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Evening Standard Crossword August 11 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 11 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
StartsBEGINS6Across1 PantGASP4Across1 A quick breather in the post officePRESTO6Across1 DecayROT3Across4 BoulderROCK4Across6 OddPECULIAR8Across7 Agreement to do something properlyVERYWELL8Across7 CurrentSTREAM6Across8 Bad time for a tiny totMITE4Across8 AssertAVER4Across8 EditREVISE6Across9 EnclosurePEN3Across10 Burdensome or laboured field studyLEADEN6Across10 Small finchCANARY6Across10 EraseDELETE6Across11 Secretive, shifty lout excluded from the cricket clubOCCULT6Across11 ScourSCRUB5Across12 PoemODE3Across14 Harry Enfield's wish?YEN3Across14 ObscureCLOUD5Across14 ChiefMAJOR5Across15 SumTOTAL5Across16 Loathes running heats!HATES5Across16 Deity in authorityTHOR4Across17 Sound qualityTONE4Across17 AgreeACCEDE6Across18 He plays the piano on the pier, perhapsPIPER5Across19 Military traineeCADET5Across19 PressedIRONED6Across20 Determined not to prevent being blown up!MINED5Across21 ShelterHAVEN5Across21 Taken to the inner manEATEN5Across22 Warning deviceSIREN5Across22 LegendMYTH4Across23 Container of a brown bookendTANK4Across23 LukewarmTEPID5Across24 Landed estateMANOR5Across26 TrapSNARE5Across26 Learned it was hard to get out of the wayHEARD5Across26 Adhesive for a broken mugGUM3Across28 LeavingGOING5Across28 Foot digitTOE3Across28 Hitchcock's boys?ALFRED6Across29 AwakenAROUSE6Across29 CushionPAD3Across30 Pancake mixBATTER6Across30 Barbara's out, that is, with the kiddiesBABIES6Across30 American notes that have been in circulationUSED4Across31 OpposedANTI4Across31 Peers irrationally around for an amount of money, and takes it!PRESUMES8Across32 ConsumeDEVOUR6Across32 Pause for restBREATHER8Across32 Had a fling before the match!TOSSED6Across33 AmatoryEROTIC6Across33 Sprinkle with flour, etc.DREDGE6Across33 TangleKNOT4Across34 DampWET3Across35 AppearSEEM4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bay lynxBOBCAT6Down1 This bird will always turn up for some milletPULLET6Down1 GarretATTIC5Down2 An eight foot snooker rest?SPIDER6Down2 IntrudeINVADE6Down2 ActiveSPRY4Down3 SupposePRESUME7Down3 As used in Provencal cooking?OVEN4Down3 Badly executedLYNCHED7Down4 InclineRAMP4Down4 HushQUIETEN7Down4 RotateTURN4Down5 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down5 For a start, is it socially acceptable to be in debt?DEBUT5Down5 SpreeREVEL5Down6 Marks made by bolts?BLOTS5Down6 InhumanCRUEL5Down6 DressCOSTUME7Down7 SoonANON4Down8 Where, in Ireland, love's to blossom?MAYO4Down8 BeforeERE3Down9 Group of kittensTEN3Down9 SelfEGO3Down11 It can be steered in an arcCAR3Down12 SpringSPA3Down12 Auction itemLOT3Down12 Len seems to have eaten some more fruit!LEMON5Down13 WickedBAD3Down13 UnspokenTACIT5Down13 BirdRAVEN5Down15 Stripes, in the sense of punishmentLINES5Down15 SpoutJET3Down16 TearRIP3Down17 Can its occupants figure to be in a nasty hole?HOVEL5Down18 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 A part in that theatre of mine!PIT3Down19 InterestCONCERN7Down19 VehicleCAR3Down19 Writer of a pointed article?PEN3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 Pretended to have discerned?MADEOUT7Down21 EquipmentRIG3Down21 HairyHIRSUTE7Down21 FragrantODOROUS7Down22 Former French coinSOU3Down22 Be less than terribly wrongERR3Down22 DappleMOTTLE6Down23 Potatoes, say, cooked by BusterTUBERS6Down23 CurDOG3Down23 Abominable snowmanYETI4Down24 Surrounded by many having to help outAMID4Down24 ObstacleHURDLE6Down25 Were touchingly affectionateKISSED6Down25 EpochERA3Down25 In a film, one in seven is so cheerfulHAPPY5Down26 Venemous snakeMAMBA5Down26 PerchROOST5Down27 Group of nineNONET5Down27 The PM's postAFTER5Down27 BrownTAN3Down28 It's good when you talkGAS3Down28 DinNOISE5Down29 Broken stub, maybeBUST4Down30 BowPROW4Down30 PoetBARD4Down30 AdroitDEFT4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. 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.