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Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 27 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
PushedSHOVED6Across1 TermPERIOD6Across1 The opening where you turn for the town centreWINDOW6Across1 FirmSTABLE6Across5 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across7 Be slow to show abhorrence about fancy tiesHESITATE8Across7 Sounds like the total, but isn'tSOME4Across8 MultitudeHOST4Across8 EarlierPRIOR5Across9 Point to a chap called JackSEAMAN6Across10 Garden shrubAZALEA6Across10 LanguageTONGUE6Across10 Did one's best to influence votersSTROVE6Across11 MysteriousARCANE6Across11 CalmedLULLED6Across11 OintmentSALVE5Across12 Tolerate with constraintLET3Across14 AmongAMID4Across14 ContendVIE3Across14 Musical soundsNOTES5Across16 Reach maturity and readiness to scoff?RIPEN5Across16 OwingDUE3Across17 Born on the first of December, in povertyNEED4Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 SecureSAFE4Across18 Form of darts one is lucky to playSTRAD5Across19 HoodwinkedDUPED5Across19 BottomNADIR5Across20 I leave oil on her carCAROL5Across21 Raid, inroadFORAY5Across21 FinishedENDED5Across22 FilletedBONED5Across22 Glutted with datesSATED5Across22 Many a politician is a bit wetDAMP4Across23 TraceVESTIGE7Across23 Better than goodBEST4Across23 SulkBROOD5Across24 Quoted by some 'tec' in the CIDCITED5Across26 DanceGALOP5Across26 TagLABEL5Across26 Just the man to make hay?TED3Across28 Unit of weightTON3Across28 At a broken date, he gets angryHEATED6Across29 GapRIFT4Across29 Primary sourceORIGIN6Across29 Fairies, elvesPIXIES6Across30 A plant in the form of a gloveLOVAGE6Across30 MerrimentFUN3Across30 Corrosive substanceACID4Across31 A cat can mean very littleATOM4Across31 Shinto, for exampleRELIGION8Across32 Handy restrictionsMANACLES8Across32 CattleKINE4Across32 ArcticPOLAR5Across33 Priest making a name in a high placeTREVOR6Across33 PantihoseTIGHTS6Across33 InstrumentGUITAR6Across35 NeatenedTIDIED6Across36 NauticalNAVAL5Across37 VigourENERGY6Across38 AllianceLEAGUE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MinerPITMAN6Down1 ComfortSOLACE6Down1 The row brewing over foreign currency won't improve thingsWORSEN6Down1 Fated to work on a new Dome!DOOMED6Down2 Stringed instrumentVIOLIN6Down2 OffRANCID6Down2 Time to arrest the flow of drink, sayWHEN4Down3 InfoDATA4Down3 Musical workOPUS4Down3 Wind and bad visibility taken to the Australians' heartMISTRAL7Down4 VoyageJOURNEY7Down4 TerrorDREAD5Down4 Former gold coinDUCAT5Down5 Work outSOLVE5Down5 New 'soap' about the heart of England (historic Shropshire)SALOP5Down5 LoyalTRUE4Down6 Very young to be so loveless stillSEVEN5Down6 YieldsCEDES5Down6 LayBALLAD6Down7 WhirledEDDIED6Down8 PossessHAVE4Down8 Goods are offered for itSALE4Down8 ObserveSEE3Down9 It's of some material, possibly protectiveMAT3Down9 The right I had to be freeRID3Down12 FishCOD3Down12 It will do you no good to move mistakenly out of neutralVENOM5Down13 LasciviousLUSTFUL7Down13 ApproachesNEARS5Down13 HealsCURES5Down15 Scatter food outright!STREW5Down15 N. ZealanderMAORI5Down15 TurfDIVOT5Down16 CreepSNEAK5Down18 ExcludeDEBAR5Down18 He gives noted service, that isERNIE5Down18 Rested on the bottomSAT3Down19 CriminalFELON5Down19 Put onDON3Down19 Nominally the part of AphroditeROD3Down20 Residence, informallyPAD3Down20 The intonation with which no gentleman finishes a sentence?CADENCE7Down21 Leaves of a plantFOLIAGE7Down21 ColourRED3Down21 OvumEGG3Down22 Prepare for action (e.g., some mousetraps)SET3Down22 BeseechBEG3Down22 PugilismBOXING6Down23 Apply some term to the wild doveDEVOTE6Down23 Girl's nameENID4Down24 DialectBROGUE6Down24 But you would know him from Eve!ADAM4Down24 BureauOFFICE6Down25 Would he have arrested a stripper?PEELER6Down25 ChucksTOSSES6Down25 Is he silly to start climbing on a camel's back?CHUMP5Down26 TruckLORRY5Down26 PredilectionLIKING6Down27 Infection making a tint possibly visibleTAINT5Down27 Holy bookBIBLE5Down27 Facial twitchTIC3Down28 HawkPEDDLE6Down28 Drink, childTOT3Down28 Keep going to the end of the queueLAST4Down30 GaspPANT4Down30 RaidFORAY5Down30 Of birthNATAL5Down31 ThroePANG4Down33 AngerRILE4Down34

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