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Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across1 IntroduceINJECT6Across1 It was deviously waspish, perhapsWAIST5Across1 FrightenedSCARED6Across5 Accommodation for a chap at a hotelBERTH5Across6 DirectionSOUTH5Across6 UnwillingLOATH5Across9 What you may put for what you’re givenHANDOUT7Across9 LearnFINDOUT7Across9 DauntDISMAY6Across10 Land of lacquerJAPAN5Across10 Reject scornfullySPURN5Across10 ElevatedRAISED6Across11 Slightly drunkTIPSY5Across11 Beastly noises from the spectatorsROARS5Across11 Focal pointFOCUS5Across12 ExcludeDEBAR5Across12 Disdain to put a price on a vesselSPURN5Across12 A nameless questionWHATSIT7Across13 FlatfishHALIBUT7Across13 PitcherEWER4Across14 Was supported in conversationSAT3Across15 ProsecuteSUE3Across15 Parched with heatARID4Across17 Squarely halved, you can depend on itRELY4Across17 ParchedDRY3Across17 Change and collect one’s wits before churchSWITCH6Across18 DefeatedBEATEN6Across18 PotteryWARE4Across18 CouchesSOFAS5Across19 Patiently serves at tableWAITS5Across19 ChokeyPRISON6Across20 Sportingly, he’s not troubled by ducksSCORER6Across20 ChallengedDARED5Across20 ScorchSEAR4Across22 Railways tea?BREW4Across22 LubricatedOILED5Across22 FishSARDINE7Across23 To a youth leader, a childish thingTOY3Across24 MaterialDENIM5Across24 StillYET3Across24 AvariciousMISERLY7Across25 Charms can be protective, one imaginesAMULETS7Across25 Recession can be a small piece of luck for politicianSLUMP5Across26 SeniorELDER5Across26 Land measuresACRES5Across26 EdgeVERGE5Across27 Evidently he makes capital loveROMEO5Across27 Poles having trouble with garden pestSNAIL5Across28 PlanetVENUS5Across28 A measure employed by the chap in the dockACCUSED7Across29 IrregularERRATIC7Across29 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 Charlie, downright eccentric!CRANK5Across30 Look at minutelySTUDY5Across30 MarshlandFEN3Across30 On the oceanATSEA5Across31 Name for a liquid assetTESSA5Across31 FactsDATA4Across32 DrinkCIDER5Across33 ClankRATTLE6Across35 RequiredWANTED6Across36 ChangeALTER5Across37 ShoreSTRAND6Across38 GiveRENDER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ReallyINDEED6Down1 Seem or lookAPPEAR6Down2 QuartzJASPER6Down2 Native American chap working in A and EAPACHE6Down2 Singing one could be nasty when breathlessSHANTY6Down3 ClothedCLAD4Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 PlayedTOYED5Down4 Colour of titanium?TAN3Down4 TransgressionSIN3Down4 WanderSTRAY5Down5 Appropriate when likely to hold a partyADOPT5Down5 FoolIDIOT5Down5 ScorchCHAR4Down6 Holes made where one possibly rubs out a line?BURROWS7Down6 Surgical stitchesSUTURES7Down6 Boy’s nameOTIS4Down7 ScampRASCAL6Down7 A school placeETON4Down7 Thanks, jock, for surfacing the road soundlyTARMAC6Down8 Paper handkerchiefTISSUE6Down8 EvadedDODGED6Down8 Japanese padded quiltFUTON5Down12 There is art is playing oneSITAR5Down12 SpannedBRIDGED7Down13 Wrench, necessitating whiskey and recuperation!WREST5Down13 CheerfulHAPPY5Down13 Loyal, possibly, to certain unionALLOY5Down14 LawfulLICIT5Down14 DeclinedWANED5Down15 Keep shopSTORE5Down15 GuideSTEER5Down15 LacRESIN5Down16 AdmissionENTRY5Down16 Becomes friendly because it’s spring?THAWS5Down16 FlourishWIELD5Down18 FoundationBASIS5Down18 Impressive character?STAMP5Down18 The marriage union can be cold, in KewWEDLOCK7Down19 ReadjustedRESET5Down19 MagicSORCERY7Down19 A shade cool, perhaps, for half an hourCOLOUR6Down21 BarrierDAM3Down21 Happening not long agoRECENT6Down21 ChooseSELECT6Down22 IndividualONE3Down22 Gentleman’s preference?BLONDE6Down22 AttractivenessALLURE6Down23 There’s nothing immoral about themETHICS6Down23 WreckageDEBRIS6Down24 Iron, for exampleMETAL5Down25 There’s not much blame on our love!AMOUR5Down25 TidierNEATER6Down25 Name for a large area at central GreenfordSEAN4Down26 ElderlyAGED4Down26 DashedDARTED6Down27 Determined to make a contribution to the matchSET3Down28 AttackerRAIDER6Down28 By way ofVIA3Down28 SphereFIELD5Down30 FresherNEWER5Down31 FamilyCLAN4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. 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.