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Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 125 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#
SwindleCHEAT5Across1 Film dog in space orbit?PLUTO5Across1 ChangeALTER5Across2 One man's name for steakCHUCK5Across6 AbundantAMPLE5Across6 BoxSPAR4Across7 EntertainedAMUSED6Across8 PrickleTHORN5Across9 Long-lastingDURABLE7Across9 A fatheaded story, but pleasantAFFABLE7Across9 Terminate a missionABORT5Across10 The chap has skill and courageHEART5Across10 LumpWAD3Across11 Power of decisionSAYSO5Across11 There's nothing in wild deer to have a bad effectERODE5Across11 Food to bake fresh, noteKEBAB5Across12 Worker in stoneMASON5Across12 TearRIP3Across13 Fault that makes me tiredDEMERIT7Across13 Seem probableBIDFAIR7Across13 RegionAREA4Across15 Left the thing looking brighter!LIT3Across15 PolicemanCOP3Across15 PigHOG3Across16 ReviseEDIT4Across17 Cook up a new diet!EDIT4Across17 MeasureMETE4Across18 FruitBANANA6Across18 It has many Italians but less than seven IcelandersVENICE6Across18 RipenedMATURED7Across19 What a director may do in beefy style?STEER5Across19 HerbCUMIN5Across19 Score five boundaries?TWENTY6Across20 CutCLIP4Across20 Storage containersCRATES6Across20 AgreementPACT4Across22 Was he among the more urbane Romans?NERO4Across22 InstrumentTUBA4Across22 EcstasyRAPTURE7Across23 Washerwoman? Not she!HER3Across24 That womanHER3Across24 Fashionable part of London occupied by the socially superiorPOPULAR7Across25 Large apeGORILLA7Across25 AlwaysEVER4Across25 BeginSTART5Across26 Best colour?CREAM5Across26 Cry 'Oh!' out loud when shut outSHOUT5Across27 ShareQUOTA5Across27 But it could be a toe, you understandDIGIT5Across28 Our planetEARTH5Across28 PlaguePEST4Across28 It just naturally has a feeling and a grasp for thingsTENDRIL7Across29 IllnessAILMENT7Across29 A series in which to succeedORDER5Across30 HankerYEARN5Across30 FatherDAD3Across30 PostponeDEFER5Across31 The lads (but not you) join me for something alcoholicMETHS5Across31 AgeDAY3Across31 RageSTORM5Across33 PenalisePUNISH6Across36 TopAPEX4Across37 CedeYIELD5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JavelinSPEAR5Down1 CrossbreedHYBRID6Down2 SkillART3Down2 Looked approvingly, perhaps, at the general colourLEERED6Down2 Mark gives thanks to Gert, possiblyTARGET6Down3 AlsoTOO3Down3 Off courseADRIFT6Down3 ManagedRAN3Down4 Frequently, a duck has small feetOFT3Down4 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down4 BeakerCUP3Down5 It's small and essentially superficialFACET5Down5 Detection systemRADAR5Down5 LiabilityDEBIT5Down6 Worker able to replace most freelances!CLEANER7Down6 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Down6 His taste is vegetarianHERB4Down7 IntendMEAN4Down7 Boy who brewed cider for the college headCEDRIC6Down8 WoundLESION6Down8 FoundationROOT4Down10 ObservedWATCHED7Down11 WishedDESIRED7Down12 Take awayMINUS5Down12 She makes a cash collectionKITTY5Down12 TreeBEECH5Down13 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 In the department of Beethoven's 5th, it seems, there's profundityDEPTH5Down13 He's loath to pay for faultless service on the motorwayMISER5Down14 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Down14 PunishmentPENALTY7Down14 It's an offence to tear up a bill out EastLIBEL5Down15 WatercourseCANAL5Down15 Wouldn't he sing for a fiver?TENOR5Down16 HurryHASTE5Down16 Spaghetti, for examplePASTA5Down16 DefendGUARD5Down17 Intolerant personBIGOT5Down18 Poison makes you move uneasily around mid-morningVENOM5Down18 EncounteredMET3Down18 SureCERTAIN7Down19 Race originator?STARTER7Down19 We don't quite get there with the sheepWETHER6Down21 ScoldREBUKE6Down21 EqualityPAR3Down21 CorsairPIRATE6Down22 Mature enough to make a sound new start, but with bitterness?NUBILE6Down22 DressCLOTHE6Down23 A growing reason why it's unwise to embrace a girl?RADISH6Down23 GroupUNIT4Down24 Ingrained dirtGRIME5Down25 Rice that goes 'pop' when you add a quantity of toddy?PADDY5Down25 ObscureVAGUE5Down26 CelebritySTAR4Down26 Clever way to shorten a letterCUTE4Down26 Having insufficient lighting is stupidDIM3Down28 FinishEND3Down28 RescuedSAVED5Down29 MouthfulSIP3Down32 TimidSHY3Down33 PoemODE3Down34 InsaneMAD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. 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.