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Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Nigerian portLAGOS5Across1 Did old Bob need a close one?SHAVE5Across1 FlashyGAUDY5Across4 Not quite an ear to the ground?EARTH5Across6 DirectionNORTH5Across6 EmphasiseSTRESS6Across7 Gold in massBULLION7Across9 Nominally, an ant doesn't get all the bees' produceANTHONY7Across9 YouthLAD3Across9 AdhesivePASTE5Across10 It's lovely to have a baby, perhapsGRAND5Across10 ConcealedHID3Across10 Soft leatherSUEDE5Across11 Nice people, one possibly readsDEARS5Across11 RobustLUSTY5Across12 He sang badly, out of turnANGUS5Across12 ConcealsHIDES5Across12 CupidEROS4Across13 Musical performanceRECITAL7Across13 Denies having demented trancesRECANTS7Across13 Having a bit of an impediment, not strongDIM3Across15 BeerALE3Across15 LawfulLEGAL5Across15 His E-mail, it seems, has a letter missingEMIL4Across17 RestREPOSE6Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 PackagePARCEL6Across18 Maybe feeling no end catty!FELINE6Across18 Frenzied offer by an artistRABID5Across19 AirTUNE4Across19 FrighteningSCARY5Across19 Joins or misguidedly untiesUNITES6Across20 SoakDRENCH6Across20 Cheque-holderPAYEE5Across20 CushionPAD3Across22 Just visible in summer, especiallyMERE4Across22 AssistantAIDE4Across22 Accurately quoted on the first of September, I seeSIC3Across24 RespectedREVERED7Across24 AffirmativeYES3Across24 Emperor who had to break off with the Americans?SEVERUS7Across25 Break downFOUNDER7Across25 AnaestheticETHER5Across26 They provide security when an officer is imprisoned by soldiersGILTS5Across26 Liquid measureQUART5Across27 ThroughPER3Across27 Serf in a hotel, maybeHELOT5Across27 It can mean anything or nothingOUGHT5Across28 Of the SunSOLAR5Across28 LessFEWER5Across28 Angels in retreat?BACKERS7Across29 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Across29 Name a lyric composerCYRIL5Across30 Not everNEVER5Across30 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Across31 One showing villainy by getting round dad somehowBADDY5Across31 Go byPASS4Across31 FestivalEASTER6Across33 CrowdHORDE5Across35 TabletPILL4Across37 HurlTHROW5Across38 LoutOAF3Across39 NovelNEW3Across41 GiftTALENT6Across42 BorderedEDGED5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SlumberingASLEEP6Down1 AstonishedAMAZED6Down2 Left in the ladies' quarters, somewhere in New YorkHARLEM6Down2 Monks' housePRIORY6Down2 Destroyer of a London museum and rail terminusVANDAL6Down3 AcquireOBTAIN6Down3 TreeASH3Down3 Finish in seven daysEND3Down4 FeteGALA4Down4 ProsecuteSUE3Down4 Grown-upADULT5Down5 Threshing implementFLAIL5Down5 Barking is bad for themSHINS5Down5 PosyNOSEGAY7Down6 ExplodeDETONATE8Down6 Put up with Ned possibly being terribly rudeENDURED7Down6 BurdenONUS4Down7 They're of one accordAYES4Down7 Grain storeSILO4Down8 Walk like an infantTODDLE6Down8 Did Dick turn out to be awfully good?TURPIN6Down8 RuffianDESPERADO9Down11 A salt shaker you could buy in a bookshopATLAS5Down12 Emerge from an eggHATCH5Down12 Uncle's red-headed birdsREMUS5Down13 PreparedREADY5Down13 YieldsCEDES5Down14 ProphetSEER4Down14 Like pride of place?CIVIC5Down14 PungentACRID5Down15 An aquatic performer of some diversityDIVER5Down15 EquipmentGEAR4Down16 Old people like me, boy!MEDES5Down16 Young eelELVER5Down16 Figures in a ball gameFIVES5Down18 GlancePEEP4Down18 PreviousPRIOR5Down18 DisperseSCATTER7Down19 Funny article, usually of a musical natureRECITAL7Down19 Begin againRESUME6Down21 By no means in a bad wayNICELY6Down21 JoinedATTACHED8Down21 Did she give her viewers a stony look?MEDUSA6Down22 MohairANGORA6Down22 AdroitDEFT4Down23 Ten yearsDECADE6Down23 Hurried ahead, being unreasonably rude about the hushRUSHED6Down23 SwerveVEER4Down25 Unwisely takes a betSTAKE5Down25 StinkingFETID5Down25 Desert area of quaking bog near the capital of IndiaGOBI4Down26 GaelicERSE4Down26 IntenseDEEP4Down26 The round part of a doorbellORB3Down28 DroopSAG3Down28 AuthorWRITER6Down29 TellRELATE6Down30 GleamedSHONE5Down32 ChairSEAT4Down34 DueOWED4Down36 WhimFAD3Down40

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