Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 24 2020. 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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Explosive devices53 AcrossReveal answer → Eat well in a noisy way53 AcrossReveal answer → Mark54 AcrossReveal answer → Named67 AcrossReveal answer → Such candles soon burn out58 AcrossReveal answer → Of punishment58 AcrossReveal answer → Because39 AcrossReveal answer → Through310 AcrossReveal answer → Log boats510 AcrossReveal answer → Attempted to shift the dirt out of an eye-piece510 AcrossReveal answer → An ingrate, this rotter?311 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose311 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks for admitting the fresh air – it’s heady!512 AcrossReveal answer → Scoop512 AcrossReveal answer → Inhumane512 AcrossReveal answer → Servant413 AcrossReveal answer → A broken chair, to many, is old713 AcrossReveal answer → Corsairs713 AcrossReveal answer → Do such days finish three months?515 AcrossReveal answer → Present age515 AcrossReveal answer → Broom515 AcrossReveal answer → Condition617 AcrossReveal answer → Equip with the half-year figure318 AcrossReveal answer → Put on318 AcrossReveal answer → Al, once upset about a piano619 AcrossReveal answer → Shove419 AcrossReveal answer → Give to charity619 AcrossReveal answer → Applaud520 AcrossReveal answer → Male servant721 AcrossReveal answer → A certain period in the use of a timer721 AcrossReveal answer → Legal successor422 AcrossReveal answer → Come down alight422 AcrossReveal answer → Sprite322 AcrossReveal answer → Cello piece, not very electrifying423 AcrossReveal answer → Beseeches423 AcrossReveal answer → Iraqi capital724 AcrossReveal answer → Mixed724 AcrossReveal answer → Person responsible for an artist being in court, perhaps?724 AcrossReveal answer → Brutish person626 AcrossReveal answer → A sweet nothing? Not exactly!626 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable327 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium528 AcrossReveal answer → Trouble, afflict329 AcrossReveal answer → The little girl I had when small329 AcrossReveal answer → Unsubstantial passage possibly half a page short531 AcrossReveal answer → Boy’s name531 AcrossReveal answer → Region431 AcrossReveal answer → Ran out two men732 AcrossReveal answer → Patella732 AcrossReveal answer → Said633 AcrossReveal answer → Nude534 AcrossReveal answer → Could he possibly keep a gang leader in line?534 AcrossReveal answer → Being in one can mean lengthy depression335 AcrossReveal answer → In favour of335 AcrossReveal answer → Shrewder535 AcrossReveal answer → Can describe mail or just one letter536 AcrossReveal answer → Fiend536 AcrossReveal answer → A fathead won’t get far as a flier!537 AcrossReveal answer → Private teacher537 AcrossReveal answer → Twist437 AcrossReveal answer → Tree538 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse files538 AcrossReveal answer → Bird finally perching in a gnarled tree538 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse339 AcrossReveal answer → Line341 AcrossReveal answer → Debase642 AcrossReveal answer → Pale543 AcrossReveal answer →

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To Laurie, this vehicle is sound51 DownReveal answer → Grave danger51 DownReveal answer → Nuclear61 DownReveal answer → There’s a hint of butter-fingers, but the player’s happy with it72 DownReveal answer → Bullfighter72 DownReveal answer → Fighting62 DownReveal answer → Material33 DownReveal answer → Rowing blades44 DownReveal answer → Unaccompanied44 DownReveal answer → In the pictures, it’s great!44 DownReveal answer → Hobo55 DownReveal answer → Native of Brittany65 DownReveal answer → Master switch for the current65 DownReveal answer → Apparition86 DownReveal answer → Walker, in part, may be a leader of men56 DownReveal answer → Hairdresser’s shop56 DownReveal answer → A decent number of veils57 DownReveal answer → Small Eurasian mammal57 DownReveal answer → Liability48 DownReveal answer → And not39 DownReveal answer → Garment needing a bit of machining39 DownReveal answer → Demoted911 DownReveal answer → Period for which the players are unconscious?712 DownReveal answer → Middle712 DownReveal answer → In addition314 DownReveal answer → Consider414 DownReveal answer → Name for a splash of tar314 DownReveal answer → Vend416 DownReveal answer → More than one mistake516 DownReveal answer → Unfashionable516 DownReveal answer → Field of interest that isn’t quiet the real one517 DownReveal answer → Raising agent517 DownReveal answer → Excursion418 DownReveal answer → See intricate detail as a strong point719 DownReveal answer → Expert719 DownReveal answer → Highland revel?520 DownReveal answer → Cut wool from520 DownReveal answer → Great stream of terrible din, to us521 DownReveal answer → Bald821 DownReveal answer → Belong, conform521 DownReveal answer → Stunt423 DownReveal answer → Harmful, vindictive723 DownReveal answer → Clique’s restful place by the lake723 DownReveal answer → Some carols to sing while watching the joint624 DownReveal answer → Fruit624 DownReveal answer → Headland425 DownReveal answer → As a toddler, start to talk325 DownReveal answer → Cease living325 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Could one have a shot at mincing them?527 DownReveal answer → Fresh, new527 DownReveal answer → Spirit unusually useful in the engine528 DownReveal answer → Landed estate528 DownReveal answer → Revised629 DownReveal answer → Passionate630 DownReveal answer → Christmas hymn530 DownReveal answer → Old Jack’s contribution to the cricket championship530 DownReveal answer → Conscious532 DownReveal answer → Keep changing the dog432 DownReveal answer → Brown seaweed432 DownReveal answer → Bit of exercise for the chickens333 DownReveal answer → Crib333 DownReveal answer → Parched434 DownReveal answer → Press436 DownReveal answer → Fix340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 24, 2020. 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.