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Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 17 2018. 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.

Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Headdress51 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcasting65 AcrossReveal answer → Surpass58 AcrossReveal answer → Faithless89 AcrossReveal answer → Think it’s in the main true, but garbled89 AcrossReveal answer → To love excessively310 AcrossReveal answer → Paint610 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian garland310 AcrossReveal answer → Do the man in - a writer611 AcrossReveal answer → Tart411 AcrossReveal answer → Encumber611 AcrossReveal answer → U.S. state612 AcrossReveal answer → Stress it runs in the family612 AcrossReveal answer → Stupid713 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense! The twit must relinquish it and go off713 AcrossReveal answer → English river414 AcrossReveal answer → A belt is something you wear414 AcrossReveal answer → Powerful614 AcrossReveal answer → Made easier1015 AcrossReveal answer → Not inclined to be honest1015 AcrossReveal answer → Eat715 AcrossReveal answer → No reaction from the gagged and blindfolded person?817 AcrossReveal answer → Many817 AcrossReveal answer → Girl318 AcrossReveal answer → Show the harbour has fish718 AcrossReveal answer → Nevertheless718 AcrossReveal answer → Huge319 AcrossReveal answer → Either sell, or give, the cat to419 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare419 AcrossReveal answer → Eraser621 AcrossReveal answer → Cheered when it tried to get rid of its rider621 AcrossReveal answer → Gaelic421 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded523 AcrossReveal answer → Adroit424 AcrossReveal answer → You’ll be sorry when it comes!1724 AcrossReveal answer → Part-time police volunteers1724 AcrossReveal answer → Lair327 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent advice - the best627 AcrossReveal answer → Stationary627 AcrossReveal answer → Ballad329 AcrossReveal answer → Require429 AcrossReveal answer → Would one be a cross between various kinds of goat?429 AcrossReveal answer → Is acting in, it seems730 AcrossReveal answer → Mistake, informally730 AcrossReveal answer → Renewed731 AcrossReveal answer → Stripped632 AcrossReveal answer → Outmoded833 AcrossReveal answer → How the confounded light is going on and off?833 AcrossReveal answer → Too434 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare635 AcrossReveal answer → The one with the nest in which there were chicks?1035 AcrossReveal answer → Miser, informally1035 AcrossReveal answer → Pound, at first, on the table436 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly436 AcrossReveal answer → Loving having a room, for a change, to ourselves737 AcrossReveal answer → Meantime737 AcrossReveal answer → Sound538 AcrossReveal answer → Call out “Mum! There’s a child outside”638 AcrossReveal answer → Itinerant pot-mender638 AcrossReveal answer → Appear639 AcrossReveal answer → Business alliance640 AcrossReveal answer → Disclose, about meat640 AcrossReveal answer → Hillock540 AcrossReveal answer → Nought341 AcrossReveal answer → Catch and stuff341 AcrossReveal answer → Recuperation842 AcrossReveal answer → Aim to annoy, which does make things dicey842 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Wicked101 DownReveal answer → Inconveniencing by extinguishing101 DownReveal answer → In addition42 DownReveal answer → Grasping we’ve upset the well-known singer42 DownReveal answer → Tavern32 DownReveal answer → Explosive83 DownReveal answer → Taking mother along, I go off to get a plant83 DownReveal answer → Careless63 DownReveal answer → Unlawful74 DownReveal answer → Uneasy as ever about its being returned74 DownReveal answer → Hatchet34 DownReveal answer → Smack45 DownReveal answer → Discern115 DownReveal answer → Still remaining in force when detaining the righteous115 DownReveal answer → Squirm66 DownReveal answer → Police van106 DownReveal answer → You can take it it’s satisfactory106 DownReveal answer → Mild67 DownReveal answer → Weaken67 DownReveal answer → When the idiot stands a drink, don’t accept it67 DownReveal answer → Determined88 DownReveal answer → Such evidence as it is that there’s building going on?88 DownReveal answer → Ascended79 DownReveal answer → Follow, when he leaves the bar510 DownReveal answer → Scottish landowner510 DownReveal answer → Lettuce312 DownReveal answer → Caribou413 DownReveal answer → Formerly416 DownReveal answer → Most keen to play with the tots716 DownReveal answer → Gift716 DownReveal answer → Sea duck517 DownReveal answer → Wear away520 DownReveal answer → Widespread720 DownReveal answer → Don’t take, when you hand down to520 DownReveal answer → Not harsh with him722 DownReveal answer → Certain422 DownReveal answer → Steer722 DownReveal answer → Calling on one and changing one’s mind about?1123 DownReveal answer → Surreptitious1123 DownReveal answer → Oust624 DownReveal answer → That can be put on if it’s fitting1025 DownReveal answer → Hard to believe1025 DownReveal answer → Insect425 DownReveal answer → Having made a profit from, transferred to1026 DownReveal answer → Higher626 DownReveal answer → Darling1026 DownReveal answer → Like the invitation that came when you had flu?828 DownReveal answer → Dinner jacket628 DownReveal answer → Sledge828 DownReveal answer → Aye330 DownReveal answer → Cosmetic item831 DownReveal answer → Its purpose is defensive, the palace aide said831 DownReveal answer → European country732 DownReveal answer → It’s probably hearts she breaks!732 DownReveal answer → Bird433 DownReveal answer → Point at which the anaesthetic gets you under634 DownReveal answer → Strange thing634 DownReveal answer → Audacity that’s just a facade?535 DownReveal answer → Christmas song535 DownReveal answer → Vigour336 DownReveal answer → Vase337 DownReveal answer → From a large number, might a quarter get through?439 DownReveal answer → Maritime force439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 17, 2018. 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.