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Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
CustomaryUSUAL5Across1 FlashlightTORCH5Across1 Eat best, in short?CHAMP5Across1 RelyDEPEND6Across5 Drive out the wild civetEVICT5Across6 ConspiracyCABAL5Across6 ProportionRATIO5Across8 One thousand millionBILLION7Across9 Survive, determined to correct terrible evilOUTLIVE7Across9 EraseDELETE6Across10 AblazeAFIRE5Across10 Swimming tutor, possibly?TROUT5Across10 Book of mapsATLAS5Across11 Go in for accountancy?ENTER5Across11 EmployerUSER4Across11 Woo with love, in shortCOURT5Across12 BecauseSINCE5Across12 Were swallowed by a fish, so shrank!COWERED7Across13 Small boring toolBRADAWL7Across13 RunningRACING6Across14 InformationGEN3Across15 Aircraft that might have lost heightMIG3Across15 TroubleDISTURB7Across15 AssistantAIDE4Across17 Female meeting her end in jugEWER4Across17 IntelligenceWIT3Across18 Ten yearsDECADE6Across18 Note the condition of the propertyESTATE6Across18 SickILL3Across19 Fertile spotOASIS5Across19 A 'jump' one for the motorist?START5Across19 Hard things to sharpen knives on?STEELS6Across20 FacetASPECT6Across20 RemitSEND4Across21 Historic tribesman in epic troublesPICT4Across22 TouchFEEL4Across22 SkulkSNEAK5Across23 Auction itemLOT3Across24 So be itAMEN4Across24 Ever poetic?EER3Across24 Legal punishmentPENALTY7Across25 Upset about a car crash, Cleo takes the boatCORACLE7Across25 AfterwardsLATER5Across26 Ban that hard-hearted socialite girl!DEBAR5Across26 Boy's nameCRAIG5Across27 Provide the money to get salary increasedPAYUP5Across27 CheerfulGAY3Across27 Nominally a pound in cashCOLIN5Across28 FlexibleLITHE5Across28 London's heart-lineCENTRAL7Across29 Marine mammalDOLPHIN7Across29 RugMAT3Across29 Animal that may damage trees?STEER5Across30 FiendDEMON5Across30 Short version of the previous answerTERSE5Across31 By or in itselfPERSE5Across31 CustodyKEEPING7Across31 AuthorWRITER6Across32 ProngTINE4Across34 PactTREATY6Across35 ForwardAHEAD5Across38 PittedSTONED6Across39 FasteningTYING5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Wildlife expeditionSAFARI6Down2 PoemODE3Down2 Farming school?HARROW6Down2 Tom, right on the tail of his victim?MOUSER6Down3 MakeCREATE6Down3 ErodeABRADE6Down3 Place in PutneyPUT3Down4 HeadgearHAT3Down4 FalsehoodLIE3Down4 ObstinateDOUR4Down5 Dashing fellow unusually bold about loveBLOOD5Down5 Threshing implementFLAIL5Down5 SummaryPRECIS6Down6 Always established in a high placeEVEREST7Down6 TrainsCOACHES7Down6 EvadedDODGED6Down7 Poker stakeANTE4Down7 One opening in seventeenVENT4Down7 Cried unhappily for a short time, we believeCREDIT6Down8 AstonishedAMAZED6Down8 RippingTEARING7Down9 PerspireSWEAT5Down12 SayingSAW3Down12 Hundreds of them form a unitCENTS5Down12 CeremonyRITE4Down13 Pack up earth in a box!CEASE5Down13 TriteBANAL5Down13 SkilfulADEPT5Down14 Were mistaken about the way to the riverWESER5Down14 The game's nearly up, I see, but it's wonderful!MAGIC5Down15 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down15 DetailITEM4Down16 A novel 'Beau's' Gallic gestureGESTE5Down16 RecentlyNEWLY5Down16 DesolateBLEAK5Down17 FrogmanDIVER5Down18 Terrorism is more than a mere mistakeERROR5Down18 Eight-sided figureOCTAGON7Down19 One of many across the tracksSLEEPER7Down19 Baby-clothesLAYETTE7Down20 Something explosive about a woman occupantTENANT6Down21 Evening partySOIREE6Down21 Mid-dayNOON4Down22 Severe food shortageFAMINE6Down22 Prisoner's word often used on boardPAROLE6Down22 Professes to have numerous objectivesCLAIMS6Down23 EngravesETCHES6Down23 EverALWAYS6Down24 Degree of social elevation in Lancaster GateCASTE5Down25 PeeksPEEPS5Down25 DischargeEMIT4Down25 The Italian title used by MussoliniDUCE4Down26 Public poolLIDO4Down26 RaceNATION6Down26 A pet for whom a Roman statesman had loveCAT3Down28 SwiftSPEEDY6Down28 Impudent talkLIP3Down28 NumberTEN3Down30 PeruseREAD4Down33 RodentRAT3Down36 CanTIN3Down37

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