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Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 134 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#
MaintainINSIST6Across1 EvaluateASSESS6Across4 Do they exclude fellows from drinking places?BARMEN6Across4 Ill-willGRUDGE6Across5 Colourful little piecesCONFETTI8Across7 Women's underwearLINGERIE8Across7 FishSALMON6Across8 One hitting the ball softly and early, perhapsPLAYER6Across8 In that placeTHERE5Across9 A dashed dotty signalling system?MORSE5Across10 PetitionPRAYER6Across10 Hand coveringGLOVE5Across10 LoutishOAFISH6Across11 Foot-leverPEDAL5Across12 Put up with a big-headed listenerBEAR4Across13 TrampHOBO4Across13 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across14 FrozenICED4Across14 Swing round as the Welsh start a comebackSLEW4Across14 FaucetsTAPS4Across15 Protection being needed, they often take notePADS4Across15 FavouritePET3Across16 Lay some mousetraps?SET3Across16 The shape of KenningtonOVAL4Across17 GainWIN3Across17 BearingGAIT4Across17 YieldCEDE4Across18 An original killerCAIN4Across19 Muslim rulerEMIR4Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across20 Evidently curvaceous heroineJOANOFARC9Across21 InstructionDIRECTION9Across21 StrayedERRED5Across22 Where, in Germany, to hear good French?BONN4Across23 Hand partPALM4Across23 BeatingBATTERY7Across23 StopHALT4Across24 Despot, but he showed some generosityNERO4Across24 SendREMIT5Across24 MonthMAY3Across26 QuicklyAPACE5Across26 Minimised in diet, it may well be chewedFAT3Across26 UnlockOPEN4Across27 An act defended heartlesslyDEED4Across27 SnareTRAP4Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 Places to drink to one's healthSPAS4Across29 MarryWED3Across30 Gray's forename?GARY4Across32 RankTIER4Across32 ProsecutesSUES4Across32 Beauty with a heart of stonePEACH5Across33 PaledFADED5Across33 SoundNOISE5Across33 What you need for a hot meal?CHILLI6Across34 CravenCOWARD6Across34 Made a collection for the benefit of crossword lovers?COMPILED8Across35 German motorwayAUTOBAHN8Across35 FrightenedAFRAID6Across35 Destructive personVANDAL6Across36 She'll finish up in something feminineBRENDA6Across36 MouldedFORMED6Across36 SpreeREVEL5Across37 DashedDARTED6Across38 ControlledREINED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LamentELEGY5Down1 Shifty manoeuvres of a ship around a riverSCAMS5Down1 SpoilIMPAIR6Down1 Gold barINGOT5Down2 Accustom one to being almost ruined, perhapsINURE5Down2 DisgracedSHAMED6Down2 This placeHERE4Down3 And now?HERE4Down3 PaceSTEP4Down3 Greek authorAESOP5Down4 HurledTHREW5Down4 Any creature supported by twinsBIPED5Down4 MoanGROAN5Down5 Card gameSOLO4Down5 Get one's back up?REAR4Down5 GenuineREAL4Down6 Short fall of rainSHOWER6Down6 A team I can get cross withELEVEN6Down6 MotoristDRIVER6Down7 ResoundedECHOED6Down8 Mark goes to Los Angeles with a sailorLASCAR6Down9 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down9 LimbLEG3Down11 Former contributor to school disciplineOLD3Down11 All-night watchVIGIL5Down12 Now so upset as to fall in a faint!SWOON5Down12 SoiledDIRTIED7Down13 By going out unaccompanied, creates foolish talkBALONEY7Down13 Emerges from an eggHATCHES7Down13 Ancient god of all?PAN3Down15 QuotedCITED5Down15 DrawTIE3Down15 Surprisingly accurately quoted!SIC3Down16 LiabilityDEBIT5Down16 Narrow broochPIN3Down16 VaultCRYPT5Down18 Destructive lad jumping up on the back of a vehicleVANDAL6Down18 Protective coveringARMOUR6Down18 TwoDEUCE5Down19 Cropped up as a ceiling fitmentAROSE5Down20 Short sayingMOTTO5Down20 RodentRAT3Down21 24 hoursDAY3Down21 One little bit, noteJOT3Down21 BrownTAN3Down22 Supplied out of the safe depositFED3Down22 EpochERA3Down22 Oriental templePAGODA6Down23 One wearing a special suit in the bar?BATHER6Down23 RecompenseREWARD6Down24 Used to beWAS3Down25 The garment for a masterly company head?MAC3Down25 ReflectMIRROR6Down25 AviatorAIRMAN6Down27 Of the footPEDAL5Down28 WornERODED6Down28 A growing girl, like HeatherERICA5Down28 CompetitorRIVAL5Down30 Pig-headed associate, but not unfriendlyPALLY5Down30 PaddledWADED5Down30 Somewhat dishonest, shy about publicitySHADY5Down31 Small coinPENNY5Down31 PostponeDEFER5Down31 Beach grainsSAND4Down32 Close imitation of a valley!GLEN4Down32 Dad's doublePAPA4Down33 BlazeFIRE4Down33 Inert gasNEON4Down33 DistributeDOLE4Down34

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