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Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DelugeFLOOD5Across3 Optical device returned, sir, during the afternoonPRISM5Across3 InletCREEK5Across4 JacketANORAK6Across7 Wild bears, as in ScotlandBRAES5Across8 Ending in deathFATAL5Across8 BeerALE3Across9 ConiferFIR3Across10 Royal domainREALM5Across10 To hug madly is difficultTOUGH5Across10 What Michael Faraday had, one imaginesELF3Across11 Angry, informallyMAD3Across11 Bear disaster at BirkenheadBRUIN5Across12 TenderOFFER5Across12 Dead languageLATIN5Across12 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across13 Where to drive a decent distanceFAIRWAY7Across13 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across13 She has a line in fancy laceCELIA5Across15 DonatesGIVES5Across15 JamWEDGE5Across15 StreakSTRIPE6Across17 Support a first-class head of departmentAID3Across18 Animal doctorVET3Across18 Playing ball loftily?SKYING6Across19 GenuineREAL4Across19 Italian port and resortRIMINI6Across19 OutcomeISSUE5Across20 Say in passingMENTION7Across21 Game to provide vocal music for the FrenchSINGLES7Across21 FibberLIAR4Across22 The sort of fathead you want out of LondonLOON4Across22 StatuteLAW3Across22 Sean, acting as statesman?PENN4Across23 TabletPILL4Across23 Arms depotARSENAL7Across24 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across24 Ran off in dread, perhapsDRAINED7Across24 ElegantDRESSY6Across26 Wants to go right into hollow placesCRAVES6Across26 FellowDON3Across27 RescuedSAVED5Across28 Metallic elementTIN3Across29 Bit of a simpleton, you'll allowLET3Across29 Kenneth conceals a hard heart from herKAREN5Across31 NoblemenEARLS5Across31 QuietHUSH4Across31 One unconscious of being run over by a trainSLEEPER7Across32 In generalATLARGE7Across32 EasySIMPLE6Across33 Snow leopardOUNCE5Across34 Because wickedness ends in disgrace?SINCE5Across34 Organise a ladderRUN3Across35 Vicious dogCUR3Across35 FatOBESE5Across35 In public ownership, saySTATE5Across36 Snake poisonVENOM5Across36 Old Jack's vesselKETCH5Across37 To fatherBEGET5Across37 CupidEROS4Across37 HurryHASTE5Across38 Boy’s namePETER5Across38 A female fragranceAROMA5Across38 ChopHEW3Across39 ConsumeEAT3Across41 CompanyTROUPE6Across42 KingdomREALM5Across43

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At snooker, it means a rest for one's opponentBREAK5Down1 Desert animalCAMEL5Down1 SausageSALAMI6Down1 You can sing this, but please don't!REFRAIN7Down2 CorpseCADAVER7Down2 BogMORASS6Down2 LoutOAF3Down3 Act of lendingLOAN4Down4 ChokeCLOG4Down4 He's in error, you knowRORY4Down4 AlludeREFER5Down5 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down5 Remains loyal, or maybe switchesSTICKS6Down5 GraceELEGANCE8Down6 Wealth, yes, but my heart's a bit lonelyMONEY5Down6 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down6 A profit, and not for the first timeAGAIN5Down7 ForeignALIEN5Down7 FruitKIWI4Down8 LevyTAX3Down9 The goalie's name?ALI3Down9 Re-stockREPLENISH9Down11 Harasses the beastsBADGERS7Down12 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down12 InformationGEN3Down14 StumpSTUB4Down14 Do well in sewingWIN3Down14 UnhearingDEAF4Down16 Survived to raise the devil!LIVED5Down16 All-night watchVIGIL5Down16 One representing, for a long time, a theatre?AGENT5Down17 Edge alongSIDLE5Down17 RushREED4Down18 It's bad when Les gets shifted out of townSEVILLE7Down19 Flower-shaped badgeROSETTE7Down19 Smart, and fed up with being out of moneySLICK5Down20 Forest clearingGLADE5Down20 It's like that great system we all live inSOLAR5Down21 SoakSATURATE8Down21 ManufacturerMAKER5Down21 StrandWISP4Down23 Cure for all illsPANACEA7Down23 Ran out of menPETERED7Down23 A unit of weighty material importanceDENIER6Down24 Take for grantedASSUME6Down24 NuzzleNOSE4Down25 Born in the PyreneesNEE3Down25 NothingNIL3Down25 StoryTALE4Down26 Angry fellow, out of the raceRATTY5Down27 Speed contestsRACES5Down27 Goddess who was a match for LuciferVESTA5Down28 Sailing vesselSLOOP5Down28 AgainstVERSUS6Down29 FrustratedDASHED6Down30 ConcurAGREE5Down30 Peter's money?PENCE5Down30 InnHOTEL5Down32 See uncle about a dirty trick!SCAM4Down32 Dull painACHE4Down32 Place to turn up on TuesdayPUT3Down33 Floor coveringRUG3Down33 EncounterMEET4Down34 RayBEAM4Down36 CrookedWRY3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. 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.