Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2024 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 21 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Grasp41 AcrossReveal answer → Royal residence64 AcrossReveal answer → Record34 AcrossReveal answer → A force for good64 AcrossReveal answer → Bankrupt46 AcrossReveal answer → Battle station87 AcrossReveal answer → Slaughterhouse87 AcrossReveal answer → Rut68 AcrossReveal answer → Slanting type68 AcrossReveal answer → Slow starting runner, but a cheerful one68 AcrossReveal answer → Tepee69 AcrossReveal answer → Acute anxiety510 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow310 AcrossReveal answer → Jumps around with much pleasure510 AcrossReveal answer → Agencies512 AcrossReveal answer → How one's ears can burn!413 AcrossReveal answer → Virtuous413 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally a bit of a setback for ASLEF414 AcrossReveal answer → Stinging insect414 AcrossReveal answer → Phase514 AcrossReveal answer → Country dance hall415 AcrossReveal answer → Atmosphere415 AcrossReveal answer → Lean515 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed end of a lancet, I presume316 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly any316 AcrossReveal answer → Monstrous person417 AcrossReveal answer → Stray sheep going round the ring417 AcrossReveal answer → Placard618 AcrossReveal answer → Send by post419 AcrossReveal answer → You won't find this in the North Atlantic!419 AcrossReveal answer → Arrange620 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned fellows921 AcrossReveal answer → Hurry up921 AcrossReveal answer → In more ways than one, I'm clued up423 AcrossReveal answer → Grime423 AcrossReveal answer → Pang524 AcrossReveal answer → Of sound mind424 AcrossReveal answer → One garment, of which five make a set424 AcrossReveal answer → Eject526 AcrossReveal answer → Unopened flower326 AcrossReveal answer → Traffic problem promised for tomorrow?326 AcrossReveal answer → Take notice of427 AcrossReveal answer → It's taken to be exemplary427 AcrossReveal answer → Whine528 AcrossReveal answer → Primates429 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaner drink?429 AcrossReveal answer → Damp330 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces432 AcrossReveal answer → A pronounced bore, but providing a round in the bar432 AcrossReveal answer → Cope632 AcrossReveal answer → Has no translation in an African language533 AcrossReveal answer → Squirm633 AcrossReveal answer → Customary533 AcrossReveal answer → The benefits of managing to be first round the bend?634 AcrossReveal answer → Aperture434 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten or join634 AcrossReveal answer → It emerges as a key assignment835 AcrossReveal answer → Delve335 AcrossReveal answer → Borrowing charge835 AcrossReveal answer → American in the nude, perhaps, getting fresh636 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult436 AcrossReveal answer → Middle Eastern language636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Parrot type51 DownReveal answer → River of Wales?51 DownReveal answer → Suspends52 DownReveal answer → It's bound to be cartographic52 DownReveal answer → Awaken52 DownReveal answer → Let it stand43 DownReveal answer → She opens up when the lights are low43 DownReveal answer → Persevere73 DownReveal answer → Previous, preceding54 DownReveal answer → Lascivious44 DownReveal answer → Problem confronting the artist?54 DownReveal answer → Robe45 DownReveal answer → Heavy metal45 DownReveal answer → Retreat by rail, possibly?45 DownReveal answer → Bay56 DownReveal answer → Hand tool66 DownReveal answer → Cried movingly at the perfect ending, we believe66 DownReveal answer → Boast77 DownReveal answer → Unanimously69 DownReveal answer → Apparently a prayer to make a man sit up!69 DownReveal answer → Horse311 DownReveal answer → Timber used in wheel making311 DownReveal answer → Possess311 DownReveal answer → A centre for continental capitalists512 DownReveal answer → Swab312 DownReveal answer → Animal's trail512 DownReveal answer → Beer313 DownReveal answer → Need it contain Russian tea?713 DownReveal answer → Estimates713 DownReveal answer → Noah's vessel315 DownReveal answer → Flier with a hang-up?315 DownReveal answer → Seizure316 DownReveal answer → Skill316 DownReveal answer → Brown ant maybe316 DownReveal answer → Sailor317 DownReveal answer → Being catty, is spotted in a nice fur coat618 DownReveal answer → Architectural style618 DownReveal answer → Remove719 DownReveal answer → Going to church, headgear provides a certain cover520 DownReveal answer → Regions520 DownReveal answer → Enough energy for six million?321 DownReveal answer → Cover321 DownReveal answer → Weep321 DownReveal answer → In dire disappointment, visibly angry322 DownReveal answer → Egotistic722 DownReveal answer → Senseless, foolish322 DownReveal answer → Cleaning cloth623 DownReveal answer → Infant323 DownReveal answer → Bird possessing a warm heart in a London street623 DownReveal answer → Colour325 DownReveal answer → Vegetable325 DownReveal answer → Managed to appear in opera nightly325 DownReveal answer → Vessel527 DownReveal answer → Less than pleased when relieved528 DownReveal answer → Moral principle528 DownReveal answer → Hate529 DownReveal answer → Pulped fruit or veg530 DownReveal answer → Jump over the thing and buzz off530 DownReveal answer → Solder430 DownReveal answer → Branch431 DownReveal answer → Censure, informally531 DownReveal answer → The weather not to be out, with little sunshine around531 DownReveal answer → It's after the job's finished that there are offcuts432 DownReveal answer → Cutting remark432 DownReveal answer → Shopping for a kimono, you may see one in the window433 DownReveal answer → Second-hand433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.