Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 2019. 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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Unhearing41 AcrossReveal answer → Burst34 AcrossReveal answer → Carry46 AcrossReveal answer → Curve39 AcrossReveal answer → Obtained from your doctor illicitly?99 AcrossReveal answer → Formal party99 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable810 AcrossReveal answer → A bit of the page the piece appeared on810 AcrossReveal answer → Taciturn810 AcrossReveal answer → Speed411 AcrossReveal answer → Smelling bad though pickled412 AcrossReveal answer → Ship's company412 AcrossReveal answer → Keep still while you anaesthetise613 AcrossReveal answer → Bounded613 AcrossReveal answer → The current drink714 AcrossReveal answer → Eccentric, informally714 AcrossReveal answer → Offer314 AcrossReveal answer → Meddle915 AcrossReveal answer → No end worried about them recovering915 AcrossReveal answer → Worship516 AcrossReveal answer → The plant will shoot, given water917 AcrossReveal answer → Hasty917 AcrossReveal answer → Secures a quick three points718 AcrossReveal answer → Heating component718 AcrossReveal answer → Granted819 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish! He’d gone through training and was very keen620 AcrossReveal answer → Tattered620 AcrossReveal answer → Strong wind421 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm521 AcrossReveal answer → So turned again and shot421 AcrossReveal answer → Rule823 AcrossReveal answer → Of late, bank the money in it824 AcrossReveal answer → Produce824 AcrossReveal answer → Upright524 AcrossReveal answer → Determined to, then, contrived to ring the cracked bell826 AcrossReveal answer → Embarrassed826 AcrossReveal answer → Can327 AcrossReveal answer → Got even with fast428 AcrossReveal answer → Stringed instrument428 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened629 AcrossReveal answer → Taking small steps, leaves a distance between each one629 AcrossReveal answer → Fragile731 AcrossReveal answer → Calibre431 AcrossReveal answer → What you don’t have, if you can’t stand sailing731 AcrossReveal answer → Lingered833 AcrossReveal answer → For something that really appeals, you’ll pay it happily934 AcrossReveal answer → Spider934 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecute334 AcrossReveal answer → Pace435 AcrossReveal answer → Tree336 AcrossReveal answer → Shone936 AcrossReveal answer → Resolved to alter the dates quickly936 AcrossReveal answer → Sort437 AcrossReveal answer → Fascinate738 AcrossReveal answer → Taking out a picture of738 AcrossReveal answer → Unmoored639 AcrossReveal answer → About a quarter will get better - truly639 AcrossReveal answer → Amaze440 AcrossReveal answer → Cutting, give to surreptitiously440 AcrossReveal answer → Not just any old medicine?841 AcrossReveal answer → Slanting841 AcrossReveal answer → A bed warmer?942 AcrossReveal answer → Lack of knowledge942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rehearse81 DownReveal answer → Completely detached from the very beginning81 DownReveal answer → Take62 DownReveal answer → A little sun-beam62 DownReveal answer → Merit42 DownReveal answer → Hard-working83 DownReveal answer → They haven’t scratched from the race for novices83 DownReveal answer → Truth43 DownReveal answer → Supplied84 DownReveal answer → Within64 DownReveal answer → Unquestionably, it’s the smart thing to do64 DownReveal answer → Shove45 DownReveal answer → Refinement85 DownReveal answer → Calmed down and when the food came in followed suit85 DownReveal answer → Exposed56 DownReveal answer → Air106 DownReveal answer → Rubbery bread?106 DownReveal answer → Epoch37 DownReveal answer → Sharpness77 DownReveal answer → And teases about the streamers77 DownReveal answer → Performer58 DownReveal answer → Hire68 DownReveal answer → A glue has spilled on the top end, which is a nuisance68 DownReveal answer → It’s lean, child, covered with cheese711 DownReveal answer → Praise insincerely711 DownReveal answer → Climb512 DownReveal answer → Rogue513 DownReveal answer → Wager314 DownReveal answer → Storehouse515 DownReveal answer → Stank616 DownReveal answer → Side with one another616 DownReveal answer → Harmonium517 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic518 DownReveal answer → The foreigner in the plot519 DownReveal answer → Choose519 DownReveal answer → Grain320 DownReveal answer → Reduce820 DownReveal answer → Fish from the lighthouse320 DownReveal answer → Thing of value522 DownReveal answer → Clamour322 DownReveal answer → Land register522 DownReveal answer → On what notices are often on623 DownReveal answer → Run623 DownReveal answer → Informing about the unloading1025 DownReveal answer → Bookkeeper1025 DownReveal answer → Perch525 DownReveal answer → Crawl526 DownReveal answer → Miserable326 DownReveal answer → Partakes of, when one is forced to326 DownReveal answer → Mess727 DownReveal answer → Locks and leaves727 DownReveal answer → Excuse428 DownReveal answer → Despatched429 DownReveal answer → Retain430 DownReveal answer → Legible830 DownReveal answer → Undertake to do it and you’ll catch it!830 DownReveal answer → Informative meeting831 DownReveal answer → Reading out the charming letters?831 DownReveal answer → Out East, a bit isolated832 DownReveal answer → Regret332 DownReveal answer → Imperil832 DownReveal answer → Set free, having a strange hunch about it733 DownReveal answer → Expand733 DownReveal answer → Draw back635 DownReveal answer → Having little money, they manage to keep afloat!635 DownReveal answer → In extra small, few and far between636 DownReveal answer → Pungent edible bulb636 DownReveal answer → Concedes the tailless swallow looks very odd637 DownReveal answer → Observing637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 23, 2019. 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.