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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 129 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#
RumourREPORT6Across1 Being badly led, sir, they do nothing effectiveIDLERS6Across4 HandgunPISTOL6Across4 SlideSKID4Across5 SlaughterMASSACRE8Across7 Early form of knitted garment?CARDIGAN8Across7 The only time one and two don't make threeTWELVE6Across8 StartedBEGUN5Across8 Loves intenselyADORES6Across8 WhimFAD3Across9 Can be sung when taking in air, possiblyARIAS5Across10 Tall poleSTAFF5Across10 StudBOSS4Across11 AnimalBEAST5Across12 Ship's companyCREW4Across13 SeverityRIGOUR6Across13 Lion wrapped in a sort of cloth!LOIN4Across13 German manHERR4Across14 A little lake in a quiet part of LondonPOND4Across14 The way a pupil can cryHOWL4Across15 DropFALL4Across15 Put onDON3Across16 OgleLEER4Across16 Wail in mimicryCRY3Across16 State there's nothing but a hothead at Number Ten!OHIO4Across17 AmongAMID4Across17 PullDRAG4Across18 A home or treatment centre beside the seaSEAT4Across19 ReviseEDIT4Across19 CotBED3Across20 EnsureGUARANTEE9Across21 Two garments in one?FROCKCOAT9Across21 WonderAWE3Across22 StillYET3Across23 Though lordly, he's one's equalPEER4Across23 LatherSUDS4Across23 Only one tooth? A bit of a farce, simply useless!FANG4Across24 Change directionVEER4Across24 ProphetSEER4Across24 HiredLENT4Across25 CabinHUT3Across26 In Snowdonia at presentNOW3Across26 Excessively sentimentalTWEE4Across27 There's not much in potato mashingATOM4Across27 ExciteTHRILL6Across28 Crossbow arrowBOLT4Across29 As opposed to Windsor?ETON4Across29 TurnTWIST5Across30 Mark this borough as a resortSCAR4Across32 Legal successorHEIR4Across32 PoleAXIS4Across32 Good people say itGRACE5Across33 ProngTINE4Across33 Eagle's nestEYRIE5Across33 The more competent assembly workerFITTER6Across34 CanTIN3Across34 Hair colourAUBURN6Across34 Downtrodden, the poor fellow went firstTRAMPLED8Across35 MementoRELIC5Across35 Delivery chargeCARRIAGE8Across35 Suit that cannot be worn, like pumpsHEARTS6Across36 RaisedBRED4Across36 VenerateREVERE6Across36 LoadCHARGE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Break violentlySMASH5Down1 ImproveREFORM6Down1 An abandoned fight?SCRAP5Down1 Mischievous bairn, but with intellectBRAIN5Down2 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down2 LineagePEDIGREE8Down2 They may cover opticsLIDS4Down3 DowncastRUEFUL6Down3 Leg partCALF4Down3 DiscouragementDETERRENT9Down4 Being taken along as one goes to a new townINTOW5Down4 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down4 A keeper's rightLIEN4Down5 Cold weatherSNOW4Down5 GrantSUBSIDY7Down5 TieKNOT4Down6 Feline mammalOCELOT6Down6 Turn back, or always right aroundREVERT6Down6 TwilightDUSK4Down7 TuckerBIB3Down8 Erase, expungeDELETE6Down9 Richard, in slow motion as Victor Meldrew?WILSON6Down9 NumberTEN3Down11 Deprive Roy?ROB3Down11 Are out to cheat, loveADORE5Down12 DeceitFRAUD5Down12 CorpseCADAVER7Down13 Seek a game to play with a forkLOOKFOR7Down13 LifelikeREALISTIC9Down14 TreeFIR3Down15 ObeseFAT3Down15 A sound you could make with a cupHIC3Down15 Cease livingDIE3Down16 Mercator's pet?CAT3Down16 SheepEWE3Down17 Boy's titleMASTER6Down18 Maybe a chore for a poetHORACE6Down18 ListREGISTER8Down19 Quick to grow old in outer EcuadorEAGER5Down20 Epsom horse raceDERBY5Down20 InsectBEE3Down20 In life, we don't get many!FEW3Down21 DozedDROWSED7Down21 IntestineGUT3Down21 One functions mechanically in the part of EscamilloCAM3Down22 BornNEE3Down22 StitchSUTURE6Down23 Contrarily, I'm this when rude!POLITE6Down23 Boy's nameELI3Down25 Fabulous flier from far OceaniaROC3Down25 WinnowTHRESH6Down26 GlimpseGLANCE6Down27 For a start, you can mince them!TARTS5Down28 FlinchWINCE5Down28 DressGARB4Down29 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Down30 WearyTIRE4Down30 Do you hunger to get your feet under it?TABLE5Down30 SpasmTIC3Down31 Nelson Eddy's donkeyNEDDY5Down31 Native American tentTEPEE5Down31 Expert activist in the arts?STAR4Down32 GargantuanHUGE4Down32 Is it fun to eat?GAME4Down33 NoblemanEARL4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 2, 2018. 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.