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Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 31 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#
SmellAROMA5Across2 RoomSPACE5Across3 Diagram showing a good way to play the harp?GRAPH5Across3 PassHAND4Across7 Exasperated by a useless railway!ANGRY5Across8 SnubSLIGHT6Across8 BeliefTENET5Across8 AttireDRESS5Across9 With light on, looks silkyRAYON5Across10 Cooking bulbONION5Across10 Something only two can playDUO3Across11 DogCUR3Across11 Female swanPEN3Across11 Player’s first gameDEBUT5Across12 Varsity men playing for Chelsea?BLUES5Across12 Enough dollars to make a movieFISTFUL7Across13 StillHOWEVER7Across13 SpoilMAR3Across13 Main drainSEWER5Across15 It has wings and fliesSTAGE5Across15 StaggerREEL4Across15 CircuitLAP3Across16 DestinyFATE4Across18 Chest boneRIB3Across18 To growl at one’s sweetheart is the wrong thing to doERR3Across18 CorsairPIRATE6Across19 Termed fashionable, perhaps?STYLED6Across19 LiberateDELIVER7Across19 DeclareAVER4Across20 Muslim fastRAMADAN7Across21 It’s a top gameDIABOLO7Across21 GaelicERSE4Across22 Shoe partHEEL4Across22 Del’s river?ARUN4Across22 ActionDEED4Across23 There’s a novel one by GalsworthySAGA4Across23 HarmedDAMAGED7Across23 Maybe lives with the French somewhere in SpainSEVILLE7Across24 SlimSLENDER7Across24 FrankOPEN4Across25 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across26 The couple got levelEVENED6Across26 GuidedLED3Across27 PresentHERE4Across28 To break an egg can be a sticky messGOO3Across29 BeverageTEA3Across29 FreeRID3Across30 Their thorns can cause soresROSES5Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 MistakeERROR5Across31 ImminentPENDING7Across32 Demonstrator being theatrical?SHOWMAN7Across32 DestroyWRECK5Across33 Does he turn his master out?VALET5Across34 Spanish manSENOR5Across34 To back us with a million takes money!SUM3Across35 Was seatedSAT3Across35 Mined material?DENIM5Across36 Ancient languageLATIN5Across36 ComfortSOLACE6Across36 Only a fathead can keep baby quiet!DUMMY5Across37 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across37 ThoughtIDEA4Across37 GiantTITAN5Across38 Observe about half an inch of waterSEINE5Across38 EnticeTEMPT5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WarehouseDEPOT5Down1 ObscureVAGUE5Down1 Released some profound ideasUNDID5Down1 CommonGENERAL7Down2 Body-builder in port, perhaps – a German onePROTEIN7Down2 AppendADD3Down2 PoemODE3Down3 LordPEER4Down4 DonkeyASS3Down4 The ‘list’ sailors are said to walk with?ROLL4Down4 GainWIN3Down5 A professional can take a set quicklyPRESTO6Down5 RelativeCOUSIN6Down5 DupeCHEAT5Down6 Go inENTER5Down6 Quick to change hats with a YankeeHASTY5Down6 Celestial bodyCOMET5Down7 Go ahead and commit a crimeFORGE5Down7 NovelNEW3Down9 He joins us at golfGUS3Down9 Stop upSEAL4Down10 MakerCREATOR7Down11 EbbedRECEDED7Down12 Talked excitedly of how some burglars suffered!BURBLED7Down12 Utter defeat or failureDEBACLE7Down12 WedMARRIED7Down13 A brother far removedFRA3Down14 RenovatedRENEWED7Down14 VigourVIM3Down14 Liquid for drinkingWATER5Down16 Algy, we hear, is pretty greenALGAE5Down16 LawfulLEGAL5Down16 PreparedREADY5Down17 Given the wrong grade, he raged wildlyEDGAR5Down17 HeapedPILED5Down17 ChargeFEE3Down18 Handy trick, perhaps, though said to be triflingSLEIGHT7Down19 ArtistPAINTER7Down19 Maker of war? You bet!WAGER5Down20 ColourWHITE5Down20 Those in the noble art of fisticuffs?DUKES5Down21 ManagedRAN3Down21 Happen againRECUR5Down21 AbsolutelyDEADSET7Down23 Stops rushing and has a leisurely drink?SLOWSUP7Down23 TranquilSERENE6Down24 A magic word to keep uncle in checkSESAME6Down24 EquipmentGEAR4Down24 LairDEN3Down25 Look on love as a gameLOO3Down25 FulcrumPIVOT5Down26 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Down27 Possibly loves animalsVOLES5Down27 PostulatePOSIT5Down28 Big Ben!NEVIS5Down28 AscendedRISEN5Down29 UnfastenUNTIE5Down30 Ray’s letter from Greece?GAMMA5Down30 Ceremonial splendourPOMP4Down32 CushionPAD3Down32 Made news when stitched up?SEWN4Down32 Dad keeps her quietMUM3Down33 DampWET3Down33 Boy’s nameIAN3Down33 NewtEFT3Down34 FamilyKIN3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 31, 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.