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Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Italian cityMILAN5Across1 A striking vessel?SMACK5Across1 IntendedMEANT5Across2 Down below, so it could be betterUNDER5Across6 Boy's nameSCOTT5Across6 Run offFLEE4Across7 ReallyINDEED6Across8 FlavourTASTE5Across9 Causing laughterCOMICAL7Across9 Figure the eccentric healer is out of townLEHAVRE7Across9 SmellODOUR5Across10 Sing creditably with nothing on?CROON5Across10 SorrowfulSAD3Across11 Farm animals need good fodderGOATS5Across11 Spring plantTULIP5Across11 Figure provided by the house vendorSEVEN5Across12 Ludicrous situationFARCE5Across12 ProsecuteSUE3Across13 BurialFUNERAL7Across13 As used for recording great times on the river?CAMERAS7Across13 LieFIB3Across15 Sing a bit of SchumannHUM3Across15 JourneyTREK4Across15 TeaseRAG3Across16 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 Does he come before the 1st of March?OMAR4Across17 Trouble due to a minor collision?SCRAPE6Across18 Breakfast foodCEREAL6Across18 TopAPEX4Across18 I'm foxy about being obsequious!SLIMY5Across19 CensureREPROVE7Across19 Circular coral reefATOLL5Across19 StockingsNYLONS6Across20 He didn't rule the wavesCANUTE6Across20 AppearLOOK4Across20 Where, on the Continent, most of the French birds are?OISE4Across22 AssistantAIDE4Across22 NoblemanEARL4Across22 ThrilledTINGLED7Across23 He and I arrange to hasten forthHIE3Across24 PlaythingTOY3Across24 Has a saint to speak thus?STUTTER7Across25 ProtectedGUARDED7Across25 FrankOPEN4Across25 EerieWEIRD5Across26 Starts upsetting the peonsOPENS5Across26 SisterNUN3Across27 Concerning the U-boat wreckABOUT5Across27 DecorateADORN5Across27 What it is to have a manualHANDY5Across28 Be suitable toBEFIT5Across28 GraspedHELD4Across28 In a way, love me to be in the showSOMEHOW7Across29 EmpowersENABLES7Across29 An entrance in storeAGATE5Across30 StadiumARENA5Across30 BowNOD3Across30 AnaestheticETHER5Across31 Where, with a friend, mum could have a holdiayPALMA5Across31 Fish-eggsROE3Across31 LongYEARN5Across33 ScantySCARCE6Across36 So be itAMEN4Across37 FlowerTULIP5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TransparentCLEAR5Down1 Metallic elementINDIUM6Down2 EncounteredMET3Down2 Is her aim possibly to go to a space station?MIRIAM6Down2 Is it lucky to have an extra leaf?CLOVER6Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 InsightACUMEN6Down3 FastenTIE3Down4 Mr Barlow from Ickenham?KEN3Down4 And notNOR3Down4 PoemODE3Down5 Detests unseemly hasteHATES5Down5 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down5 Meeting-placeVENUE5Down6 Turn and wildly cry out for information of pressing importanceURGENCY7Down6 School bagSATCHEL7Down6 HintCLUE4Down7 Significantly, does it light up in a new way?NEON4Down7 Petty detailsTRIVIA6Down8 Consumes tea, perhaps, before starting supperEATSUP6Down8 SnareTRAP4Down10 CheeseSTILTON7Down11 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down12 Abstains from eatingFASTS5Down12 At bargain time around Birkenhead, this is still expensiveSABLE5Down12 OratorSPEAKER7Down13 Though comfortable, gives many a cry of painCOUCH5Down13 SwoonFAINT5Down13 OmitEXCLUDE7Down14 RecentlyNEWLY5Down14 State a mine may be inMAINE5Down14 One gets in the bath, somehow, as a regular thingHABIT5Down15 StinkingFETID5Down15 It will measure me a half of bitterMETER5Down16 Lose bloodBLEED5Down16 RuleREIGN5Down16 VerdantGREEN5Down17 GreetingAVE3Down18 The little dirty bitsSMUTS5Down18 NimbusCLOUD5Down18 FeelerANTENNA7Down19 Poet set to become a classic TV characterSTEPTOE7Down19 FamilyKIN3Down21 Over thereYONDER6Down21 It's subject to a high rate of inflationAIRBAG6Down21 NabARREST6Down22 A powerful unit raised on the 1st of October, in CanadaOTTAWA6Down22 DetermineDECIDE6Down23 It's not often models get flustered!SELDOM6Down23 EnticeLURE4Down24 SnatchesGRABS5Down25 Contradictory points always bring a show of contemptSNEER5Down25 VestibulePORCH5Down26 SongbirdWREN4Down26 To us, possibly, it's an unsettling thing to doOUST4Down26 A Chopin piece. (It's a dance)HOP3Down28 InsectBEE3Down28 ParamourLOVER5Down29 ParchedDRY3Down32 StillYET3Down33 SickenAIL3Down34 SleepNAP3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. 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.