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Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2019 answers. The Thursday 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#
ScribbleSCRAWL6Across1 SurrenderGIVEUP6Across4 Lower to the sea bed, strangely enoughDEBASE6Across4 ConsecrateORDAIN6Across5 Able to read and writeLITERATE8Across7 An easy victory for the pedestrianWALKOVER8Across7 Civil War general's anger at not being backedIRETON6Across8 AwfulHORRIBLE8Across8 Difficult questionTEASER6Across8 SwearAVER4Across9 Birds ask us outSKUAS5Across10 DinedFED3Across10 UndressSTRIP5Across10 SlumberSLEEP5Across12 Uncle Fred's musical symbolCLEF4Across13 NoblemanEARL4Across13 CroonSING4Across14 Thanks to an MP, apply forceTAMP4Across14 OverdueLATE4Across15 An otter's lair in NortholtHOLT4Across15 Pig penSTY3Across15 That backward boyYOB3Across16 Cut with an axeHEW3Across16 Abraham Lincoln initially as murder victimABEL4Across17 Look lasciviouslyLEER4Across17 SkillART3Across17 TearRIP3Across18 Slavonic river?AVON4Across19 Face partCHIN4Across19 AbroadOUT3Across19 ScentAROMA5Across20 Advertising, etc., in favour of keeping things movingPROMOTION9Across21 Puts forwardNOMINATES9Across21 WonderAWE3Across21 SpriteELF3Across22 Politician's treatment centre at central hospitalsPITT4Across23 CatchNET3Across23 Aeroplane manoeuvreLOOP4Across23 GaelicERSE4Across24 WandROD3Across24 Fully centralised by November, but of no consequenceNULL4Across24 MonstrosityFREAK5Across26 CoverLID3Across26 Less than a siphonfulSIP3Across26 Now it can be a word of warningTHEN4Across27 Be unsuccessfulLOSE4Across27 Fall in dropsDRIP4Across29 Unhappy when left in a sticky situationGLUM4Across29 FinishEND3Across29 Excessively light-headed, the worker can handle itTOOL4Across32 Boxing matchBOUT4Across32 State the chief foregone conclusionMAINE5Across33 VesselSHIP4Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Plays the banjo to get drinks on the streetSTRUMS6Across34 AdulationFLATTERY8Across34 Every timeALWAYS6Across34 Bullfighter who possibly orated some wordsTOREADOR8Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 Exciting book or filmTHRILLER8Across35 Charlie's darlings?ANGELS6Across36 DiscardedDUMPED6Across36 Coils, spinsTWISTS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LustreGLOSS5Down1 Misquote Oliver?TWIST5Down1 Harsh, severeSTERN5Down2 NearCLOSE5Down2 Lamb creating a record by possessing a uniformALBUM5Down2 How a swot pulls upTOWS4Down3 CrookedAWRY4Down3 GraspGRIP4Down3 Formal procedure for a healer of the sickDRILL5Down4 TagLABEL5Down4 Gain access toGETAT5Down4 Muscular power transforms some of the feebleBEEF4Down5 FatOBESE5Down5 Calf meatVEAL4Down5 The place in front is just rightSPOTON6Down6 TradeDEAL4Down6 IrregularUNEVEN6Down6 UnsuitableINEPT5Down7 Pass on the story and make it realRETAIL6Down9 Puts upERECTS6Down9 GroundFLOOR5Down10 A piece of cake, we hear, for a girlKAY3Down11 Old-fashionedDATED5Down11 GratuityTIP3Down11 A bit on the sideAPART5Down12 Eskimo dwellingIGLOO5Down12 EmployeesSTAFF5Down12 The C.O., we hear, is a bit of a nutCOLONEL7Down13 ElicitEVOKE5Down13 SincereEARNEST7Down13 JokePRANK5Down14 Border of Bethlehem?HEM3Down15 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down15 FloodSPATE5Down15 CedeYIELD5Down16 Over there in the canyonYON3Down16 Belonging to himHIS3Down16 A base Shakespeare roleBOTTOM6Down18 UseEMPLOY6Down18 Singing boatmen's riverVOLGA5Down20 Takes notice ofHEEDS5Down20 Seedy Dickens characterPIP3Down21 Signal agreementNOD3Down21 Nutcracker container?TUN3Down22 Land measureARE3Down22 Keep quiet or unseenLIELOW6Down23 In a cylinder it moves to different pointsPISTON6Down23 AlternativeOTHER5Down25 Early riserSUN3Down25 OfferBID3Down25 AlludeREFER5Down27 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 Armies of innkeepers?HOSTS5Down28 GrantAWARD5Down28 FirearmRIFLE5Down30 TendNURSE5Down30 Colin Dale's girlLINDA5Down30 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down31 PlaceSPOT4Down31 Being cheerful makes me sorry? Not so!MERRY5Down31 Flying mammalsBATS4Down32 Something to play, for it means wealthTUNE4Down32 StaunchSTEM4Down32 Mete out what is suitable!MEET4Down33 Sour-tasting substanceACID4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 22, 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.