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Evening Standard Crossword August 12 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 12 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Find61 AcrossReveal answer → Cave man of Gaelic legend61 AcrossReveal answer → Untrue53 AcrossReveal answer → But, when extra, it’s surprising87 AcrossReveal answer → Gambling game87 AcrossReveal answer → Ado48 AcrossReveal answer → The cry a chap makes out of love!48 AcrossReveal answer → Attacker69 AcrossReveal answer → Sam the belt610 AcrossReveal answer → Goalkeeper610 AcrossReveal answer → Canopy610 AcrossReveal answer → Boy’s name611 AcrossReveal answer → Character change for a GI611 AcrossReveal answer → Elicit511 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive412 AcrossReveal answer → Moisten314 AcrossReveal answer → It can be skeletal, note314 AcrossReveal answer → Story415 AcrossReveal answer → Pass on516 AcrossReveal answer → Received with thanks by a boy516 AcrossReveal answer → Inclined717 AcrossReveal answer → Bombast417 AcrossReveal answer → Invariably, it can be five short417 AcrossReveal answer → Wanderer519 AcrossReveal answer → In jest, to some extent, they’re OK519 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap320 AcrossReveal answer → Glutted with dates?521 AcrossReveal answer → Singer521 AcrossReveal answer → A shelter521 AcrossReveal answer → Jack’s hat?522 AcrossReveal answer → Mature522 AcrossReveal answer → Hero423 AcrossReveal answer → Long moustaches severely trimmed423 AcrossReveal answer → End part423 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy425 AcrossReveal answer → Long526 AcrossReveal answer → You’ll find him in EastEnders or in Spitalfields526 AcrossReveal answer → French capital526 AcrossReveal answer → Transgression328 AcrossReveal answer → A hint to start the ball rolling328 AcrossReveal answer → Couch328 AcrossReveal answer → Takes on629 AcrossReveal answer → Wander around and you may get cautioned629 AcrossReveal answer → Keenly730 AcrossReveal answer → New rag improvised by a composer630 AcrossReveal answer → Main circus tent630 AcrossReveal answer → Border on being a tuba composition431 AcrossReveal answer → Fencing sword431 AcrossReveal answer → Remorseful832 AcrossReveal answer → Banter about BR?832 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise433 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign633 AcrossReveal answer → Biting wit can have one in tears633 AcrossReveal answer → Board game435 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure536 AcrossReveal answer → Assault638 AcrossReveal answer → Ebb639 AcrossReveal answer → Pattern540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Minced beef by the pound, note, won’t make you strong61 DownReveal answer → Accounts book61 DownReveal answer → Track51 DownReveal answer → An expanding producer62 DownReveal answer → A charm62 DownReveal answer → House52 DownReveal answer → Gaelic43 DownReveal answer → Left on one’s Tod?43 DownReveal answer → Charge33 DownReveal answer → Unplaced horse74 DownReveal answer → Restricted time, perhaps, in cover74 DownReveal answer → Passionate64 DownReveal answer → Iron alloy55 DownReveal answer → Plunder45 DownReveal answer → It’s paddled up and down55 DownReveal answer → Sheep36 DownReveal answer → Trivial56 DownReveal answer → Structure at the pierhead only?56 DownReveal answer → Giant57 DownReveal answer → Young deer48 DownReveal answer → To me, a good-hearted ass!48 DownReveal answer → Representative58 DownReveal answer → No particular one key part39 DownReveal answer → Take a seat39 DownReveal answer → Can it arise from smouldering ashes?312 DownReveal answer → Sleeping place312 DownReveal answer → Manage to get to the far end, everyone?513 DownReveal answer → Synagogue minister513 DownReveal answer → Determined713 DownReveal answer → Like514 DownReveal answer → All to take a kiddie for a bit of a walk515 DownReveal answer → Group of witches515 DownReveal answer → Reconstruct716 DownReveal answer → A female to make sweet music with?518 DownReveal answer → In front518 DownReveal answer → Kind518 DownReveal answer → Crowd319 DownReveal answer → Somewhat shocking piece of pottery?319 DownReveal answer → Doze319 DownReveal answer → Where there’s a bridge to the gardens320 DownReveal answer → Blokes320 DownReveal answer → Highly cunning about upsetting Pete721 DownReveal answer → Past events721 DownReveal answer → Wicked? Yes, with no love lost322 DownReveal answer → Revolt522 DownReveal answer → Rend322 DownReveal answer → Big cats623 DownReveal answer → Imposing for a while623 DownReveal answer → Shelter324 DownReveal answer → Poker stake424 DownReveal answer → A bit reticent where money’s concerned424 DownReveal answer → Cause an egghead wild anger625 DownReveal answer → Jacket feature625 DownReveal answer → Protective eye covering526 DownReveal answer → A drawback to Oscar, for instance526 DownReveal answer → The weak half of a bar527 DownReveal answer → Character627 DownReveal answer → Circular527 DownReveal answer → Cable car for hire, with driver?328 DownReveal answer → Started528 DownReveal answer → Drink gingerly328 DownReveal answer → Thick529 DownReveal answer → Sound of a car horn430 DownReveal answer → At journey’s end, was about to give directions430 DownReveal answer → Sovereign531 DownReveal answer → Rustic532 DownReveal answer → Nimbus434 DownReveal answer → Vigour336 DownReveal answer → Fish337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.