Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 2 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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Defeat the formation of much unsafe flab61 AcrossReveal answer → Hand tool61 AcrossReveal answer → Tired54 AcrossReveal answer → Absolute ruler87 AcrossReveal answer → Wandered67 AcrossReveal answer → Become a couch potato?87 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional knowledge of how to interpret a role?48 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces48 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing39 AcrossReveal answer → Red wine610 AcrossReveal answer → Something to do with bleach610 AcrossReveal answer → Lump310 AcrossReveal answer → Love apple611 AcrossReveal answer → Our loveless little man is critical611 AcrossReveal answer → Because512 AcrossReveal answer → Labour413 AcrossReveal answer → Boy in borstal, formerly314 AcrossReveal answer → Observe314 AcrossReveal answer → Taut515 AcrossReveal answer → Wed, presumably?516 AcrossReveal answer → Titles516 AcrossReveal answer → Pottery from somewhere in Herts?417 AcrossReveal answer → Nagging pain417 AcrossReveal answer → Wine-bottle617 AcrossReveal answer → Can one not play the ball thus on an off day?519 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle419 AcrossReveal answer → Player's first game519 AcrossReveal answer → View520 AcrossReveal answer → Figure in various events521 AcrossReveal answer → Bathroom fitting521 AcrossReveal answer → Argument522 AcrossReveal answer → Made to pay hundreds by way of punishment522 AcrossReveal answer → Enthusiast322 AcrossReveal answer → Hotpot423 AcrossReveal answer → Governor, a heartless Lombard423 AcrossReveal answer → Wished724 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse526 AcrossReveal answer → Student apt to open up when the lights are low?526 AcrossReveal answer → Cover327 AcrossReveal answer → Expression of contempt328 AcrossReveal answer → Ascended528 AcrossReveal answer → In the centre of the motorway at the end of the road328 AcrossReveal answer → Each629 AcrossReveal answer → Is she the one men go for, possibly?629 AcrossReveal answer → Choose630 AcrossReveal answer → The 'Garden' once so fruitful630 AcrossReveal answer → They're used in gardens outside houses431 AcrossReveal answer → Lacking fat431 AcrossReveal answer → Hero431 AcrossReveal answer → There's nothing spongy about it!832 AcrossReveal answer → Micro-organisms832 AcrossReveal answer → Tried633 AcrossReveal answer → Expensive633 AcrossReveal answer → Unconventional exit?633 AcrossReveal answer → Happening535 AcrossReveal answer → Bird's limb437 AcrossReveal answer → Rascal538 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet339 AcrossReveal answer → Finish341 AcrossReveal answer → Outcome642 AcrossReveal answer → Traded543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Doggedly acknowledge the applause for a success61 DownReveal answer → Dance61 DownReveal answer → Free61 DownReveal answer → Potter aimlessly around (Not far, just half a mile)62 DownReveal answer → Party62 DownReveal answer → Spite62 DownReveal answer → Novel33 DownReveal answer → Ultimate43 DownReveal answer → Constant, steady, a bit uneventful43 DownReveal answer → Desire44 DownReveal answer → To listen to a number can give encouragement74 DownReveal answer → Fairground prize74 DownReveal answer → Exclusive55 DownReveal answer → Destined to be tipsily daft around closing time55 DownReveal answer → Top of milk55 DownReveal answer → Wealth86 DownReveal answer → My tea can be non-vegetarian56 DownReveal answer → Distinctive character56 DownReveal answer → Strike48 DownReveal answer → Facts48 DownReveal answer → Person apt to say the wrong thing48 DownReveal answer → Golf peg39 DownReveal answer → Can he whistle for his money?39 DownReveal answer → Bashful911 DownReveal answer → Floor covering312 DownReveal answer → Is his mate like a mother to him?312 DownReveal answer → Lowest point of a drain, possibly513 DownReveal answer → Native American tent513 DownReveal answer → Alight414 DownReveal answer → The press, TV, etc,515 DownReveal answer → He definitely likes what's left over515 DownReveal answer → Equipment416 DownReveal answer → Stagger418 DownReveal answer → A collector's book, perhaps518 DownReveal answer → Chirp518 DownReveal answer → A number of penitents319 DownReveal answer → Racket319 DownReveal answer → In impenetrable darkness, given a little light?320 DownReveal answer → Boy's name320 DownReveal answer → Shorten821 DownReveal answer → Retailer of meat721 DownReveal answer → State of being shut up?721 DownReveal answer → Tree providing leafy cover322 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs322 DownReveal answer → Highly-spiced sausage623 DownReveal answer → Tidy423 DownReveal answer → Brownish uniform?623 DownReveal answer → Love of the French poetry424 DownReveal answer → At that time424 DownReveal answer → Location425 DownReveal answer → Insipid, thin625 DownReveal answer → Hate being unfairly tested625 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Besmears526 DownReveal answer → Where holidaymakers could get food around mid-afternoon526 DownReveal answer → It contains something filling for the smoker527 DownReveal answer → Nip527 DownReveal answer → Insect328 DownReveal answer → A low utterance from a beast328 DownReveal answer → Loathsome629 DownReveal answer → Toothache will involve grind430 DownReveal answer → Smack430 DownReveal answer → Four-score630 DownReveal answer → Flat532 DownReveal answer → Asterisk434 DownReveal answer → Outlet436 DownReveal answer → Favourite340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 2, 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.