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Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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#
It can be blown from a pipeBUBBLE6Across1 BeneathBELOW5Across3 Attack from hidingAMBUSH6Across4 Song of lonelinessSOLITUDE8Across7 In spite of everythingAFTERALL8Across7 CountryISRAEL6Across8 Discontinue supportingDROP4Across8 RiteRITUAL6Across9 Pierces with hornsGORES5Across10 ServietteNAPKIN6Across10 It's played mainly by American schoolchildrenHOOKEY6Across10 ReappearRECUR5Across11 Tear it badly - the dress!ATTIRE6Across11 BitterACID4Across12 DaybreakDAWN4Across13 LevelEVEN4Across14 By making a hamper vegetarianPER3Across14 TooALSO4Across15 MergeFUSE4Across15 Betray in the manner of the deserter aboardRATON5Across16 Animal doctorVET3Across16 Mostly the red variety?DEER4Across17 IncitementSPUR4Across17 InferredDEDUCED7Across17 It's played with effortless artistrySITAR5Across19 Related by bloodAKIN4Across19 BalladLAY3Across20 EnsureGUARANTEE9Across21 Foreign language letter to mail, perhapsTAMIL5Across21 Of necessityNEEDS5Across21 The game for bigheaded fliersBOWLS5Across22 RequireNEED4Across23 Hams proceed to go with sausageMASH4Across23 DiplomacyTACT4Across23 OccupiedBUSY4Across24 DepressedDOWN4Across25 Not dryWET3Across26 At sea, can keep crews movingSCREW5Across26 MistakeERROR5Across26 Stupid personDOLT4Across27 ObservedSAW3Across28 Ruby red sealant?WAX3Across28 Object of worshipIDOL4Across29 They're thought of altruisticallyOTHERS6Across29 Difficult, and it's no good going by taxiTAXING6Across30 ReproachedTAUNTED7Across30 Lives a double life at OxfordISIS4Across31 Musical composition makes me no poetTONEPOEM8Across32 ColourBLUE4Across32 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Across33 ApplaudCLAP4Across33 City no longer a noted centre of potteriesEXETER6Across33 Women's lavatoryLADIES6Across34 AwfulDIRE4Across35 Plucking toolTWEEZERS8Across35 AgainstVERSUS6Across36 WandererNOMAD5Across36 RowRACKET6Across38 ThroatGULLET6Across39 DeclinedWANED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Canal boatBARGE5Down1 Beaten due to signs of having been smoking in bedBASHED6Down1 WideBROAD5Down1 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down2 Ronnie's dog?BARKER6Down2 SoberSTAID5Down2 CupidEROS4Down3 Spot a key agentESPY4Down3 BarrierBAR3Down3 Assumed nameALIAS5Down4 TeamELEVEN6Down4 Possibly astir in numbers due to the windMISTRAL7Down4 ResponsibilityONUS4Down5 Farm buildingBARN4Down5 An old army measureCUBIT5Down5 StrifeWAR3Down6 Boy's nameSTEVEN6Down6 Number seen to include a fiveSEVEN5Down6 CraftSKILL5Down7 As taken for a trip?DOPE4Down8 AppreciateENJOY5Down8 PerspiresSWEATS6Down9 The poet may put it over shortlyOER3Down9 Egg cellsOVA3Down11 FollowENSUE5Down12 Black salt?TAR3Down12 Registers the carROLLS5Down13 MidCENTRAL7Down13 Long-lastingDURABLE7Down13 DullardDUNCE5Down14 At Ponders End, mail is sorted for the citySIMLA5Down15 Animal's coatFUR3Down15 StrollSAUNTER7Down16 ContendVIE3Down16 A repealed statute, to be precise?EXACT5Down18 StorehouseDEPOT5Down18 Light oarPADDLE6Down18 Tool on a chain, perhapsSAW3Down19 UnevenODD3Down19 Enter dataKEYIN5Down20 Say it's soTIS3Down20 ObtainGET3Down21 A breakdown can lead to strain on itTOWROPE7Down21 Be noted as a flierBEE3Down22 HealthySOUND5Down22 Pistachio, sayNUT3Down22 Girl in a state getting a kiss!MAXINE6Down23 NullifyNEGATE6Down23 A political line?AXIS4Down24 AttemptTRY3Down24 Policeman, informallyCOP3Down25 Put up for hire, being soundHIGHER6Down25 Thus a hut is ramshackle, in a waySOUTH5Down26 DespoilRAVAGE6Down27 Animal in its smaller form, having no tail!RHINO5Down27 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 ContemptSCORN5Down28 Lived in KawasakiWAS3Down28 TimepieceWATCH5Down29 Father suggests it's up to meTIME4Down30 FrogmanDIVER5Down30 NameTITLE5Down31 Rental contractLEASE5Down31 DemiseDEATH5Down32 PiecesBITS4Down32 Plant ovuleSEED4Down33 ListROTA4Down34 NovelNEW3Down36 CounterfeitDUD3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. 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.