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Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
ExertionEFFORT6Across1 JavelinSPEAR5Across3 Keeps on persistently (and pluckily?)HARPS5Across3 RelishSAVOUR6Across5 EstrangeALIENATE8Across8 In any case, a refusal will offendANNOY5Across8 Reasoned thoughtLOGIC5Across8 FollowTAIL4Across9 When loaned a disc, play it slowlyLENTO5Across10 Not everNEVER5Across10 PleadBEG3Across10 Girl with a western accent?GAL3Across11 Male swanCOB3Across11 One of no importance to a Wilde play?WOMAN5Across12 HutCABIN5Across12 VigilantALERT5Across12 Ball girl?CRYSTAL7Across13 PortentousFATEFUL7Across13 FriendsMATES5Across15 FixedSET3Across15 His land was between warring factorsNOMAN5Across15 ButtRAM3Across17 Thanks for the kiss, but it'll still cost you!TAX3Across18 DecayROT3Across18 EdgeRIM3Across18 A nice fruity redCERISE6Across19 BeverageTEA3Across19 Military greetingSALUTE6Across19 WeirdEERIE5Across20 EraAGE3Across21 Not artificialNATURAL7Across21 A Californian giantREDWOOD7Across21 Look a heartless letterLEER4Across22 CureHEAL4Across22 CanTIN3Across22 Bird's billBEAK4Across23 As something suffered, a bit of pain's no goodPANG4Across23 HorseNAG3Across23 ColourHUE3Across24 A light gas, though ultimately very heavyKRYPTON7Across24 HugsCUDDLES7Across24 GuidesSTEERS6Across26 Old-fashionedDATED5Across26 Cry of the shrike, when disturbedSHRIEK6Across26 A Russian revolutionary took him inLEN3Across29 FinishEND3Across29 AssistAID3Across29 Quick to put hay out of the wayHASTY5Across31 Work outSOLVE5Across31 ChangedALTERED7Across32 The seed possibly boiledSEETHED7Across32 OccupyFILL4Across33 Issues in troubled timesEMITS5Across34 GraceELEGANCE8Across34 NoblemenEARLS5Across34 In the sculls, is single-handedOAR3Across35 TalliedAGREED6Across35 Container for liquidsVAT3Across35 Play a doctor and a masterDRAMA5Across36 OfferTENDER6Across36 SlopeSLANT5Across36 Avoid shiftily?DODGE5Across37 GiantTITAN5Across37 A hunted animal, one imaginesSNARK5Across38 AbruptTERSE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of the voiceVOCAL5Down1 Being upset, rang the eye centreANGRY5Down1 UntrueFALSE5Down2 Supporter of the headBOLSTER7Down2 UngrudgingLIBERAL7Down2 FrankOPEN4Down3 Initially unavailable for serviceAWOL4Down4 Burst of noisePEAL4Down4 TrackTRAIL5Down4 GuideSTEER5Down5 Flattened with a toolPLANED6Down5 BeastANIMAL6Down5 BallotVOTE4Down6 Having a siesta, he may snoreSENOR5Down6 Of the kidneysRENAL5Down6 Brimless capBERET5Down7 CombineUNITE5Down7 It's bound to be of geographical interestATLAS5Down7 ObtainedGOT3Down9 In less than a year, it can be discouragingNAY3Down9 CollectionBATCH5Down10 RaspGRATE5Down11 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Down12 CorrectAMEND5Down12 A model sort of museumWAXWORK7Down12 HeronEGRET5Down13 Little thanks to a dunderhead!TAD3Down14 SeizureFIT3Down14 TendencyTREND5Down14 PlatformSTAGE5Down15 Where, in Italy, one gets very short measure!MILAN5Down16 MelodiesTUNES5Down16 TrampleTREAD5Down16 What the horse said when refusing a jump?NEIGH5Down17 SearchesSEEKS5Down17 Links up in close arrayCOUPLES7Down19 Light shoesSANDALS7Down19 Board gameCHESS5Down20 Strike causing terrible loss to a hotel?SLOSH5Down20 Brings up what is right for the listenersREARS5Down21 UmbilicusNAVEL5Down21 TormentBEDEVIL7Down23 Game of bridge?PONTOON7Down23 InventCREATE6Down24 His vital duty may seem a piece of cake to many!KEYMAN6Down24 Driving placeTEE3Down25 IlluminatedLIT3Down25 EmployingUSING5Down25 LaboursTOILS5Down27 Bewhiskered but possibly exciting!HAIRY5Down27 ForwardAHEAD5Down27 HappeningEVENT5Down28 It's holding me up, as one may readITEMS5Down28 UprightERECT5Down28 AlcoveNICHE5Down30 Possibly grassy margin a river generally hasVERGE5Down30 Flower partPETAL5Down30 AdhesiveGLUE4Down31 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down32 What an agitator can do in prisonSTIR4Down32 ConceitedVAIN4Down32 Caught in possession?HAD3Down33 RodentRAT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 21, 2023. 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.