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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2018 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#
AbradeSCRAPE6Across1 Looks at booksAUDITS6Across4 Girl's nameARETHA6Across4 DistributeDEAL4Across5 Foreign confectionery to have a fling withCONFETTI8Across7 Pasta tubesMACARONI8Across7 A trap's reset in an ancient citySPARTA6Across8 ProtectSHIELD6Across8 LocatedSITED5Across8 WagerBET3Across9 Eat or drink nosilySLURP5Across10 DregsLEES4Across10 A private nameTOMMY5Across10 ChoosePICK4Across11 AsunderAPART5Across12 ConspiracyPLOT4Across13 One can weaken and still wave itFLAG4Across13 UnjustUNFAIR6Across13 Indian dressSARI4Across14 It didn't grow at TyburnTREE4Across14 Coastal feature ripe for redevelopmentPIER4Across15 TouchFEEL4Across15 Gave food toFED3Across16 A familiar facsimileFAX3Across16 ExpensiveDEAR4Across16 On the ground, perhaps, too weak to stand up?THIN4Across17 MoveSTIR4Across17 RescueSAVE4Across18 SullenDOUR4Across19 A figure advanced at Bristol, for instanceAVON4Across19 MarryWED3Across20 One living next doorNEIGHBOUR9Across21 Actor playing Bonnie Prince Charlie?PRETENDER9Across21 By way ofVIA3Across22 DittySONG4Across23 By which Elsie is no end misled?LIES4Across23 AgentSPY3Across23 Passes for femalesDOES4Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 RelativeAUNT4Across24 BorderEDGE4Across25 Fail to survive on an inadequate dietDIE3Across26 Glass containerJAR3Across26 To some ladies, an unpleasant creatureTOAD4Across27 RendsRIPS4Across27 GrowEXPAND6Across28 But a greyhound can get out of itTRAP4Across29 Let fallDROP4Across29 RevoltREBEL5Across30 Blue essay about loveTORY4Across32 FlippersFINS4Across32 TidyNEAT4Across32 African country with a middle-sized riverZAIRE5Across33 PleasantNICE4Across33 Web-footed birdGOOSE5Across33 In play, could be termed a city of gentlemenVERONA6Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 NearlyALMOST6Across34 The cat gets a bird - as it flies through the air?TOMAHAWK8Across35 RespondREACT5Across35 PachydermELEPHANT8Across35 One learning the way in N. Ireland?TYRONE6Across36 GeneratedBRED4Across36 Bomb holeCRATER6Across36 FigurineSTATUE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AccumulateAMASS5Down1 CowSUBDUE6Down1 Writer of Caledonian tales initiallySCOTT5Down1 ConfirmedRATIFIED8Down2 HappenOCCUR5Down2 He's imagined to make men go astrayGNOME5Down2 Light? Emphatically!VERY4Down3 SnareTRAP4Down3 PalePALLID6Down3 Passage to a place like CapriAISLE5Down4 GangwayAISLE5Down4 DecryDISPARAGE9Down4 DisheartenDEPRESS7Down5 EgressEXIT4Down5 Many a student joke is a boreDRAG4Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 He gave a perfect ending to a clever piece of paintingTITIAN6Down6 ShoutHOLLER6Down6 EnjoyLIKE4Down7 OceanSEA3Down8 Maintain a graspHOLDON6Down9 Show proudly that dad's exceptionally dearPARADE6Down9 Produce eggsLAY3Down11 A royal ballORB3Down11 Over a yard, but just about a quarter of a foot!METRE5Down12 Restored from deathRISEN5Down12 The one Madame Butterfly sang of?FINEDAY7Down13 MaybePERHAPS7Down13 RespectREVERENCE9Down14 FruitFIG3Down15 CreeperIVY3Down15 Mine's in hospitalPIT3Down15 Animal's coatFUR3Down16 In favour of raising the roof, nothing lessFOR3Down16 HelpAID3Down17 Charlton, in the London areaHESTON6Down18 Famous riverTIGRIS6Down18 ObviousAPPARENT8Down19 She can be strikingly enlighteningVESTA5Down20 GainWIN3Down20 SurpassOUTDO5Down20 Soft, that is, to eat?PIE3Down21 And notNOR3Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 Seem ready to drop offNOD3Down22 Public vehicleBUS3Down22 Brownish uniform?LIVERY6Down23 SeamanSAILOR6Down23 LettuceCOS3Down25 Heart to heart listenerEAR3Down25 AnticipateEXPECT6Down26 StickADHERE6Down27 BuryINTER5Down28 Are to edit and deliver a speechORATE5Down28 SlightSNUB4Down29 Figure a liar may be out to surpass you!RIVAL5Down30 UnusualRARE4Down30 Boy's nameRONAN5Down30 TrivialPETTY5Down31 IlluminatedLIT3Down31 Not exactly perky, but rather sicklyPEAKY5Down31 Common verb that turns up in HerodotusTODO4Down32 Twelve inchesFOOT4Down32 Laze around with gusto!ZEAL4Down33 HiatusesGAPS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 16, 2018. 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.