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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Corny actor in Greater ManchesterOLDHAM6Across1 ClansTRIBES6Across1 NipPINCH5Across4 AssessEVALUATE8Across7 ChoppedHACKED6Across7 Exemplary way to get in positionINSTANCE8Across7 Talks about the great white shark?JAWS4Across8 ManageCOPE4Across8 PaleWAN3Across9 NarratorTELLER6Across10 For these containers there are a number of chargesCRATES6Across10 FrenziedMAD3Across10 Underground shelterBUNKER6Across11 The jump season?SPRING6Across11 BoulderSTONE5Across12 RushedSPED4Across13 The sort of profit on fishing equipment?NET3Across14 High mountainALP3Across14 TautTENSE5Across15 Giant piece of anti-tank weaponryTITAN5Across16 Biblical prophetMOSES5Across16 Regarded as singularly Cyclops-likeEYED4Across17 Catch sight ofESPY4Across17 DemeanDEBASE6Across17 Come down and make an exchange out of loveSWOOP5Across19 ImpetuousRASH4Across19 Writing materialPAPER5Across19 GuideSTEER5Across20 A place the French are about sick of?LILLE5Across21 Wading birdHERON5Across21 FilletedBONED5Across22 Well known to have done wrong, being out to start troubleNOTED5Across22 FelineCAT3Across22 Let it standSTET4Across23 Unexcited by some musical medleyCALM4Across23 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Body cavitySINUS5Across26 Only a sucker would drink with oneSTRAW5Across26 LairDEN3Across27 That womanHER3Across28 MemoriseLEARN5Across28 Hill has a knockout punch initiallyKOP3Across28 RepresentativesAGENTS6Across29 One of the British IslesTHANET6Across29 Non-liquid foodSOLIDS6Across30 Quiet - that's the way to listen!SILENT6Across30 Musical composition means nothing to a Manx catOPUS4Across31 AssistHELP4Across31 NothingZERO4Across31 Those higher places where learning depends on ignoranceCOLLEGES8Across32 Plot a courseNAVIGATE8Across32 ConfusedADDLED6Across33 RidiculeDERIDE6Across33 What tub-thumpers do around central Greenford is good to seeORNATE6Across33 AnticCAPER5Across35 HarbourPORT4Across37 ApplaudCHEER5Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 ObjectiveAIM3Across41 Summer-houseGAZEBO6Across42 Trade-markBRAND5Across43

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An infallible adviser could see this as a little round boat!ORACLE6Down1 Aquatic reptileTURTLE6Down1 EssayTHESIS6Down1 Getting angry is very unpopular out EastHEATED6Down2 Umbrella, informallyBROLLY6Down2 YieldACCEDE6Down2 JewelGEM3Down3 ProphetSEER4Down3 A failure as a school teacher?MISS4Down3 Go byPASS4Down4 Father of a TV seriesSTEPTOE7Down4 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down4 BuryINTER5Down5 One is about to make a fresh start, though not wellUNFIT5Down5 AssignmentsTASKS5Down5 ContainerCANISTER8Down6 Pretend a broken finger has the end missing!FEIGN5Down6 Perceives soundHEARS5Down6 ApplaudCLAP4Down8 FactsDATA4Down8 Tarzan's sweetheart for one short month?JANE4Down8 VitalityPEP3Down9 What three-fifths of the water will make us?WET3Down9 DroppedDESCENDED9Down11 And notNOR3Down12 An old reprobate (but still less than mature?)RIP3Down12 Provincial fellows in South Africa?NATAL5Down13 WeirdEERIE5Down13 ActDEED4Down14 SeraglioHAREM5Down15 No weaver bird, but a towel makerOWLET5Down15 TidyNEAT4Down16 GeneratedBRED4Down18 Teenage member from YarmouthYOUTH5Down18 Small twigSPRIG5Down18 Behave in model fashion (as a squatter?)SIT3Down19 Female swanPEN3Down19 Not ideally young enough to be back in wedlock?OLD3Down20 SeedcasePOD3Down20 As oneTOGETHER8Down21 Kidnapped personHOSTAGE7Down21 Frowned when a bovine utterance disturbed the deerLOWERED7Down21 Grandma, it seems, is less than magnanimousNAN3Down22 Sweet rollBUN3Down22 VenderSELLER6Down23 InformTELL4Down23 Leader, perhaps, associated with NelsonCOLUMN6Down23 Lord Greystoke's imitative associatesAPES4Down24 StumbleTRIP4Down24 JumpLEAP4Down25 StruggleTUSSLE6Down25 The spirit a man of iron may be said to haveMETTLE6Down25 IntenseDEEP4Down26 Holy personSAINT5Down26 Put up with a caning?STICK5Down26 A recovery, but really pointless?RALLY5Down27 CourageNERVE5Down27 Garden implementHOE3Down28 Take a rest from the part of Nanki-PooKIP3Down28 WorshippedADORED6Down29 It's fair to use the same word twiceSOSO4Down30 Cast offSHED4Down30 ThoughtNOTION6Down30 SeaOCEAN5Down32 HaulDRAG4Down34 ParchedARID4Down36 ChartMAP3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. 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.