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Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2020 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#
PerspireSWEAT5Across1 LungeTHRUST6Across5 PenitentSORRY5Across8 Drying while you’re phoningONTHELINE9Across9 Bride's 'bottom drawer'TROUSSEAU9Across9 Surgical procedureOPERATION9Across10 MiddleCENTRE6Across10 Better than, when it comes to barbering?ACUTABOVE9Across10 PokePROD4Across11 Delighted to detect, you saySENT4Across12 ResonationECHO4Across12 SatisfyFULFIL6Across13 Said it’s a surface charmAPPEAL6Across13 DisturbAGITATE7Across14 ConsumingEATING6Across14 After half an hour I send food round to feedNOURISH7Across14 A miniature plane, perhapsDWARFTREE9Across15 DiscussedDEBATED7Across15 ProvincialPAROCHIAL9Across15 Sets straight on the subject of clothesREDRESSES9Across17 AbleCOMPETENT9Across17 On the day, dead annoyed about its being full of holesRIDDLED7Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 GodparentSPONSOR7Across18 An animal and one dicky bird!PIGEON6Across19 LeaveDEPART6Across19 BarrierDAM3Across19 Norwegian capitalOSLO4Across20 Decline to become enamoured ofFALL4Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Giving a guarantee, which is auspiciousPROMISING9Across23 Focus attention onHIGHLIGHT9Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across23 NetworkMESH4Across24 Set off and left after the other three, we’re toldWENTFORTH9Across25 Extremely funnyHILARIOUS9Across25 Moor by the river bankTIER4Across26 SpoolREEL4Across26 AristocracyGENTRY6Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Even though one has the odd bleat about itALBEIT6Across27 QuartersFOURTHS7Across29 SummitTOP3Across29 Is he grumbling about the old-fashioned transport?GROWLER7Across29 SwungDANGLED7Across31 LentLOANED6Across32 With set ideas, going off to do some bird-watching?HIDEBOUND9Across32 AnglerFISHERMAN9Across32 DepartedGONE4Across34 Is clearly irritated by and cancelsSCRATCHES9Across34 ProfusionABUNDANCE9Across34 AmatoryEROTIC6Across35 An advertisement from “15”?LEAFLET7Across35 VerticalUPRIGHT7Across35 About a quarter recover? How surprising!REALLY6Across36 CunningCRAFTY6Across36 Second-handUSED4Across37 Fool who will, given time, get senseTWIT4Across37 EarnestHEARTFELT9Across38 TreeALDER5Across38 An ally in one form or anotherCLASSMATE9Across38 US stateLOUISIANA9Across39 Pay my debts? Lay off!DISCHARGE9Across39 FieryTORRID6Across39 CoinPENNY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Deem to be deliberateCONSIDER8Down1 TriesATTEMPTS8Down1 Native languageMOTHERTONGUE12Down2 What happened when the flag was hoisted showing a flower?STANDARDROSE12Down2 SorrowWOE3Down2 StrangePECULIAR8Down3 Smiled when the spider got me agitatedSIMPERED8Down3 WrongASTRAY6Down3 RegretfulRUEFUL6Down4 The girl’s been stood up again and that’s toughSEVERE6Down4 HillTOR3Down4 SortTYPE4Down5 Paper sizeFOOLSCAP8Down5 Speak ill of as “a ruddy awful paper”BALLYRAG8Down5 RebelledRIOTED6Down6 Prepared the bed for sleeping in – didn’t like itTURNEDDOWN10Down6 Type of butterflyREDADMIRAL10Down6 ObjectiveTARGET6Down7 upcast and carrying an instrument, said helloSALUTED7Down7 SeamanMARINER7Down7 The old man, like myself, had so healthy an upbringingMETHUSELAH10Down8 CatchingINFECTIOUS10Down8 EbbedRECEDED7Down9 Misses one most, being crazy aboutOMITS5Down11 Extremely angryIRATE5Down11 KnockRAP3Down12 DreadfulDIRE4Down13 Brief one on how to be a substitute?FILLIN6Down16 ExpensiveCOSTLY6Down16 RelaxEASE4Down16 Old-fashionedDATED5Down17 SpeckDOT3Down19 The girl who took your coat?PEG3Down19 ThreatenedMENACED7Down20 MeteorSHOOTINGSTAR12Down21 Spring waterAPRILSHOWERS12Down21 ReputeFAME4Down22 EarthGROUND6Down22 Attempt to get the keys to the garrisonEFFORT6Down22 Keenly contestedHARDFOUGHT10Down23 Like the shorts dirty from playing football?PITCHBLACK10Down23 PesterMOLEST6Down24 The salesman’s favourite words? I believe you!ILLBUYTHAT10Down24 Brains, commonlyGREYMATTER10Down24 Dried grassHAY3Down25 It is to the point, showing intelligenceWIT3Down25 DeerSTAG4Down25 VenerateHONOUR6Down26 DisregardIGNORE6Down28 PersistenceTENACITY8Down28 Authorises at last the transplantation of the rosesENDORSES8Down28 ProductiveFRUITFUL8Down29 Left inside so germs spread, which is stupidGORMLESS8Down29 Motorcycle sportSPEEDWAY8Down30 EnclosurePEN3Down30 As favours, prepared to keep in store, packagedROSETTES8Down30 “A terrible slob,” I add, “hard to get rid of”ABOLISH7Down31 HeavyWEIGHTY7Down31 A drink before the playDRAMA5Down33 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 Middle Eastern countrySYRIA5Down33 Fit for cropsARABLE6Down34 Supports the defensive effortsSTANDS6Down34 MaterialREP3Down36 TavernINN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 14, 2020. 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.