Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2024 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 28 2024. 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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Sharp53 AcrossReveal answer → Eastern ruler64 AcrossReveal answer → In arrears, it's a nuisance being interrupted with 'What?'64 AcrossReveal answer → Turn up with lb50 too much for a garment87 AcrossReveal answer → Group of letters87 AcrossReveal answer → Judge to be a feminine fathead?68 AcrossReveal answer → Bacon slice68 AcrossReveal answer → Begin69 AcrossReveal answer → Melting snow510 AcrossReveal answer → Silver610 AcrossReveal answer → It's only right for everyone to get somewhere510 AcrossReveal answer → Curt511 AcrossReveal answer → Speck412 AcrossReveal answer → She's usually after Eliza413 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse file413 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt414 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman in real distress414 AcrossReveal answer → Chelsea girl?415 AcrossReveal answer → No votes415 AcrossReveal answer → Ballot415 AcrossReveal answer → Utterance of a hound or a horse316 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace316 AcrossReveal answer → Change for a hairstyle417 AcrossReveal answer → Arm-bone717 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity417 AcrossReveal answer → He might be said to finish on a seesaw419 AcrossReveal answer → Fencing sword419 AcrossReveal answer → Rug320 AcrossReveal answer → Where land has value921 AcrossReveal answer → Woodworker921 AcrossReveal answer → Swell521 AcrossReveal answer → Fish423 AcrossReveal answer → Acronymic administration423 AcrossReveal answer → Tie423 AcrossReveal answer → In a piece of poetry, American river424 AcrossReveal answer → Employer424 AcrossReveal answer → Exploit425 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere326 AcrossReveal answer → One bringing a breath of fresh air to football?326 AcrossReveal answer → Raise526 AcrossReveal answer → Encourage a singular soccer side427 AcrossReveal answer → Empty427 AcrossReveal answer → Drink328 AcrossReveal answer → Those in a Budapest zoo?429 AcrossReveal answer → Stumble429 AcrossReveal answer → Calm730 AcrossReveal answer → Thus may be closed432 AcrossReveal answer → Curved432 AcrossReveal answer → That of jolly Roger, grinning away?533 AcrossReveal answer → Willow533 AcrossReveal answer → Handle433 AcrossReveal answer → Outwardly declares a bit of a truce with the stragglers634 AcrossReveal answer → Wall paintings634 AcrossReveal answer → The right leader, albeit left-handed835 AcrossReveal answer → Large retail shop835 AcrossReveal answer → Sharpen435 AcrossReveal answer → Fine mortar636 AcrossReveal answer → I had to enter battle with this character!636 AcrossReveal answer → Branch536 AcrossReveal answer → Example638 AcrossReveal answer → Lent639 AcrossReveal answer → Generate540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Body part51 DownReveal answer → Extra lean?51 DownReveal answer → Meat51 DownReveal answer → Nozzle52 DownReveal answer → To many a listener, easily understandable52 DownReveal answer → Plump52 DownReveal answer → Ready money43 DownReveal answer → Rubbish may be shot here43 DownReveal answer → Deed33 DownReveal answer → Homeless dog54 DownReveal answer → Angel64 DownReveal answer → Wild bears o' bonny Doon?54 DownReveal answer → Job45 DownReveal answer → Speech defect45 DownReveal answer → Needs to go to a hotel for food45 DownReveal answer → Before36 DownReveal answer → Broad street66 DownReveal answer → Bahamas resort with some marinas, saunas, etc.66 DownReveal answer → Broom57 DownReveal answer → Pole58 DownReveal answer → Valuable things69 DownReveal answer → Setters heartlessly upset by bullocks69 DownReveal answer → Drag with effort311 DownReveal answer → Take down what's on the menu311 DownReveal answer → Cool-headed girl with superior quality512 DownReveal answer → Girl's name512 DownReveal answer → Steal713 DownReveal answer → Collapse on the road!713 DownReveal answer → Welsh rabbit713 DownReveal answer → Instruct514 DownReveal answer → Said to be in pairs - before, that is315 DownReveal answer → Doze315 DownReveal answer → Disgusted utterance of a bachelor at Hatch End316 DownReveal answer → Satire716 DownReveal answer → That woman316 DownReveal answer → Cut518 DownReveal answer → Fly round a tree in cockily spectacular style618 DownReveal answer → See the world618 DownReveal answer → Bag319 DownReveal answer → One can eat it for tea in outer Southwark520 DownReveal answer → Nuisances520 DownReveal answer → Young fox321 DownReveal answer → Change in a fellow321 DownReveal answer → Signal agreement322 DownReveal answer → We have a breathless time!322 DownReveal answer → Flashlight522 DownReveal answer → Company of actors623 DownReveal answer → Talk to Jack, the toad!623 DownReveal answer → Epoch324 DownReveal answer → Falsehood325 DownReveal answer → It can easily get out of hand325 DownReveal answer → Intertwine627 DownReveal answer → Devious spy touring the States with Tom528 DownReveal answer → Cranium528 DownReveal answer → Beginning528 DownReveal answer → Balance529 DownReveal answer → Stiff530 DownReveal answer → Worn machines?530 DownReveal answer → Youthful531 DownReveal answer → First-rate531 DownReveal answer → Reduces speed in a gradual approach to central Ruislip531 DownReveal answer → Bottom, foundation432 DownReveal answer → Requirements532 DownReveal answer → Descriptive of castles by the sea432 DownReveal answer → Sozzled maybe, but you can't say they don't give a toss433 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument433 DownReveal answer → Nil434 DownReveal answer → Pendulum336 DownReveal answer → Heated337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. 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.