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Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
SwampMARSH5Across1 HumanMORTAL6Across1 A parting word from the refereeBREAK5Across1 SearSCORCH6Across5 Handy name for Walter?MITTY5Across6 DraconianHARSH5Across6 PlotPATCH5Across9 She's not a serious revolutionaryMILDRED7Across9 Museum officialCURATOR7Across9 SongbirdLINNET6Across10 It puts you in the shadeCLOUD5Across10 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Across10 RogueRASCAL6Across11 LawfulLICIT5Across11 He's very keen to have a cash surplusLOVER5Across11 StinkingFETID5Across12 PreventDEBAR5Across12 She's in the pinkCORAL5Across12 Where Arthur could have a meal in bedCAMELOT7Across13 DeferredDELAYED7Across13 AlwaysEVER4Across14 Agreement in every essentialYES3Across15 Gave food toFED3Across15 First manADAM4Across17 Prepare for the turn of the tideEDIT4Across17 MaterialREP3Across17 Shocked into being, at some stage, a bit hasty?AGHAST6Across18 ExpeditionSAFARI6Across18 DressROBE4Across18 LureDECOY5Across19 In a wild gale, I get to be activeAGILE5Across19 Cream cakeECLAIR6Across20 Land a blow during half time!TAHITI6Across20 WearyTIRED5Across20 Blackthorn fruitSLOE4Across22 When a politician takes office, there's ceremonyPOMP4Across22 ManagedFARED5Across22 TowerMINARET7Across23 Group of racehorse trainersSET3Across24 BlemishSTAIN5Across24 ProsecuteSUE3Across24 AssistantsHELPERS7Across25 Rosie's mad with us for being difficultSERIOUS7Across25 Sort of heel giving a bit of trouble in prison!CUBAN5Across26 FresherNEWER5Across26 BedaubSMEAR5Across26 American stateIDAHO5Across27 Where one may be lying in Div. 1DIVAN5Across27 The equable way to goDUTCH5Across28 Canal boatBARGE5Across28 Tasteful way to make a vessel betterKETCHUP7Across29 BurdensomeONEROUS7Across29 OrientEAST4Across29 Suffer a personal lossBLEED5Across30 YieldedCEDED5Across30 StillYET3Across30 ObjectTHING5Across31 Rosie's willowy formOSIER5Across31 FruitDATE4Across32 DrinkCIDER5Across33 ThreefoldTREBLE6Across35 FussedNAGGED6Across36 ChangeALTER5Across37 RelyDEPEND6Across38 SoreTENDER6Across39

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HammerMALLET6Down1 SubsidedABATED6Down2 AthleteRUNNER6Down2 Prepare weapons with another charge in mind?RELOAD6Down2 Charm can be considered protectiveAMULET6Down3 ImitatedAPED4Down3 ShriekSCREAM6Down3 SubsequentlyLATER5Down4 Youngster announced as captainKID3Down4 Shade of colourHUE3Down4 FragmentSCRAP5Down5 The novel Russian fatheadIDIOT5Down5 UnfashionableDATED5Down5 ScorchCHAR4Down6 Mixture concocted by Meg LaneMELANGE7Down6 VacationHOLIDAY7Down6 ParchedARID4Down7 ClergymanRECTOR6Down7 One old wreck regarded as heavenlyIDOL4Down7 They're notedly subject to variationsTHEMES6Down8 ArachnidSPIDER6Down8 StoppedHALTED6Down8 AgueFEVER5Down12 A letter or two from a low-down dogCORGI5Down12 ScoldedBERATED7Down13 They come in hundreds, as in a recent surveyCENTS5Down13 ChallengesDARES5Down13 The power that gives an aircraft heightMIGHT5Down14 Soup serverLADLE5Down14 ViewVISTA5Down15 Coarse fellow able to make hay and love repeatedlyYAHOO5Down15 Short moral storyFABLE5Down15 SendREMIT5Down16 PlungesDIVES5Down16 Prevents the opening of a shop for toysSTOPS5Down16 AssessedRATED5Down18 Not drunkSOBER5Down18 Key man (or boys?)ALLEN5Down18 Accustomed to making a date to go round a vessel?ATTUNED7Down19 CapBERET5Down19 GemstoneDIAMOND7Down19 It's of signal necessity in radioAERIAL6Down21 NoiseDIN3Down21 HugCUDDLE6Down21 SpatterSPLASH6Down22 MarshlandFEN3Down22 Pretty girls, perhaps, but they go to the wallPINUPS6Down22 SourceORIGIN6Down23 Clem may be out to get us powerMUSCLE6Down23 SittingSEATED6Down24 HirsuteHAIRY5Down25 In an unusual case, you finish with a food additiveSAUCE5Down25 SlumberingASLEEP6Down25 One of those easy pieces?CAKE4Down26 BrogueSHOE4Down26 ShookWAGGED6Down27 Arduous piece for two performersDUO3Down28 GiveRENDER6Down28 HoweverBUT3Down28 CedeYIELD5Down30 PrincipleTENET5Down31 FamilyCLAN4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34

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