Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 16 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer

Dairy product61 AcrossReveal answer → It grows loud, then softer61 AcrossReveal answer → Performer52 AcrossReveal answer → Demote87 AcrossReveal answer → Mark47 AcrossReveal answer → A hindrance to best coal production87 AcrossReveal answer → A car part48 AcrossReveal answer → Unwrap68 AcrossReveal answer → Unmarried woman48 AcrossReveal answer → Picked59 AcrossReveal answer → In which the Swiss talk informally about the French?610 AcrossReveal answer → Baby's soft shoe610 AcrossReveal answer → Wish for611 AcrossReveal answer → She'll finish up in something feminine611 AcrossReveal answer → Knock313 AcrossReveal answer → His patients are speechless314 AcrossReveal answer → Fish eggs314 AcrossReveal answer → Imitated415 AcrossReveal answer → Moo316 AcrossReveal answer → Dead right, but not at first516 AcrossReveal answer → Stair part516 AcrossReveal answer → What you do, If you get my meaning417 AcrossReveal answer → Row417 AcrossReveal answer → Lake418 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude519 AcrossReveal answer → Lockjaw719 AcrossReveal answer → One only comparatively solitary?519 AcrossReveal answer → Applaud420 AcrossReveal answer → Death-dealing521 AcrossReveal answer → Musical variety of totem521 AcrossReveal answer → Prima-donna422 AcrossReveal answer → Tired522 AcrossReveal answer → The right rhyme for 'sozzled'522 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted723 AcrossReveal answer → Small swelling423 AcrossReveal answer → Hires to detect a spy?423 AcrossReveal answer → Watched425 AcrossReveal answer → I rant widly when it's late526 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial waterway526 AcrossReveal answer → Spike327 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes328 AcrossReveal answer → There's many a page in an atlas328 AcrossReveal answer → Stunt428 AcrossReveal answer → Alarms629 AcrossReveal answer → Having been dried, is in water629 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly a town's doctor?630 AcrossReveal answer → By far630 AcrossReveal answer → Performed330 AcrossReveal answer → Sacred area?431 AcrossReveal answer → Parched331 AcrossReveal answer → Legal document431 AcrossReveal answer → Tell of events at election time832 AcrossReveal answer → Hard-hearted832 AcrossReveal answer → Principle533 AcrossReveal answer → A better team than Villa?633 AcrossReveal answer → Go back on one's word633 AcrossReveal answer → Toboggan636 AcrossReveal answer → Host437 AcrossReveal answer → Material538 AcrossReveal answer →

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One fighting to keep trespassers out?61 DownReveal answer → Battle61 DownReveal answer → Fragment51 DownReveal answer → Newspaper boss62 DownReveal answer → After starting work, Delia got upset and moaned62 DownReveal answer → Curve32 DownReveal answer → Gaelic43 DownReveal answer → Shout cheerily for support!43 DownReveal answer → Also33 DownReveal answer → Regret34 DownReveal answer → A good few74 DownReveal answer → Promising actress, but could be most slatternly74 DownReveal answer → Astern35 DownReveal answer → To read a letter is not much55 DownReveal answer → Foundation55 DownReveal answer → Transparent56 DownReveal answer → Ague56 DownReveal answer → Piece of nice dark wood56 DownReveal answer → Additional48 DownReveal answer → If stony now, was once hot stuff48 DownReveal answer → Perceive with the eyes39 DownReveal answer → Came across a nameless metal39 DownReveal answer → Aperture410 DownReveal answer → Tallied711 DownReveal answer → The Archers, it seems, have at least one listener312 DownReveal answer → Told712 DownReveal answer → Knight's title312 DownReveal answer → Race that may go to an American's head513 DownReveal answer → Lived713 DownReveal answer → Kingdom513 DownReveal answer → Punishment714 DownReveal answer → Man's name515 DownReveal answer → Where, in Germany, silly Billy gets out of breath!515 DownReveal answer → Shelf516 DownReveal answer → Bet517 DownReveal answer → Mire318 DownReveal answer → Perfect518 DownReveal answer → Additionally wide, perhaps?518 DownReveal answer → Record many an own goal319 DownReveal answer → Father319 DownReveal answer → A 'see-through' piece of fine tulle320 DownReveal answer → Not good320 DownReveal answer → The youngest sibling at school has a note for us721 DownReveal answer → Cushion321 DownReveal answer → Wavers721 DownReveal answer → A brief confirmation322 DownReveal answer → Jam container322 DownReveal answer → Go around scouting or guiding623 DownReveal answer → Injury623 DownReveal answer → Single entity424 DownReveal answer → Thoroughfare424 DownReveal answer → Partial new aspect of a church feature424 DownReveal answer → Human mind or soul625 DownReveal answer → Not married? That's the ticket!625 DownReveal answer → Cede526 DownReveal answer → Light boat526 DownReveal answer → In Cornwall, some of the towns include a rural part526 DownReveal answer → The hospital head has but one desire527 DownReveal answer → Requires527 DownReveal answer → A garment for when mum gets cold328 DownReveal answer → Spoil328 DownReveal answer → Fragrance529 DownReveal answer → This six-footer lived at Stepney central430 DownReveal answer → Water jug430 DownReveal answer → Unusual332 DownReveal answer → Number333 DownReveal answer → Nothing334 DownReveal answer → Brown335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.