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Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
CentreHEART5Across2 Go away hastilySCRAM5Across3 Choose a new spelling for “champs”CHEWS5Across3 RenownFAME4Across7 A code some get wrong outright!MORSE5Across8 FesterRANKLE6Across8 HoodwinksDUPES5Across8 BlitheMERRY5Across9 Worry a fellowHARRY5Across10 BellybuttonNAVEL5Across10 Cut short, left workLOP3Across11 Seed-casePOD3Across11 Karate expertDAN3Across11 DressFROCK5Across12 Diana as a mythical nymphNAIAD5Across12 Feel disturbed when you see a chap robbedFLEECED7Across13 FlatfishHALIBUT7Across13 KnockRAP3Across13 Vital organHEART5Across15 Am all bent on backing the beast!LLAMA5Across15 ChamberROOM4Across15 WickedBAD3Across16 IdolHERO4Across18 TransgressionSIN3Across18 Female making a firm pointCOW3Across18 RotaROSTER6Across19 A pianist of importance?KEYMAN6Across19 ErasedDELETED7Across19 TeamSIDE4Across20 Dead or almost deadDONEFOR7Across21 Bung very quietly into store, perhapsSTOPPER7Across21 CorrosionRUST4Across22 Wet weatherRAIN4Across22 Cars can turn in themARCS4Across22 Speech defectLISP4Across23 Fully expected to back us againSURE4Across23 ExhilarationELATION7Across23 Excursionist coming a cropper?TRIPPER7Across24 DiabolicSATANIC7Across24 UsualNORM4Across25 Utter tearfullySNIVEL6Across26 The news is bad for a; porterREPORT6Across26 HeatedHOT3Across27 NothingZERO4Across28 What the police had on his hair?OIL3Across29 PermitLET3Across29 PlaythingTOY3Across30 She’s a bit of a siren, noteIRENE5Across31 NoiseDIN3Across31 DetestedHATED5Across31 SpireSTEEPLE7Across32 Where the pleasure is only moderate?FUNFAIR7Across32 CelebrationPARTY5Across33 Something afoot when boats are wreckedSABOT5Across34 Spruce, dapperNATTY5Across34 It’s cold, I see, at mid-SeptemberICE3Across35 Rodent typeRAT3Across35 One of those pieces of eight?OCTET5Across36 SwaggerSTRUT5Across36 DeclineREFUSE6Across36 Wearers of tight trousersUSERS5Across37 StratumLAYER5Across37 Way outEXIT4Across37 FoldPLEAT5Across38 Their tread is endlessTYRES5Across38 OozesSEEPS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TraitorJUDAS5Down1 ForbiddenTABOO5Down1 Sweetie money?LOLLY5Down1 Deer meatVENISON7Down2 Views, maybe from space, of planets with no aircraft?ASPECTS7Down2 BorderHEM3Down2 TuneAIR3Down3 Horse-drawn vehicleCART4Down4 AttemptTRY3Down4 The nut in chargeHEAD4Down4 IndividualONE3Down5 He’s after big things at seaWHALER6Down5 Tug-of-war team memberANCHOR6Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down6 ManufacturesMAKES5Down6 Deplorably shifty about publicitySADLY5Down6 Kind, categoryGENRE5Down7 More than one could be produced in MadrasDRAMA5Down7 Close friendPAL3Down9 Animal on toast?ROE3Down9 GenuineREAL4Down10 GiftPRESENT7Down11 TotteryDODDERY7Down12 In Wales and elsewhere, various ways to get a drinkNEWPORT7Down12 Burial or cremationFUNERAL7Down12 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 A sound business letterCOO3Down14 SectionPORTION7Down14 Rubbish holderBIN3Down14 GarretATTIC5Down16 The Francophile’s love?AMOUR5Down16 CabinBERTH5Down16 StumblesTRIPS5Down17 Changeless good spiritANGEL5Down17 StorehouseDEPOT5Down17 Girl’sHER3Down18 Notice it’s exclusive!KEEPOUT7Down19 Kings, queens, etc.ROYALTY7Down19 How Moira goes nativeMAORI5Down20 HibernianIRISH5Down20 If you’ve vision, there’s opportunitySCOPE5Down21 TreeELM3Down21 Finger or toeDIGIT5Down21 Word for wordLITERAL7Down23 Greedy where flesh is involved?SELFISH7Down23 DemureSEDATE6Down24 Agreement to try out a new blend of teaTREATY6Down24 JotIOTA4Down24 BornNEE3Down25 One in a hole, at golf?PIN3Down25 SeepedOOZED5Down26 Highly unpleasantNASTY5Down27 Standing proudly before the courtERECT5Down27 PlanetVENUS5Down28 Attack with a stone, possibly?ONSET5Down28 InflexibleRIGID5Down29 ChangeALTER5Down30 Fierce among fishes, that is!FIERY5Down30 HaltSTOP4Down32 InsectBUG3Down32 Warning in advance?FORE4Down32 Card expertACE3Down33 VitalityPEP3Down33 RemunerationPAY3Down33 RegretREE3Down34 StillYET3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 3, 2020. 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.