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Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2021 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#
Warsaw's countryPOLAND6Across1 An elastic bandGARTER6Across1 TrenchDITCH5Across3 Bales out in a very positive wayABSOLUTE8Across7 CaribouREINDEER8Across7 BoundLOPE4Across8 Point to a rule of material significanceLAWN4Across8 PermeablePOROUS6Across9 Attacked when drunkSTONED6Across10 AlmostNEARLY6Across10 RavedRANTED6Across10 TinyMINUTE6Across11 Misprints, dash it!SPRINT6Across11 CompositionESSAY5Across11 ParadiseEDEN4Across12 Lock openerKEY3Across14 Heaven is the end of many a RussianSKY3Across14 NuzzleNOSE4Across15 DiseaseVIRUS5Across16 Such equipment is not unheard ofAUDIO5Across16 DisfiguredDEFACED7Across17 MineralsORES4Across17 Adds up for the drinksTOTS4Across17 CantBEVEL5Across19 Quickly as a Parisian ruffian drops an H!APACE5Across19 Seed-casePOD3Across20 Fast, as a way to get fit, funnily enough!SWIFT5Across21 GiverDONOR5Across21 Deep circular dishBASIN5Across21 Centre of circulationHEART5Across22 Note valueMINIM5Across22 FrankOPEN4Across23 Allows leasesLETS4Across23 ScoffMOCK4Across23 PoetBARD4Across25 DissuadeDETER5Across26 Cut less than severelySEVER5Across26 Unit of gold purityCARAT5Across26 KnockRAP3Across28 Apt to churn a little butterPAT3Across28 MarryWED3Across28 Mass departureEXODUS6Across29 Cold lighting unpopular with motorists!CLAMPS6Across29 SpottedNOTICED7Across30 West shot the deciding goalWINNER6Across30 DiatribeTIRADE6Across30 In a certain case, a rulerINCA4Across31 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 StopLEAVEOFF8Across32 Muzzle attachmentsBAYONETS8Across32 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 Fights with swordsFENCES6Across33 Come this way for the green!HITHER6Across33 DreadfulDIRE4Across35 NameTITLE5Across36 VoucherCOUPON6Across38 EnrolENLIST6Across39 EerieWEIRD5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The part of the knickers that gets us in a twist?GUSSET6Down1 At oncePRONTO6Down1 RateSPEED5Down1 A word of gratitude to a film starTHANKS6Down2 LovesADORES6Down2 SorrowGRIEF5Down2 Squirrel's nestDREY4Down3 Coin one managed to find at lastRAND4Down3 OwingDUE3Down3 InvigorateENLIVEN7Down4 By agreement, the firm gets a politician to do somethingCOMPACT7Down4 EmanatedISSUED6Down4 To objectDEMUR5Down5 StuffCRAM4Down5 He aims for the heartCUPID5Down5 FodderHAY3Down6 Star signARIES5Down6 After a fast time, nothing is slow!LENTO5Down6 CondescendSTOOP5Down7 Expanse of waterLAKE4Down8 Around Ponders End, plenty goes missing!LOST4Down8 BorderedEDGED5Down8 It's bridged in SurreyWEY3Down9 ThicknessPLY3Down9 Gruesome plant?RUE3Down12 NothingNIL3Down12 It falls, breaking a thingNIGHT5Down13 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Down13 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down13 NudeNAKED5Down14 One of those dreaming of Oxford?SPIRE5Down15 Tree extrusionRESIN5Down15 ServicemanSOLDIER7Down16 Window offering a view of the LoireORIEL5Down18 UnwindRELAX5Down18 TwelveDOZEN5Down18 CrowdMOB3Down19 Off in a seaward directionAWA3Down19 ForbidBAN3Down19 A foot backwardAFT3Down20 VigourVIM3Down20 Tempter who can make you a presentSERPENT7Down21 Road surfacing materialBITUMEN7Down21 In the main, it's marginalHEM3Down22 WildRABID5Down22 InsaneMAD3Down22 ColourMAROON6Down23 Something incisive in the medical journalLANCET6Down23 NovelNEW3Down24 GemstoneOPAL4Down24 "Mount", as used in street namesETNA4Down24 One of the kinder postal workers?SORTER6Down25 Works doughKNEADS6Down25 Musical instrumentCELLO5Down26 Signs of injury to blacklegs?SCABS5Down26 Chekhov's uncleVANYA5Down27 WaveROLLER6Down27 Mountain ashROWAN5Down27 It can be stuck in a good way!PIN3Down28 FlinchWINCE5Down28 To freeRID3Down28 OutcomingDEBUT5Down29 Petty argumentTIFF4Down30 The yearning for yen?WISH4Down30 CourteousCIVIL5Down31 GodDEITY5Down32 PenaltyFINE4Down34 PullTOW3Down36 FinishEND3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 18, 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.