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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
EthicMORAL5Across1 RoarBELLOW6Across5 ExpressVOICE5Across8 Interrupt a burglaryBREAKIN7Across8 Play with songsMUSICAL7Across8 Pilot's safety devicePARACHUTE9Across9 So then going to pieces when one is about to winONTHENOSE9Across9 PatternDESIGN6Across10 RelatedAKIN4Across11 PinaforeAPRON5Across13 “Plenty of booze,” the policeman put inAMPLE5Across13 ViceCLAMP5Across14 RiposteRETORT6Across14 Avail yourself of the plane coming back, too...LEVEL5Across14 RebukeREPROOF7Across15 ...and for the flight back, indulge yourself againRETREAT7Across15 KettledrumsTIMPANI7Across15 Irritate from the beginningSCRATCH7Across16 Police, informallyOLDBILL7Across16 Supports when one isn’t workingRESTS5Across17 BenefactorDONOR5Across17 Transport directTRAIN5Across18 ObtainGET3Across18 Greek letterALPHA5Across18 IlluminatedLIT3Across19 Showing a dirty filmDUSTY5Across20 SoilEARTH5Across20 DependRELY4Across21 “The Globe” is turned, first, into a restaurantBISTRO6Across22 Cargo shipTANKER6Across22 Fill up the wardCHARGE6Across23 Ward offAVERT5Across23 FlowerAZALEA6Across23 ExpenseCOST4Across24 How the hungry slimmer’s resolve not to eat it may?CRUMBLE7Across25 FruitAPRICOT7Across25 QuietSILENCE7Across27 BeforeERE3Across27 Growing, as I shamble into the arenaRAISING7Across27 GainWIN3Across29 Brave little Penny - and fortunate, tooPLUCKY6Across30 DessertTRIFLE6Across30 VeilYASHMAK7Across31 FaultDEFECT6Across31 There’s said to be a market for the thingAFFAIR6Across31 The super with the gun is outside againGREAT5Across32 CoatingENAMEL6Across32 Navigation aidSONAR5Across32 MeasureMETE4Across34 After a time, enquires about jobsTASKS5Across35 ReverieDREAM5Across35 SheenLUSTRE6Across35 Belts will be found in the men’s-wear departmentSOCKS5Across36 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across36 CurlRINGLET7Across37 Pleasant, but would I be up to it?AMIABLE7Across37 WatchfulALERT5Across38 SupernaturalUNCANNY7Across39 Because of the wild animal, don’tFORBEAR7Across39 GorgeCANYON6Across39 WhinnyNEIGH5Across40 Seeks for beautyLOOKS5Across41 Odds of 1 to 1EVENS5Across41 It makes a delightful starter, blended and frozenGELID5Across42 BlemishSTAIN5Across42 Is a traveller and earns in the region ofGETSABOUT9Across43 CompetitorCONTENDER9Across43 Have I any worry about now? Not at allINNOWAY7Across44 MelodicTUNEFUL7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RottenPUTRID6Down1 “Appropriate for a salesman,” take backPROPER6Down1 MonstrousFIENDISH8Down2 It looks ornamental but the fasteners are irritatingTAPESTRY8Down2 IndividualONE3Down2 SumCALCULATION11Down3 Are just what’s needed for a bird feeding its youngFILLTHEBILL11Down3 Bird cageAVIARY6Down3 Wood-workerCARPENTER9Down4 Pen something to send with the letterENCLOSURE9Down4 RecordLOG3Down4 EndureBEAR4Down5 Power sourceBATTERY7Down5 Love, child, is her undoingCHERISH7Down5 LingerLOITER6Down6 ApeCHIMPANZEE10Down6 Laughing at isn’t funny, it’s irritatingINSTITCHES10Down6 IcyWINTRY6Down7 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Down7 I’ll say it’s not accessible by carISLE4Down7 EntailINVOLVE7Down9 Conditional releasePAROLE6Down10 Having approved of, handed over toPASSED6Down10 Young pilchardSARDINE7Down11 The tail end of daybreak on the mountainEVEREST7Down11 BarrelKEG3Down12 InsectCICADA6Down12 The attitude and the way the cane is twirledSTANCE6Down12 ObserveNOTE4Down13 ThereforeERGO4Down16 ArdentFIERY5Down17 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down19 Plan to get a c-cookerARRANGE7Down19 SyrupTREACLE7Down20 Comes out and talks right throughSPROUTS7Down21 Cold-blooded creatureREPTILE7Down21 Volcanic outflowLAVA4Down22 Getting the hackles up, which is frightening?HAIRRAISING11Down24 ScenicPICTURESQUE11Down24 ClergymanCLERIC6Down24 BathedSWAM4Down25 OpportuneTIMELY6Down26 Forces one to feel it isn’t sillyMAKESSENSE10Down26 LightILLUMINATE10Down26 PureCHASTE6Down28 WanderedMEANDERED9Down28 Not in the pink - blueOFFCOLOUR9Down28 MasterTEACHER7Down29 The chap with the child I accommodated in a splendid homeMANSION7Down29 EntrapNET3Down30 Disgusted, refuse to carry any furtherPUTOFF6Down30 BoredomTEDIUM6Down30 OminousSINISTER8Down32 Continuation of the shenanigansGOINGSON8Down32 In the end, do your best to containTRENDY6Down33 SlenderLEAN4Down33 SailorRATING6Down33 Put it down to being a writerASCRIBE7Down34 RemainingSTAYING7Down34 VaseURN3Down36 MatRUG3Down37 Sporting associationLEAGUE6Down38 Song about everything being rottenBALLAD6Down38 Pipe up “They’re herbivores”REED4Down40 Black birdCROW4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 2, 2019. 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.