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Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2019 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#
LawfulLEGAL5Across1 ApproachACCESS6Across1 Form of chain perhaps easily brokenCHINA5Across1 StrainSTRESS6Across5 Do fully as beforeDITTO5Across6 HagWITCH5Across6 SlideCHUTE5Across9 Clarify what's no longer clearEXPLAIN7Across9 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across9 TreasurerBURSAR6Across10 Shooting brake?TRUCE5Across10 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across10 BeamRAFTER6Across11 Sharp endPOINT5Across11 Blazing awayAFIRE5Across11 BroadenWIDEN5Across12 RoyalREGAL5Across12 The underground is in some troubleMETRO5Across12 The difficulties minor collisions can lead toSCRAPES7Across13 Male servantFOOTMAN7Across13 SmackSLAP4Across14 Got together in time, tardilyMET3Across15 FatherDAD3Across15 PlantIRIS4Across17 Rush with the rentTEAR4Across17 AskewWRY3Across17 Property at Bourne End, sayESTATE6Across18 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Across18 TeamSIDE4Across18 OutriderSCOUT5Across19 Run a mine behind the houseHOPIT5Across19 StinkSTENCH6Across20 In French opinion, he was PolishCHOPIN6Across20 GreetingHELLO5Across20 AssistantAIDE4Across22 Some missiles never reach their targetMISS4Across22 Map bookATLAS5Across22 DrynessARIDITY7Across23 Mr Wood of Hampstead?KEN3Across24 CalmPEACE5Across24 Small pieceTAD3Across24 ConspiratorPLOTTER7Across25 He, Clive, designed a carrierVEHICLE7Across25 In some terminology, a 'speedo'METER5Across26 ChooseELECT5Across26 Present ageTODAY5Across26 Small Eurasian mammalSTOAT5Across27 A sound line in road buildingRADIO5Across27 Great in regal styleLARGE5Across28 Money resourcesFUNDS5Across28 Hardly well spokenMUMBLED7Across29 SureCERTAIN7Across29 OtherwiseELSE4Across29 Confess to upsetting the maid starting tomorrowADMIT5Across30 MistakeERROR5Across30 RotterCAD3Across30 Party, informallyBEANO5Across31 Regarding, for example, the Scots one concealedEYING5Across31 AlwaysEVER4Across32 DenseSOLID5Across33 MatureMELLOW6Across35 GatheredCULLED6Across36 MeasuredMETED5Across37 WoodTIMBER6Across38 RelyDEPEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AmbuscadeAMBUSH6Down1 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down2 SensualCARNAL6Down2 It's a chore making a nameHORACE6Down2 As drunk in a trance?NECTAR6Down3 BlemishSCAR4Down3 RepresentativesAGENTS6Down3 ViragoSHREW5Down4 With which to cut taxes?AXE3Down4 StriplingLAD3Down4 WanderSTRAY5Down5 Hurtles over the stage?FLIES5Down5 TarnishSTAIN5Down5 DuckTEAL4Down6 How Evelyn, for instance, can possibly stir IdaDIARIST7Down6 Destroy completelyWIPEOUT7Down6 Religious imageICON4Down7 InvolveENTAIL6Down7 In certain forms the data is restrictedINFO4Down7 Mark and Jack are recipientsTARGET6Down8 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Down8 SequenceSERIES6Down8 SpectateWATCH5Down12 Though sweet, one hopes, the answer could be a lemonMELON5Down12 In stagesGRADUAL7Down13 Keep to corporal punishmentSTICK5Down13 ForemostFIRST5Down13 With light on, it looks like silkRAYON5Down14 LubricatedOILED5Down14 EvenLEVEL5Down15 In a raincoat, Joe looks charmingMAGIC5Down15 Finger or toeDIGIT5Down15 PutPLACE5Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 Short way to chop treesTERSE5Down16 FashionSTYLE5Down18 SoilSULLY5Down18 Ida sounds a duck!EIDER5Down18 Not exactly hideous place of concealmentHIDEOUT7Down19 SkipDANCE5Down19 Child's vehicleSCOOTER7Down19 He brought the news that one regiment held outHERALD6Down21 MineralORE3Down21 Deposit on teethTARTAR6Down21 Adjust or accustomATTUNE6Down22 ConsumedATE3Down22 Form of address for the woman on the motorwayMILADY6Down22 Numb, dampenDEADEN6Down23 It may strike one as a catchy phraseSLOGAN6Down23 AllowPERMIT6Down24 AdhesivePASTE5Down25 Scrimp and save, perhapsVERBS5Down25 RefugeASYLUM6Down25 She makes me repeat myselfMIMI4Down26 Mexican snackTACO4Down26 DevelopEVOLVE6Down27 Shelter in a terrible emergencyLEE3Down28 DealtTRADED6Down28 Petty lieFIB3Down28 CringeCOWER5Down30 CubedDICED5Down31 SeveralSOME4Down33 DandyDUDE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 27, 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.