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Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
BragBOAST5Across1 It’s rough when a raw beginner gets in a messHARSH5Across1 RangeSCOPE5Across2 Because a gloss finish can be niceSINCE5Across6 FuseMERGE5Across6 SameDITTO5Across7 FinishedENDED5Across8 Agitation, tumultTURMOIL7Across9 Maybe one has gasped about such a lady!PAINTED7Across9 MistakeERROR5Across10 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Across10 What a couple can do when, again, there’s an R in the monthMARRY5Across10 Lowest pointNADIR5Across11 Highly disagreeable to be humble?LOWLY5Across11 TarnishSTAIN5Across12 Stop running some installationSTALL5Across12 FellowDON3Across12 RipensMATURES7Across13 Million to one, to bet is an error!MISTAKE7Across13 UnsoiledCLEAN5Across13 Keep the eggs warm, perhapsSIT3Across15 MirrorREFLECT7Across15 FlatfishDAB3Across15 Complaint said to be a bit hackneyedACNE4Across17 StuffedRAMMED6Across17 BurdenONUS4Across17 Horse maybe born to give a cowboy a start?BRONCO6Across18 Time to comeFUTURE6Across18 Golf-pegTEE3Across19 Essays by one in a state of restTRIES5Across19 Yellowish-white colourCREAM5Across19 Cried distractedly on finishing last, we believeCREDIT6Across20 Comes aboutARISES6Across20 SubdueREPRESS7Across20 Just what the doctor orderedDOSE4Across22 Distribute playing cardsDEAL4Across22 AppearSEEM4Across23 Warm-hearted love for a sweep, perhapsOAR3Across24 RendRIP3Across24 CeaseSTOP4Across25 Paint-mixing boardPALETTE7Across25 Being drunk, sounded sloshed!SLURPED7Across25 Is she an enthusiast for New York?FANNY5Across26 FundamentalRADICAL7Across26 Walk off withSTEAL5Across26 ExternalOUTER5Across27 Bad mark for a boy getting out of lineSTAIN5Across27 Not ignorant of a place in HertsAWARE5Across28 Mr Castro, famous CubanFIDEL5Across28 They may well be keepersFINDERS7Across29 Duck typeMALLARD7Across29 A reminder about the figuresRELIC5Across30 Threshing implementFLAIL5Across30 NothingNIL3Across30 Raising agentYEAST5Across31 DreadTERROR6Across31 Stories ought to be out of my thoughtsMYTHS5Across31 DevastatedRAVAGED7Across34 ClassGENRE5Across37 DroopSAG3Across38 MaterialDENIM5Across39 CollierMINER5Across40 LubricatedOILED5Across41 FeatSTUNT5Across42

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HouseVILLA5Down1 Lent outONLOAN6Down2 VapourSTEAM5Down2 Such figures are not RomanARABIC6Down2 Fairy showing malice outright!SPRITE6Down3 AngleCORNER6Down3 RankSTATUS6Down3 NeedyPOOR4Down4 There’s a street market for it in LondonHAY3Down4 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Down4 EternalENDLESS7Down5 Bind or untie, possiblyUNITE5Down5 Leaves outOMITS5Down5 SeatBENCH5Down6 Vendors holding twice the cash as prophetsSELLERS7Down6 Opposite of maximumMINIMUM7Down6 One much admired though said to be idleIDOL4Down7 Style, vigourELAN4Down7 One side of GlasgowCELTIC6Down8 Stringed instrumentGUITAR6Down8 RabbitDOE3Down9 WithdrawRETREAT7Down11 As worn by the runner on the right?SKIRT5Down12 ProphetsSEERS5Down12 BrittleCRISP5Down13 Tooth typeMOLAR5Down13 Another name for polo?MARCO5Down13 CinderEMBER5Down14 Poles always scoff, it seems!SNEER5Down14 Spring bulbTULIP5Down14 Enquire about a non-starter said to be in the soupSNOOP5Down15 Continental quiltDUVET5Down15 ChargeFEE3Down16 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down16 Drawn to matrimony?TOWED5Down16 PollutedDEFILED7Down18 Death-dealingFATAL5Down18 Sort of laugh when you flop as a diver?BELLY5Down18 She was a colossal disasterTITANIC7Down19 MiddleCENTRAL7Down19 Hardly a thing to keep baby quiet?RATTLE6Down21 Procedure regularly followedRITUAL6Down21 StrictSTERN5Down21 Scoff atDERIDE6Down22 Under the influence of Morpheus?DROWSY6Down22 ScantySPARE5Down22 Greek capitalATHENS6Down23 As you hunt, the wild chase is about never-ending!SEARCH6Down23 ControllerMANAGER7Down24 On friendly termsPALLY5Down25 Like the insinuation that there’s a nepotistic leader in the teamSNIDE5Down25 If wrong again, she’s probably FrenchFIFI4Down26 House typeSEMI4Down26 DelveDIG3Down27 Dear me, there’s this branch in the river!ARM3Down28 Cook in hot fatFRY3Down28 MultitudeLEGION6Down28 BowlBASIN5Down29 SendREMIT5Down32 CommandORDER5Down33 VehicleVAN3Down35 AdroitDEFT4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 4, 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.