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Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2024 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#
OverwhelmENGULF6Across1 FrolicsROMPS5Across3 Stuff plenty into the outer parts of a couchCLOTH5Across3 PowerfulMIGHTY6Across5 PracticeTRAINING8Across8 One who gives, let's assume, to some of the poorDONOR5Across8 WeirdEERIE5Across8 ThwartFOIL4Across9 Some are negotiable with pramsRAMPS5Across10 Major arteryAORTA5Across10 EntreatBEG3Across10 At school, the kids wouldn't miss himSIR3Across11 Stick, shaftROD3Across11 For a start, half of us are in arrearsDEBUT5Across12 KingdomREALM5Across12 HutSHACK5Across12 Lurk shiftily in the Ministry, making routine progressMILKRUN7Across13 Develops, grows intoBECOMES7Across13 AbundantAMPLE5Across15 CliqueSET3Across15 A measuring device, but the Americans can get it by the kiloMETER5Across15 UncookedRAW3Across17 'Bravo' to mother - she's a queen!MAB3Across18 NovelNEW3Across18 Spider's trapWEB3Across18 Elflike creature elusively taking trips EastSPRITE6Across19 MeadowLEA3Across19 Hard and unyieldingSTEELY6Across19 SheepishOVINE5Across20 TuneAIR3Across21 AuthenticGENUINE7Across21 Possibly sad about a bad game, but there are compensationsDAMAGES7Across21 Deserve to be in the clear, naturallyEARN4Across22 AssertAVER4Across22 PairDUO3Across22 House typeSEMI4Across23 What an agitator may do in prison?STIR4Across23 Barley beardAWN3Across23 StretchEKE3Across24 Stops with a growl, upsetting TessARRESTS7Across24 Total loss of hopeDESPAIR7Across24 EntertainsAMUSES6Across26 ImplorePLEAD5Across26 Difficult in a way said to be negative?KNOTTY6Across26 He gives us a beamRAY3Across29 ClefKEY3Across29 Narrow broochPIN3Across29 Endlessly sad fellow of consuming interestSALAD5Across31 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Across31 AmalgamationsMERGERS7Across32 It's in mothballsCAMPHOR7Across32 BasinBOWL4Across33 Be all upset at a mere tagLABEL5Across34 TipGRATUITY8Across34 PriseLEVER5Across34 Pull or twist a gutTUG3Across35 CustomerCLIENT6Across35 Sheltered sideLEE3Across35 To fix things, you need a prison officerSCREW5Across36 ThrillTINGLE6Across36 Cereal plantWHEAT5Across36 One reason for being tipsyBINGE5Across37 Hold upDELAY5Across37 So Ken prepares something to eatSNOEK5Across38 ActionsDEEDS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Brimless capBERET5Down1 Ms Lee, the tea ladyROSIE5Down1 TendNURSE5Down2 By whose industry maybe Mark was won roundWORKMAN7Down2 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Down2 ComponentUNIT4Down3 Right of the keeperLIEN4Down4 Is indebted toOWES4Down4 LoyaltyFAITH5Down4 SorceryMAGIC5Down5 Best suitTRUMPS6Down5 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Down5 PresentGIFT4Down6 No friend of the earth!HATER5Down6 French riverSOMME5Down6 Play for timeSTALL5Down7 StringTWINE5Down7 Annoyed a union leader by an unusual stepUPSET5Down7 Legendary birdROC3Down9 To feign illness isn't merely nothingNIL3Down9 SwellBULGE5Down10 DegreeGRADE5Down11 Scolds, reprimandsREBUKES7Down12 PounceSWOOP5Down12 French mistress in the history classDUBARRY7Down12 ActiveALIVE5Down13 Beast of a computer?RAM3Down14 BlokesMEN3Down14 MassageKNEAD5Down14 BragSWANK5Down15 Stint mixing colours!TINTS5Down16 Boy's namePETER5Down16 LingerTARRY5Down16 Prepare to fight back a lotREARM5Down17 Eagle's nestEYRIE5Down17 Reveals in a way that's differentSEVERAL7Down19 PhotographerSNAPPER7Down19 Festive occasionsGALAS5Down20 Fatheads making sudden movementsJERKS5Down20 Enthuse over the new door at the end of the hallDROOL5Down21 Group of similar speciesGENUS5Down21 UndervestSINGLET7Down23 Type of pencil whose tip is used in treating a cystSTYPTIC7Down23 Erase, expungeDELETE6Down24 Timeliness of execution?ATDAWN6Down24 Hardly Osama's favourite uncle!SAM3Down25 VentilateAIR3Down25 HillKNOLL5Down25 Physical strengthMIGHT5Down27 City girlNANCY5Down27 LampLIGHT5Down27 Cold dishSALAD5Down28 Romantic relations!TALES5Down28 ExpectAWAIT5Down28 LaudEXTOL5Down30 Pettish way to lie?DOGGO5Down30 BigGREAT5Down30 MerrimentGLEE4Down31 RepairMEND4Down32 Allow some price deductionCEDE4Down32 CharBURN4Down32 Historic hothead at the United Nations?HUN3Down33 FishEEL3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 22, 2024. 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.