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Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 18 2023. 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.

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Atmosphere41 AcrossReveal answer → Obese34 AcrossReveal answer → Ill46 AcrossReveal answer → Spent68 AcrossReveal answer → To put it briefly, give a girl your promise78 AcrossReveal answer → Pharmacist78 AcrossReveal answer → Recompense69 AcrossReveal answer → As the successful oil prospector’s money was?99 AcrossReveal answer → Collection of investments99 AcrossReveal answer → Consume310 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded512 AcrossReveal answer → Go off and you don’t eat513 AcrossReveal answer → Spin513 AcrossReveal answer → Jots down some music514 AcrossReveal answer → Stream514 AcrossReveal answer → In the midst of514 AcrossReveal answer → Copy it in a mite shakily715 AcrossReveal answer → Stipulate715 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt515 AcrossReveal answer → Syrup716 AcrossReveal answer → Sticks one in with the pies716 AcrossReveal answer → Name517 AcrossReveal answer → Character that dropped the case in the chase517 AcrossReveal answer → Beneath518 AcrossReveal answer → Calm618 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t just lie there! Dress!518 AcrossReveal answer → A gesture I wouldn’t care to make520 AcrossReveal answer → Performing620 AcrossReveal answer → Build520 AcrossReveal answer → Exceptional person622 AcrossReveal answer → Group that was démodé from the start622 AcrossReveal answer → Stabbed623 AcrossReveal answer → If he’s fast, we’ll get over quickly623 AcrossReveal answer → Rot524 AcrossReveal answer → Acrid725 AcrossReveal answer → Almost capsizing when catching the first fish?725 AcrossReveal answer → Char526 AcrossReveal answer → Right727 AcrossReveal answer → Riddled with bullets, as taught to?727 AcrossReveal answer → Sketch528 AcrossReveal answer → Has fantasies about being in a mother’s embrace630 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument630 AcrossReveal answer → Golf-peg330 AcrossReveal answer → Revenue631 AcrossReveal answer → Act in accordance with instructions and you’ll succeed631 AcrossReveal answer → They may be packed with people the doctor’s seeing532 AcrossReveal answer → Of the nose532 AcrossReveal answer → Deviation632 AcrossReveal answer → Negation633 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy434 AcrossReveal answer → Specifies how old the girlfriends are535 AcrossReveal answer → Armada535 AcrossReveal answer → Mine335 AcrossReveal answer → Only snatching victory when you find the answer to536 AcrossReveal answer → Shout436 AcrossReveal answer → Smell536 AcrossReveal answer → Could be colder, one observed737 AcrossReveal answer → Filth737 AcrossReveal answer → Gold-lined cages awash with flowers739 AcrossReveal answer → Clap739 AcrossReveal answer → Not thick: that’s easy to see541 AcrossReveal answer → Wireless541 AcrossReveal answer → A role in “Separated”542 AcrossReveal answer → Habituate542 AcrossReveal answer → Dislike taken to the thing I have on943 AcrossReveal answer → Young plants943 AcrossReveal answer → Gracious, sire, that’s wonderful!744 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Three times61 DownReveal answer → For the records, they’re non-U books61 DownReveal answer → Indirect82 DownReveal answer → Such a remark as “All brushes are the same” is?82 DownReveal answer → Custom52 DownReveal answer → Property seller113 DownReveal answer → What the barman does when one gets him out of his stupor?113 DownReveal answer → Severe73 DownReveal answer → Absent-minded94 DownReveal answer → Black dog that’s done a lot of travelling?94 DownReveal answer → Pale44 DownReveal answer → Stored in a secret place75 DownReveal answer → Acid45 DownReveal answer → As an insult, said it’s trickery75 DownReveal answer → Drain56 DownReveal answer → Predecessor106 DownReveal answer → Bound to get a table to eat in the Chinese restaurant106 DownReveal answer → Animation77 DownReveal answer → Sound system47 DownReveal answer → The head woman in “1”47 DownReveal answer → Bandage610 DownReveal answer → Is inclined to be less worried about work610 DownReveal answer → Wonder311 DownReveal answer → Jumps up when I get into difficulties711 DownReveal answer → Luck711 DownReveal answer → Moderate one’s anger612 DownReveal answer → Crossbreed612 DownReveal answer → Lettuce312 DownReveal answer → Lair313 DownReveal answer → Couch316 DownReveal answer → Resin317 DownReveal answer → Faults719 DownReveal answer → Who tipped off the clerks?719 DownReveal answer → Distinguished719 DownReveal answer → Learned721 DownReveal answer → Rotter321 DownReveal answer → Having got myself onto the train, unpacked the clothes721 DownReveal answer → Despotism722 DownReveal answer → Obtained323 DownReveal answer → In the home, where there’s space to have a tug-of-war?1124 DownReveal answer → Underwear1124 DownReveal answer → Stretch325 DownReveal answer → Chinese animal1026 DownReveal answer → Cellmate you’re part owner of a flat with?1026 DownReveal answer → Complain527 DownReveal answer → Gathering I, too, could become one928 DownReveal answer → Retinue928 DownReveal answer → Rewritten, perhaps, later by the editor729 DownReveal answer → Feeble529 DownReveal answer → In the direction of729 DownReveal answer → Snare430 DownReveal answer → Work out that the two had a key to get in630 DownReveal answer → Boisterous laugh630 DownReveal answer → Revise431 DownReveal answer → Reductions by the TUC?832 DownReveal answer → Of ships832 DownReveal answer → Unruffled though having caught a runaway steed633 DownReveal answer → Pantry633 DownReveal answer → Says the animal should get the odd rest734 DownReveal answer → Sentimental734 DownReveal answer → Sitting room638 DownReveal answer → Caught in, has got free from the bonds638 DownReveal answer → Name something the jewel thief is after440 DownReveal answer → Quarry440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 18, 2023. 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.