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Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
AtmosphereAURA4Across1 ObeseFAT3Across4 IllSICK4Across6 SpentPASSED6Across8 To put it briefly, give a girl your promiseINAWORD7Across8 PharmacistCHEMIST7Across8 RecompenseREWARD6Across9 As the successful oil prospector’s money was?WELLSPENT9Across9 Collection of investmentsPORTFOLIO9Across9 ConsumeEAT3Across10 YieldedCEDED5Across12 Go off and you don’t eatLEAVE5Across13 SpinWHIRL5Across13 Jots down some musicNOTES5Across14 StreamBROOK5Across14 In the midst ofAMONG5Across14 Copy it in a mite shakilyIMITATE7Across15 StipulateSPECIFY7Across15 RevoltREBEL5Across15 SyrupTREACLE7Across16 Sticks one in with the piesPASTIES7Across16 NameTITLE5Across17 Character that dropped the case in the chaseAITCH5Across17 BeneathUNDER5Across18 CalmSERENE6Across18 Don’t just lie there! Dress!GETUP5Across18 A gesture I wouldn’t care to makeSHRUG5Across20 PerformingACTING6Across20 BuildERECT5Across20 Exceptional personGENIUS6Across22 Group that was démodé from the startOUTSET6Across22 StabbedKNIFED6Across23 If he’s fast, we’ll get over quicklyBOWLER6Across23 RotDECAY5Across24 AcridPUNGENT7Across25 Almost capsizing when catching the first fish?LISTING7Across25 CharSINGE5Across26 RightCORRECT7Across27 Riddled with bullets, as taught to?DRILLED7Across27 SketchDRAFT5Across28 Has fantasies about being in a mother’s embraceDREAMS6Across30 Musical instrumentGUITAR6Across30 Golf-pegTEE3Across30 RevenueINCOME6Across31 Act in accordance with instructions and you’ll succeedFOLLOW6Across31 They may be packed with people the doctor’s seeingCASES5Across32 Of the noseNASAL5Across32 DeviationDETOUR6Across32 NegationDENIAL6Across33 StupefySTUN4Across34 Specifies how old the girlfriends areDATES5Across35 ArmadaFLEET5Across35 MinePIT3Across35 Only snatching victory when you find the answer toSOLVE5Across36 ShoutYELL4Across36 SmellAROMA5Across36 Could be colder, one observedNOTICED7Across37 FilthSQUALOR7Across37 Gold-lined cages awash with flowersCORSAGE7Across39 ClapAPPLAUD7Across39 Not thick: that’s easy to seeCLEAR5Across41 WirelessRADIO5Across41 A role in “Separated”APART5Across42 HabituateINURE5Across42 Dislike taken to the thing I have onOBJECTION9Across43 Young plantsSEEDLINGS9Across43 Gracious, sire, that’s wonderful!CORKING7Across44 UnusualSTRANGE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Three timesTHRICE6Down1 For the records, they’re non-U booksANNALS6Down1 IndirectIMPLICIT8Down2 Such a remark as “All brushes are the same” is?SWEEPING8Down2 CustomUSAGE5Down2 Property sellerESTATEAGENT11Down3 What the barman does when one gets him out of his stupor?BRINGSROUND11Down3 SevereAUSTERE7Down3 Absent-mindedFORGETFUL9Down4 Black dog that’s done a lot of travelling?JETSETTER9Down4 PaleFADE4Down4 Stored in a secret placeSTASHED7Down5 AcidTART4Down5 As an insult, said it’s trickerySLEIGHT7Down5 DrainSEWER5Down6 PredecessorFORERUNNER10Down6 Bound to get a table to eat in the Chinese restaurantSPRINGROLL10Down6 AnimationCARTOON7Down7 Sound systemHIFI4Down7 The head woman in “1”ANNA4Down7 BandageSWATHE6Down10 Is inclined to be less worried about workSLOPES6Down10 WonderAWE3Down11 Jumps up when I get into difficultiesSTRAITS7Down11 LuckFORTUNE7Down11 Moderate one’s angerTEMPER6Down12 CrossbreedHYBRID6Down12 LettuceCOS3Down12 LairDEN3Down13 CouchBED3Down16 ResinLAC3Down17 FaultsDEFECTS7Down19 Who tipped off the clerks?TELLERS7Down19 DistinguishedEMINENT7Down19 LearnedERUDITE7Down21 RotterCAD3Down21 Having got myself onto the train, unpacked the clothesRAIMENT7Down21 DespotismTYRANNY7Down22 ObtainedGOT3Down23 In the home, where there’s space to have a tug-of-war?DRAWINGROOM11Down24 UnderwearBOXERSHORTS11Down24 StretchEKE3Down25 Chinese animalGIANTPANDA10Down26 Cellmate you’re part owner of a flat with?TIMESHARER10Down26 ComplainGROAN5Down27 Gathering I, too, could become oneCOLLECTOR9Down28 RetinueENTOURAGE9Down28 Rewritten, perhaps, later by the editorALTERED7Down29 FeebleFRAIL5Down29 In the direction ofTOWARDS7Down29 SnareTRAP4Down30 Work out that the two had a key to get inDEDUCE6Down30 Boisterous laughGUFFAW6Down30 ReviseEDIT4Down31 Reductions by the TUC?CUTBACKS8Down32 Of shipsNAUTICAL8Down32 Unruffled though having caught a runaway steedSEDATE6Down33 PantryLARDER6Down33 Says the animal should get the odd restASSERTS7Down34 SentimentalMAUDLIN7Down34 Sitting roomLOUNGE6Down38 Caught in, has got free from the bondsCHAINS6Down38 Name something the jewel thief is afterRUBY4Down40 QuarryPREY4Down40

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