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Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2019 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Assumed nameALIAS5Across3 Wee bit waspish, was it?WAIST5Across3 VanityPRIDE5Across4 OverwhelmENGULF6Across7 Artist evicted from a caravan in IrelandCAVAN5Across8 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across8 ChargeFEE3Across9 CoachBUS3Across10 FoolishSILLY5Across10 Shows a list of footwear partsHEELS5Across10 On the quiet, dad doesn't need his teeth for itPAP3Across11 Animal doctorVET3Across11 Something afoot for the cyclistPEDAL5Across12 Cattle-farmRANCH5Across12 BucketsPAILS5Across12 UnhearingDEAF4Across13 He takes care to need only a month to compose a trioJANITOR7Across13 Become popularCATCHON7Across13 Possibly final appeals?PLEAS5Across15 Artist's standEASEL5Across15 MelodyMUSIC5Across15 GraveSOLEMN6Across17 That website womanDOT3Across18 PelvisHIP3Across18 Noted persons (possibly pianists?)KEYMEN6Across19 TrickHOAX4Across19 ExpungeDELETE6Across19 Bishop's hatMITRE5Across20 Type of sauceKETCHUP7Across21 Like a variant of the red tealALTERED7Across21 Mother's sisterAUNT4Across22 Like those piano pieces in E, say?EASY4Across22 FrenziedMAD3Across22 Being upset by pals can be a blowSLAP4Across23 Lion's long hairMANE4Across23 CraftsmanARTISAN7Across24 DirectorMANAGER7Across24 Hurry to sink the shipSCUTTLE7Across24 Detain during wartimeINTERN6Across26 The richest young people can have such coughsCHESTY6Across26 EqualityPAR3Across27 FilamentFIBRE5Across28 Rowing bladeOAR3Across29 Regret taking the part of PantagruelRUE3Across29 It's quickly madeHASTE5Across31 GangwayAISLE5Across31 Board gameLUDO4Across31 Period of green development by company outsidersREGENCY7Across32 Kill brutallyBUTCHER7Across32 WinnerVICTOR6Across33 Book of mapsATLAS5Across34 In 'The Tempest', the part I'm in a real mess with!ARIEL5Across34 Something like a tank tax?VAT3Across35 Sing with closed lipsHUM3Across35 NewFRESH5Across35 Child with a devious brainBAIRN5Across36 Molars, sayTEETH5Across36 What a toper may do wrong in the garden shedREPOT5Across37 StinkingFETID5Across37 QuarrelTIFF4Across37 DaggerKNIFE5Across38 PrematureEARLY5Across38 He should manage to get the tone rightTENOR5Across38 ConsumeEAT3Across39 FishEEL3Across41 LeashTETHER6Across42 StoreHOARD5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Land of lacquerJAPAN5Down1 Of a navyNAVAL5Down1 RarelySELDOM6Down1 Hit casually yet quicklyRAPIDLY7Down2 Short axeHATCHET7Down2 AppalledAGHAST6Down2 VestmentALB3Down3 Act of lendingLOAN4Down4 FairyPERI4Down4 Declare Vera to be at faultAVER4Down4 AttainREACH5Down5 SlumberingASLEEP6Down5 Measured up formally?SHAPED6Down5 TyrantDICTATOR8Down6 Entertainment with visionTELLY5Down6 Fibre for making ropeSISAL5Down6 Small plants blown about in a galeALGAE5Down7 PrecipitationSLEET5Down7 RageFUME4Down8 Someone's favouritePET3Down9 It carries goods in advanceVAN3Down9 Sum upSUMMARISE9Down11 The power cleverly to copy out a numberPOTENCY7Down12 Cinema snackPOPCORN7Down12 StrikeHIT3Down14 ShapeFORM4Down14 One may add to the familyTOT3Down14 DrawbackSNAG4Down16 Zola, perhaps (or could it be Heskey?)EMILE5Down16 Chair on polesSEDAN5Down16 Photos of bridges being raised?SNAPS5Down17 HorizontalLEVEL5Down17 BoundLEAP4Down18 May go flying off the side of the helter-skelter!KESTREL7Down19 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Down19 Sit in the upper chamberPERCH5Down20 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Down20 Fools cavorting in wild seas around SpitheadASSES5Down21 InsinuationINNUENDO8Down21 Makes woollensKNITS5Down21 SkilledDEFT4Down23 Walks in formationMARCHES7Down23 Arms casesSLEEVES7Down23 Enters as a novelistSTERNE6Down24 Girl's nameARETHA6Down24 HubNAVE4Down25 Pull out of PortugalTUG3Down25 Was seatedSAT3Down25 UproarRIOT4Down26 Meat for the boysHALAL5Down27 African countryNIGER5Down27 Initiate as a nervous reaction?START5Down28 ExhilarateELATE5Down28 ShiningBRIGHT6Down29 ExertionEFFORT6Down30 Post offREMIT5Down30 Person of many partsACTOR5Down30 BidOFFER5Down32 Where to end a united state in the United StatesRENO4Down32 WailBAWL4Down32 The rest may be had after a mealNAP3Down33 CabinHUT3Down33 GossipCHAT4Down34 RushREED4Down36 Golf pegTEE3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 26, 2019. 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.