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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
Defeat the formation of much unsafe flabBAFFLE6Across1 Hand toolCHISEL6Across1 TiredWEARY5Across4 Absolute rulerAUTOCRAT8Across7 WanderedROAMED6Across7 Become a couch potato?VEGETATE8Across7 Traditional knowledge of how to interpret a role?LORE4Across8 PiecesBITS4Across8 NothingNIL3Across9 Red wineCLARET6Across10 Something to do with bleachWHITEN6Across10 LumpWAD3Across10 Love appleTOMATO6Across11 Our loveless little man is criticalURGENT6Across11 BecauseSINCE5Across12 LabourTOIL4Across13 Boy in borstal, formerlyALF3Across14 ObserveSEE3Across14 TautTIGHT5Across15 Wed, presumably?TODAY5Across16 TitlesNAMES5Across16 Pottery from somewhere in Herts?WARE4Across17 Nagging painACHE4Across17 Wine-bottleCARAFE6Across17 Can one not play the ball thus on an off day?TOLEG5Across19 Sea-eagleERNE4Across19 Player's first gameDEBUT5Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 Figure in various eventsSEVEN5Across21 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across21 ArgumentRUNIN5Across22 Made to pay hundreds by way of punishmentFINED5Across22 EnthusiastFAN3Across22 HotpotSTEW4Across23 Governor, a heartless LombardLORD4Across23 WishedDESIRED7Across24 WarehouseDEPOT5Across26 Student apt to open up when the lights are low?PUPIL5Across26 CoverLID3Across27 Expression of contemptBAH3Across28 AscendedAROSE5Across28 In the centre of the motorway at the end of the roadMID3Across28 EachAPIECE6Across29 Is she the one men go for, possibly?IMOGEN6Across29 ChooseSELECT6Across30 The 'Garden' once so fruitfulCOVENT6Across30 They're used in gardens outside housesHOES4Across31 Lacking fatLEAN4Across31 HeroIDOL4Across31 There's nothing spongy about it!ROCKCAKE8Across32 Micro-organismsBACTERIA8Across32 TriedTESTED6Across33 ExpensivePRICEY6Across33 Unconventional exit?WAYOUT6Across33 HappeningEVENT5Across35 Bird's limbWING4Across37 RascalKNAVE5Across38 FaucetTAP3Across39 FinishEND3Across41 OutcomeRESULT6Across42 TradedDEALT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Doggedly acknowledge the applause for a successBOWWOW6Down1 DanceCHACHA6Down1 FreeGRATIS6Down1 Potter aimlessly around (Not far, just half a mile)FOOTLE6Down2 PartySOIREE6Down2 SpiteMALICE6Down2 NovelNEW3Down3 UltimateLAST4Down3 Constant, steady, a bit uneventfulEVEN4Down3 DesireWISH4Down4 To listen to a number can give encouragementHEARTEN7Down4 Fairground prizeCOCONUT7Down4 ExclusiveELITE5Down5 Destined to be tipsily daft around closing timeFATED5Down5 Top of milkCREAM5Down5 WealthRICHNESS8Down6 My tea can be non-vegetarianMEATY5Down6 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down6 StrikeBASH4Down8 FactsDATA4Down8 Person apt to say the wrong thingLIAR4Down8 Golf pegTEE3Down9 Can he whistle for his money?REF3Down9 BashfulDIFFIDENT9Down11 Floor coveringMAT3Down12 Is his mate like a mother to him?GOG3Down12 Lowest point of a drain, possiblyNADIR5Down13 Native American tentTEPEE5Down13 AlightLAND4Down14 The press, TV, etc,MEDIA5Down15 He definitely likes what's left overLOVER5Down15 EquipmentGEAR4Down16 StaggerREEL4Down18 A collector's book, perhapsALBUM5Down18 ChirpCHEEP5Down18 A number of penitentsTEN3Down19 RacketDIN3Down19 In impenetrable darkness, given a little light?LED3Down20 Boy's nameBEN3Down20 ShortenCONDENSE8Down21 Retailer of meatBUTCHER7Down21 State of being shut up?SILENCE7Down21 Tree providing leafy coverFIG3Down22 Fish eggsROE3Down22 Highly-spiced sausageSALAMI6Down23 TidyNEAT4Down23 Brownish uniform?LIVERY6Down23 Love of the French poetryODES4Down24 At that timeTHEN4Down24 LocationSITE4Down25 Insipid, thinWATERY6Down25 Hate being unfairly testedDETEST6Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 BesmearsDAUBS5Down26 Where holidaymakers could get food around mid-afternoonPIERS5Down26 It contains something filling for the smokerPOUCH5Down27 NipPINCH5Down27 InsectBEE3Down28 A low utterance from a beastMOO3Down28 LoathsomeODIOUS6Down29 Toothache will involve grindCHEW4Down30 SmackSLAP4Down30 Four-scoreEIGHTY6Down30 FlatLEVEL5Down32 AsteriskSTAR4Down34 OutletVENT4Down36 FavouritePET3Down40

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