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Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 31 2023 answers. The Thursday 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#
ShunAVOID5Across2 Again close to getting the right lease, possiblyRESEAL6Across4 Thick oilGREASE6Across4 Abstaining from alcoholTEETOTAL8Across7 NearCLOSE5Across7 The recidivist's leisure when out of jail?FREETIME8Across7 Effortless as moths flying round the ringSMOOTH6Across8 Expresses an opinionOPINES6Across8 LeafPETAL5Across8 It's a dirty great ballEARTH5Across10 StitchedSEWED5Across10 BackhanderBRIBE5Across10 FateLOT3Across12 One may be struck by its unearthly lightMOON4Across13 FresherNEWER5Across13 Owl's cryHOOT4Across13 House typeSEMI4Across14 Stand up for better payRISE4Across14 Tented areaCAMP4Across15 RottedDECAYED7Across15 Her day starts earlyDAWN4Across15 Animal doctorVET3Across16 Fully able to slot in nicelyFIT3Across16 CounterfoilSTUB4Across17 Out West, a boozer can be a studious typeSWOT4Across17 CombinedUNITED6Across17 ContainerBOX3Across19 AcquireGAIN4Across19 Not much of a mouser maybe?ATOM4Across19 PostponedDELAYED7Across20 Resolute enduranceFORTITUDE9Across21 Desire, possibly, for public transportSTREETCAR9Across21 Food fishTUNA4Across23 Does wrong, but just the right amountDOSE4Across23 RushedSPED4Across23 Look ahead, stupid fellow!LOON4Across24 Care forTEND4Across24 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across25 Religious sisterNUN3Across26 Fresh starting pointsNEW3Across26 DeclinedREFUSED7Across26 TribeCLAN4Across27 It was beseiged but not fully destroyedTROY4Across27 A bird might see it as foodGRUB4Across29 DenLAIR4Across29 CushionPAD3Across30 DeathDEMISE6Across31 FuelPEAT4Across32 Cuts loose from the tail!SCUT4Across32 Being slack, lose out where love's concernedLOOSE5Across33 Light brownBEIGE5Across33 Lads giving a wild shout with ultimate joyYOUTHS6Across34 AnxietyUNREST6Across34 ChidedSCOLDED7Across34 Reprimands or checksTICKSOFF8Across35 RoundCIRCULAR8Across35 GraspCLUTCH6Across36 A boxed soldier?SENTRY6Across36 PlantLOTUS5Across37 RegretRUE3Across38 FrogmanDIVER5Across39 AdiposeFATTY5Across40 AgreeTALLY5Across41 SpreeREVEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Injures with a knifeSTABS5Down1 A bid made with bad hesitationOFFER5Down1 Extra-terrestrialALIEN5Down1 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down2 Possibly rates as damageTEARS5Down2 AdvantageASSET5Down2 Skeleton partBONE4Down3 An artist may do so in a quiet churchyardETCH4Down3 SwervedVEERED6Down3 FrozenICED4Down4 Semi-darknessGLOOM5Down4 Broadcast repeatedly, perhapsRESOW5Down4 EasedRELAXED7Down5 EgressEXIT4Down5 Shortly an heir may receive nothing!SOON4Down5 SubsequentlyLATER5Down6 Boy's nameSTEVEN6Down6 Where, in Ireland, a six-footer's on edgeANTRIM6Down6 A woman with business in the countryMONACO6Down9 PlaythingTOY3Down9 Toy weaponPOPGUN6Down9 DiscussedDEBATED7Down11 ColourRED3Down11 We all need it, with excellent rightAIR3Down11 BuffaloBISON5Down12 Trials just finished on new setsTESTS5Down12 In the navy, he adds a good deal to a reshuffled teamMATELOT7Down13 TendNURSE5Down13 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Down13 BroaderWIDER5Down14 Maybe she's only a rabbitDOE3Down15 IncisionCUT3Down15 ContendVIE3Down16 ShyCOY3Down16 In favour of a bit of comfortFOR3Down16 A cur, poor thingWRETCH6Down18 DeceivedDELUDED7Down18 VestigesTRACES6Down18 Ballroom experts get it right to a _TÓTANGO5Down20 ConfuseADDLE5Down20 MerrimentFUN3Down21 NumberDIGIT5Down21 Female of the cassowarySOW3Down21 NumberTEN3Down22 HellHADES5Down22 Play with a replica?TOY3Down22 Make it plain that there are fish in the riverDECODE6Down23 Underground passageTUNNEL6Down23 ExhaustDEPLETE7Down24 Use a spadeDIG3Down25 Unit of the fleet?BUS3Down25 WhimFAD3Down27 Door lockLATCH5Down28 EraseDELETE6Down28 Lacking polish, being out of practiceRUSTY5Down28 FragmentSCRAP5Down29 Machine part that goes up and downROTOR5Down30 GangwayAISLE5Down30 Brings upREARS5Down31 But a well-built vegetarian can be so!BEEFY5Down31 NuisancePEST4Down32 EthicalMORAL5Down32 Let it stand the test anewSTET4Down32 Pool due to a bad leak?LAKE4Down33 DirtySULLY5Down33 Male rabbitBUCK4Down33 AbroadOUT3Down35 CubesDICE4Down36

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