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Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Underground roomCELLAR6Across1 Fish for the trout swimming around BirkenheadTURBOT6Across1 CourtFORUM5Across3 One's little mate with a place across the roadOPPOSITE8Across7 AssessEVALUATE8Across7 A frontier row?TIER4Across8 Cereal plantCORN4Across8 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across9 Being simply whacked, unable to avoid defeatBEATEN6Across10 Sounded a hornTOOTED6Across10 GreetSALUTE6Across10 As you may demand, is packed in tinsINSIST6Across11 Love appleTOMATO6Across11 SidledEDGED5Across11 OneUNIT4Across12 Through having no luck, perchancePER3Across14 MarryWED3Across14 UnusualRARE4Across15 It'll give you the news on the 4th of JulyTELLY5Across16 Adam's aleWATER5Across16 TemperateMILD4Across17 Regarded as having visionEYED4Across17 RecedeRETREAT7Across17 Search and rob of a weaponRIFLE5Across19 PostponeDEFER5Across19 NovelNEW3Across20 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across21 Flirt with many a friendDALLY5Across21 FreeLOOSE5Across21 How one might deny being frigid?HOTLY5Across22 FilletedBONED5Across22 TryTEST4Across23 Set of actorsCAST4Across23 Short engagementsGIGS4Across23 SupportPROP4Across25 ShyTIMID5Across26 Nero, for instance, was in a right state!ROMAN5Across26 WallowREVEL5Across26 Male swanCOB3Across28 He'll throw nothing out of the back door!ROD3Across28 DroopSAG3Across28 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 New to being employed by the UNUNUSED6Across29 LikenCOMPARE7Across30 Military greetingSALUTE6Across30 Come round when given another loan?RELENT6Across30 Horse's gaitTROT4Across31 King who went away with heavy heartOFFA4Across31 Traveller interested in a new placeEXPLORER8Across32 Not fit to be eatenINEDIBLE8Across32 BungPLUG4Across33 Delivery of a herbal extract to a northern cityYORKER6Across33 Human mind or soulPSYCHE6Across33 RowTIER4Across35 FigureDIGIT5Across36 HueCOLOUR6Across38 LoungedLOLLED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Voice of a boy of three?TREBLE6Down1 Business patronageCUSTOM6Down1 ScrubSCOUR5Down1 Teased a bit, maybe by the EditorBAITED6Down2 PlunderedLOOTED6Down2 CustomHABIT5Down2 RipREND4Down3 Rent to some sailorsTORN4Down3 ChargeFEE3Down3 PermittedALLOWED7Down4 How a mortise and tenon can be consideredJOINTLY7Down4 TrialORDEAL6Down4 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Down5 EmployedUSED4Down5 Such defence is obviously inoffensiveCIVIL5Down5 InsaneMAD3Down6 Spanish manSENOR5Down6 Tryingly irritableTESTY5Down6 MortalHUMAN5Down7 HoodCOWL4Down8 RenovateRENEW5Down8 Perfect ending to "King Kong", as on videoTAPE4Down8 ColourRED3Down9 Always five shortEER3Down9 Take the diocesan viewSEE3Down12 SpoilMAR3Down12 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down13 InformsTELLS5Down13 Threw a pest out of Preston's north endSLUNG5Down13 BeliefTRUST5Down14 Ward offREPEL5Down15 Princely testaments?WILLS5Down15 BreatheRESPIRE7Down16 SubjectTOPIC5Down18 In Canada, it's more than a kingdomYUKON5Down18 IrritatedIRKED5Down18 SerpentASP3Down19 The type to show little gratitudeRAT3Down19 RacketDIN3Down19 It's smart to go by airFLY3Down20 Gave food toFED3Down20 Finished being served by a houseworkerDONEFOR7Down21 CountryBOLIVIA7Down21 Needs to be in phaseHAS3Down22 Break outERUPT5Down22 Boy's nameBEN3Down22 SettlementCOLONY6Down23 Club playerGOLFER6Down23 GratuityTIP3Down24 The thought I had for every oneIDEA4Down24 AdjoinABUT4Down24 One easily painted?SITTER6Down25 ThreefoldTREBLE6Down25 Draws the line unwaveringlyRULES5Down26 QuickRAPID5Down26 BallotsVOTES5Down27 PliantDOCILE6Down27 Mother has an afterthought - a complaintMUMPS5Down27 RoomSPACE5Down28 VehicleCAR3Down28 Diminutive whistlerREF3Down28 CulpabilityGUILT5Down29 PaceSTEP4Down30 After some errors, he's simply finishedRORY4Down30 PassageAISLE5Down31 Eat awayERODE5Down32 ShootFIRE4Down34 CounterfeitDUD3Down36 HillTOR3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. 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.