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Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 129 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#
PlanSCHEME6Across1 Go awaySCRAM5Across3 Choose to have a power cut?ELECT5Across3 ChiefMAIN4Across5 FlatLEVEL5Across8 Material possibly minedDENIM5Across8 Bishop's headdressMITRE5Across8 SpoilMAR3Across9 Searches the outhouses around the Nag's HeadHUNTS5Across10 ProphetSEER4Across10 PurchaserBUYER5Across10 High speed means heavy weightTON3Across11 SpokeSAID4Across11 OwingDUE3Across11 Put your foot down!TREAD5Across12 WrongAMISS5Across12 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Across12 Evil personMONSTER7Across13 Castigated Johnny rebel for upsetting the dukeREBUKED7Across13 LoungedLOLLED6Across13 SummonsCALLS5Across15 Firm one sold outSOLID5Across15 RebellionRIOT4Across16 ClutchGRIP4Across18 A link with the old schoolTIE3Across18 Drink gingerlySIP3Across18 Walk, since it's only a short way to rideSTRIDE6Across19 StubbornMULISH6Across19 SerpentASP3Across20 Officially, it's bindingREDTAPE7Across21 DesignatesDENOTES7Across21 PoseSIT3Across22 Rowing bladesOARS4Across22 Form of hose used by gardenersHOES4Across22 RipTEAR4Across23 Bow at the finish, after a bad startBEND4Across23 ConsumeEAT3Across23 AlikeSIMILAR7Across24 It gives one pull in the field of farmingTRACTOR7Across24 TrickRUSE4Across24 ExcusePLEA4Across25 Highly pointed line seen possibly in the pressSPIRES6Across26 Type of appleRUSSET6Across26 CalledDUBBED6Across28 Not many, but it sounds more than is neededTWO3Across29 Mountain passCOL3Across29 SwoonFAINT5Across30 Illegal burningARSON5Across31 A note is a little letterMINIM5Across31 Walk half a mile as you crush things underfootTRAMPLE7Across32 PullHAUL4Across32 Popular newspaperTABLOID7Across32 GirdleSASH4Across33 Extra lean?SPARE5Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 UltimateFINAL5Across34 I get fifty quid for being sickILL3Across35 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across35 OfferBID3Across35 Bird, or a form of louseOUSEL5Across36 SimpleEASY4Across36 Paved areaPATIO5Across36 Ancient people incorporated with the Anglo Saxons?INCAS5Across37 CheerfulBRIGHT6Across37 CavitiesHOLES5Across37 Maybe stalls Tessa undulySEATS5Across38 Star signARIES5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpecimenSAMPLE6Down1 He has to look out for trouble startingPETER5Down1 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down1 SafeHARMLESS8Down2 Small letter possibly read at a meetingMINUTES7Down2 FrocksDRESSES7Down2 ConquerMASTER6Down3 Fat youth going round central HammersmithLARD4Down4 AllowedPERMITTED9Down4 Coconut fibreCOIR4Down4 MissiveMESSAGE7Down5 Pure cheats, perhaps!CHASTE6Down5 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 Wall paintingMURAL5Down6 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down6 A stylish old houseTUDOR5Down6 NakedNUDE4Down7 InformsTELLS5Down7 Sober, with saintly assistanceSTAID5Down7 MeadowLEA3Down8 Beer caskTUN3Down9 He's included in the nobilityNOB3Down9 Peg comes to rest, perhaps, where the seesaw tipsTEETERS7Down12 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down12 Metallic elementTIN3Down14 AdministeredDISPENSED9Down14 Child of the captain mentionedKID3Down14 StrikeHIT3Down15 Brownish colour of a deteriorated silver pieceLIVER5Down16 Passenger shipLINER5Down16 PortionSHARE5Down17 Can they be done with documents?DEEDS5Down17 It appears to be viewed with shocked respectSPECTRE7Down19 StrollingRAMBLING8Down19 Health-checkMEDICAL7Down19 Charles and Mike, it seems, are in a big holeCHASM5Down20 SnakeCOBRA5Down20 Sea-birdAUK3Down20 Naturally, some sap gets the reins tangledRESIN5Down21 ForfeitPENALTY7Down21 WasteDROSS5Down21 Chest-on-chestTALLBOY7Down23 When business is doing so, things are obviously not quietBOOMING7Down23 ElderSENIOR6Down24 A personal place of worshipTEMPLE6Down24 Thomas Otway's version of 29 AcrossTWA3Down25 Tennis shotLOB3Down25 WriterAUTHOR6Down26 ComingADVENT6Down27 Such models are apt to go to the wallPINUP5Down27 Of a townURBAN5Down27 The poor fish that does so is apt to get caughtRISES5Down28 Bulgaria's capitalSOFIA5Down28 FootwearSHOE4Down29 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down30 A friend possessing a brave heart will relieve thingsALLAY5Down30 To-doFUSS4Down30 FaucetTAP3Down31 DomesticateTAME4Down32 Run in strict rotationTROT4Down32 Initially the business of the copper round the cornerPLC3Down33 LubricateOIL3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 28, 2023. 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.