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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
HaulDRAG4Across1 SeatPEW3Across4 AnalyseSIFT4Across6 ExpertACE3Across9 The cantankerousness I'm going to indulgeILLHUMOUR9Across9 At handAVAILABLE9Across9 ObsessionFIXATION8Across10 Mostly, then, I'm confused and in a ditherINTHEMAIN9Across10 Railway carriage bedCOUCHETTE9Across10 OozeLEAK4Across11 LatherSUDS4Across12 Have time to go first to the business areaTOWN4Across12 It's good to give fish to the sickAILING6Across13 Dwarfed treeBONSAI6Across13 TerseLACONIC7Across14 Orders inside. The din is dreadfulNOISOME7Across14 NoseNEB3Across14 PirateBUCCANEER9Across15 One's early teaching is keeping one down-to-earthGROUNDING9Across15 MoorHEATH5Across16 RogueSCOUNDREL9Across17 Travelling by train, running to catch the one ten outITINERANT9Across17 Oval shapeELLIPSE7Across18 Where the case is opened up, on the tableTHEATRE7Across18 DispossessedDEPRIVED8Across19 Spanish capitalMADRID6Across19 Suffered from shock, due to the blow and woundREELED6Across19 PimpleSPOT4Across20 Sending the food back is an insultSNUB4Across20 BowlBASIN5Across21 Railway workerSIGNALMAN9Across23 Buys drinks for, when one cajoles intoGETSROUND9Across23 InfluenceLEVERAGE8Across23 LockTRESS5Across24 Claimant to a thronePRETENDER9Across25 With sun out and warmth, he will take the cover offUNSHEATHE9Across25 SpoolREEL4Across26 Does better than, though a little backwardTOPS4Across26 FastenTIE3Across27 Short and sturdySTOCKY6Across27 A harsh-sounding regimenCOURSE6Across27 Eye-protectorsGOGGLES7Across29 Order the partner about as wellMANDATE7Across29 SkirtingDADO4Across31 Would the cha-cha-cha be suitable for them?TEADANCES9Across32 MiscellanyPOTPOURRI9Across32 EvilINIQUITY8Across33 DogCUR3Across34 Agitated to find it hasn't been paidUNSETTLED9Across34 Dressmaker's modelMANNEQUIN9Across34 SharpenWHET4Across35 FitHEALTHY7Across35 Bowdlerise and make a lot of money fromCLEANUP7Across35 24 hoursDAY3Across36 CoyDEMURE6Across36 By concealing the real trouble - having blurred visionBLEARY6Across36 Former Iranian rulerSHAH4Across37 InterrogatePUMP4Across37 Going back again to the same riverODER4Across37 Looks likeRESEMBLES9Across38 There's no way out. You must make a smaller allocationISSUELESS9Across38 SleptSLUMBERED9Across39 Make the fruit fall from the tree to the bedSHAKEDOWN9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
So-soPASSABLE8Down1 See a wild tit's come in and don't moveSITTIGHT8Down1 Perfumed liquidEAUDECOLOGNE12Down2 Gets angry when the hair drier is used on?BLOWSONESTOP12Down2 BarRAIL4Down2 OutmodedOBSOLETE8Down3 A plus, without doubtPOSITIVE8Down3 AimGOAL4Down3 AncientPRIMEVAL8Down4 InferiorLESSER6Down4 Fish missing an hour, going astrayERRING6Down4 AccustomedWONT4Down5 OvershadowedECLIPSED8Down5 Like the great big throne?KINGSIZE8Down5 OintmentSALVE5Down6 Paper-cutting deviceGUILLOTINE10Down6 The nearer one is, the greater it becomesSTINGINESS10Down6 FreezeICE3Down7 Motor-racing circuit featureCHICANE7Down7 Get your money on "Halfback" earlyBETIMES7Down7 RegaleFEAST5Down8 Coffee-makerPERCOLATOR10Down8 Can't be caned - is really goodUNBEATABLE10Down8 A hero, he went off to get mother a bouquet!AROMA5Down11 Male singerTENOR5Down11 AssumeADOPT5Down12 SteepleSPIRE5Down13 Pen-pointNIB3Down14 SurroundBESET5Down15 SeemAPPEAR6Down16 In the character of the aunt, is miscast againNATURE6Down16 DismayAPPAL5Down17 RefugeHAVEN5Down18 Adult malesMEN3Down19 A shooting stick!ROD3Down19 TheologyDIVINITY8Down20 Calf-length trousersPEDALPUSHERS12Down21 Having to make one's own way there is going too far!NOTCALLEDFOR12Down21 BornNEE3Down22 Round, green object the squirrel is clutching?PEANUT6Down22 PaltryMEAGRE6Down22 English countySHROPSHIRE10Down23 Start with determination on, but can't finish?GETSTUCKIN10Down23 Two-wheeled vehicleMOTORCYCLE10Down24 Not doing anything - just sitting emptyUNOCCUPIED10Down24 AttainREACH5Down25 The animals, you say, you'll put to workUSE3Down25 SnoopPRY3Down25 BriefSHORT5Down26 Be so active and hurry about in the nurseryROSEBUSH8Down28 RearHIND4Down28 InfantileCHILDISH8Down28 LeapJUMP4Down29 BountifulGENEROUS8Down29 Bad hearing and poor visibility led to the rail crashMISTRIAL8Down29 StalkSTEM4Down30 Parasol or awningSUNSHADE8Down30 Braving it out and dancing nude to a bandENDURING8Down30 Are nuts going out to take a walk!SAUNTER7Down31 OutfitCOSTUME7Down31 OwingDUE3Down32 Says, because it's occupied by a retired clergymanAVERS5Down33 SidesTEAMS5Down33 Fearing it's not for the noviceUNEASY6Down34 Sensitive plantMIMOSA6Down34

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