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Evening Standard Crossword August 12 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 12 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
BetWAGER5Across3 Where a doctor should show an interest, no matter whatINANYCASE9Across9 GuideLEADER6Across9 LivelinessANIMATION9Across9 ClarifyELUCIDATE9Across10 WaveRIPPLE6Across10 Was like, when one photographed laterTOOKAFTER9Across10 TendencyTREND5Across11 ParchedARID4Across12 At the hotel, try to find paperPAGE4Across12 ForcedMADE4Across12 The weapon slip, somehow, to insidePISTOL6Across13 MendREPAIR6Across13 They’re not attending the lectures on boatsCUTTERS7Across14 NeglectedOMITTED7Across14 CorrosionRUST4Across15 SightSPECTACLE9Across15 Someone to lean on after you drink the beer?SUPPORTER9Across15 ArticulatePRONOUNCE9Across17 MisleadDECEIVE7Across17 Call in to a tea-break and make an end of it!TERMINATE9Across17 The dispenser is the one who let it slipDROPPER7Across18 IrritatedNETTLED7Across18 KeepRETAIN6Across19 What the advertisement says is “Work to an end”SLOGAN6Across19 PlaythingTOY3Across20 SoundHISS4Across20 Said angrily “It spluttered when cooking”SPAT4Across20 HeronEGRET5Across21 StressingACCENTING9Across23 Is honest in conveying the entertainment’s not very goodPLAYSFAIR9Across23 SideTEAM4Across23 Punishes for the broken pane and the silly lies, the sonPENALISES9Across25 ForeverETERNALLY9Across25 EntranceDOOR4Across25 Had ogled, I would sayEYED4Across26 BandSASH4Across26 WanderedROVED5Across26 ClergymanPARSON6Across27 Had crept off, or walked off withSTOLEN6Across27 ElderlyOLD3Across28 Could be insulin: find out more on going to the hospitalHORMONE7Across29 English cheeseCHEDDAR7Across29 AloofDISTANT7Across30 ModernLATTERDAY9Across32 Will have a try at capturing the soldiersTESTAMENT9Across32 AleBEER4Across33 ChatteringPRATTLING9Across34 Sent off to cover an earthquake that impendsTHREATENS9Across34 SpearTRIDENT7Across35 Talk of having part refurbished and let outPRATTLE7Across35 EnormousHUGE4Across35 RevoltREBEL5Across36 ShedLEANTO6Across36 Walks on water!TRAMPS6Across36 WoodDEAL4Across37 Up to the B in “beer”ABLE4Across37 FigurineSTATUE6Across38 SweetsLOLLIPOPS9Across38 Played to win?SERENADED9Across38 BrookSTREAMLET9Across39 DeclineREFUSE6Across39 Evaluation of the Paris trip a chum is about to giveAPPRAISAL9Across39 RendezvousTRYST5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Got rid of, as arrangedDISPOSED8Down1 Italian cheesePARMESAN8Down1 BegPLEAD5Down1 NonsenseFIDDLESTICKS12Down2 As the very latest report is?BANGUPTODATE12Down2 FundamentalBASIC5Down2 Shut upSILENCED8Down3 The “rail” is in “raillery”BANISTER8Down3 DampWET3Down3 MadINSANE6Down4 The dog is more determinedSETTER6Down4 ComeARRIVE6Down4 Sea-eagleERNE4Down5 InfirmDECREPIT8Down5 I let the tots play about with something dangerousSTILETTO8Down5 FreeRID3Down6 Definitely make you take the wrong trainFORCERTAIN10Down6 CarAUTOMOBILE10Down6 JetSPOUT5Down7 The number one killer is seen outside the apartmentCAPTAIN7Down7 CallerVISITOR7Down7 GodDEITY5Down8 Likelihood presented to us by the brochurePROSPECTUS10Down8 UnnecessarilyNEEDLESSLY10Down8 Volunteers to take the above letterTHETA5Down11 Man’s nameANTON5Down11 SnakeREPTILE7Down13 PreventDEBAR5Down14 ToweringSOARING7Down16 GiftTALENT6Down16 Strongly resist the attitude adopted at workOPPOSE6Down16 UrgedEGGED5Down18 The gentleman didn’t allow father to finishSIR3Down19 MarriedWED3Down19 TeaseRAG3Down19 When not in the first flush, after lunchtime is wisestPASTONESBEST12Down21 UnwiselyILLADVISEDLY12Down21 CogTOOTH5Down22 She’s a girl madly in love? Quite the opposite!GLORIA6Down22 ArthropodINSECT6Down22 UtterlyABSOLUTELY10Down23 Lovely to hand over to in a bad situationPRETTYPASS10Down23 Arranged that before daybreak it would be lined upATTHEREADY10Down24 CrowdMOB3Down24 AlsoINADDITION10Down24 Write from prisonPEN3Down25 Geological ageEON3Down25 SundryDIVERS6Down27 FatOBESE5Down28 TelescopeSPYGLASS8Down28 Does a navigator have scope when working it out?LATITUDE8Down28 To the instrument, sing shrilly and danceHORNPIPE8Down29 PostponeDELAY5Down29 HiresCHARTERS8Down29 From the right quarterEASTERLY8Down30 AdjustREGULATE8Down30 PresageAUGUR5Down31 Not taking advantage of the joker that isn’t played inWASTING7Down31 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down31 PrincipleTENET5Down32 MaterialTWILL5Down33 Step inside, sir, thank youSTAIR5Down33 Leaves all bundled up, prepared for a dousingTEABAG6Down34 LaudPRAISE6Down34 NoblemanPEER4Down34 GrooveRUT3Down36 PermitLET3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 12, 2022. 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.