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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Dairy productCHEESE6Across1 It grows loud, then softerFLOWER6Across1 PerformerACTOR5Across2 DemoteRELEGATE8Across7 MarkSCAR4Across7 A hindrance to best coal productionOBSTACLE8Across7 A car partLIMO4Across8 UnwrapUNFOLD6Across8 Unmarried womanMISS4Across8 PickedCHOSE5Across9 In which the Swiss talk informally about the French?CHALET6Across10 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Across10 Wish forDESIRE6Across11 She'll finish up in something feminineBRENDA6Across11 KnockRAP3Across13 His patients are speechlessVET3Across14 Fish eggsROE3Across14 ImitatedAPED4Across15 MooLOW3Across16 Dead right, but not at firstLATER5Across16 Stair partRISER5Across16 What you do, If you get my meaningREAD4Across17 RowTIER4Across17 LakeMERE4Across18 ExcludeDEBAR5Across19 LockjawTETANUS7Across19 One only comparatively solitary?LONER5Across19 ApplaudCLAP4Across20 Death-dealingFATAL5Across21 Musical variety of totemMOTET5Across21 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across22 TiredJADED5Across22 The right rhyme for 'sozzled'TIGHT5Across22 TwistedTANGLED7Across23 Small swellingLUMP4Across23 Hires to detect a spy?PAYS4Across23 WatchedEYED4Across25 I rant widly when it's lateTRAIN5Across26 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across26 SpikeEAR3Across27 BlokesMEN3Across28 There's many a page in an atlasMAP3Across28 StuntFEAT4Across28 AlarmsALERTS6Across29 Having been dried, is in waterRAISIN6Across29 Possibly a town's doctor?WATSON6Across30 By farEASILY6Across30 PerformedDID3Across30 Sacred area?ACRE4Across31 ParchedDRY3Across31 Legal documentWRIT4Across31 Tell of events at election timeRECOUNTS8Across32 Hard-heartedOBDURATE8Across32 PrincipleTENET5Across33 A better team than Villa?PALACE6Across33 Go back on one's wordRENEGE6Across33 TobogganSLEDGE6Across36 HostARMY4Across37 MaterialNYLON5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One fighting to keep trespassers out?FENCER6Down1 BattleCOMBAT6Down1 FragmentSCRAP5Down1 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down2 After starting work, Delia got upset and moanedWAILED6Down2 CurveARC3Down2 GaelicERSE4Down3 Shout cheerily for support!ROOT4Down3 AlsoTOO3Down3 RegretRUE3Down4 A good fewSEVERAL7Down4 Promising actress, but could be most slatternlySTARLET7Down4 AsternAFT3Down5 To read a letter is not muchSCANT5Down5 FoundationBASIS5Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down6 AgueFEVER5Down6 Piece of nice dark woodCEDAR5Down6 AdditionalMORE4Down8 If stony now, was once hot stuffLAVA4Down8 Perceive with the eyesSEE3Down9 Came across a nameless metalMET3Down9 ApertureSLOT4Down10 TalliedMATCHED7Down11 The Archers, it seems, have at least one listenerEAR3Down12 ToldRELATED7Down12 Knight's titleSIR3Down12 Race that may go to an American's headDERBY5Down13 LivedRESIDED7Down13 KingdomREALM5Down13 PunishmentPENALTY7Down14 Man's namePETER5Down15 Where, in Germany, silly Billy gets out of breath!GOTHA5Down15 ShelfLEDGE5Down16 BetWAGER5Down17 MireMUD3Down18 PerfectIDEAL5Down18 Additionally wide, perhaps?EXTRA5Down18 Record many an own goalLOG3Down19 FatherDAD3Down19 A 'see-through' piece of fine tulleNET3Down20 Not goodBAD3Down20 The youngest sibling at school has a note for usMINIMUS7Down21 CushionPAD3Down21 WaversFALTERS7Down21 A brief confirmationTIS3Down22 Jam containerJAR3Down22 Go around scouting or guidingPATROL6Down23 InjuryLESION6Down23 Single entityUNIT4Down24 ThoroughfareLANE4Down24 Partial new aspect of a church featureAPSE4Down24 Human mind or soulPSYCHE6Down25 Not married? That's the ticket!SINGLE6Down25 CedeYIELD5Down26 Light boatCANOE5Down26 In Cornwall, some of the towns include a rural partTRURO5Down26 The hospital head has but one desireAITCH5Down27 RequiresNEEDS5Down27 A garment for when mum gets coldMAC3Down28 SpoilMAR3Down28 FragranceAROMA5Down29 This six-footer lived at Stepney centralWASP4Down30 Water jugEWER4Down30 UnusualODD3Down32 NumberTEN3Down33 NothingNIL3Down34 BrownTAN3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. 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.