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Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
MoistDAMP4Across1 NippedBIT3Across4 WomanLADY4Across6 AngleCORNER6Across8 Flown over, he had covered itHOVERED7Across8 WanderMEANDER7Across8 CoinINVENT6Across9 Meets on the crash course?BUMPSINTO9Across9 ListlessLETHARGIC9Across9 LairDEN3Across10 CaptureCATCH5Across12 With characteristic skill, reversing itTRAIT5Across13 RespondREACT5Across13 Women love ordering about - I for oneVOWEL5Across14 FilthGRIME5Across14 WeightOUNCE5Across14 Is looking for complimentsREGARDS7Across15 IncomeREVENUE7Across15 Wading birdHERON5Across15 MaybePERHAPS7Across16 Not pouring into the can I prepared to hold itCONTAIN7Across16 AssessesRATES5Across17 Liking the result of one’s elbow greaseSHINE5Across17 SurpassOUTDO5Across18 CalmSERENE6Across18 Move slowly, with a quack, into the drink!AMBLE5Across18 It shines when the sun ain’t out!SATIN5Across20 WholeINTACT6Across20 PeevishRATTY5Across20 BaconRASHER6Across22 A river fish caught in a moatTRENCH6Across22 On landASHORE6Across23 In consequence, the others turn left to enterRESULT6Across23 PostponeDELAY5Across24 RecountNARRATE7Across25 One is restoring order in it, but it’s most unpleasantNOISOME7Across25 ThrongCROWD5Across26 RemainingSTAYING7Across27 Be aware that you can make it come trueREALISE7Across27 FeelGROPE5Across28 Give you a feeling of excitement when you attackTURNON6Across30 HouseholdMENAGE6Across30 ChargeFEE3Across30 LanguagePOLISH6Across31 He disputes it, with weightDENIER6Across31 Mean the i, small, should be a capitalPARIS5Across32 EliteCREAM5Across32 MealDINNER6Across32 CopeMANAGE6Across33 PokePROD4Across34 A little tart and a cake with no fillingPIECE5Across35 JockeyRIDER5Across35 ObtainGET3Across35 High jinks - and they’re often very high!LARKS5Across36 PullYANK4Across36 BeginningONSET5Across36 He was captured many years afterHOSTAGE7Across37 BossMANAGER7Across37 At last somehow nail the fly, having trapped itFINALLY7Across39 GarmentSINGLET7Across39 That’s uncle starting the barn danceSAMBA5Across41 KingdomREALM5Across41 Miss the greenOLIVE5Across42 TurnipSWEDE5Across42 “First-class meals” is rightSTARBOARD9Across43 FraternisedCONSORTED9Across43 Extend the period of timeSTRETCH7Across44 GreatINTENSE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MendREPAIR6Down1 A land governed by the same chiefDOMAIN6Down1 WobblyUNSTEADY8Down2 Bottle up the remainder of the waterRESTRAIN8Down2 FragranceAROMA5Down2 ProtestREMONSTRATE11Down3 When food is to be dished out in jailSERVINGTIME11Down3 StylePANACHE7Down3 NumberSEVENTEEN9Down4 Bird that created havoc in the china shop?BULLFINCH9Down4 PoetBARD4Down4 TreasureCHERISH7Down5 LeanTHIN4Down5 Rejected the incentive and returned homeSPURNED7Down5 BarLEVER5Down6 BeforePREVIOUSLY10Down6 Reminds that you’ve forgotten to give the front door key to?RINGSABELL10Down6 ForcefulDYNAMIC7Down7 AnimalLION4Down7 It’s pouring rain and coolerSTIR4Down7 RightPROPER6Down10 Becomes attached to and puts up withSTICKS6Down10 SelfEGO3Down11 Cheated, being warpedTWISTED7Down11 StripUNDRESS7Down11 While having had a very French upbringing, you sayASSERT6Down12 RestREPOSE6Down12 LettuceCOS3Down12 ChickenHEN3Down13 ColourRED3Down16 NothingNIL3Down17 BeatTROUNCE7Down19 Boxer who gets his opponents livid?BRUISER7Down19 SoonerEARLIER7Down19 TaughtTRAINED7Down21 HorseNAG3Down21 Sticking ever-closely to fact? DefinitelyTOOTRUE7Down21 DespotismTYRANNY7Down22 FastenTIE3Down23 At which people seek to be entertained?SEARCHPARTY11Down24 NowATTHEMOMENT11Down24 SheepEWE3Down25 AnywayREGARDLESS10Down26 A warning about cigarettes being bad for you?SMOKEALARM10Down26 DeclinedWANED5Down27 Most unhappy to learn the store has gone into liquidationHEARTSORE9Down28 KeptCONSERVED9Down28 To walk off with a few trophies is delightfulWINSOME7Down29 HeathenPAGAN5Down29 WindMISTRAL7Down29 AmphibianFROG4Down30 Information that the lorry is going to shed its load?TIPOFF6Down30 SwampMORASS6Down30 DischargeEMIT4Down31 It’s very easy to topplePUSHOVER8Down32 ContainerCANISTER8Down32 Pip again in and you get angrySEERED6Down33 KillMURDER6Down33 A ploy to restrain the frisky bay - a real fun loverPLAYBOY7Down34 TwistCONTORT7Down34 OilGREASE6Down38 For each pastry one consumesAPIECE6Down38 The m, o, n or y of “money”?NOTE4Down40 TwelveNOON4Down40

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