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Evening Standard Crossword August 15 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 15 2019 answers. The Thursday 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#
MomentSECOND6Across1 He lived near VictoriaALBERT6Across4 To drinkIMBIBE6Across4 KnifeSTAB4Across5 Their tales aren't newOLDWIVES8Across7 Art of flying aircraftAVIATION8Across7 Intend somehow to get canned!TINNED6Across8 ChucksTHROWS6Across8 ParamourLOVER5Across8 EdgeRIM3Across9 MistakeERROR5Across10 DestroyRUIN4Across10 Might it break the racket?SMASH5Across10 DeadenedNUMB4Across11 AvoidEVADE5Across12 French cheeseBRIE4Across13 Team with biasSIDE4Across13 NamedCALLED6Across13 Mass of breadLOAF4Across14 Potentate's pavilion?TENT4Across14 Come and get it!HERE4Across15 Sound a hornTOOT4Across15 In favour ofPRO3Across16 A Schumann piece you can singHUM3Across16 ExpensiveDEAR4Across16 The tail of a sheep, I see, is very longEPIC4Across17 End partTAIL4Across17 IntellectNOUS4Across18 Female horseMARE4Across19 They like bananas and split peasAPES4Across19 FreeRID3Across20 RequiredNECESSARY9Across21 Subtly put a guard on a friendGRADUALLY9Across21 IlluminatedLIT3Across22 List of dishesMENU4Across23 Finish searching for a fathead in the back of beyondFIND4Across23 FirearmGUN3Across23 She's back from BasildonLISA4Across24 AirTUNE4Across24 Slender prongTINE4Across24 ThoughtIDEA4Across25 A fishy endingFIN3Across26 Floor coveringMAT3Across26 Many an animal needs little drinkDRAM4Across27 EncounterMEET4Across27 MonsterDRAGON6Across28 A mate to make much ofCHUM4Across29 Neck partNAPE4Across29 FairLIGHT5Across30 Drunkard's insult?SLUR4Across32 Have on as clothingWEAR4Across32 PressIRON4Across32 French river or small German articleSEINE5Across33 RippedTORE4Across33 ManservantVALET5Across33 Nominally he works in leadDANIEL6Across34 AngerIRE3Across34 PugilismBOXING6Across34 Quotations from old treatisesEXTRACTS8Across35 CutSEVER5Across35 AlwaysEVERMORE8Across35 Beauty but skin deepVENEER6Across36 FastenedTIED4Across36 Make belovedENDEAR6Across36 Put onSTAGED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down1 HitSTRUCK6Down1 Food and drinkTOAST5Down1 MoanCOMPLAIN8Down2 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Down2 In his business there's much promotionADMAN5Down2 An attractive detective, on the quiet?DISH4Down3 MoveSTIR4Down3 TendedNURSED6Down3 Moving article on prisonASTIR5Down4 Introduction, in shortINTRO5Down4 ChangedCONVERTED9Down4 RemittingSENDING7Down5 UnclothedBARE4Down5 Bald headed individual a dog might go forBONE4Down5 LoyalTRUE4Down6 Rushes around like a monkeyRHESUS6Down6 Be on one's guardBEWARE6Down6 InfantBABY4Down7 UntruthLIE3Down8 Hired assassinHITMAN6Down9 Is out of town formulating ethicsIDEALS6Down9 Stick, shaftROD3Down11 Satisfied with the rail serviceMET3Down11 Hardback!STERN5Down12 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down12 Worldly way to put the wrong clause rightSECULAR7Down13 Support, reinforceBOLSTER7Down13 CharmedDELIGHTED9Down14 Drawn matchTIE3Down15 SportFUN3Down15 Covered in aphides!HID3Down15 SnoopPRY3Down16 I say there, that was a popular song!HEY3Down16 HelpAID3Down17 On such steamers, do you get your feet wet?PADDLE6Down18 InsightACUMEN6Down18 SociableOUTGOING8Down19 Fishy sounding locationPLACE5Down20 GrooveRUT3Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 It's drunk in nogginsGIN3Down21 MeshNET3Down21 DelineatedDEFINED7Down21 Mean to go first-class to MineheadAIM3Down22 Take a seatSIT3Down22 It can be grand in the endFINALE6Down23 Abandon ashoreMAROON6Down23 PrimateAPE3Down25 Manage the marathon maybeRUN3Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 ReallyINDEED6Down27 KeenEAGER5Down28 Dictator of where to draw the line?RULER5Down28 DroopWILT4Down29 It's a bit knotty in WhitchurchHITCH5Down30 MislayLOSE4Down30 PermitALLOW5Down30 AnaestheticETHER5Down31 HillTOR3Down31 A French water departmentMEUSE5Down31 Glue in suitable measureSIZE4Down32 BroadWIDE4Down32 Majestic stallion?SIRE4Down33 Be differentVARY4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 15, 2019. 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.