Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2023 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 31 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Shun52 AcrossReveal answer → Again close to getting the right lease, possibly64 AcrossReveal answer → Thick oil64 AcrossReveal answer → Abstaining from alcohol87 AcrossReveal answer → Near57 AcrossReveal answer → The recidivist's leisure when out of jail?87 AcrossReveal answer → Effortless as moths flying round the ring68 AcrossReveal answer → Expresses an opinion68 AcrossReveal answer → Leaf58 AcrossReveal answer → It's a dirty great ball510 AcrossReveal answer → Stitched510 AcrossReveal answer → Backhander510 AcrossReveal answer → Fate312 AcrossReveal answer → One may be struck by its unearthly light413 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher513 AcrossReveal answer → Owl's cry413 AcrossReveal answer → House type414 AcrossReveal answer → Stand up for better pay414 AcrossReveal answer → Tented area415 AcrossReveal answer → Rotted715 AcrossReveal answer → Her day starts early415 AcrossReveal answer → Animal doctor316 AcrossReveal answer → Fully able to slot in nicely316 AcrossReveal answer → Counterfoil417 AcrossReveal answer → Out West, a boozer can be a studious type417 AcrossReveal answer → Combined617 AcrossReveal answer → Container319 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire419 AcrossReveal answer → Not much of a mouser maybe?419 AcrossReveal answer → Postponed720 AcrossReveal answer → Resolute endurance921 AcrossReveal answer → Desire, possibly, for public transport921 AcrossReveal answer → Food fish423 AcrossReveal answer → Does wrong, but just the right amount423 AcrossReveal answer → Rushed423 AcrossReveal answer → Look ahead, stupid fellow!424 AcrossReveal answer → Care for424 AcrossReveal answer → Prima-donna425 AcrossReveal answer → Religious sister326 AcrossReveal answer → Fresh starting points326 AcrossReveal answer → Declined726 AcrossReveal answer → Tribe427 AcrossReveal answer → It was beseiged but not fully destroyed427 AcrossReveal answer → A bird might see it as food429 AcrossReveal answer → Den429 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion330 AcrossReveal answer → Death631 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel432 AcrossReveal answer → Cuts loose from the tail!432 AcrossReveal answer → Being slack, lose out where love's concerned533 AcrossReveal answer → Light brown533 AcrossReveal answer → Lads giving a wild shout with ultimate joy634 AcrossReveal answer → Anxiety634 AcrossReveal answer → Chided734 AcrossReveal answer → Reprimands or checks835 AcrossReveal answer → Round835 AcrossReveal answer → Grasp636 AcrossReveal answer → A boxed soldier?636 AcrossReveal answer → Plant537 AcrossReveal answer → Regret338 AcrossReveal answer → Frogman539 AcrossReveal answer → Adipose540 AcrossReveal answer → Agree541 AcrossReveal answer → Spree542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Injures with a knife51 DownReveal answer → A bid made with bad hesitation51 DownReveal answer → Extra-terrestrial51 DownReveal answer → Jeans fabric52 DownReveal answer → Possibly rates as damage52 DownReveal answer → Advantage52 DownReveal answer → Skeleton part43 DownReveal answer → An artist may do so in a quiet churchyard43 DownReveal answer → Swerved63 DownReveal answer → Frozen44 DownReveal answer → Semi-darkness54 DownReveal answer → Broadcast repeatedly, perhaps54 DownReveal answer → Eased75 DownReveal answer → Egress45 DownReveal answer → Shortly an heir may receive nothing!45 DownReveal answer → Subsequently56 DownReveal answer → Boy's name66 DownReveal answer → Where, in Ireland, a six-footer's on edge66 DownReveal answer → A woman with business in the country69 DownReveal answer → Plaything39 DownReveal answer → Toy weapon69 DownReveal answer → Discussed711 DownReveal answer → Colour311 DownReveal answer → We all need it, with excellent right311 DownReveal answer → Buffalo512 DownReveal answer → Trials just finished on new sets512 DownReveal answer → In the navy, he adds a good deal to a reshuffled team713 DownReveal answer → Tend513 DownReveal answer → Natural surroundings713 DownReveal answer → Broader514 DownReveal answer → Maybe she's only a rabbit315 DownReveal answer → Incision315 DownReveal answer → Contend316 DownReveal answer → Shy316 DownReveal answer → In favour of a bit of comfort316 DownReveal answer → A cur, poor thing618 DownReveal answer → Deceived718 DownReveal answer → Vestiges618 DownReveal answer → Ballroom experts get it right to a _TÓ520 DownReveal answer → Confuse520 DownReveal answer → Merriment321 DownReveal answer → Number521 DownReveal answer → Female of the cassowary321 DownReveal answer → Number322 DownReveal answer → Hell522 DownReveal answer → Play with a replica?322 DownReveal answer → Make it plain that there are fish in the river623 DownReveal answer → Underground passage623 DownReveal answer → Exhaust724 DownReveal answer → Use a spade325 DownReveal answer → Unit of the fleet?325 DownReveal answer → Whim327 DownReveal answer → Door lock528 DownReveal answer → Erase628 DownReveal answer → Lacking polish, being out of practice528 DownReveal answer → Fragment529 DownReveal answer → Machine part that goes up and down530 DownReveal answer → Gangway530 DownReveal answer → Brings up531 DownReveal answer → But a well-built vegetarian can be so!531 DownReveal answer → Nuisance432 DownReveal answer → Ethical532 DownReveal answer → Let it stand the test anew432 DownReveal answer → Pool due to a bad leak?433 DownReveal answer → Dirty533 DownReveal answer → Male rabbit433 DownReveal answer → Abroad335 DownReveal answer → Cubes436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.