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Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2021 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#
StaunchSTEM4Across1 ConcealedHID3Across4 CourageGRIT4Across6 ManagedRAN3Across9 Never quite get to the point, yet persuadeTALKROUND9Across9 AccordAGREEMENT9Across9 JamCONSERVE8Across10 Avail oneself of totally in a way that's helpfulUSEFULLY8Across10 CharmingADORABLE8Across10 FrankOPEN4Across11 Then dropped the squirming wet creature in the pondNEWT4Across12 AbodeHOME4Across12 Shoot and you get too close to the fireSCORCH6Across13 GameTENNIS6Across13 Be tired, in a way, of Italian foodLASAGNE7Across14 DogTERRIER7Across14 MaterialREP3Across14 Greenish-blueTURQUOISE9Across15 At which one got information directly from the original employeeFIRSTHAND9Across15 DemiseDEATH5Across16 Meant somehow to conceal the repair and the alterationAMENDMENT9Across17 InnocentBLAMELESS9Across17 Determine again to find the answer toRESOLVE7Across18 FirmCOMPANY7Across18 RestrictedCONFINED8Across19 When it gets hard to find just what one ownsASSETS6Across20 SprinkleDREDGE6Across20 InsectFLEA4Across21 DissuadeDETER5Across21 Is going to Wales; was left landISLE4Across21 HarmfulDAMAGING8Across23 Meant I was by myself in the interimMEANTIME8Across24 Cave inCOLLAPSE8Across24 FamousNOTED5Across24 Put a mock warning out? I am surprised at you!FORSHAME8Across26 SegregateSETAPART8Across26 LoiterLAG3Across27 Satisfied I would come back with the newsITEM4Across28 DanceREEL4Across28 OuthouseSTABLE6Across29 Yes, there is a way to pierce the torporAPATHY6Across29 RefrainFORBEAR7Across31 FalsifierLIAR4Across31 They don't hide from the rainSHOWERS7Across31 PoorINDIGENT8Across33 Blurred, which is something of a mysteryHARDTOSEE9Across34 ScentFRAGRANCE9Across34 NothingNIL3Across34 HideousUGLY4Across35 FinishEND3Across36 InnumerableCOUNTLESS9Across36 Tidied and made a pile fromCLEANEDUP9Across36 EntranceDOOR4Across37 RedCRIMSON7Across38 Indulgent, allowed the nine incarcerated to go freeLENIENT7Across38 SlyCRAFTY6Across39 Embarrassed, steal back to the frontierBORDER6Across39 StoneOPAL4Across40 "Pretty remote", I interposedFAIR4Across40 Reveal the day is nearDISCLOSE8Across41 DisparageBELITTLE8Across41 An irritability that is found trying?TESTINESS9Across42 ShakyTREMULOUS9Across42

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PitifulPATHETIC8Down1 Allow that you give your seat up toSTANDFOR8Down1 School bookPRIMER6Down2 Look furious, having got a shinerGLOWER6Down2 ImplementTOOL4Down2 SpeedCELERITY8Down3 Pressure put on to buyPURCHASE8Down3 GatherMASS4Down3 InuredHARDENED8Down4 AttitudeSTANCE6Down4 Loved making a fuss over a communistADORED6Down4 SketchedDREW4Down5 AdequatePASSABLE8Down5 On which people clean their feet when in a hurry?RUSHMATS8Down5 FeelGROPE5Down6 ReformGOSTRAIGHT10Down6 Start to recover - your sense of touch?FEELBETTER10Down6 KnockRAP3Down7 BorneCARRIED7Down7 For the under eleven, diminishSUBSIDE7Down7 InactiveINERT5Down8 FishPLAICE6Down8 The pest is given a leg up, mistakenlyPLAGUE6Down8 Decides to have wooden seatsSETTLES7Down11 GlassCRYSTAL7Down11 DerideSCORN5Down12 UnhealthyUNFIT5Down13 FreeRID3Down14 LeafPETAL5Down15 IncapableUNABLE6Down16 Thanks to having been given (albeit temporarily) the abilityTALENT6Down16 PungentACRID5Down17 Turning pointHINGE5Down18 The skin wasn't firm, you saySUEDE5Down19 AnimalMOOSE5Down19 OwingDUE3Down20 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down20 That's a good one!ACE3Down20 BigLARGE5Down22 TeaseRAG3Down22 Not all monsieur caught in the riverSOMME5Down22 Disconcerted at being dislodged from the saddleTHROWN6Down23 GhostSPIRIT6Down23 Having a job to get correctly placedINPOSITION10Down25 StopPUTANENDTO10Down25 DueOWING5Down25 PrematureEARLY5Down26 PerceiveSEE3Down26 A clever little insectFLY3Down26 OpeningORIFICE7Down27 How you said "I've lost two stone"?LIGHTLY7Down27 HeapPILE4Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 UnfastenUNDO4Down30 WhitenedBLEACHED8Down30 Is afraid a thousand choirboys have got trappedTREMBLES8Down30 NumberFOURTEEN8Down31 Understand the meaning of "Be rational"SEESENSE8Down31 Hide the drink cupboardSUPPRESS8Down32 SickenAIL3Down32 FidgetyRESTLESS8Down32 Do limbering up exercises for a whileSTRETCH7Down33 SevereDRASTIC7Down33 Got upARISEN6Down35 A clear case for the can: crooked and badRANCID6Down35 Hint Jack is being hidden up by the clergymanCURATE6Down36 TalkativeCHATTY6Down36 He takes a gun out from a sliding compartmentDRAWER6Down37 UseEMPLOY6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 27, 2021. 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.