlyIMPROPER8Across19 Also say I was brought in to be the villainBADDIE6Across20 AppeasePACIFY6Across20 Prayer endingAMEN4Across21 LanguishedPINED5Across21 Led onto the vessel, looked furiousSCOW4Across21 CharmTALISMAN8Across23 Call out “Rich has a gun!”CHRISTEN8Across24 Roof windowSKYLIGHT8Across24 LarcenyTHEFT5Across24 Prepared the toast, say, to have in bedBUTTERED8Across26 High and dryHELPLESS8Across26 ShelterLEE3Across27 Make it, in your chosen career?EARN4Across28 Betting chancesODDS4Across28 RecentlyLATELY6Across29 The father I aim to make an ally ofFRIEND6Across29 AmusingCOMICAL7Across31 PlungeDIVE4Across31 Lose the opportunity of taking a girl on a dateMISSOUT7Across31 PlacardHOARDING8Across33 Going round and being about to test-driveBESETTING9Across34 Shown on TVTELEVISED9Across34 TitleSIR3Across34 RemainSTAY4Across35 BornNEE3Across36 Quite satisfactory, informallyHUNKYDORY9Across36 You may travel in one but not fast!DININGCAR9Across36 LasciviousLEWD4Across37 ReductionCUTBACK7Across38 A novice getting better all round at sportCURLING7Across38 Red gemsRUBIES6Across39 Does it say “Artificial Diamonds”?NOTICE6Across39 Pavement edgeKERB4Across40 Without Doctor Andrew againANEW4Across40 Convinced there will be a nice package in the nice postSINECURE8Across41 Greedily consumedDEVOURED8Across41 What the merchants are squabbling about?SCRAPIRON9Across42 Bride's bottom drawerTROUSSEAU9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Very hungryFAMISHED8Down1 Having arrived, proceeded to make oneself a cigarette?ROLLEDUP8Down1 ExcursionOUTING6Down2 Because one’s wrong about the time of yearSEASON6Down2 OafLOUT4Down2 SlipshodSLOVENLY8Down3 The singer in a local one has it in forBARITONE8Down3 AngerRILE4Down3 InfirmDECREPIT8Down4 PlanetURANUS6Down4 On a restored Degas, remarks we’ve heard often beforeADAGES6Down4 GroupBAND4Down5 Very grandMAJESTIC8Down5 Gave the impression of a paper made over by the editorAPPEARED8Down5 CleaveSPLIT5Down6 ContemptuousDISDAINFUL10Down6 Juncture at which the losing player had some luck?BREAKPOINT10Down6 TinyWEE3Down7 RubbishGARBAGE7Down7 Said how awful the ham was, cooked?ROASTED7Down7 AlertAWAKE5Down8 Internet companyDOTCOM6Down8 Humanity needs time to cope with itMANAGE6Down8 Gives to the champion sow to demolishBESTOWS7Down11 DependingRELYING7Down11 CallVISIT5Down12 SteepleSPIRE5Down13 ExplosionPOP3Down14 PunitivePENAL5Down15 ElbowJOSTLE6Down16 The outlandish quote, “The beast within,” is upsettingEXOTIC6Down16 SpaciousROOMY5Down17 IncorrectWRONG5Down18 Standing up to the woman is a different thingOTHER5Down19 NudeNAKED5Down19 PlacePUT3Down20 DemoteRELEGATE8Down20 Hairdo that goes well with the tea-gown?BUN3Down20 Harmonic soundsMUSIC5Down22 ExpireDIE3Down22 I believe in having colour in the houseCREDO5Down22 Work out what’s behind it allREASON6Down23 Damp and clingingCLAMMY6Down23 Proving to be fabricating itTURNINGOUT10Down25 Polynesian garmentGRASSSKIRT10Down25 RaiseHOIST5Down25 ArdentFIERY5Down26 Dried grassHAY3Down26 Rotten fish is served upBAD3Down26 PorchPORTICO7Down27 It’s recessed, which is a disappointmentSETBACK7Down27 AvoidSHUN4Down28 ImageIDOL4Down29 NibbleGNAW4Down30 Place of great richesELDORADO8Down30 Contrive to find someone who understands things mechanicalENGINEER8Down30 Union officialCONVENOR8Down31 Treatment of the dog I mean to agitate aboutMANICURE8Down31 An article about fight losing for financial gainTHROWING8Down32 ThroughVIA3Down32 IdlerLAYABOUT8Down32 Spotted as it wandered back homeSTAINED7Down33 PilotAVIATOR7Down33 SudsLATHER6Down35 The tension shows in the musicSTRAIN6Down35 Don’t like taking notes before the examDETEST6Down36 Usual practicesHABITS6Down36 Many a yarn has been spun on these islandsCANARY6Down37 First batsmanOPENER6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 28, 2019. 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.