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Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
DebacleFIASCO6Across1 This, and mortar, make a working combinationPESTLE6Across1 VapourSTEAM5Across3 Scott's novel way to hold a wild revelWAVERLEY8Across7 DisparageBELITTLE8Across7 Card gameSOLO4Across8 Fine fabric, but it looks weakLAME4Across8 QuiverTREMOR6Across9 Possibly a curse from outer space?SAUCER6Across10 AssociationLEAGUE6Across10 RequiredWANTED6Across10 ToilLABOUR6Across11 He keeps his uniform in a big boxCURATE6Across11 WhiskersBEARD5Across11 InactiveIDLE4Across12 JokeGAG3Across14 Some submarine trap?NET3Across14 PleasantNICE4Across15 DawdleDALLY5Across16 See poems as secret writingsCODES5Across16 DiminishDETRACT7Across17 TribeCLAN4Across17 What a hen provides for a horse, in certain ways?EGGS4Across17 BetWAGER5Across19 Hail with tears in one's eyes?GREET5Across19 BowNOD3Across20 Excited when shot?FIRED5Across21 ContentHAPPY5Across21 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across21 Point a lot out, maybe, as soundTONAL5Across22 Greek authorAESOP5Across22 FrankOPEN4Across23 Projection manager?BOSS4Across23 OnlyMERE4Across23 Cash boxTILL4Across25 QuiltDUVET5Across26 Possibly partial provision for light protectionVISOR5Across26 Belonging to themTHEIR5Across26 HelmsmanCOX3Across28 Figure modern times to be just crazyMAD3Across28 FixedSET3Across28 Floor of a fireplaceHEARTH6Across29 Habituated to being ruined?INURED6Across29 SwerveDEFLECT7Across30 Eccentric airman's maid?MARIAN6Across30 ComfortSOLACE6Across30 One chap you could flatten!IRON4Across31 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across31 TrustworthyCREDIBLE8Across32 Diplomatic mission of a head of government in a state of elationLEGATION8Across32 ReviseEDIT4Across33 HandgunPISTOL6Across33 Don't persist when a chap is on short timeDESIST6Across33 FruitDATE4Across35 CouchDIVAN5Across36 BirdMAGPIE6Across38 SnuggleNESTLE6Across39 AbradeGRATE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Follow us up in an absolute sensePURSUE6Down1 GambolFROLIC6Down1 SoberSTAID5Down1 Signs of trouble started by expertsTRACES6Down2 CatchwordSLOGAN6Down2 TradedDEALT5Down2 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Down3 Were in jugEWER4Down3 WeepSOB3Down3 City fortressCITADEL7Down4 Cut in crude fashion by an editorREDUCED7Down4 DitchTRENCH6Down4 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 CrookedAWRY4Down5 Beg for people to finish in a homePLEAD5Down5 FrenziedMAD3Down6 JadedWEARY5Down6 Wherein the cows get extras around mid-afternoon?BYRES5Down6 BlemishSTAIN5Down7 Long storySAGA4Down8 A breatherLUNG4Down8 AppendedADDED5Down8 Supplied the requirements of the police?MET3Down9 DragLUG3Down9 Tosh from a protester?ROT3Down12 Drinks counterBAR3Down12 Optical outcome of a wild stare?TEARS5Down13 Open soreULCER5Down13 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down13 StrayedERRED5Down14 You need a good car when in FranceARRAS5Down15 Capital of VietnamHANOI5Down15 GatherCOLLECT7Down16 Not much of a grin, perhaps!GRAIN5Down18 SuppleLITHE5Down18 DomesticatedTAMED5Down18 FittingAPT3Down19 Drink with some girls and a motherless manGIN3Down19 Used to beWAS3Down19 It can easily get out of handEEL3Down20 HiatusGAP3Down20 Nottingham's wooded areas?FORESTS7Down21 SureCERTAIN7Down21 To the ruling head, a high placeTOR3Down22 CedeYIELD5Down22 AtmosphereAIR3Down22 Grinding teethMOLARS6Down23 Nobles at court out Hammersmith way?BARONS6Down23 GistNUB3Down24 School testEXAM4Down24 The immortal love racketODIN4Down24 For a heavenly body's space visitant, it's late in the daySUNSET6Down25 ViewEYEFUL6Down25 DenseTHICK5Down26 Clubhouse!VILLA5Down26 Rush to get a letter to pressSURGE5Down27 OccupierTENANT6Down27 Edges of a roofEAVES5Down27 Spoil master Rex?MAR3Down28 SordidSEAMY5Down28 FishCOD3Down28 ColourTINGE5Down29 OozeSEEP4Down30 Watch your head!MIND4Down30 GroundEARTH5Down31 PrincipleTENET5Down32 JettyPIER4Down34 DelveDIG3Down36 BornNEE3Down37

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