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Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2018 answers. The Monday 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#
StartBEGIN5Across2 WildFERAL5Across3 Large box capable of expansionCHEST5Across3 ExcusePLEA4Across7 Could it describe a quarter of tongue?LATIN5Across8 EvadeESCAPE6Across8 Vote inELECT5Across8 Send backREMIT5Across9 Something noteworthy to sit down and playCELLO5Across10 Measuring stickRULER5Across10 Mountain pass in Monaco, likely enoughCOL3Across11 DandyFOP3Across11 Spanish cryOLE3Across11 Big catTIGER5Across12 Land of lacquerJAPAN5Across12 As a work of art, would be said to be incisiveWOODCUT7Across13 Group of fiveQUINTET7Across13 SupplementEKE3Across13 Asian kingdomNEPAL5Across15 Heavy reading?TOMES5Across15 NeglectOMIT4Across15 CutLOP3Across16 ChoppedAXED4Across18 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Across18 The odd drinkRUM3Across18 Croupier works hereCASINO6Across19 Lying in order to obtain treatsATREST6Across19 QuietSILENCE7Across19 ClownMIME4Across20 Mythical winged horsePEGASUS7Across21 Irascible but not tastelessPEPPERY7Across21 RunTROT4Across22 ClaspHOLD4Across22 Top in the administrative departmentHEAD4Across22 CorrodeRUST4Across23 In bed, a pretty little thingBEAD4Across23 BewitchENCHANT7Across23 It's touchingly readBRAILLE7Across24 StitchesSUTURES7Across24 GroundLAND4Across25 Counting frameABACUS6Across26 Dodges work so as to figure in celestial spheres?SKIVES6Across26 AttemptTRY3Across27 NilZERO4Across28 Compete to get a girl for a sweetheartVIE3Across29 InsulateLAG3Across29 SkillART3Across30 Being very close, he may move to ReimsMISER5Across31 LairDEN3Across31 BuildPUTUP5Across31 BugbearBUGABOO7Across32 Location, near Hackney, of Gladstone's change of heartDALSTON7Across32 ScrapSHRED5Across33 An orange is a non-starter with minced veal!NAVEL5Across34 PitsMINES5Across34 Pitiable as some narcotics addictsSAD3Across35 Tennis shotLOB3Across35 Are such friends apt to be drunk?STOUT5Across36 Enter dataKEYIN5Across36 ElbowJOSTLE6Across36 Revolting fellow's late start after swilling beerREBEL5Across37 Accountancy termDEBIT5Across37 InactiveIDLE4Across37 FemaleWOMAN5Across38 Pass as new verseSERVE5Across38 RecentlyNEWLY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Power, influenceCLOUT5Down1 FlowerBLOOM5Down1 He took a taxi back and forthBACON5Down1 PerfumedSCENTED7Down2 She's no rabid leftist!MILDRED7Down2 ProhibitBAR3Down2 JewelGEM3Down3 DischargeEMIT4Down4 EntrapNET3Down4 Passion of a theatrical natureHEAT4Down4 FreezeICE3Down5 It's silly to put a cat where a pig ought to beSCATTY6Down5 StadiaARENAS6Down5 NailSPIKE5Down6 Entices, attractsLURES5Down6 Singer of only one sound note?TENOR5Down6 Chair on polesSEDAN5Down7 Sadness at ChelseaBLUES5Down7 Boy's nameELI3Down9 Excessively, as it seems to OscarTOO3Down9 ImageIDOL4Down10 RecipeFORMULA7Down11 ColourPIGMENT7Down12 Garments for show in a horsy world?JUMPERS7Down12 LockjawTETANUS7Down12 ExercisedEXERTED7Down13 Recuperative drink?CUP3Down14 IssueEDITION7Down14 TowboatTUG3Down14 GodlyPIOUS5Down16 Confusion of combatantsMELEE5Down16 LampLIGHT5Down16 Of great heightLOFTY5Down17 Brown maybe, but there's one in ScarletSTUDY5Down17 CoinPENNY5Down17 PerformACT3Down18 The advent of a hard-hearted competitorARRIVAL7Down19 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Down19 In outer Clapham, there needs to be an open spaceCHASM5Down20 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down20 Where dad's on the right island (in the Seine?)PARIS5Down21 FinishEND3Down21 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Down21 Gives delight toREGALES7Down23 Euphemistically cursed!BLESSED7Down23 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Down24 To live, to judge, and to scoldBERATE6Down24 RoguishARCH4Down24 Torn clothRAG3Down25 She matches upLIL3Down25 MissileARROW5Down26 PurchaserBUYER5Down27 Is she too young to be catty?KITTY5Down27 HerbCUMIN5Down28 One imagines she's out of this worldVENUS5Down28 KingdomREALM5Down29 SongbirdROBIN5Down30 She has just the figure for fashionMODEL5Down30 ChimeBELL4Down32 PigpenSTY3Down32 It fuels some of the older vehiclesDERV4Down32 Plane spotters may see one on the wingTAB3Down33 StitchSEW3Down33 HairstyleBOB3Down33 EdgeRIM3Down34 RowDIN3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 20, 2018. 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.