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Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 4 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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Devil53 AcrossReveal answer → Near in the clear - until tomorrow99 AcrossReveal answer → Symbol69 AcrossReveal answer → Exactly alike99 AcrossReveal answer → Singer910 AcrossReveal answer → Pail610 AcrossReveal answer → Figure the man hurt got caught in a skiing disaster910 AcrossReveal answer → Concerning511 AcrossReveal answer → Detail412 AcrossReveal answer → Bear up when there’s a suspension412 AcrossReveal answer → Drag412 AcrossReveal answer → Cooking food outside for the animals613 AcrossReveal answer → Reddish-brown613 AcrossReveal answer → First to give one’s approval to714 AcrossReveal answer → Crockery items714 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise415 AcrossReveal answer → Canteen915 AcrossReveal answer → At home, I have the fireplace to blacken915 AcrossReveal answer → Unable to be heard917 AcrossReveal answer → Inferred717 AcrossReveal answer → Trifle with a pretty woman toting a gun917 AcrossReveal answer → A little band for the hair718 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of science718 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly messengers619 AcrossReveal answer → “Hates Crooks,” a hard cover619 AcrossReveal answer → Youth320 AcrossReveal answer → Encourage in crime420 AcrossReveal answer → Ring the gentleman from the jeweller’s420 AcrossReveal answer → Challenged521 AcrossReveal answer → Very bad923 AcrossReveal answer → Not bothered when one went off on one’s own923 AcrossReveal answer → Masticate423 AcrossReveal answer → Furnished, or provided, with a job925 AcrossReveal answer → Uncivilised925 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian425 AcrossReveal answer → Drop off at the building426 AcrossReveal answer → Circuits426 AcrossReveal answer → Drugged526 AcrossReveal answer → Light meals627 AcrossReveal answer → Firm though, without it, the least bit wobbly627 AcrossReveal answer → Obtain328 AcrossReveal answer → Read the notes729 AcrossReveal answer → Make-up729 AcrossReveal answer → Ousted730 AcrossReveal answer → Fastener932 AcrossReveal answer → They’ve done wrong by accepting the last tenders932 AcrossReveal answer → Parched433 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle934 AcrossReveal answer → On a happy note’s re-packing the bag934 AcrossReveal answer → Opposed to735 AcrossReveal answer → Go off when people annoy, or ruffle735 AcrossReveal answer → Travelled435 AcrossReveal answer → Enthusiasm536 AcrossReveal answer → Carriage636 AcrossReveal answer → A type of stress636 AcrossReveal answer → Soon437 AcrossReveal answer → Tries - and it works437 AcrossReveal answer → Team638 AcrossReveal answer → Refrained from voting938 AcrossReveal answer → The one with the awkward stance on the outside is Chinese938 AcrossReveal answer → Vaccinate939 AcrossReveal answer → Finch639 AcrossReveal answer → He fights, but not for money939 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Take into account, when you mull over81 DownReveal answer → Bedtime drink81 DownReveal answer → Foul51 DownReveal answer → Insect-eating plant122 DownReveal answer → The cost of one’s keep?122 DownReveal answer → Receded52 DownReveal answer → Obtains83 DownReveal answer → Ranting foolishly about nothing, having a lot to learn83 DownReveal answer → Ocean33 DownReveal answer → U.S. state64 DownReveal answer → Are out to attack64 DownReveal answer → Strolled64 DownReveal answer → Adjoin45 DownReveal answer → Harshly critical85 DownReveal answer → Not so wonderful as to stop you in your tracks?85 DownReveal answer → Kernel36 DownReveal answer → Not telling the truth about burying the hatchet?106 DownReveal answer → Soccer player106 DownReveal answer → Art57 DownReveal answer → Said to put out on the streets - they’re very cruel77 DownReveal answer → Reptiles77 DownReveal answer → War-horse58 DownReveal answer → Properly repaired at last? That’s rich!108 DownReveal answer → Brochure108 DownReveal answer → The companion is off colour - a cold511 DownReveal answer → Digit511 DownReveal answer → Tutor713 DownReveal answer → Pondered514 DownReveal answer → Burdened716 DownReveal answer → Tic616 DownReveal answer → A merry lawbreaker in an Irish holiday resort616 DownReveal answer → Old-fashioned518 DownReveal answer → Am in disgrace with the lady319 DownReveal answer → Wager319 DownReveal answer → Donkey319 DownReveal answer → Decode, say?1221 DownReveal answer → Relation by marriage1221 DownReveal answer → Giver522 DownReveal answer → Shout at us “Break!”622 DownReveal answer → Planet622 DownReveal answer → Ordinary sailor1023 DownReveal answer → Humiliation that wearing a mask was responsible for?1023 DownReveal answer → Not inclined to be honest1024 DownReveal answer → Gained324 DownReveal answer → All-powerful1024 DownReveal answer → Fear you and I will get ahead of325 DownReveal answer → Vehicle325 DownReveal answer → Pollute627 DownReveal answer → Yawned528 DownReveal answer → End828 DownReveal answer → It’s for the baby fish I catch828 DownReveal answer → The Europeans are, alas, in trouble after it829 DownReveal answer → Weary529 DownReveal answer → One-storey house829 DownReveal answer → Are they needed for a saucy play?830 DownReveal answer → Memory-jogger830 DownReveal answer → Valid531 DownReveal answer → Continually egg the girl and fellow to731 DownReveal answer → Verses731 DownReveal answer → God532 DownReveal answer → Apartments533 DownReveal answer → As a father, have to look disapproving533 DownReveal answer → Look at the big end - open up634 DownReveal answer → Frank634 DownReveal answer → Sensible434 DownReveal answer → Males336 DownReveal answer → Tune337 DownReveal answer →

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