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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 2018. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Feverish61 AcrossReveal answer → Senior nurse64 AcrossReveal answer → Evil ways we all have64 AcrossReveal answer → Step65 AcrossReveal answer → Runway87 AcrossReveal answer → Is sweet, but can make you sick in a sticky coating87 AcrossReveal answer → Creature confused by clouts68 AcrossReveal answer → Buy88 AcrossReveal answer → Freshwater mammals68 AcrossReveal answer → Trade49 AcrossReveal answer → A backward fool keeping himself to himself510 AcrossReveal answer → Chop310 AcrossReveal answer → Remove dirt from510 AcrossReveal answer → Stroll512 AcrossReveal answer → Here's your chance to play detective413 AcrossReveal answer → Type413 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve414 AcrossReveal answer → Go round, or simply go414 AcrossReveal answer → Country road415 AcrossReveal answer → Price is both officer and saint415 AcrossReveal answer → Droop315 AcrossReveal answer → One side is insufficient for the whole game316 AcrossReveal answer → Snoop316 AcrossReveal answer → Is it much the same as Iraq?417 AcrossReveal answer → Eager417 AcrossReveal answer → Join317 AcrossReveal answer → Iota318 AcrossReveal answer → Public address I'd settled the bill for419 AcrossReveal answer → Mimics419 AcrossReveal answer → Cask319 AcrossReveal answer → Bizarre520 AcrossReveal answer → A bunion, say, won't help a tennis player921 AcrossReveal answer → Large crocodilian921 AcrossReveal answer → Tune321 AcrossReveal answer → Stray322 AcrossReveal answer → Transferred foreign currency to the capital of Turkey423 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle323 AcrossReveal answer → Serene joy423 AcrossReveal answer → Hazard424 AcrossReveal answer → Dog324 AcrossReveal answer → Despite appearances, it doesn't mean 'from'424 AcrossReveal answer → Upright526 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet326 AcrossReveal answer → He's a bit decadent326 AcrossReveal answer → The part of a toaster that dries427 AcrossReveal answer → Yashmak427 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch cheese429 AcrossReveal answer → Beat back in a game429 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten329 AcrossReveal answer → Continental region to fly from briefly432 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name432 AcrossReveal answer → Dramatically put on a coach533 AcrossReveal answer → Squall433 AcrossReveal answer → First-rate533 AcrossReveal answer → What's new in battleship construction634 AcrossReveal answer → Extend834 AcrossReveal answer → Eye membrane634 AcrossReveal answer → They follow the horses and are number ten in the charts835 AcrossReveal answer → Peak635 AcrossReveal answer → Quicker route835 AcrossReveal answer → Pretentiously artistic outfits for church636 AcrossReveal answer → Solitary636 AcrossReveal answer → Give to charity636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ketchup51 DownReveal answer → Being so small, it can get out of traps51 DownReveal answer → Command52 DownReveal answer → Ooze52 DownReveal answer → First lady to be seated, in a sense52 DownReveal answer → Something to sing about when smelling it?43 DownReveal answer → Diplomacy43 DownReveal answer → Shock43 DownReveal answer → Finds a market for sound electric batteries54 DownReveal answer → Bewitch54 DownReveal answer → Cutlery item54 DownReveal answer → Pleasant looking resort45 DownReveal answer → Filch55 DownReveal answer → Badger's burrow45 DownReveal answer → Being out of the wood, we'd cleaned up66 DownReveal answer → Discourteous46 DownReveal answer → Mistakes66 DownReveal answer → Play57 DownReveal answer → Product with which a shifty tout admits turning up69 DownReveal answer → Nice surprises69 DownReveal answer → Devastation510 DownReveal answer → Pull by the ear311 DownReveal answer → Irrigate511 DownReveal answer → Circuit311 DownReveal answer → It's bulbous yet skinny512 DownReveal answer → Body part512 DownReveal answer → Worship512 DownReveal answer → To make a mess is a bewildering thing to do713 DownReveal answer → Swim513 DownReveal answer → Spanish drink713 DownReveal answer → Expel514 DownReveal answer → Some secateurs can scratch!315 DownReveal answer → Hawaiian garland315 DownReveal answer → Begin515 DownReveal answer → Ravine516 DownReveal answer → Left it switched on?316 DownReveal answer → For every316 DownReveal answer → They go round or up over hills618 DownReveal answer → Number618 DownReveal answer → The childless total frequently is high520 DownReveal answer → Card game520 DownReveal answer → Given a life dependence requirement321 DownReveal answer → High mountain321 DownReveal answer → A social worker322 DownReveal answer → Afflict322 DownReveal answer → Summerhouse623 DownReveal answer → Tasteful girl with a French boyfriend623 DownReveal answer → Customary525 DownReveal answer → Perform at the gala opening, if you follow325 DownReveal answer → Pigmeat325 DownReveal answer → Slacken527 DownReveal answer → Rub out528 DownReveal answer → One has a feeling it may be dropped528 DownReveal answer → Waterway528 DownReveal answer → Drainage channel530 DownReveal answer → Perfect530 DownReveal answer → Provide as an instalment530 DownReveal answer → Thaws531 DownReveal answer → Stalk431 DownReveal answer → All swans? Not really531 DownReveal answer → Travel permit432 DownReveal answer → Restful little part of the country432 DownReveal answer → Stupefy432 DownReveal answer → Humble member of the baser fraternity433 DownReveal answer → Knitting stitch433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 23, 2018. 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.