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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 2 2024. 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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Forehead41 AcrossReveal answer → Seed34 AcrossReveal answer → Stuff46 AcrossReveal answer → Odd39 AcrossReveal answer → Obtained from your doctor illicitly?99 AcrossReveal answer → Fizzy drink99 AcrossReveal answer → Envy810 AcrossReveal answer → A bit of the page the piece appeared on810 AcrossReveal answer → Ill feeling810 AcrossReveal answer → One411 AcrossReveal answer → Smelling bad though pickled412 AcrossReveal answer → Datum412 AcrossReveal answer → Keep still while you anaesthetise613 AcrossReveal answer → Hatred613 AcrossReveal answer → The current drink714 AcrossReveal answer → Left-winger714 AcrossReveal answer → Insect314 AcrossReveal answer → Biscuit915 AcrossReveal answer → No end worried about them recovering915 AcrossReveal answer → Category516 AcrossReveal answer → The plant will shoot, given water917 AcrossReveal answer → Daring917 AcrossReveal answer → Secures a quick three points718 AcrossReveal answer → Mexican spirit718 AcrossReveal answer → Clinic819 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish! He'd gone through training and was very keen620 AcrossReveal answer → Sidetrack620 AcrossReveal answer → Competent421 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful521 AcrossReveal answer → So turned again and shot421 AcrossReveal answer → Politeness823 AcrossReveal answer → Of late, bank the money in it824 AcrossReveal answer → Knitted jacket824 AcrossReveal answer → Criminal524 AcrossReveal answer → Determined to, then, contrived to ring the cracked bell826 AcrossReveal answer → Sports shoes826 AcrossReveal answer → Golf-peg327 AcrossReveal answer → Got even with fast428 AcrossReveal answer → Garden tool428 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage629 AcrossReveal answer → Taking small steps, leaves a distance between each one629 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual731 AcrossReveal answer → Go by431 AcrossReveal answer → What you don't have, if you can't stand sailing731 AcrossReveal answer → Friendly833 AcrossReveal answer → For something that really appeals, you'll pay it happily934 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country934 AcrossReveal answer → Expire334 AcrossReveal answer → Hire435 AcrossReveal answer → Tree336 AcrossReveal answer → Clogged pore936 AcrossReveal answer → Resolved to alter the dates quickly936 AcrossReveal answer → Always437 AcrossReveal answer → Aid738 AcrossReveal answer → Taking out a picture of738 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable639 AcrossReveal answer → About a quarter will get better - truly639 AcrossReveal answer → Wound mark440 AcrossReveal answer → Cutting, give to surreptitiously440 AcrossReveal answer → Not just any old medicine?841 AcrossReveal answer → Wrong841 AcrossReveal answer → A bed warmer?942 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthened942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Air battle81 DownReveal answer → Completely detached from the very beginning81 DownReveal answer → Crockery item62 DownReveal answer → A little sun-beam62 DownReveal answer → Shoal42 DownReveal answer → Pale pinkish-white83 DownReveal answer → They haven't scratched from the race for novices83 DownReveal answer → Distort43 DownReveal answer → Finicky84 DownReveal answer → Zodiac sign64 DownReveal answer → Unquestionably, it's the smart thing to do64 DownReveal answer → Ode45 DownReveal answer → U.S. state85 DownReveal answer → Calmed down and when the food came in followed suit85 DownReveal answer → Barbarous56 DownReveal answer → Diva106 DownReveal answer → Rubbery bread?106 DownReveal answer → Manage37 DownReveal answer → Hug77 DownReveal answer → And teases about the streamers77 DownReveal answer → Wrong58 DownReveal answer → Blue dye68 DownReveal answer → A glue has spilled on the top end, which is a nuisance68 DownReveal answer → It's lean, child, covered with cheese711 DownReveal answer → Hidden711 DownReveal answer → Head512 DownReveal answer → Normal513 DownReveal answer → Sicken314 DownReveal answer → Implicit515 DownReveal answer → Constructs616 DownReveal answer → Side with one another616 DownReveal answer → Shun517 DownReveal answer → Corset518 DownReveal answer → The Scandinavian in the plot519 DownReveal answer → Charlatan519 DownReveal answer → Male offspring320 DownReveal answer → Peevish820 DownReveal answer → Fish from the lighthouse320 DownReveal answer → Nobleman522 DownReveal answer → Fasten322 DownReveal answer → Land register522 DownReveal answer → On what notices are often on623 DownReveal answer → Weatherproof jacket623 DownReveal answer → Informing about the unloading1025 DownReveal answer → Take industrial action1025 DownReveal answer → Elude525 DownReveal answer → Attack526 DownReveal answer → Golf peg326 DownReveal answer → Partakes of, when one is forced to326 DownReveal answer → Trudge727 DownReveal answer → Locks and leaves727 DownReveal answer → Fete428 DownReveal answer → Jest429 DownReveal answer → Otherwise430 DownReveal answer → Outrageous830 DownReveal answer → Undertake to do it and you'll catch it!830 DownReveal answer → Photograph831 DownReveal answer → Reading out the charming letters?831 DownReveal answer → Out East, a bit isolated832 DownReveal answer → Transgression332 DownReveal answer → Place of great riches832 DownReveal answer → Set free, having a strange hunch about it733 DownReveal answer → Boorish733 DownReveal answer → Fraud635 DownReveal answer → Having little money, they manage to keep afloat!635 DownReveal answer → In extra small, few and far between636 DownReveal answer → Nocturnal animal636 DownReveal answer → Concedes the tailless swallow looks very odd637 DownReveal answer → Rouse637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 2, 2024. 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.