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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2019 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#
CaptureCATCH5Across1 BundleFAGGOT6Across5 ReappearRECUR5Across8 Kept quiet and bookedPRESERVED9Across9 SincereHEARTFELT9Across9 Household pestCOCKROACH9Across10 Skin troubleECZEMA6Across10 Favouring the proposal to have an advertising campaignPROMOTION9Across10 HeroicEPIC4Across11 For the trip in, about one dayRIDE4Across12 LegendMYTH4Across12 CaressSTROKE6Across13 Make no move to anaesthetiseFREEZE6Across13 Prime MinisterPREMIER7Across14 ConsumingEATING6Across14 Shudder at having to compete with the awful child in itVIBRATE7Across14 The delight you feel when you see your bus coming?TRANSPORT9Across15 ElbowedJOSTLED7Across15 SameIDENTICAL9Across15 Don’t forget to pick it up againRECOLLECT9Across17 SizeMAGNITUDE9Across17 Reckoned it means “with a pattern”FIGURED7Across18 RodentRAT3Across18 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across18 Rule on, when carrying the raid outORDAIN6Across19 TrialORDEAL6Across19 ObeseFAT3Across19 CastleFORT4Across20 Shot back, madSTAB4Across20 PeruseREAD4Across21 Sea fruit?CRABAPPLE9Across23 ObstructedPREVENTED9Across23 SensationalLURID5Across23 MeatBEEF4Across24 A pebble on the beach?SANDSTONE9Across25 GuardianCUSTODIAN9Across25 Make the acquaintance of and be full of, on returnMEET4Across26 CeremonyRITE4Across26 DiseaseMALADY6Across27 PermitLET3Across27 Recommend that you should tellADVISE6Across27 Purplish redMAGENTA7Across29 ConflictWAR3Across29 A temp in some hole-in-the-wall job?STOPGAP7Across29 BraveDASHING7Across31 PouredTEEMED6Across32 Thinks up possible reasons for the zero increments?THEORISES9Across32 EternalPERMANENT9Across32 TravelRIDE4Across34 Nonsense! Go in to hector the demonstratorPROTESTER9Across34 CertainlyDOUBTLESS9Across34 IntroduceINSERT6Across35 Going through the list, I really enjoy myselfROISTER7Across35 Keep under controlREPRESS7Across35 One son, Nigel: he’s most peculiarSINGLE6Across36 Salad plantTOMATO6Across36 MetalIRON4Across37 Hadn’t paid for the round we hadOWED4Across37 Added sugarSWEETENED9Across38 LawfulLICIT5Across38 About the meal out, say it’s an impasseSTALEMATE9Across38 Grounds for complaintGRIEVANCE9Across39 To do with the origins of the moneyRESOURCES9Across39 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 TrivialPETTY5Across40

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Running through it, if first given a drinkAPERITIF8Down1 HeroCHAMPION8Down1 AbuseMALTREATMENT12Down2 Means of communicating with the next world?DEADLANGUAGE12Down2 CurveARC3Down2 UprightVERTICAL8Down3 Charge too muchOVERLOAD8Down3 MakeCREATE6Down3 Leisurely walkSTROLL6Down4 Coming a day before the openingADVENT6Down4 BorderHEM3Down4 GratisFREE4Down5 YelledSCREAMED8Down5 Editor on a paper that folded, it seemedAPPEARED8Down5 InstrumentGUITAR6Down6 A certainty that the defendant will be found guilty?CONVICTION10Down6 Those taking the blameSCAPEGOATS10Down6 CongestedTURGID6Down7 It doesn’t have a bull ring!COWBELL7Down7 PoisonARSENIC7Down7 Like a first-class, though useless, gongUNBEATABLE10Down8 1920s danceCHARLESTON10Down8 CautiousCAREFUL7Down9 The leg that is held up in the pictureIMAGE5Down11 FarewellADIEU5Down11 EqualPAR3Down12 QuoteCITE4Down13 Are crying out for a sun salveSCREAM6Down16 AimTARGET6Down16 FormerlyONCE4Down16 ChallengedDARED5Down17 ElderlyOLD3Down19 Person you first have to reckon withONE3Down19 GiganticTITANIC7Down20 Outdoor sportORIENTEERING12Down21 Believed on both occasions one hadn’t acted rashlyTHOUGHTTWICE12Down21 SoonANON4Down22 NeglectFORGET6Down22 Has been running round again on the beachASHORE6Down22 RewordPARAPHRASE10Down23 Get as far as “The others land”COMETOREST10Down23 ImproveBETTER6Down24 He’s left his car behind. There’s nothing unusual in thatPEDESTRIAN10Down24 CrossingTRAVERSING10Down24 ModestCOY3Down25 Get me to meet with, face to faceSEE3Down25 PitcherEWER4Down25 ShortageFAMINE6Down26 PureCHASTE6Down28 MannerATTITUDE8Down28 Was emphatic that the side isn’t to be beatenINSISTED8Down28 Large hillMOUNTAIN8Down29 Looking very clean, if you’re not quite so hawk-eyedSPOTLESS8Down29 AgreedASSENTED8Down30 ColourRED3Down30 Is taking part in the procession - absolute heaven!PARADISE8Down30 Said in the letter the bird, a tit, had flown inWRITTEN7Down31 JournalGAZETTE7Down31 I land up covering for herERICA5Down33 DaleDELL4Down33 Currency unitRUPEE5Down33 InjuryDAMAGE6Down34 Where there’s food, an insect will nose aboutPANTRY6Down34 PinchNIP3Down36 DecayROT3Down37

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