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Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 126 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#
RotDECAY5Across1 As eaten at the poker table?CHIPS5Across1 HankerCRAVE5Across4 It's apt to be very soft in the hayHAPPY5Across6 Vote inELECT5Across6 FlinchedWINCED6Across7 Be prominentFEATURE7Across9 Classic provider of reel oilLORELEI7Across9 SorrowWOE3Across9 Terminate prematurelyABORT5Across10 Rob Stella of a pound, maybeSTEAL5Across10 WhelpPUP3Across10 Ancient artefactRELIC5Across11 What to say when taking French leave?ADIEU5Across11 WedMARRY5Across12 She has her way of working against Mr GershwinMOIRA5Across12 SucroseSUGAR5Across12 ImageIDOL4Across13 TolerantLENIENT7Across13 The gaffer's an enthusiast about Rome, possiblyFOREMAN7Across13 Guided by a light-emitting diodeLED3Across15 Metallic elementTIN3Across15 EthicMORAL5Across15 Leave it to a former partnerEXIT4Across17 StrollRAMBLE6Across17 AmongAMID4Across17 SavageFIERCE6Across18 Take a month to get some ideas or make a choiceDECIDE6Across18 Black mark for a chap getting out of lineSTAIN5Across19 SavageMAUL4Across19 Of a city or citizensCIVIC5Across19 Enumerates the noblemenCOUNTS6Across20 View or glanceEYEFUL6Across20 SpiritGENIE5Across20 CircuitLAP3Across22 House half a mile to the southeastSEMI4Across22 QuoteCITE4Across22 In short, knowledge of no account?ESP3Across24 UniformREGULAR7Across24 And notNOR3Across24 It can hardly be in liquid currency!LUMPSUM7Across25 Smoked herringBLOATER7Across25 ChurlishSURLY5Across26 Can it never quite crop up in adults?CROUP5Across26 PerfectIDEAL5Across27 GearKIT3Across27 As king, a much admired figure to manyHEROD5Across27 Credit a politician with something restrictiveCRAMP5Across28 Whole range or scaleGAMUT5Across28 StopCEASE5Across28 Though a change of address is unavailable, vacateMOVEOUT7Across29 Jelly-like sweetGUMDROP7Across29 Turn of phrase in which one police inspector gets an orderIDIOM5Across30 AttemptsTRIES5Across30 DiscourageDETER5Across31 Protect yourself when you pay out for a posh carPARRY5Across31 KeyCLEF4Across31 AilSICKEN6Across33 PlayerACTOR5Across35 AffectionateFOND4Across37 OarSCULL5Across38 SleepNAP3Across39 WeakenSAP3Across41 BearingMANNER6Across42 SoakSTEEP5Across43

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CopingAWNING6Down1 SymbolEMBLEM6Down2 Container in which possibly to bath an animal?HATBOX6Down2 InnateINBORN6Down2 Heavenly flight to the capital of TurkeyPLANET6Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 VigourPEP3Down3 So left a noteSOL3Down4 StuporCOMA4Down4 NeverthelessYET3Down4 KingdomREALM5Down5 PortlySTOUT5Down5 Bowler who got Bradman out and upset meDEMON5Down5 IrregularERRATIC7Down6 ChasteVIRTUOUS8Down6 The Arne composition to raise the spiritsHEARTEN7Down6 Look lasciviouslyLEER4Down7 A woman's name in operaAIDA4Down7 MuteDUMB4Down8 ReviewerCRITIC6Down8 Put together more than a bitPIECED6Down8 DefilementPOLLUTION9Down11 They're of wood, part of it in bulkMASTS5Down12 EscargotSNAIL5Down12 Exclusive criminal?FENCE5Down13 LoadedLADEN5Down13 African riverNIGER5Down14 DenLAIR4Down14 Erect for the time beingRIGUP5Down14 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down15 Possibly poetic lies about a motherless manLINES5Down15 GenuineREAL4Down16 Fabric I mend cleverlyDENIM5Down16 Not everNEVER5Down16 Unearth a close copy of 14 DownDIGUP5Down18 MildMEEK4Down18 Young female horseFILLY5Down18 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Down19 Has a good player to perform a lot to achieve this?STARDOM7Down19 Over thereYONDER6Down21 Doesn't upset the portOSTEND6Down21 DefiniteEXPLICIT8Down21 Ancient city not wholly in South AfricaSPARTA6Down22 Savoury snackCANAPE6Down22 WrapPACK4Down23 Term of officeTENURE6Down23 Complain repetitivelyMURMUR6Down23 EssenceGIST4Down25 New rules for baitsLURES5Down25 Knife partBLADE5Down25 Where, in Italy, Cosmo suffered a small loss?COMO4Down26 SavantSAGE4Down26 ShoalREEF4Down26 One you'll see raised at a tea partyCUP3Down28 DeityGOD3Down28 AnealeANOINT6Down29 LastENDURE6Down30 IncorrectFALSE5Down32 StuffCRAM4Down34 ApplaudCLAP4Down36 SpendPAY3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 26, 2024. 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.