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Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
Coarse filesRASPS5Across1 CompellingCOGENT6Across1 It's usually beltedWAIST5Across1 ConcealedHIDDEN6Across5 Vessel used by a runner with much noiseSKIFF5Across6 Soup serverLADLE5Across6 KeenEAGER5Across9 Get information from people on a food itemPUMPKIN7Across9 Porridge ingredientOATMEAL7Across9 SlumberingASLEEP6Across10 Dog you could call "Rocky"?CAIRN5Across10 ConcerningABOUT5Across10 AwakenedROUSED6Across11 DanceWALTZ5Across11 Fathead's pub in New YorkNINNY5Across11 TumblerGLASS5Across12 DevilDEMON5Across12 Area in which to turn a car during a raceTRACT5Across12 A bulwark in boats, perhapsBASTION7Across13 All-importantCRUCIAL7Across13 FlatEVEN4Across14 Little girl sent back to bedDEB3Across15 DroopSAG3Across15 Girl's nameANNE4Across17 Poker players do so in the canteenANTE4Across17 ManagedRAN3Across17 Uplift, on the quiet, with encouraging wordsPRAISE6Across18 Slight waveRIPPLE6Across18 MudMIRE4Across18 Picture within anotherINSET5Across19 Send a taxi half a mileCABLE5Across19 Join upENLIST6Across20 Wild bird a student associated with a weddingBRIDAL6Across20 FamousNOTED5Across20 Extinct birdDODO4Across22 Use the gas for nothing but puddingSAGO4Across22 CompactSOLID5Across22 CallerVISITOR7Across23 An early riserSUN3Across24 PerformedACTED5Across24 Fish eggsROE3Across24 FlowerPETUNIA7Across25 Grabs a bargain when pictures get more expensiveSNAPSUP7Across25 Something resembling a pepper pot that contains beerDALEK5Across26 FoundedBASED5Across26 ThrashFLAIL5Across26 Star signLIBRA5Across27 In the best position to suppress oppositionONTOP5Across27 Prepare a formal notePRIME5Across28 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across28 Fed back, I see it as a shortageDEFICIT7Across29 Low padded seatOTTOMAN7Across29 DreadFEAR4Across29 They're played in groups of threeTRIOS5Across30 DoorstopWEDGE5Across30 DefectiveDUD3Across30 GemstoneAGATE5Across31 Some pretty ingenious bindingTYING5Across31 LearningLORE4Across32 DromedaryCAMEL5Across33 AdriftAFLOAT6Across35 HamperBASKET6Across36 SendREMIT5Across37 DecayedROTTED6Across38 NursedTENDED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CowardlyCRAVEN6Down1 Hair colourAUBURN6Down2 ThroatGULLET6Down2 As ports go, not a good one?ABADAN6Down2 The spirit a priest could showSPRITE6Down3 RequireNEED4Down3 SwoopPOUNCE6Down3 CandleTAPER5Down4 You could quote a weight for this vesselTUN3Down4 Was seatedSAT3Down4 BirdHERON5Down5 Incentive, with no love lost, to treat disdainfullySPURN5Down5 StinkSMELL5Down5 PressIRON4Down6 It may be nicer, in certain ways, to be honestSINCERE7Down6 Legal proceedingLAWSUIT7Down6 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down7 PurifyDISTIL6Down7 Unite in providing something warmKNIT4Down7 Duels with criminalsFENCES6Down8 DeadlyLETHAL6Down8 BowedNODDED6Down8 HaggardGAUNT5Down12 It's a lot different on Tuesday, that's allTOTAL5Down12 MostMAXIMUM7Down13 Minor pointsBARBS5Down13 Highland games logCABER5Down13 It can spoil satinSTAIN5Down14 Male relativeUNCLE5Down14 UtterVOICE5Down15 Wrongly said to be about five singersDIVAS5Down15 Cutlery itemSPOON5Down15 Not everNEVER5Down16 Italian portGENOA5Down16 Form of jazz that doesn't need be!BEBOP5Down16 EthicalMORAL5Down18 InsurgentREBEL5Down18 The wood where once one walked!PLANK5Down18 Variety of pea put in tins, very tastyCANAPES7Down19 StreamRIVER5Down19 SeparateISOLATE7Down19 Athlete and climberRUNNER6Down21 PerformedDID3Down21 ObserveNOTICE6Down21 ThroughoutDURING6Down22 WeepSOB3Down22 Stylish, maybe, but look out for a bad case of rot!SPORTY6Down22 StraightforwardDIRECT6Down23 Some terrifying, unmentionable fellowsGUNMEN6Down23 ConcernAFFAIR6Down24 FlierPILOT5Down25 Maybe a pie's a pleasant shade of brownSEPIA5Down25 PillTABLET6Down25 A very encouraging old bird?DODO4Down26 AmphibianFROG4Down26 DrenchedSOAKED6Down27 Coppers take it to be a low placePIT3Down28 NotchedDENTED6Down28 BleatBAA3Down28 Old-fashionedDATED5Down30 LiabilityDEBIT5Down31 TroubleCARE4Down33 TardyLATE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. 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.