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Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
Detection systemRADAR5Across1 Pick up a storySCOOP5Across1 InclineSLOPE5Across2 Go round for the meatSKIRT5Across6 BlasphemeCURSE5Across6 BoatCANOE5Across7 EnticedLURED5Across8 Gold in massBULLION7Across9 Don't you believe it!FICTION7Across9 IrrigateWATER5Across10 TempestSTORM5Across10 A number remaining dividedCLEFT5Across10 DevoutPIOUS5Across11 Certain to jumpBOUND5Across11 CustomHABIT5Across12 We set out to be niceSWEET5Across12 ManageRUN3Across12 Lose hopeDESPAIR7Across13 Girls of nine, perhaps, in a busBUNNIES7Across13 GenerateBREED5Across13 Was he wasted?TED3Across15 SubdueREPRESS7Across15 VehicleVAN3Across15 In drought conditions, it's only right to help outARID4Across17 LoanerLENDER6Across17 Leave outOMIT4Across17 Garment some blokes have a use forBLOUSE6Across18 UnsuccessfulFUTILE6Across18 ObserveSEE3Across19 Is such farming fine when there's no rain about?DAIRY5Across19 Wound marksSCARS5Across19 Handy American fuel productUSEFUL6Across20 Firearm partBREECH6Across20 ConfidentRELIANT7Across20 Stirling letter from MosesMOSS4Across22 RenownFAME4Across22 SenseFEEL4Across23 Associate of the Port of London Authority?PAL3Across24 HaulTOW3Across24 DomesticatedTAME4Across25 AlikeSIMILAR7Across25 Split sort of suitDIVORCE7Across25 Rubbed out vice around Los AngelesSLAIN5Across26 RelocatedREMOVED7Across26 ProvincialLOCAL5Across26 HerbBASIL5Across27 New coats of operatic characterTOSCA5Across27 A hat to start queuing for?TOQUE5Across28 Star signVIRGO5Across28 Divine female who chewed Tim's earARTEMIS7Across29 HarmsDAMAGES7Across29 He owns a fair bit in the outskirts of Loch LomondLAIRD5Across30 Male voiceTENOR5Across30 TreeOAK3Across30 Express gratitude toTHANK5Across31 PlanDESIGN6Across31 A name to look out for around the West EndPETER5Across31 TalkedCHATTED7Across34 SnarlingSURLY5Across37 EggsOVA3Across38 SatanDEVIL5Across39 VigilantALERT5Across40 SlipSLIDE5Across41 FriendlinessAMITY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SwordSABRE5Down1 National songANTHEM6Down2 BroadcastSOWED5Down2 Maybe cool for half an hour in the shadeCOLOUR6Down2 Transgress for a bad purposeOFFEND6Down3 GuideLEADER6Down3 SuddenABRUPT6Down3 NoblemanPEER4Down4 The hole an orchestra may be inPIT3Down4 SpiritRUM3Down4 StreamCURRENT7Down5 Packs the drunken sots out of the way!STOWS5Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down5 TautTENSE5Down6 Seriously and sorely upset about a bad startSOBERLY7Down6 AbundantCOPIOUS7Down6 Not a sound union?KNOT4Down7 Single entityUNIT4Down7 Wanders around showing no love of orangesRANGES6Down8 YelpSQUEAL6Down8 RegretRUE3Down9 LivedRESIDED7Down11 A bit of botany for the boysSEPAL5Down12 SnagHITCH5Down12 FrankBLUFF5Down13 UncertaintyDOUBT5Down13 Where a cab turns up, near ManchesterBACUP5Down13 Go inENTER5Down14 Chap from ElginNIGEL5Down14 TendonSINEW5Down14 Trout, swimming around, can be instructiveTUTOR5Down15 EssentialVITAL5Down15 VegetablePEA3Down16 Not everNEVER5Down16 Thick scattering of seed around the end of the gardenDENSE5Down16 RescindedREVOKED7Down18 WeakFRAIL5Down18 One thinks of a line in chaff!BRAIN5Down18 Foolish proof that not all adults get fatDULLARD7Down19 AcademicSCHOLAR7Down19 The Indian food of a prophet in South AfricaSAMOSA6Down21 SpinROTATE6Down21 AnimalTAPIR5Down21 EndFINISH6Down22 The ill-tempered officer was promotedMOROSE6Down22 CoinPENNY5Down22 BorderMARGIN6Down23 The talk of LiverpoolSCOUSE6Down23 GarmentLEOTARD7Down24 DevilSATAN5Down25 Sir Bedivere's birdDIVER5Down25 Sign of having stopped bleedingSCAR4Down26 Public poolLIDO4Down26 RugMAT3Down27 If you want my advice, look up "4 Down"TIP3Down28 Animal doctorVET3Down28 StopDESIST6Down28 EntireWHOLE5Down29 DirtySULLY5Down32 ClearingGLADE5Down33 GreetingAVE3Down35 ConsiderDEEM4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. 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.