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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2021 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Of the eyeOPTIC5Across3 Went slowly, but with credit, at a key pointCREPT5Across3 KeenEAGER5Across4 GlobeSPHERE6Across7 Saintly Alan embracing a blockhead!ALBAN5Across8 SentimentalSOPPY5Across8 SickILL3Across9 CurveARC3Across10 Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across10 A game with plenty to itLOTTO5Across10 In oppositionOUT3Across11 HillTOR3Across11 Where the whisky is sheer poetry?ISLAY5Across12 ShabbySEEDY5Across12 ScoundrelROGUE5Across12 CupidEROS4Across13 Maybe a man can't sing this high partDESCANT7Across13 PlanetJUPITER7Across13 Playing it, is there little room for love?CELLO5Across15 Boy's nameAARON5Across15 StaidSOBER5Across15 CalmSERENE6Across17 Covered in starch, ideallyHID3Across18 Male swanCOB3Across18 Chest expanders for servicemen?MEDALS6Across19 RotateTURN4Across19 CongenitalINNATE6Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 Domed buildingROTUNDA7Across21 An odd piece of virtu to usCURIOUS7Across21 NaggingONAT4Across22 Do you need pluck to play it?HARP4Across22 TopCAP3Across22 Something afoot that sounds frightening to cats, etc.SHOE4Across23 HeatherLING4Across23 PermittedALLOWED7Across24 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Authorise some men to take ownershipENTITLE7Across24 On a shipABOARD6Across26 Where, in Italy, poetry heartens the new manMODENA6Across26 CoatFUR3Across27 DepositLODGE5Across28 BeverageTEA3Across29 Reminder to start the ball rolling?CUE3Across29 It exudes from the old soldierSWEAT5Across31 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across31 KilnOVEN4Across31 Colouring agent used by mother?MAGENTA7Across32 Young catsKITTENS7Across32 FigurineSTATUE6Across33 SorceryMAGIC5Across34 As Sybil said, she's a sorceressSIBYL5Across34 Dad's right to be normalPAR3Across35 WitchHAG3Across35 Go inENTER5Across35 The man who came to dinnerINNER5Across36 Lose bloodBLEED5Across36 State of a crashed planeNEPAL5Across37 Brimless capBERET5Across37 TelephonedRANG4Across37 RogueKNAVE5Across38 UnfashionableDATED5Across38 £50 notes held in lawful fashionLEGAL5Across38 ImmerseDIP3Across39 SpikeEAR3Across41 PurifyDISTIL6Across42 CentreHEART5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ice-cold enemies round the cornerFLOES5Down1 Water lilyLOTUS5Down1 ValueASSESS6Down1 Put right what the chap put wrongly?PATCHUP7Down2 FruitAPRICOT7Down2 PickCHOOSE6Down2 EpochERA3Down3 Not richPOOR4Down4 OtherwiseELSE4Down4 The balance negotiated in sterling, partlyREST4Down4 VigilantALERT5Down5 Tropical lizardIGUANA6Down5 Puts at the head of the field, at lastPLACES6Down5 BearingENDURING8Down6 Trifled with a toy boy?TOYED5Down6 Not dirtyCLEAN5Down6 Nevertheless, calmSTILL5Down7 ShoeSABOT5Down7 GaelicERSE4Down8 Fizzy drinkPOP3Down9 It came to a stop in a Marilyn Monroe movieBUS3Down9 UnitedCONCERTED9Down11 Girl in a state? Quite the reverse!INDIANA7Down12 ReconstructREBUILD7Down12 ToddlerTOT3Down14 RemitSEND4Down14 Excellent, never-ending melodyAIR3Down14 DefeatBEAT4Down16 Machine or article at the play centreLATHE5Down16 QuickRAPID5Down16 Rosie's willowy formOSIER5Down17 WhinnyNEIGH5Down17 ShoalREEF4Down18 Show the score to a pupilMUSICAL7Down19 FoolishIDIOTIC7Down19 Friends much upset by a skinheadCHUMS5Down20 WandererNOMAD5Down20 Coarse, cloth-headed, uncivil!CRUDE5Down21 AssureCONVINCE8Down21 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down21 SkinPELT4Down23 Tanned hideLEATHER7Down23 One unconscious of being run over by a trainSLEEPER7Down23 In the Irish Republic, the New Testament is unabridgedENTIRE6Down24 Fleet of shipsARMADA6Down24 LecheryLUST4Down25 Tough? Oh no!TUG3Down25 Not dryWET3Down25 ObstinateDOUR4Down26 Due to a duck having to flyOWING5Down27 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down27 Support for an artist's viewsEASEL5Down28 TargetedAIMED5Down28 ShortageDEARTH6Down29 SwallowENGULF6Down30 EnrageANGER5Down30 Has Jack a treatment for warts?STRAW5Down30 Not everNEVER5Down32 Name my regimentMYRA4Down32 Flying toyKITE4Down32 Can you play it in your sleep?NAP3Down33 Wheat spikeEAR3Down33 ParchedARID4Down34 TidyNEAT4Down36 SeedPIP3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 16, 2021. 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.