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Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
ProcrastinateDELAY5Across1 BlushREDDEN6Across1 A surprising way to be takenABACK5Across1 DanceBOLERO6Across5 In favour of ending peace by violenceFORCE5Across6 PassGETBY5Across6 ElectorVOTER5Across9 Felt badly dated when droppedLEFTOUT7Across9 SwindleDEFRAUD7Across9 HamperBASKET6Across10 Some juice, canned in Louisiana styleCAJUN5Across10 FulcrumPIVOT5Across10 CutGASHED6Across11 Snow houseIGLOO5Across11 Flier providing airborne deliverySTORK5Across11 GrinSMILE5Across12 KinglyREGAL5Across12 Do fullyDITTO5Across12 One keeping an eye on a companion in the waterWATCHER7Across13 CountryBOLIVIA7Across13 ApertureSLOT4Across14 Bad weather with the possibility of turning goodFOG3Across15 CongealGEL3Across15 CupidEROS4Across17 Food product mistakenly madeHASH4Across17 LairDEN3Across17 Sea horse not holding out!MARINE6Across18 ExtentDEGREE6Across18 JokeJEST4Across18 TeacherTUTOR5Across19 Stir up terrible evil when there's no love lostLIVEN5Across19 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across20 Does it sound highly comical?SCREAM6Across20 GiantTITAN5Across20 Outdoor eventFETE4Across22 Master Joe's famous trioMAGI4Across22 UnfortunatelySADLY5Across22 FoughtBATTLED7Across23 Confirmation that you can sit back?TIS3Across24 PupWHELP5Across24 ImpairMAR3Across24 AfraidFEARFUL7Across25 In Shakespeare, a spiteful woman about to whimperCAPULET7Across25 To prevaricate is the last chance for a learnerSTALL5Across26 InstructTEACH5Across26 ArtSKILL5Across26 Spaghetti, sayPASTA5Across27 Information, that is, from a magic lamp?GENIE5Across27 A teetotaller, I see, is well up in housingATTIC5Across28 SwaySWING5Across28 Defeat with a counter manoeuvreTROUNCE7Across29 CraftsmanARTISAN7Across29 PresentHERE4Across29 Understood to have been capturedTAKEN5Across30 EerieWEIRD5Across30 WagerBET3Across30 Sacred songPSALM5Across31 A letter too hasty can be mere rubbishTRASH5Across31 NoblemanDUKE4Across32 EthicalMORAL5Across33 CloserNEARER6Across35 ParentMOTHER6Across36 AlludeREFER5Across37 EvadedDODGED6Across38 OrdainDECREE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SturdyROBUST6Down1 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down2 TyrantDESPOT6Down2 Childish thing to say to a black sheepBAABAA6Down2 It has a driving connectionCLUTCH6Down3 AlwaysEVER4Down3 Handsome young manADONIS6Down3 FamousNOTED5Down4 D'ye know Mr Barlow?KEN3Down4 StillYET3Down4 StartedBEGAN5Down5 Flight unitSTAIR5Down5 FragranceAROMA5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 The stuff to make us faint?FUSTIAN7Down6 Former Dutch currencyGUILDER7Down6 VergeEDGE4Down7 ResoundedECHOED6Down7 German cotton centreOTTO4Down7 Container to carry forwardCARTON6Down8 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down8 StrangenessODDITY6Down8 Body cavitySINUS5Down12 Material I mend ingeniouslyDENIM5Down12 MilderGENTLER7Down13 A quiet gameWHIST5Down13 BroomBESOM5Down13 They were in Russia before Tass was created outright!TSARS5Down14 Not the winnerLOSER5Down14 SuppleLITHE5Down15 Alf may be out to take in the big matchFINAL5Down15 Deep sorrowGRIEF5Down15 ListTABLE5Down16 HorizontalLEVEL5Down16 Receive only a fraction of entitlement, you understandGETIT5Down16 ExhaustedJADED5Down18 Wooden pegDOWEL5Down18 Half of it used during a meal may be silverMETAL5Down18 Was it magically illuminating?LANTERN7Down19 LooseSLACK5Down19 Drinking vesselTANKARD7Down19 Location of a projected entertainmentCINEMA6Down21 SleepNAP3Down21 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Down21 Wrinkles browsFROWNS6Down22 FixedSET3Down22 Gather in from the terminus, possiblyMUSTER6Down22 Underground passageTUNNEL6Down23 A great master, but the general is round the bend!GENIUS6Down23 CriedWHINED6Down24 Flowing easilyFLUID5Down25 Hit 150 before being dismissedCLOUT5Down25 MissionERRAND6Down25 Ties cleverly in positionSITE4Down26 CelebritySTAR4Down26 WriterAUTHOR6Down27 Work in a factoryACT3Down28 Funeral-carHEARSE6Down28 WeakenSAP3Down28 DrilledBORED5Down30 DomesticatedTAMED5Down31 LakeMERE4Down33 LearningLORE4Down34

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