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Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
SnubSLIGHT6Across1 Hammer-like toolMALLET6Across4 Where it’s the UK’s turn to be patient?KUWAIT6Across4 DebaseDEMEAN6Across5 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Does the recipient of such a bid get too much?TAKEOVER8Across7 Not a place to monkey with the beesAPIARY6Across8 PersuadeCONVINCE8Across8 Coils, spinsTWISTS6Across8 InformedTOLD4Across9 Name the song to make things easierALLAY5Across10 NovelNEW3Across10 Impressive collectionARRAY5Across10 BoothSTALL5Across12 A leggy youngsterCALF4Across13 Bring upREAR4Across13 Extending far downDEEP4Across14 Where to shop for everything at MaidenheadMALL4Across14 InformTELL4Across15 If he does become lame, he can still provide a mealMALE4Across15 DonkeyASS3Across15 Caught in possessionHAD3Across16 JewelGEM3Across16 Name him by return of postLIAM4Across17 Top of a houseROOF4Across17 ConsumeEAT3Across17 ScullOAR3Across18 Being old can seem a bit of a tragedyAGED4Across19 Rich soilLOAM4Across19 DeityGOD3Across19 GarretATTIC5Across20 Does he maintain he should be champ?CONTENDER9Across21 MineralORE3Across21 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across21 Pious platitudesCANT4Across23 And pieces?BITS4Across23 PointAIM3Across23 Show stamina in the finalLAST4Across24 Mountain rangeALPS4Across24 FastenTIE3Across24 TaxiCAB3Across26 No end of a dude, he’s useless!DUD3Across26 DangerPERIL5Across26 HeinousEVIL4Across27 Where the citizens suffered a bellyful?TROY4Across27 SnareTRAP4Across29 After the pony, it may suggest a greyhoundTRAP4Across29 EnquireASK3Across29 Not handy measures?FEET4Across32 Broad toothy smileGRIN4Across32 One has a beastly laugh and a hearty desireHYENA5Across33 IrritationITCH4Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Band taking an outing in the Kentish areaSTRIPE6Across34 QuarrelDISAGREE8Across34 To badgerHARASS6Across34 Once a very bad pennyworth?DREADFUL8Across35 FeltGROPED6Across35 Lock upIMPRISON8Across35 Best suitTRUMPS6Across36 SwallowENGULF6Across36 BegrudgeRESENT6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cold dishSALAD5Down1 Cook possibly eats a lotSTEAM5Down1 Burning, ablazeAFIRE5Down2 LaxLOOSE5Down2 Jolly Roger’s head caseSKULL5Down2 Tow-headed boy, perhaps in jugTOBY4Down3 DonateGIVE4Down3 ExtremelyVERY4Down3 A lark fluttering around the compoundKRAAL5Down4 PrincipleTENET5Down4 Driver’s hotelMOTEL5Down4 Not to be confused with a stray?WAIF4Down5 LiveDWELL5Down5 DenLAIR4Down5 Dorian’s active trespassINROAD6Down6 CompanionMATE4Down6 High regardESTEEM6Down6 Map-bookATLAS5Down7 Appeals for quiet hintsPLEADS6Down9 Beat soundlyWALLOP6Down9 DarknessNIGHT5Down10 It can be broken in BulawayoLAW3Down11 JamWEDGE5Down11 AgentREP3Down11 Give everybody a share of the bootyALLOT5Down12 PinaforeAPRON5Down12 ImpressSTAMP5Down12 Where Arthur could have a meal in bedCAMELOT7Down13 PerformerACTOR5Down13 ChorusREFRAIN7Down13 RegionalLOCAL5Down14 It could be a coasterMAT3Down15 AlsoTOO3Down15 FragranceAROMA5Down15 UtterSPEAK5Down16 You won’t find him in RotherhitheHER3Down16 Household fuelGAS3Down16 On foot, naturally, soldiers march thusINSTEP6Down18 Freshwater mammalsOTTERS6Down18 Wealthy J.P. (with his own burg?)GETTY5Down20 ExpelsOUSTS5Down20 The Spanish soldier in plain clothes?CID3Down21 ArrestNAB3Down21 UnwellILL3Down22 Refusal to go North with a YankeeNAY3Down22 Nickname for the player who shouldn’t have twisted?BUSTER6Down23 Type of glass containerCARAFE6Down23 Instant colour?TAN3Down25 BuryINTER5Down25 StriplingLAD3Down25 FinishedENDED5Down27 Call onVISIT5Down28 Right distribution of seed, as in a bedREEDS5Down28 OutcomeISSUE5Down28 Wash outRINSE5Down30 CharmSPELL5Down30 Marine features you can see free at SpitheadREEFS5Down30 Low-value coinPENNY5Down31 EmporiumSHOP4Down31 Chummy has to pay about fifty smackersPALLY5Down31 StareGAZE4Down32 Intransigent in businessFIRM4Down32 ExpectantAGOG4Down32 The loaf to use sensiblyHEAD4Down33 Bushy hairstyleAFRO4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 2020. 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.