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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 2024. 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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Haul41 AcrossReveal answer → Seat34 AcrossReveal answer → Analyse46 AcrossReveal answer → Expert39 AcrossReveal answer → The cantankerousness I'm going to indulge99 AcrossReveal answer → At hand99 AcrossReveal answer → Obsession810 AcrossReveal answer → Mostly, then, I'm confused and in a dither910 AcrossReveal answer → Railway carriage bed910 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze411 AcrossReveal answer → Lather412 AcrossReveal answer → Have time to go first to the business area412 AcrossReveal answer → It's good to give fish to the sick613 AcrossReveal answer → Dwarfed tree613 AcrossReveal answer → Terse714 AcrossReveal answer → Orders inside. The din is dreadful714 AcrossReveal answer → Nose314 AcrossReveal answer → Pirate915 AcrossReveal answer → One's early teaching is keeping one down-to-earth915 AcrossReveal answer → Moor516 AcrossReveal answer → Rogue917 AcrossReveal answer → Travelling by train, running to catch the one ten out917 AcrossReveal answer → Oval shape718 AcrossReveal answer → Where the case is opened up, on the table718 AcrossReveal answer → Dispossessed819 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish capital619 AcrossReveal answer → Suffered from shock, due to the blow and wound619 AcrossReveal answer → Pimple420 AcrossReveal answer → Sending the food back is an insult420 AcrossReveal answer → Bowl521 AcrossReveal answer → Railway worker923 AcrossReveal answer → Buys drinks for, when one cajoles into923 AcrossReveal answer → Influence823 AcrossReveal answer → Lock524 AcrossReveal answer → Claimant to a throne925 AcrossReveal answer → With sun out and warmth, he will take the cover off925 AcrossReveal answer → Spool426 AcrossReveal answer → Does better than, though a little backward426 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten327 AcrossReveal answer → Short and sturdy627 AcrossReveal answer → A harsh-sounding regimen627 AcrossReveal answer → Eye-protectors729 AcrossReveal answer → Order the partner about as well729 AcrossReveal answer → Skirting431 AcrossReveal answer → Would the cha-cha-cha be suitable for them?932 AcrossReveal answer → Miscellany932 AcrossReveal answer → Evil833 AcrossReveal answer → Dog334 AcrossReveal answer → Agitated to find it hasn't been paid934 AcrossReveal answer → Dressmaker's model934 AcrossReveal answer → Sharpen435 AcrossReveal answer → Fit735 AcrossReveal answer → Bowdlerise and make a lot of money from735 AcrossReveal answer → 24 hours336 AcrossReveal answer → Coy636 AcrossReveal answer → By concealing the real trouble - having blurred vision636 AcrossReveal answer → Former Iranian ruler437 AcrossReveal answer → Interrogate437 AcrossReveal answer → Going back again to the same river437 AcrossReveal answer → Looks like938 AcrossReveal answer → There's no way out. You must make a smaller allocation938 AcrossReveal answer → Slept939 AcrossReveal answer → Make the fruit fall from the tree to the bed939 AcrossReveal answer →

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So-so81 DownReveal answer → See a wild tit's come in and don't move81 DownReveal answer → Perfumed liquid122 DownReveal answer → Gets angry when the hair drier is used on?122 DownReveal answer → Bar42 DownReveal answer → Outmoded83 DownReveal answer → A plus, without doubt83 DownReveal answer → Aim43 DownReveal answer → Ancient84 DownReveal answer → Inferior64 DownReveal answer → Fish missing an hour, going astray64 DownReveal answer → Accustomed45 DownReveal answer → Overshadowed85 DownReveal answer → Like the great big throne?85 DownReveal answer → Ointment56 DownReveal answer → Paper-cutting device106 DownReveal answer → The nearer one is, the greater it becomes106 DownReveal answer → Freeze37 DownReveal answer → Motor-racing circuit feature77 DownReveal answer → Get your money on "Halfback" early77 DownReveal answer → Regale58 DownReveal answer → Coffee-maker108 DownReveal answer → Can't be caned - is really good108 DownReveal answer → A hero, he went off to get mother a bouquet!511 DownReveal answer → Male singer511 DownReveal answer → Assume512 DownReveal answer → Steeple513 DownReveal answer → Pen-point314 DownReveal answer → Surround515 DownReveal answer → Seem616 DownReveal answer → In the character of the aunt, is miscast again616 DownReveal answer → Dismay517 DownReveal answer → Refuge518 DownReveal answer → Adult males319 DownReveal answer → A shooting stick!319 DownReveal answer → Theology820 DownReveal answer → Calf-length trousers1221 DownReveal answer → Having to make one's own way there is going too far!1221 DownReveal answer → Born322 DownReveal answer → Round, green object the squirrel is clutching?622 DownReveal answer → Paltry622 DownReveal answer → English county1023 DownReveal answer → Start with determination on, but can't finish?1023 DownReveal answer → Two-wheeled vehicle1024 DownReveal answer → Not doing anything - just sitting empty1024 DownReveal answer → Attain525 DownReveal answer → The animals, you say, you'll put to work325 DownReveal answer → Snoop325 DownReveal answer → Brief526 DownReveal answer → Be so active and hurry about in the nursery828 DownReveal answer → Rear428 DownReveal answer → Infantile828 DownReveal answer → Leap429 DownReveal answer → Bountiful829 DownReveal answer → Bad hearing and poor visibility led to the rail crash829 DownReveal answer → Stalk430 DownReveal answer → Parasol or awning830 DownReveal answer → Braving it out and dancing nude to a band830 DownReveal answer → Are nuts going out to take a walk!731 DownReveal answer → Outfit731 DownReveal answer → Owing332 DownReveal answer → Says, because it's occupied by a retired clergyman533 DownReveal answer → Sides533 DownReveal answer → Fearing it's not for the novice634 DownReveal answer → Sensitive plant634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 23, 2024. 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.