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Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
AscertainENSURE6Across1 Composed poems about Land’s End that may transport usMOPEDS6Across4 Part, subdivisionSECTOR6Across4 EmployedUSED4Across5 Good name for a horsewoman?ARABELLA8Across7 CopiousABUNDANT8Across7 Flier hurt in a crash on the quietTHRUSH6Across8 Shrub or small treeACACIA6Across8 ReckonCOUNT5Across8 RegretRUE3Across9 RepresentativeAGENT5Across10 BlessingBOON4Across10 Surviving a terrible evilALIVE5Across10 IntenseDEEP4Across11 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across12 ForeheadBROW4Across13 A cuppa with the cleanerCHAR4Across13 ReviewerCRITIC6Across13 Food fishTUNA4Across14 She appears in comediesDEMI4Across14 Mum’s letter means a lotMASS4Across15 AppearSEEM4Across15 GratuityTIP3Across16 In favour of getting paidPRO3Across16 RotateTURN4Across16 Is it helping to clean up TV?SOAP4Across17 Go by boatSAIL4Across17 WinGAIN4Across18 Religious imageICON4Across19 Tartaric acid?TART4Across19 TreeASH3Across20 Police vehiclePATROLCAR9Across21 Usually getting right away somewhere in CambridgeshireROUTINELY9Across21 MournfulSAD3Across22 StopHALT4Across23 Jaunty bit of counterpoint, possiblyPERT4Across23 ElderlyOLD3Across23 Translate into a little ItalianTONI4Across24 CeremonyRITE4Across24 ImmenseVAST4Across24 SentimentalTWEE4Across25 Rather young? Yes, tenSIX3Across26 MerrimentFUN3Across26 Cats find it frightfully disturbingSCAT4Across27 MimickedAPED4Across27 DevastateRAVAGE6Across28 He gave Abel stick, we hearCAIN4Across29 Casino counterCHIP4Across29 FelonyCRIME5Across30 Timber town?DEAL4Across32 Feathered friendBIRD4Across32 RebelRIOT4Across32 Author never editedVERNE5Across33 AgainstANTI4Across33 Moderate coldnessCHILL5Across33 The couple holding the boat up?DAVITS6Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 Deep narrow gorgeRAVINE6Across34 Vine fruitsTOMATOES8Across35 EerieWEIRD5Across35 African countryETHIOPIA8Across35 Has fun manipulating leversREVELS6Across36 OvenKILN4Across36 SinewTENDON6Across36 MeansAGENCY6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Unit of gold purityCARAT5Down1 EmbellishENRICH6Down1 Food for certain daysSALAD5Down1 ShabbiestSEEDIEST8Down2 Female monarchQUEEN5Down2 Masterly mix-up, this motto?MAXIM5Down2 Come and get it!HERE4Down3 ReviseEDIT4Down3 AnimalRABBIT6Down3 Figures as a short subjectMATHS5Down4 Fixed gazeSTARE5Down4 CompetitorCONTENDER9Down4 ExperienceUNDERGO7Down5 TalonCLAW4Down5 Sound happy turning up with a posh carPURR4Down5 PaceSTEP4Down6 Leave many trees devastated!DESERT6Down6 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down6 CheatDUPE4Down7 LettuceCOS3Down8 ComediansCOMICS6Down9 Accelerate out of AthensHASTEN6Down9 WeaponGUN3Down11 Left, for example, on one sideLEG3Down11 Face-saving provision – for vision!VISOR5Down12 Of the noseNASAL5Down12 London, it seems, has a mining centreCAPITAL7Down13 DearBELOVED7Down13 UsualCUSTOMARY9Down14 Teacher’s titleSIR3Down15 OfferBID3Down15 In formation, it may be welcomingMAT3Down15 HillTOR3Down16 Seek to discover where to apply leverage?PRY3Down16 UncookedRAW3Down17 At the start, determined to get TV?OUTSET6Down18 AccomplishATTAIN6Down18 DogALSATIAN8Down19 Springs to mind she’s in town, in AustraliaALICE5Down20 SickenAIL3Down20 CaptureCATCH5Down20 King of the canine kind?REX3Down21 Cooking vesselPAN3Down21 EncourageHEARTEN7Down21 Nothing’s held in trust if there’s denialNOT3Down22 StriplingLAD3Down22 Would he plagiarise a tripe recipe?PIRATE6Down23 Kind, sympatheticHUMANE6Down23 NothingNIL3Down25 On the table, is this number a mere bagatelle?PIN3Down25 ConsumingEATING6Down26 CureREMEDY6Down27 Clean feathersPREEN5Down28 Slings one’s hook, so to speakCASTS5Down28 JourneyTREK4Down29 Bad ignitionARSON5Down30 HoodCOWL4Down30 Large animalHIPPO5Down30 Appeal humblyPLEAD5Down31 FinishEND3Down31 Interesting in various ways to a YankeeNEWSY5Down31 Rudimentary amount of money?DIME4Down32 Tie togetherBIND4Down32 Is a fondness for it calf love?VEAL4Down33 Metal moneyCOIN4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 27, 2020. 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.