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Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Decorative plasterSTUCCO6Across1 Fool around for a quarter hour in the bathroomLOOFAH6Across1 YawningAGAPE5Across2 Musical instrumentCLARINET8Across7 BanishEXILE5Across7 Conventional piece of work, a book about the NorthORDINARY8Across7 Henry left the buildingHALL4Across8 SatanDEVIL5Across8 WhipLASH4Across8 In the position to plead wildly, keeping a cool headPLACED6Across10 InternalINNER5Across10 Pointed beardGOATEE6Across10 With hearty Jethroe, I have to do wellTHRIVE6Across11 Leg boneFIBULA6Across11 StriveVIE3Across12 CurvedARCED5Across13 It doesn't quite rate being pettedRAT3Across14 EncounteredMET3Across14 DisplayPAGEANT7Across15 Heavy readingTOMES5Across16 MelodiesTUNES5Across16 Finds the total for the drinksTOTS4Across17 ExpertsACES4Across17 CautionedWARNED6Across17 Will Halley's arrive on Tuesday?COMET5Across19 FellowDON3Across19 Desires, expectationsHOPES5Across19 RemainderRESIDUE7Across20 Stormed, to Edgar's distressRAGED5Across21 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across21 CollierMINER5Across22 There's risk for the raw beginner in making a pilePERIL5Across22 WhitishPALE4Across23 Dad's mid-century historyPAST4Across23 ShoalREEF4Across23 DashELAN4Across25 SidewaysLATERAL7Across26 Accommodatingly provide with mealsBOARD5Across26 Player's first gameDEBUT5Across26 Drinks counterBAR3Across28 One in the San Francisco policeCOP3Across28 Awaiting deliveryUNBORN6Across29 ProverbsADAGES6Across29 BeverageTEA3Across30 A form of protection, that's clearPATENT6Across30 EasyFACILE6Across30 The beast would seem to claim to be tenIBEX4Across31 SmallLITTLE6Across31 Surprise attackRAID4Across31 Hybridising a zebra with a pelican?CROSSING8Across32 AdmissionENTRANCE8Across32 Smooth stuffSATEEN6Across33 TestTRYOUT6Across33 MinutestTINIEST7Across34 TrimSHEAR5Across37 SilenceGAG3Across38 DeleteERASE5Across39 ShamBOGUS5Across40 Greek letterOMEGA5Across41 FoamSPUME5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Flabby and a bit wet, it clings to a rockLIMPET6Down1 Mark of disgraceSTIGMA6Down1 SpareEXTRA5Down1 Storage containersCRATES6Down2 Squabble, reversing a car in furious extremitiesFRACAS6Down2 ForeignALIEN5Down2 Darts lineOCHE4Down3 Keep below decksHOLD4Down3 SexGENDER6Down3 LookPEEP4Down4 RefereeARBITER7Down4 The opposite of wronged?RIGHTED7Down4 IncomeREVENUE7Down5 Nominally a large figureMAXIM5Down5 As a jokeINFUN5Down5 DemonFIEND5Down6 Book of mapsATLAS5Down6 Impressive characters?TYPES5Down6 Weak, unconvincingLAME4Down8 Wild animal that gets right into your straw, possiblyHART4Down8 HardenSET3Down9 ThroughVIA3Down9 Occupied in wholesale tradeLET3Down9 FundamentalRADICAL7Down11 Tommy's tosh?ROT3Down12 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down12 Exotic vines apt to bleed when cutVEINS5Down13 HorizontalLEVEL5Down13 ConsciousAWARE5Down13 CallousCRUEL5Down14 Rationale shown in the record, I seeLOGIC5Down15 Light motorcycleMOPED5Down15 DeityGOD3Down16 ManagedCOPED5Down18 DeathDECEASE7Down18 On line to get ahead with something Spanish?ONION5Down18 Farmyard birdHEN3Down19 To buy it, must one be in credit?CAR3Down19 For everyPER3Down20 Homely part for Mr. GibsonMEL3Down20 If you want compensation, put your clothes on againREDRESS7Down21 The creamELITE5Down21 Word for wordLITERAL7Down21 BelowUNDER5Down22 Drinking vesselMUG3Down22 In favour of getting fit for personal advantagePRO3Down22 MollifyPACIFY6Down23 Strong temporary shelter by the riverPOTENT6Down23 Top copy with a cross onAPEX4Down24 WearinessFATIGUE7Down24 DryARID4Down24 Artist who gave name to a birdTITIAN6Down25 ExcusedEXEMPT6Down25 People from DenmarkDANES5Down26 Toughly aggressive, but with honourBUTCH5Down26 Spicy Indian dishBALTI5Down27 Golf pegTEE3Down27 He's good to give a seaman half a bottleABBOT5Down27 BleatBAA3Down28 Taxi bureau?CAB3Down28 LitheLISSOM6Down28 DogmatistBIGOT5Down29 WorryFRET4Down30 They're too porky to get airbornePIGS4Down30 SubjectTHEME5Down32 BigLARGE5Down33 HorseNAG3Down35 SnareTRAP4Down36

About this puzzle

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