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Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 28 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 129 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#
RangeSCOPE5Across1 Female servantsMAIDS5Across3 Mock something grubby?SCOFF5Across3 DisperseDISPEL6Across5 Is she about to do wrong to the woodman?WOMAN5Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 Bishop's headdressMITRE5Across8 AscertainENSURE6Across10 Treated the soil for lb1, on averageLIMED5Across10 SpoolsREELS5Across10 Egg-shapedOVAL4Across11 The big fightWAR3Across11 OwingDUE3Across11 Gas coming from some decaying oranges?ARGON5Across12 QuickRAPID5Across12 BeastMONSTER7Across13 Like a portion of veal on the tableEATABLE7Across13 LikingPALATE6Across14 CogentVALID5Across15 HideCONCEAL7Across15 Do another gardening broadcast?RESOW5Across15 Back up thick-headedly, say?PUT3Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 DroopSAG3Across18 Wild rhetoric is simply a line in businessTIRADE6Across19 FaucetTAP3Across19 Term of officeTENURE6Across19 ScoldsREBUKES7Across21 The only fellow fancied inferior to the femaleMEREMAN7Across21 AdroitDEFT4Across21 It's basic in mathsROOT4Across22 At any timeEVER4Across22 KinglyREGAL5Across23 MinesPITS4Across23 Slipped Sidney the money to holdSLID4Across23 The truth about Italy, possiblyREALITY7Across24 Capital of IraqBAGHDAD7Across24 PresentHERE4Across24 RubberERASER6Across26 Supported by Rhodes, maybeSHORED6Across26 LairDEN3Across27 A piece of musicBAR3Across29 LoutOAF3Across29 FishEEL3Across29 The little bar at the end of the lineSERIF5Across31 FundamentalRADICAL7Across31 AngersRILES5Across31 Like Jolly Roger, well clear of the waterBONEDRY7Across32 LibertyFREEDOM7Across32 Turn left and fly out? Absolutely!FULLY5Across34 TravelRIDE4Across34 AscendsRISES5Across34 Also said to be more than oneTOO3Across35 DraggedHAULED6Across35 HillTOR3Across35 Polishes for enthusiastsBUFFS5Across36 NimbusCLOUD5Across36 He plays as he worksACTOR5Across37 CompleteUTTER5Across37 CheerfulMERRY5Across38 Though young, a girl has ways to get aroundSEVEN5Across38 VigilantALERT5Across38 DirkDAGGER6Across39 BlitheMERRY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down1 Atkinson rooted to the spot?ROWAN5Down1 SideboardDRESSER7Down2 TinCAN3Down2 Protection for a soldier's sweetheart?PARAPET7Down2 SwoopPOUNCE6Down3 Slightly openAJAR4Down4 StrayERR3Down4 See a mineral as something fruity!CORE4Down4 FallDROP4Down5 Once the cost when bits of flooring were missing?FLORIN6Down5 PropelsDRIVES6Down5 ClimbedSCALED6Down6 Chair carried on polesSEDAN5Down6 The thinner the betterFINER5Down6 HiddenLATENT6Down7 TalentFLAIR5Down7 He takes stick in the bibleHEROD5Down7 Large caskTUN3Down9 DiscussedDEBATED7Down9 One offering a silent welcome?MAT3Down9 NormalREGULAR7Down12 Related but mutated?ALTERED7Down12 VehicleVAN3Down12 TardyLATE4Down13 It's prickly, naturallyBUR3Down14 Small flapTAB3Down14 FormerlyONCE4Down16 Would she hiss at a friend?SALLY5Down16 SensationalLURID5Down16 BeerLAGER5Down17 Darling playgirlWENDY5Down17 ThickDENSE5Down17 Lofty lad in the furniture dept.TALLBOY7Down19 Ties upTETHERS7Down19 PriseLEVER5Down20 StylePANACHE7Down20 It's stupid to give a fathead creditCRASS5Down20 RoyalREGAL5Down21 The car? I leave it in the open countryMOTOR5Down21 InsectFLEA4Down22 Paint-mixing boardPALETTE7Down23 What to do in prison upon waking?STRETCH7Down23 RespectedHEEDED6Down24 Next toBESIDE6Down24 Worthless, it may come to us freeREFUSE6Down24 BellowROAR4Down25 Nominally a Muscovite? Not Russ!IAN3Down25 Scottish riverDEE3Down25 RelaxingEASING6Down26 Excited about the possibility of getting promoted?HETUP5Down27 FirearmRIFLE5Down27 Music of Morocco?RIFFS5Down28 AntitoxinSERUM5Down28 TinyMINUTE6Down28 NourishedFED3Down30 One bent on crimeCROOK5Down30 Pierces with hornsGORES5Down30 DreadFEAR4Down32 Tory in the navy?BLUE4Down32 The point of having a girlDOT3Down33 BreedREAR4Down33 SpeckDOT3Down33 LimbARM3Down36 SpikeEAR3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, June 28, 2026. 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.