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Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
DanceRUMBA5Across1 StopDESIST6Across5 FollowENSUE5Across8 Would have you know the bayonet's at the readyPOINTSOUT9Across9 ImpotentPOWERLESS9Across9 StubbornOBSTINATE9Across10 ScarcityDEARTH6Across10 A shopkeeper? Wrong. A garage mechanicOUTFITTER9Across10 SimilarAKIN4Across11 Shoot across to get something from the garden shedRAKE4Across12 Ice-skating arenaRINK4Across12 RoadSTREET6Across13 The Scotsman saw off the birdsMACAWS6Across13 CostumesOUTFITS7Across14 DedicateDEVOTE6Across14 The language of the two men!RUSSIAN7Across14 Moderates, as is one's wont, changing key in itTONESDOWN9Across15 SnarePITFALL7Across15 SpacemanASTRONAUT9Across15 Increases being, in various cases, overdueESCALATES9Across17 Ill feelingANIMOSITY9Across17 Take away from, by deed, half the landDETRACT7Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 Boisterous square danceHOEDOWN7Across18 The usual routine; back having a drink and something to eatTURNIP6Across19 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Across19 GratuityTIP3Across19 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across20 Say nothing, nothing, nothing. Just go awaySHOO4Across20 PeruseREAD4Across21 Was on the staff of and it panned out wellWORKEDFOR9Across23 UnreasonableUNEARTHLY9Across23 FiendDEMON5Across23 Young salmonPARR4Across24 Related to, when allowed to speak to on the telephoneCONNECTED9Across25 HypocriticalINSINCERE9Across25 Awaiting one's attention in the turmoilTODO4Across26 Extinct birdDODO4Across26 ForgeSMITHY6Across27 TearRIP3Across27 Seem incensed by the restraintBRIDLE6Across27 Able to floatBUOYANT7Across29 FishEEL3Across29 Are worried stiff about the gunFIREARM7Across29 TeachingTUITION7Across31 MethodSYSTEM6Across32 He's telling tales to monsieurRACONTEUR9Across32 Artificial lakeRESERVOIR9Across32 CarryTOTE4Across34 It's not true he's pretending to be a gangsterFALSEHOOD9Across34 CedeSURRENDER9Across34 SourACETIC6Across35 Having turned left, travelled by the riverDERWENT7Across35 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Across35 A box? Rot! Has to be packed in a tinCARTON6Across36 PossessingOWNING6Across36 Operatic songARIA4Across37 So about-turn and leaveERGO4Across37 Facial featuresEYELASHES9Across38 FlingTHROW5Across38 How one gets some pedestrian job with the greatest of ease?WALKSINTO9Across38 In another placeELSEWHERE9Across39 He watches sport, etc. A mish-mashSPECTATOR9Across39 ChatterRATTLE6Across39 ScoffSNEER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It is inspired and livelySPIRITED8Down1 Draw closer toAPPROACH8Down1 Malinger, informallySWINGTHELEAD12Down2 Fed up and in need of a rest cure?SICKANDTIRED12Down2 EmployUSE3Down2 Hold backRESTRAIN8Down3 Become known around townGOTABOUT8Down3 DeprivedBEREFT6Down3 FacetASPECT6Down4 Notes the effortSTRAIN6Down4 InsectANT3Down4 DeceasedDEAD4Down5 PerverseCONTRARY8Down5 Because you promise to give it upFORSWEAR8Down5 TrembleSHIVER6Down6 The appeal of the mince tart and what you do with itATTRACTION10Down6 ColleaguesASSOCIATES10Down6 FilamentTHREAD6Down7 "Weapon" there is a wry smile aboutMISSILE7Down7 ElocutionDICTION7Down7 Bears a message from: "Don't come unarmed"BRINGSWORD10Down8 English regionMERSEYSIDE10Down8 RefugeSHELTER7Down9 With the surprise in the plot, don't play fairTWIST5Down11 Legal defenceALIBI5Down11 KnowledgeKEN3Down12 MarkNOTE4Down13 Perturbed when one had brandished atSHAKEN6Down16 SmellsODOURS6Down16 JotIOTA4Down16 BoundaryLIMIT5Down17 DemureCOY3Down19 As far as the top of the ridge, or hillTOR3Down19 Well-likedPOPULAR7Down20 ColourEMERALDGREEN12Down21 Winner in the polls for those seeking sun?HOTFAVOURITE12Down21 SingerALTO4Down22 RevenueINCOME6Down22 The man with the funny ears in the vehicleHEARSE6Down22 Funeral directorUNDERTAKER10Down23 The more one does, the less one concentratesWATERSDOWN10Down23 PlacardPOSTER6Down24 Putting out of one's mind because annoyingFORGETTING10Down24 Alternative medical methodHOMEOPATHY10Down24 Climbing plantIVY3Down25 A tip for the waiters, you sayCUE3Down25 ReposeREST4Down25 ReplyRETORT6Down26 ScatteredSTREWN6Down28 Slow-moving creatureTORTOISE8Down28 A boss who'll put you on the right track?DIRECTOR8Down28 NoblewomanBARONESS8Down29 Understood to have been a stalkerFOLLOWED8Down29 MenaceTHREATEN8Down30 PermitLET3Down30 Giving me the cod I ordered - again, not very goodMEDIOCRE8Down30 Batting and feeling the stress, but it's greatINTENSE7Down31 Cut glassCRYSTAL7Down31 It's both Italian, dear, and Latin for "song"CAROL5Down33 MeasureMETE4Down33 ScorchSINGE5Down33 VocalistSINGER6Down34 Foot sore, rambling in the woodFOREST6Down34 LettuceCOS3Down36 AngerIRE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 28, 2024. 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.