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Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2022 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#
PillPELLET6Across1 OpportunityCHANCE6Across4 Takes off for journeys to the southSTRIPS6Across4 MenaceTHREAT6Across5 HappyCHEERFUL8Across7 Built-up area, obviously not a joint in the countryTOWNSHIP8Across7 Take no notice of the ruin of a regionIGNORE6Across8 TalkCONVERSE8Across8 ExitEGRESS6Across8 SmackSLAP4Across9 Footballers one urges to run faster?SPURS5Across10 FavouritePET3Across10 Strong coffeeMOCHA5Across10 BrushSWEEP5Across12 Is Bobby exhausted by it?BEAT4Across13 Ticket moneyFARE4Across13 EntreatyPLEA4Across14 When Henry joins Oscar, it's a good signHALO4Across14 Floor coveringLINO4Across15 Highly improbableTALL4Across15 FixedSET3Across15 Girl in the sauna?UNA3Across16 Male swanCOB3Across16 Performance expected to finish fastDUET4Across17 SpoolREEL4Across17 AbroadOUT3Across17 DecayROT3Across18 No astronomer needs such a house!OAST4Across19 ParticleATOM4Across19 AsternAFT3Across19 OozeEXUDE5Across20 Fire because of a police inspector's allegation?DISCHARGE9Across21 RemedialMEDICINAL9Across21 WonderAWE3Across21 TuneAIR3Across22 List of fellows at the community centreMENU4Across23 MooseELK3Across23 House typeSEMI4Across23 Metal fasteningHASP4Across24 FishEEL3Across24 Gun that shattered certain outer parts of BerlinBREN4Across24 MaterialNYLON5Across26 SwindleCON3Across26 In a reading room, it's generally unwelcomeDIN3Across26 In a rut, a bad score means heavy defeat!ROUT4Across27 At that timeTHEN4Across27 Eye partIRIS4Across29 What a heavenly garden the dentist has!EDEN4Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across29 One held by people to be averageMEAN4Across32 EnemiesFOES4Across32 Actors turn a deaf ear to itASIDE5Across33 KnifeSTAB4Across33 SpeakORATE5Across33 Quarrelsome oarsmen?ROWERS6Across34 SubsideCOLLAPSE8Across34 LudicrousABSURD6Across34 For example, Stan's in a nice mess!INSTANCE8Across35 GiftTALENT6Across35 Best clothesGLADRAGS8Across35 Judge to be a female fathead?ASSESS6Across36 PactTREATY6Across36 Filling foodSTODGE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RascalSCAMP5Down1 Small collection of hats hidden away?STASH5Down1 SerenityPEACE5Down2 ElicitEVOKE5Down2 Being unlawfully deprived is very bad!AWFUL5Down2 Goddess with one little sisterISIS4Down3 ExistLIVE4Down3 Opera songARIA4Down3 Possibly piles of sales talkSPIEL5Down4 HurlTHROW5Down4 Not dirtyCLEAN5Down4 Turn out an undersized specimenRUNT4Down5 SubjectTHEME5Down5 Land measureACRE4Down5 One with children - on average, maybe ten?PARENT6Down6 DangerRISK4Down6 HabitCUSTOM6Down6 AstoundAMAZE5Down7 In a big way, one gets nothing right in windy weatherGALORE6Down9 GrumblesGROANS6Down9 LocationPLACE5Down10 Pop West gives a handPAW3Down11 SumTOTAL5Down11 AgedOLD3Down11 Sculptor whose central studies were in wrought iron?RODIN5Down12 SeraglioHAREM5Down12 StrictSTERN5Down12 Food item taken with plenty of fluid?BATHBUN7Down13 EquivalentEQUAL5Down13 PilfersFILCHES7Down13 PrimpPREEN5Down14 If you want to prosecute criminals, he'll helpTEC3Down15 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down15 WagerSTAKE5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 The purpose or point of various exercisesUSE3Down16 Mountain passCOL3Down16 He takes an unreasonable amount of interestUSURER6Down18 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down18 She sang exotically, capturing the heart of menAGNES5Down20 Long-snouted mammalTAPIR5Down20 Little boy's roomDEN3Down21 BlokesMEN3Down21 Nominal skillART3Down22 Boy's nameIAN3Down22 Water iceSORBET6Down23 Young people make sound pit workersMINORS6Down23 AdditionalEXTRA5Down25 What big cats may be, from a safe distanceFED3Down25 IlluminatedLIT3Down25 Sail boatYACHT5Down27 Fence of bushesHEDGE5Down28 As there's a bit of noise about, you need somewhere nice and desertedOASIS5Down28 BirdOWLET5Down28 Moroccan capitalRABAT5Down30 AdvantageASSET5Down30 In America, she gets in a stateDIANA5Down30 PerceiveSENSE5Down31 CompetentABLE4Down31 It means refusal, alwaysNEVER5Down31 Money reserveFUND4Down32 It's only me againMERE4Down32 SecureSAFE4Down32 Viola's singing voiceALTO4Down33 ChancesODDS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 22, 2022. 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.