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Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 28 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Plan61 AcrossReveal answer → Go away53 AcrossReveal answer → Choose to have a power cut?53 AcrossReveal answer → Chief45 AcrossReveal answer → Flat58 AcrossReveal answer → Material possibly mined58 AcrossReveal answer → Bishop's headdress58 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil39 AcrossReveal answer → Searches the outhouses around the Nag's Head510 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet410 AcrossReveal answer → Purchaser510 AcrossReveal answer → High speed means heavy weight311 AcrossReveal answer → Spoke411 AcrossReveal answer → Owing311 AcrossReveal answer → Put your foot down!512 AcrossReveal answer → Wrong512 AcrossReveal answer → Iraqi currency512 AcrossReveal answer → Evil person713 AcrossReveal answer → Castigated Johnny rebel for upsetting the duke713 AcrossReveal answer → Lounged613 AcrossReveal answer → Summons515 AcrossReveal answer → Firm one sold out515 AcrossReveal answer → Rebellion416 AcrossReveal answer → Clutch418 AcrossReveal answer → A link with the old school318 AcrossReveal answer → Drink gingerly318 AcrossReveal answer → Walk, since it's only a short way to ride619 AcrossReveal answer → Stubborn619 AcrossReveal answer → Serpent320 AcrossReveal answer → Officially, it's binding721 AcrossReveal answer → Designates721 AcrossReveal answer → Pose322 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing blades422 AcrossReveal answer → Form of hose used by gardeners422 AcrossReveal answer → Rip423 AcrossReveal answer → Bow at the finish, after a bad start423 AcrossReveal answer → Consume323 AcrossReveal answer → Alike724 AcrossReveal answer → It gives one pull in the field of farming724 AcrossReveal answer → Trick424 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse425 AcrossReveal answer → Highly pointed line seen possibly in the press626 AcrossReveal answer → Type of apple626 AcrossReveal answer → Called628 AcrossReveal answer → Not many, but it sounds more than is needed329 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain pass329 AcrossReveal answer → Swoon530 AcrossReveal answer → Illegal burning531 AcrossReveal answer → A note is a little letter531 AcrossReveal answer → Walk half a mile as you crush things underfoot732 AcrossReveal answer → Pull432 AcrossReveal answer → Popular newspaper732 AcrossReveal answer → Girdle433 AcrossReveal answer → Extra lean?534 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath334 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimate534 AcrossReveal answer → I get fifty quid for being sick335 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitous535 AcrossReveal answer → Offer335 AcrossReveal answer → Bird, or a form of louse536 AcrossReveal answer → Simple436 AcrossReveal answer → Paved area536 AcrossReveal answer → Ancient people incorporated with the Anglo Saxons?537 AcrossReveal answer → Cheerful637 AcrossReveal answer → Cavities537 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe stalls Tessa unduly538 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Specimen61 DownReveal answer → He has to look out for trouble starting51 DownReveal answer → Bereaved wife51 DownReveal answer → Safe82 DownReveal answer → Small letter possibly read at a meeting72 DownReveal answer → Frocks72 DownReveal answer → Conquer63 DownReveal answer → Fat youth going round central Hammersmith44 DownReveal answer → Allowed94 DownReveal answer → Coconut fibre44 DownReveal answer → Missive75 DownReveal answer → Pure cheats, perhaps!65 DownReveal answer → Counting frame65 DownReveal answer → Wall painting56 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately46 DownReveal answer → A stylish old house56 DownReveal answer → Naked47 DownReveal answer → Informs57 DownReveal answer → Sober, with saintly assistance57 DownReveal answer → Meadow38 DownReveal answer → Beer cask39 DownReveal answer → He's included in the nobility39 DownReveal answer → Peg comes to rest, perhaps, where the seesaw tips712 DownReveal answer → Down payment712 DownReveal answer → Metallic element314 DownReveal answer → Administered914 DownReveal answer → Child of the captain mentioned314 DownReveal answer → Strike315 DownReveal answer → Brownish colour of a deteriorated silver piece516 DownReveal answer → Passenger ship516 DownReveal answer → Portion517 DownReveal answer → Can they be done with documents?517 DownReveal answer → It appears to be viewed with shocked respect719 DownReveal answer → Strolling819 DownReveal answer → Health-check719 DownReveal answer → Charles and Mike, it seems, are in a big hole520 DownReveal answer → Snake520 DownReveal answer → Sea-bird320 DownReveal answer → Naturally, some sap gets the reins tangled521 DownReveal answer → Forfeit721 DownReveal answer → Waste521 DownReveal answer → Chest-on-chest723 DownReveal answer → When business is doing so, things are obviously not quiet723 DownReveal answer → Elder624 DownReveal answer → A personal place of worship624 DownReveal answer → Thomas Otway's version of 29 Across325 DownReveal answer → Tennis shot325 DownReveal answer → Writer626 DownReveal answer → Coming627 DownReveal answer → Such models are apt to go to the wall527 DownReveal answer → Of a town527 DownReveal answer → The poor fish that does so is apt to get caught528 DownReveal answer → Bulgaria's capital528 DownReveal answer → Footwear429 DownReveal answer → Bathroom fitting530 DownReveal answer → A friend possessing a brave heart will relieve things530 DownReveal answer → To-do430 DownReveal answer → Faucet331 DownReveal answer → Domesticate432 DownReveal answer → Run in strict rotation432 DownReveal answer → Initially the business of the copper round the corner333 DownReveal answer → Lubricate333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 28, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.