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Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 5 2020. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Return to custody61 AcrossReveal answer → Crease41 AcrossReveal answer → Twin actors, possibly?61 AcrossReveal answer → Beaker34 AcrossReveal answer → Fortune46 AcrossReveal answer → Evident87 AcrossReveal answer → The time cocoa’s in preparation87 AcrossReveal answer → Skin-trouble68 AcrossReveal answer → What a funny fence!48 AcrossReveal answer → Flash of lightning48 AcrossReveal answer → Occupier69 AcrossReveal answer → Method310 AcrossReveal answer → One sees it as good sense610 AcrossReveal answer → Private evening party610 AcrossReveal answer → Car shed611 AcrossReveal answer → It’s easy to file an account!611 AcrossReveal answer → Play512 AcrossReveal answer → Insulate314 AcrossReveal answer → In simple terms, leased314 AcrossReveal answer → Fire514 AcrossReveal answer → Era515 AcrossReveal answer → Of the sun516 AcrossReveal answer → Produce beer, perhaps, for the trading centre516 AcrossReveal answer → Identify as grass?417 AcrossReveal answer → Conversation417 AcrossReveal answer → Keg618 AcrossReveal answer → The all-in total519 AcrossReveal answer → Under519 AcrossReveal answer → Schedule620 AcrossReveal answer → Guilty person’s regret about an own goal521 AcrossReveal answer → Student521 AcrossReveal answer → A name I had for being bashful522 AcrossReveal answer → Inspection of accounts522 AcrossReveal answer → Person from Denmark423 AcrossReveal answer → Speed past423 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned524 AcrossReveal answer → Polite, courteous526 AcrossReveal answer → Pass526 AcrossReveal answer → Piece angrily torn off526 AcrossReveal answer → Abe’s little girl?328 AcrossReveal answer → Heading528 AcrossReveal answer → Food fish328 AcrossReveal answer → With heavy blows, a politician may be shut out629 AcrossReveal answer → Funeral car629 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage330 AcrossReveal answer → Concealed or secret630 AcrossReveal answer → Genial little trio630 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally a unit431 AcrossReveal answer → Complain bitterly431 AcrossReveal answer → Made to realise there are wild deer around to take care of832 AcrossReveal answer → Crib632 AcrossReveal answer → State of being alone832 AcrossReveal answer → City where there’s no longer a tree to be found?633 AcrossReveal answer → Span633 AcrossReveal answer → Snout beetle633 AcrossReveal answer → Run off434 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten335 AcrossReveal answer → Female436 AcrossReveal answer →

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Apple type61 DownReveal answer → It tastes better than a stick61 DownReveal answer → Happen52 DownReveal answer → A steel product with prickles62 DownReveal answer → Waterproof jacket62 DownReveal answer → Romantic appointment43 DownReveal answer → Visionary73 DownReveal answer → The horse galloped out of the ring43 DownReveal answer → Of consuming interest74 DownReveal answer → Talon44 DownReveal answer → Sunshade74 DownReveal answer → Compassion45 DownReveal answer → Wild55 DownReveal answer → Figure there’s food around for a fairy55 DownReveal answer → Meal56 DownReveal answer → Like every single person56 DownReveal answer → Complete, total56 DownReveal answer → Harmony77 DownReveal answer → Bird’s beak48 DownReveal answer → A building of marked value?48 DownReveal answer → Limb39 DownReveal answer → Steamy piece of photography?39 DownReveal answer → Curve311 DownReveal answer → Weep when there are chips out of the crockery312 DownReveal answer → Name312 DownReveal answer → Noisy quarrel312 DownReveal answer → Go the French way?513 DownReveal answer → Imitate313 DownReveal answer → Street urchin513 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm515 DownReveal answer → A bad character515 DownReveal answer → Elderly316 DownReveal answer → Headgear317 DownReveal answer → This heart-breaking world518 DownReveal answer → Girl’s name518 DownReveal answer → Cruise to Mauritius to start?319 DownReveal answer → Clothing719 DownReveal answer → Unopened flower319 DownReveal answer → Lord of the courts320 DownReveal answer → Illuminated320 DownReveal answer → After such a good time, are repairs necessary?721 DownReveal answer → Obtain321 DownReveal answer → Throb721 DownReveal answer → Revising722 DownReveal answer → Broadcast322 DownReveal answer → The chap who gave Smith new heart322 DownReveal answer → Godlike623 DownReveal answer → More exacting than ever623 DownReveal answer → Hatchet323 DownReveal answer → Biblical murder victim424 DownReveal answer → A lip split by a bucket424 DownReveal answer → Necessitate625 DownReveal answer → Evidently there’s cash in road-building625 DownReveal answer → Expert325 DownReveal answer → Back rents collected526 DownReveal answer → A pursuit526 DownReveal answer → Elbow527 DownReveal answer → Crypt527 DownReveal answer → Associated with gin, it’s mostly rum527 DownReveal answer → Woman’s long scarf328 DownReveal answer → A short cut328 DownReveal answer → Beer529 DownReveal answer → Old overworked horse? Yes, half dead430 DownReveal answer → Marquee430 DownReveal answer → Ship’s company430 DownReveal answer → Competent431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. 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.