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Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 134 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#
SeemAPPEAR6Across1 StartsBEGINS6Across4 Came down to half a bottle, which isn't muchLITTLE6Across4 RebelledRIOTED6Across5 Music for performance with loveCONCERTO8Across7 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across7 CurtABRUPT6Across8 Made dead drunk!STONED6Across8 SoundVALID5Across9 Come up for a pay increaseARISE5Across10 Floor-coveringCARPET6Across10 Postage labelSTAMP5Across10 ComfortSOLACE6Across11 RepulseREPEL5Across12 Look closely to see the pier's soundPEER4Across13 SolidFIRM4Across13 GlorioleHALO4Across14 PitcherEWER4Across14 Left the dog out something mushyPULP4Across14 DiscourteousRUDE4Across15 Story of some Yanks joining the navyYARN4Across15 InsectFLY3Across16 Loud fellow, this G-man?FED3Across16 Could nothing spoil him?OMAR4Across17 NoiseDIN3Across17 Extended journeyTOUR4Across17 TolerateBEAR4Across18 The requirement to be less than knee deepNEED4Across19 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across20 A good fellow, in love, will get busyLOOKALIVE9Across21 Not permittedFORBIDDEN9Across21 TroubleWORRY5Across22 Bit of a thin time, let's suggestHINT4Across23 PainfulSORE4Across23 StrollSAUNTER7Across23 Kiln typeOAST4Across24 One at the corner of a diamond?BASE4Across24 TwistSCREW5Across24 LevyTAX3Across26 StorehouseDEPOT5Across26 A hint to start the ball rollingCUE3Across26 SullenGLUM4Across27 Not entirely avidly, but slowly or casuallyIDLY4Across27 Style and vigourELAN4Across29 VoucherCHIT4Across29 No American intelligenceNOUS4Across29 DonkeyASS3Across30 Thus again is angrySORE4Across32 FinishedDONE4Across32 CourtsWOOS4Across32 Take over an endless wild pursuitUSURP5Across33 PerformedACTED5Across33 Wading birdCRANE5Across33 Not the language of PomsSTRINE6Across34 HeathensPAGANS6Across34 Presents 'A Taste of Honey'?SWEETENS8Across35 HuggedEMBRACED8Across35 MendREPAIR6Across35 To moderateTEMPER6Across36 Doctor a bad skin with certain fluidsDRINKS6Across36 ImmoralWANTON6Across36 EaterDINER5Across37 ConsideredDEEMED6Across38 WreckageDEBRIS6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Low-lying watery groundMARSH5Down1 Fight to get out of some scrapeSCRAP5Down1 BowmanARCHER6Down1 Of birthNATAL5Down2 Smith's property in the blockANVIL5Down2 DividedPARTED6Down2 HaltSTOP4Down3 We soldiers lived hereWERE4Down3 DeclareAVER4Down3 PlaitBRAID5Down4 AssessedRATED5Down4 One who failed to win new rolesLOSER5Down4 AscendedRISEN5Down5 MicrobeGERM4Down5 Deity with insufficient authority!THOR4Down5 HeroIDOL4Down6 Incendiary liquidNAPALM6Down6 Reeled drunkenly and gave a lascivious lookLEERED6Down6 DealerTRADER6Down7 DullDREARY6Down8 It's a smashing game!TENNIS6Down9 Brings upBREEDS6Down9 FaucetTAP3Down11 Odd enough to start you ruminatingRUM3Down11 EngineMOTOR5Down12 Being thus fed is childishly simpleSPOON5Down12 MusicianPIANIST7Down13 Tale suggesting it's normal to be fitPARABLE7Down13 RagingFURIOUS7Down13 Talk of a shaggy animalYAK3Down15 HoistWINCH5Down15 ChafeRUB3Down15 Just what's needed if you feel short of a quid?FEE3Down16 ReadjustedRESET5Down16 SupporterFAN3Down16 DrilledBORED5Down18 A test one gets on with, for progressMOTION6Down18 American stateOREGON6Down18 Fire-raisingARSON5Down19 Odds!EVENS5Down20 DiscourageDETER5Down20 UncookedRAW3Down21 Wild animalFOX3Down21 Deceptive position for the ball to be in?LIE3Down21 WeirDAM3Down22 One sung in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July?LAY3Down22 MarriedWED3Down22 ViciousSAVAGE6Down23 Horse making the runHUNTER6Down23 FrightenedSCARED6Down24 Karate expertDAN3Down25 One contributing doggedly to security?CUR3Down25 WaveRIPPLE6Down25 PlacardPOSTER6Down27 Not the winnerLOSER5Down28 Ball-gameTENNIS6Down28 What soldiers may do to keep decently warm?DRESS5Down28 Jousting weaponLANCE5Down30 The border route, possibly?OUTER5Down30 PungentACRID5Down30 Resorts to finishing a film in a quick burstSPASM5Down31 PoorNEEDY5Down31 StitchedSEWED5Down31 Stinging insectWASP4Down32 Put your name down to sing, maybeSIGN4Down32 Employed in house decoratingUSED4Down33 AssistantAIDE4Down33 NucleusCORE4Down33 ChallengeDARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 24, 2023. 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.