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Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
InventCREATE6Across1 Go byPASS4Across1 Tradesman arranging an escortCOSTER6Across1 WickedBAD3Across4 JumpLEAP4Across6 Shell fragmentsSHRAPNEL8Across7 Early musicOVERTURE8Across7 LimbMEMBER6Across8 Lighting deviceLAMP4Across8 So long, and thanks againTATA4Across8 SurpassEXCEED6Across9 ExpensivePRICEY6Across10 Sailor or keeperSEAMAN6Across10 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Across11 Superlatively matureRIPEST6Across11 ConfusionPANIC5Across12 PerfectIDEAL5Across14 Member of a cricket sideLEG3Across14 Pistachio, sayNUT3Across14 SuspectDOUBT5Across15 Points to numbers of facial featuresNOSES5Across16 Male voiceTENOR5Across16 Stewed, can they be swimming in liquor?EELS4Across17 DroopsSAGS4Across17 EntryACCESS6Across18 Managed to fish out a piece of paperCOPED5Across19 TriteBANAL5Across19 UndidOPENED6Across20 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Across21 That part of the wrapper that was torn?PAPER5Across21 One way a jug can be in better conditionNEWER5Across22 TendonSINEW5Across22 Nonsense will keep some boys quiet!BOSH4Across23 ZoneBELT4Across23 MistakeERROR5Across24 Hippopotamus, in shortHIPPO5Across26 Cut south, as alwaysSEVER5Across26 SpankSMACK5Across26 A familiar instrumental pieceSAX3Across28 BeverageTEA3Across28 ShabbyDOWDY5Across28 Cause pain as the drama is intensified!PLAYUP6Across29 Breathe inINHALE6Across29 LongingYEN3Across30 Songs from CarlosCAROLS6Across30 Paper handkerchiefTISSUE6Across30 Leave outOMIT4Across31 Whence to return in one dayADEN4Across31 Class, divisionCATEGORY8Across32 EraseDELETE6Across32 Even bail can be arranged if desirableENVIABLE8Across32 PerspiresSWEATS6Across33 Observing that being out of breath can be nothing!NOTING6Across33 EvokeELICIT6Across33 BossSTUD4Across34 IlluminatedLIT3Across35 WantNEED4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
University groundsCAMPUS6Down1 Modest form of sachetCHASTE6Down1 StadiumARENA5Down2 Father's a cross-country runnerTHAMES6Down2 Counting frameABACUS6Down2 Catch sight ofESPY4Down3 SettleSUBSIDE7Down3 It's said to be a river horseROAN4Down3 Can he manage with just one shoe?TRAINER7Down4 CharBURN4Down4 MetropolisCAPITAL7Down4 SketchedDREW4Down5 As a jokeINFUN5Down5 Noblemen always ready for punch?DUKES5Down5 ClearLUCID5Down6 In concert studies, they aren't expected to failCERTS5Down6 ChangeALTER5Down6 MeanAVERAGE7Down7 HeatherLING4Down8 Thanks for the £50 - I can hardly believe it!TALL4Down8 EncounteredMET3Down9 A postage label?TAG3Down9 RecedeEBB3Down11 In a small case, quietly do wrongPOD3Down12 VegetablePEA3Down12 Hair-styling productGEL3Down12 Burns some wild grassesSEARS5Down13 LettuceCOS3Down13 RegalROYAL5Down13 Looked unhappy about the modest transportationMOPED5Down15 Beer typeLAGER5Down15 EmployUSE3Down16 HillTOR3Down17 Once moreAGAIN5Down18 One backing up new art?EASEL5Down18 What some of the birds say in PorthcawlCAW3Down19 RemarkCOMMENT7Down19 ForbidBAN3Down19 By being inoperative?PER3Down20 NovelNEW3Down20 Seed-casePOD3Down21 Study of living organismsBIOLOGY7Down21 Pearl madly involves us in studyPERUSAL7Down21 In Republican eyes, 'Bravest of the Brave'NEY3Down22 WearingEROSION7Down22 Health resortSPA3Down22 Next toBESIDE6Down23 Like the essentials required for naturism?BAREST6Down23 ParchedDRY3Down23 Only one animal on a small area of landOXON4Down24 DirectionEAST4Down24 TopicsTHEMES6Down25 Piggish acceptance of sin as being cleansingHOSING6Down25 Fish-eggsROE3Down25 Temporary problemHITCH5Down26 That which is hastily diminished?SPEED5Down26 SnapshotPHOTO5Down27 BeliefCREED5Down27 An old radio partVALVE5Down27 Sorry to get out of PasadenaSAD3Down28 Boy's nameTIM3Down28 ImpelDRIVE5Down29 French town, a tinned veg centreCAEN4Down30 PlaythingsTOYS4Down30 ShoutYELL4Down30 TidyNEAT4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. 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.