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Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
WomenLADIES6Across1 SocietyCLUB4Across1 Yearned for a golden opportunityLONGED6Across1 MassageRUB3Across4 SideTEAM4Across6 ProclaimANNOUNCE8Across7 To Einstein, one of the familyRELATIVE8Across7 GatheredMASSED6Across8 SphereBALL4Across8 A farewell at some stage repeatedTATA4Across8 ShrewdASTUTE6Across9 CottageCHALET6Across10 OvumEGG3Across10 There's many a pointer as to how to grow oneMARROW6Across10 DecipherDECODE6Across11 A picture to draw with some skillSKETCH6Across11 SeraglioHAREM5Across12 HairpieceWIG3Across14 Ever decreasing, it looks a bit eerieEER3Across14 ClassGENUS5Across15 Top players in the best Arsenal traditionSTARS5Across16 AnteroomFOYER5Across16 Body powderTALC4Across17 Changed colourDYED4Across17 CalmSERENE6Across18 Drink makes me perform with a cool headMEDOC5Across19 CounterfeitBOGUS5Across19 PainterARTIST6Across20 PoliteCIVIL5Across21 Paganini piece, certainly not sacred!PAGAN5Across21 Lavished love on a girl and a boyDOTED5Across22 LoadedLADEN5Across22 In general, perhaps, it's where a taxi standsRANK4Across23 EmployerBOSS4Across23 BroaderWIDER5Across24 In motionASTIR5Across26 Stimulate to go higherPEPUP5Across26 SneerSCOFF5Across26 Cause bad deprivationROB3Across28 FishCOD3Across28 TrifleDALLY5Across28 Claim a £50 note at some stageALLEGE6Across29 Of poor qualitySHODDY6Across29 TinyWEE3Across30 They're eating their main meals without heartDINERS6Across30 SpiteMALICE6Across30 Not closedOPEN4Across31 Episcopal stone?OPAL4Across31 DoomedILLFATED8Across32 PostureSTANCE6Across32 A cutter observed going to China, maybeCHAINSAW8Across32 AdequateENOUGH6Across33 Looked agreeable, if perhaps sleepyNODDED6Across33 DisappearVANISH6Across33 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across34 BrownTAN3Across35 ChamberROOM4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Surgeon's knifeLANCET6Down1 Appeared to love me in a strange old wayLOOMED6Down1 AnimalLLAMA5Down2 Looked angry with GeraldGLARED6Down2 Slanting typeITALIC6Down2 CondimentSALT4Down3 BeleaguerBESIEGE7Down3 The result of equalityDRAW4Down3 Historic general or sailor boyJACKSON7Down4 DiscourteousRUDE4Down4 DrearyDOLEFUL7Down4 BoastBRAG4Down5 IrritateANNOY5Down5 The long viewVISTA5Down5 NameTITLE5Down6 It contains a dye, but methinks no inkMETHS5Down6 DrainSEWER5Down6 NaiveARTLESS7Down7 Loud cryBAWL4Down8 It grows in moist, reedy placesTREE4Down8 LimbLEG3Down9 The hill to the rightTOR3Down9 AntelopeGNU3Down11 And the rest, much being missingETC3Down12 OwnsHAS3Down12 LettuceCOS3Down12 Her Majesty's cash?CROWN5Down13 MalesMEN3Down13 DistributesDEALS5Down13 Group of witchesCOVEN5Down15 To father, it looks good surrounded with veg.BEGET5Down15 NovelNEW3Down16 SorrowfulSAD3Down17 Make ashamedABASH5Down18 Sing in a heartily poetic way?YODEL5Down18 One in support of drink, or flat on the floor?MAT3Down19 ArousedEXCITED7Down19 OfferBID3Down19 Pop up againDAD3Down20 SpiritGIN3Down20 ColourRED3Down21 Of the heartCARDIAC7Down21 Sound weapons, though hardly lethalPOPGUNS7Down21 Expected to be outstanding?DUE3Down22 CoachTRAINER7Down22 CoverLID3Down22 Spanish danceBOLERO6Down23 He could be confused with Arnold or RolandRONALD6Down23 PlaythingTOY3Down23 He sounds competentABEL4Down24 Norse godODIN4Down24 SledgeSLEIGH6Down25 Being affectionate, got in touchKISSED6Down25 FreezeICE3Down25 Savoury jellyASPIC5Down26 Where cabbages grow, you'll see a path roundPATCH5Down26 LaboursTOILS5Down27 WhimFANCY5Down27 Ask earnestly for a quiet hintPLEAD5Down27 Damage part of an upright pianoRIP3Down28 HatCAP3Down28 LariatLASSO5Down29 To cheat two ways is low!DOWN4Down30 MethodMODE4Down30 DepartedWENT4Down30 FlatEVEN4Down31

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