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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 2021. 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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Slumber52 AcrossReveal answer → Cults53 AcrossReveal answer → Chuck a drunk out of the house53 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear47 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle's redheaded birds58 AcrossReveal answer → Interior68 AcrossReveal answer → Stair part58 AcrossReveal answer → Believe59 AcrossReveal answer → Only a part of the Choral Symphony?510 AcrossReveal answer → Era510 AcrossReveal answer → Outlaw a bachelor, a motherless man311 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse311 AcrossReveal answer → Boy’s name311 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument512 AcrossReveal answer → Edible item never cooked in the middle512 AcrossReveal answer → Domain of Isambard Brunel713 AcrossReveal answer → Terse713 AcrossReveal answer → Whim313 AcrossReveal answer → Short letters515 AcrossReveal answer → A little light is shining515 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid415 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce316 AcrossReveal answer → Bundle418 AcrossReveal answer → Pitch318 AcrossReveal answer → As cosmetic, stick with it!318 AcrossReveal answer → Period of time619 AcrossReveal answer → It can give a bit of help to the free running of gears619 AcrossReveal answer → Include719 AcrossReveal answer → Wine420 AcrossReveal answer → Mythical winged horse721 AcrossReveal answer → Placed, indeed, in a representative position721 AcrossReveal answer → Cab422 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcasts422 AcrossReveal answer → He has the worst part that's just not his!422 AcrossReveal answer → Stink423 AcrossReveal answer → His capacity for food is mentioned423 AcrossReveal answer → Wandering723 AcrossReveal answer → Compensation when a horse gets long in the tooth724 AcrossReveal answer → Spotty disease724 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle425 AcrossReveal answer → Runs away to wed626 AcrossReveal answer → Black widow on the snooker table?626 AcrossReveal answer → Youth327 AcrossReveal answer → Blaze428 AcrossReveal answer → Weather forecast in Crewe tomorrow?329 AcrossReveal answer → Witch329 AcrossReveal answer → Defective330 AcrossReveal answer → Of sound nature, possibly super!531 AcrossReveal answer → Rotter331 AcrossReveal answer → Warning device531 AcrossReveal answer → Kings, queens, etc.732 AcrossReveal answer → Those filming great times on the river?732 AcrossReveal answer → Tally533 AcrossReveal answer → Smelling funny?534 AcrossReveal answer → Capital of Morocco534 AcrossReveal answer → Fresh heart for tearaways335 AcrossReveal answer → Overly335 AcrossReveal answer → Said to be about only half teetotal, but sober536 AcrossReveal answer → Garret536 AcrossReveal answer → Rescuing636 AcrossReveal answer → You won't get much change out of her!537 AcrossReveal answer → Make amends or reparation537 AcrossReveal answer → Tart437 AcrossReveal answer → Keen538 AcrossReveal answer → Familiar viewing538 AcrossReveal answer → Horizontal538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Essential51 DownReveal answer → Seat51 DownReveal answer → A posh girl takes it in charge51 DownReveal answer → Relegates72 DownReveal answer → Makes a mess of giving a chap a bribe72 DownReveal answer → Fixed32 DownReveal answer → Bird33 DownReveal answer → Heroic44 DownReveal answer → Mine34 DownReveal answer → Result of a hothead having a weapon?44 DownReveal answer → Employ35 DownReveal answer → Towards the more advanced part of the hospital?65 DownReveal answer → Sport65 DownReveal answer → Perfect56 DownReveal answer → Cutlery item56 DownReveal answer → At some stage, a metallic colour?56 DownReveal answer → Group of eight57 DownReveal answer → As a Musketeer, he can take a shot57 DownReveal answer → So or thus39 DownReveal answer → Islander?39 DownReveal answer → Anon410 DownReveal answer → Mutilated711 DownReveal answer → Presage712 DownReveal answer → In one part of town, a turn that's favoured712 DownReveal answer → Corsairs712 DownReveal answer → Devotee713 DownReveal answer → Possibly lucky girl, on the quiet314 DownReveal answer → Wished714 DownReveal answer → Scold constantly314 DownReveal answer → Melodies516 DownReveal answer → They're apt to get plastered516 DownReveal answer → Colour516 DownReveal answer → Looks for517 DownReveal answer → At Spithead, they're properly sunk!517 DownReveal answer → Sober517 DownReveal answer → Nipped318 DownReveal answer → Sort of car for which to find a road?719 DownReveal answer → Photo of a criminal719 DownReveal answer → As played in a match, essentially520 DownReveal answer → Rescues520 DownReveal answer → Initially dirty water channel?521 DownReveal answer → Wrath321 DownReveal answer → Previous521 DownReveal answer → Meeting for boat races723 DownReveal answer → Ran out two men723 DownReveal answer → Threaten624 DownReveal answer → For some years, start and finish half dead624 DownReveal answer → Flavour424 DownReveal answer → Produce eggs325 DownReveal answer → Is stony yet may be worth millions!325 DownReveal answer → Rustic526 DownReveal answer → Raises527 DownReveal answer → Writers cornered in Westminster Abbey527 DownReveal answer → Danger528 DownReveal answer → Figure to enjoy the thing528 DownReveal answer → Swift529 DownReveal answer → Fourteen pounds530 DownReveal answer → Moveable men530 DownReveal answer → Speed contest432 DownReveal answer → Offer332 DownReveal answer → There's not a lot of juice in one432 DownReveal answer → Managed to get the right one333 DownReveal answer → Era333 DownReveal answer → Lav333 DownReveal answer → Mat334 DownReveal answer → Spike335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 23, 2021. 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.