Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2018 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2018 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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HeaddressTIARA5Across1 BroadcastingSOWING6Across5 SurpassEXCEL5Across8 FaithlessDISLOYAL8Across9 Think it’s in the main true, but garbledRUMINATE8Across9 To love excessivelyTOO3Across10 PaintENAMEL6Across10 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Across10 Do the man in - a writerCRAYON6Across11 TartACID4Across11 EncumberLUMBER6Across11 U.S. stateALASKA6Across12 Stress it runs in the familySTRAIN6Across12 StupidIDIOTIC7Across13 Nonsense! The twit must relinquish it and go offTWADDLE7Across13 English riverAVON4Across14 A belt is something you wearSOCK4Across14 PowerfulPOTENT6Across14 Made easierSIMPLIFIED10Across15 Not inclined to be honestONTHELEVEL10Across15 EatCONSUME7Across15 No reaction from the gagged and blindfolded person?NOTAPEEP8Across17 ManyNUMEROUS8Across17 GirlSHE3Across18 Show the harbour has fishPORTRAY7Across18 NeverthelessHOWEVER7Across18 HugeBIG3Across19 Either sell, or give, the cat toFLOG4Across19 Bill of fareMENU4Across19 EraserRUBBER6Across21 Cheered when it tried to get rid of its riderBUCKED6Across21 GaelicERSE4Across21 YieldedCEDED5Across23 AdroitDEFT4Across24 You’ll be sorry when it comes!THEDAYOFATONEMENT17Across24 Part-time police volunteersSPECIALCONSTABLES17Across24 LairDEN3Across27 Excellent advice - the bestTIPTOP6Across27 StationarySTATIC6Across27 BalladLAY3Across29 RequireNEED4Across29 Would one be a cross between various kinds of goat?IBEX4Across29 Is acting in, it seemsAPPEARS7Across30 Mistake, informallyBLOOMER7Across30 RenewedRESUMED7Across31 StrippedPEELED6Across32 OutmodedOBSOLETE8Across33 How the confounded light is going on and off?BLINKING8Across33 TooALSO4Across34 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across35 The one with the nest in which there were chicks?FAMILYTREE10Across35 Miser, informallyCHEAPSKATE10Across35 Pound, at first, on the tableLIST4Across36 ElderlyAGED4Across36 Loving having a room, for a change, to ourselvesAMOROUS7Across37 MeantimeINTERIM7Across37 SoundVALID5Across38 Call out “Mum! There’s a child outside”SUMMON6Across38 Itinerant pot-menderTINKER6Across38 AppearEMERGE6Across39 Business allianceCARTEL6Across40 Disclose, about meatREVEAL6Across40 HillockMOUND5Across40 NoughtNIL3Across41 Catch and stuffNET3Across41 RecuperationRECOVERY8Across42 Aim to annoy, which does make things diceyENDANGER8Across42

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WickedVILLAINOUS10Down1 Inconveniencing by extinguishingPUTTINGOUT10Down1 In additionPLUS4Down2 Grasping we’ve upset the well-known singerDIVA4Down2 TavernINN3Down2 ExplosiveDYNAMITE8Down3 Taking mother along, I go off to get a plantMAGNOLIA8Down3 CarelessREMISS6Down3 UnlawfulILLICIT7Down4 Uneasy as ever about its being returnedRESTIVE7Down4 HatchetAXE3Down4 SmackSLAP4Down5 DiscernDISTINGUISH11Down5 Still remaining in force when detaining the righteousHOLDINGGOOD11Down5 SquirmWRITHE6Down6 Police vanBLACKMARIA10Down6 You can take it it’s satisfactoryACCEPTABLE10Down6 MildGENTLE6Down7 WeakenIMPAIR6Down7 When the idiot stands a drink, don’t accept itPASSUP6Down7 DeterminedRESOLUTE8Down8 Such evidence as it is that there’s building going on?CONCRETE8Down8 AscendedCLIMBED7Down9 Follow, when he leaves the barTRAIL5Down10 Scottish landownerLAIRD5Down10 LettuceCOS3Down12 CaribouDEER4Down13 FormerlyONCE4Down16 Most keen to play with the totsHOTTEST7Down16 GiftPRESENT7Down16 Sea duckEIDER5Down17 Wear awayERODE5Down20 WidespreadGENERAL7Down20 Don’t take, when you hand down toLEAVE5Down20 Not harsh with himCLEMENT7Down22 CertainSURE4Down22 SteerBULLOCK7Down22 Calling on one and changing one’s mind about?COMINGROUND11Down23 SurreptitiousCLANDESTINE11Down23 OustDEPOSE6Down24 That can be put on if it’s fittingAPPLICABLE10Down25 Hard to believeINCREDIBLE10Down25 InsectFLEA4Down25 Having made a profit from, transferred toTURNEDOVER10Down26 HigherTALLER6Down26 DarlingSWEETHEART10Down26 Like the invitation that came when you had flu?ILLTIMED8Down28 Dinner jacketTUXEDO6Down28 SledgeTOBOGGAN8Down28 AyeYES3Down30 Cosmetic itemLIPSTICK8Down31 Its purpose is defensive, the palace aide saidPALISADE8Down31 European countryDENMARK7Down32 It’s probably hearts she breaks!SMASHER7Down32 BirdDOVE4Down33 Point at which the anaesthetic gets you underNETHER6Down34 Strange thingODDITY6Down34 Audacity that’s just a facade?FRONT5Down35 Christmas songCAROL5Down35 VigourVIM3Down36 VaseURN3Down37 From a large number, might a quarter get through?MANY4Down39 Maritime forceNAVY4Down39

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