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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
ForeheadBROW4Across1 SeedPIP3Across4 StuffCRAM4Across6 OddRUM3Across9 Obtained from your doctor illicitly?ILLGOTTEN9Across9 Fizzy drinkORANGEADE9Across9 EnvyBEGRUDGE8Across10 A bit of the page the piece appeared onPARTICLE8Across10 Ill feelingACRIMONY8Across10 OneUNIT4Across11 Smelling bad though pickledHIGH4Across12 DatumFACT4Across12 Keep still while you anaesthetiseFREEZE6Across13 HatredENMITY6Across13 The current drinkDRAUGHT7Across14 Left-wingerMARXIST7Across14 InsectANT3Across14 BiscuitGARIBALDI9Across15 No end worried about them recoveringONTHEMEND9Across15 CategoryCLASS5Across16 The plant will shoot, given waterSPEEDWELL9Across17 DaringAUDACIOUS9Across17 Secures a quick three pointsFASTENS7Across18 Mexican spiritTEQUILA7Across18 ClinicHOSPITAL8Across19 Rubbish! He'd gone through training and was very keenREDHOT6Across20 SidetrackSIDING6Across20 CompetentABLE4Across21 LawfulLICIT5Across21 So turned again and shotERGO4Across21 PolitenessCIVILITY8Across23 Of late, bank the money in itRECENTLY8Across24 Knitted jacketCARDIGAN8Across24 CriminalFELON5Across24 Determined to, then, contrived to ring the cracked bellHELLBENT8Across26 Sports shoesTRAINERS8Across26 Golf-pegTEE3Across27 Got even with fastTIED4Across28 Garden toolRAKE4Across28 BeverageCOFFEE6Across29 Taking small steps, leaves a distance between each oneSPACES6Across29 UnusualSTRANGE7Across31 Go byPASS4Across31 What you don't have, if you can't stand sailingSEALEGS7Across31 FriendlyAMICABLE8Across33 For something that really appeals, you'll pay it happilyATTENTION9Across34 Asian countryINDONESIA9Across34 ExpireDIE3Across34 HireRENT4Across35 TreeASH3Across36 Clogged poreBLACKHEAD9Across36 Resolved to alter the dates quicklySTEADFAST9Across36 AlwaysEVER4Across37 AidSUCCOUR7Across38 Taking out a picture ofDRAWING7Across38 VegetableRADISH6Across39 About a quarter will get better - trulyREALLY6Across39 Wound markSCAR4Across40 Cutting, give to surreptitiouslySLIP4Across40 Not just any old medicine?SPECIFIC8Across41 WrongMISTAKEN8Across41 A bed warmer?SUNFLOWER9Across42 LengthenedELONGATED9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Air battleDOGFIGHT8Down1 Completely detached from the very beginningRIGHTOFF8Down1 Crockery itemSAUCER6Down2 A little sun-beamSLIGHT6Down2 ShoalREEF4Down2 Pale pinkish-whiteMAGNOLIA8Down3 They haven't scratched from the race for novicesSTARTERS8Down3 DistortWARP4Down3 FinickyPEDANTIC8Down4 Zodiac signGEMINI6Down4 Unquestionably, it's the smart thing to doINDEED6Down4 OdePOEM4Down5 U.S. stateMARYLAND8Down5 Calmed down and when the food came in followed suitAPPEASED8Down5 BarbarousCRUEL5Down6 DivaPRIMADONNA10Down6 Rubbery bread?BRIDGEROLL10Down6 ManageRUN3Down7 HugEMBRACE7Down7 And teases about the streamersRIBANDS7Down7 WrongAMISS5Down8 Blue dyeINDIGO6Down8 A glue has spilled on the top end, which is a nuisancePLAGUE6Down8 It's lean, child, covered with cheeseSTILTON7Down11 HiddenSTASHED7Down11 HeadCHIEF5Down12 NormalUSUAL5Down13 SickenAIL3Down14 ImplicitTACIT5Down15 ConstructsBUILDS6Down16 Side with one anotherELEVEN6Down16 ShunAVOID5Down17 CorsetSTAYS5Down18 The Scandinavian in the plotSWEDE5Down19 CharlatanQUACK5Down19 Male offspringSON3Down20 PeevishLIVERISH8Down20 Fish from the lighthouseRAY3Down20 NoblemanBARON5Down22 FastenTIE3Down22 Land registerRANGE5Down22 On what notices are often onABOARD6Down23 Weatherproof jacketANORAK6Down23 Informing about the unloadingTIPPINGOFF10Down25 Take industrial actionGOONSTRIKE10Down25 EludeEVADE5Down25 AttackONSET5Down26 Golf pegTEE3Down26 Partakes of, when one is forced toHAS3Down26 TrudgeTRAIPSE7Down27 Locks and leavesSTRANDS7Down27 FeteGALA4Down28 JestJAPE4Down29 OtherwiseELSE4Down30 OutrageousFLAGRANT8Down30 Undertake to do it and you'll catch it!CONTRACT8Down30 PhotographSNAPSHOT8Down31 Reading out the charming letters?SPELLING8Down31 Out East, a bit isolatedSETAPART8Down32 TransgressionSIN3Down32 Place of great richesELDORADO8Down32 Set free, having a strange hunch about itUNHITCH7Down33 BoorishUNCOUTH7Down33 FraudDECEIT6Down35 Having little money, they manage to keep afloat!TRAMPS6Down35 In extra small, few and far betweenSPARSE6Down36 Nocturnal animalBADGER6Down36 Concedes the tailless swallow looks very oddALLOWS6Down37 RouseEXCITE6Down37

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