Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2021 Answers

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Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 5 2021. 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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Ready61 AcrossReveal answer → Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomer64 AcrossReveal answer → Mollify64 AcrossReveal answer → Scrutinise45 AcrossReveal answer → Swift traveller87 AcrossReveal answer → Witty retort87 AcrossReveal answer → On paper, the person in charge68 AcrossReveal answer → Attack68 AcrossReveal answer → Value58 AcrossReveal answer → Twitching39 AcrossReveal answer → Push510 AcrossReveal answer → Chamber410 AcrossReveal answer → In macaroni, once, a pungent ingredient510 AcrossReveal answer → Attack411 AcrossReveal answer → Bid512 AcrossReveal answer → Plead413 AcrossReveal answer → A diminutive figure, but growing413 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil613 AcrossReveal answer → Western snake that stings rather than bites414 AcrossReveal answer → Settee414 AcrossReveal answer → Girdle415 AcrossReveal answer → Is in the record as an imperfect utterance415 AcrossReveal answer → Many will disagree with it316 AcrossReveal answer → Definite article316 AcrossReveal answer → Rip416 AcrossReveal answer → Club with a possibly lofty purpose417 AcrossReveal answer → Big cat417 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge418 AcrossReveal answer → Single entity419 AcrossReveal answer → Too long to wait for a half of sausages419 AcrossReveal answer → Damp320 AcrossReveal answer → Boiled sweet921 AcrossReveal answer → Awkwardly situated in a game, rooks need moving921 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated322 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibition423 AcrossReveal answer → Reminders that a key can be put to use!423 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse323 AcrossReveal answer → Behind the clock424 AcrossReveal answer → Broad424 AcrossReveal answer → Relative424 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise425 AcrossReveal answer → Distress of women who've lost a couple of letters326 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep's cry326 AcrossReveal answer → Actress and singer dear to the French427 AcrossReveal answer → Departed427 AcrossReveal answer → God-like628 AcrossReveal answer → Go back, darlings!429 AcrossReveal answer → Heroic429 AcrossReveal answer → Thong530 AcrossReveal answer → To take us on, perhaps, requires intelligence432 AcrossReveal answer → Orifice432 AcrossReveal answer → Lover432 AcrossReveal answer → Finish breakfast at leisure, then lead on533 AcrossReveal answer → Deadened433 AcrossReveal answer → Farewell533 AcrossReveal answer → The idea that beef's about a pound634 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten334 AcrossReveal answer → Starvation634 AcrossReveal answer → Names a couple of Chopin pieces835 AcrossReveal answer → Leaflet535 AcrossReveal answer → Regardless of835 AcrossReveal answer → It's hard to keep fish in a dirty place636 AcrossReveal answer → Sword436 AcrossReveal answer → Decapitate636 AcrossReveal answer → Scoffed637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Scum51 DownReveal answer → Foul61 DownReveal answer → A little light is shining51 DownReveal answer → Busy82 DownReveal answer → Lampoon52 DownReveal answer → The Spanish girl's boy52 DownReveal answer → Hero worthy of a medal43 DownReveal answer → Not false43 DownReveal answer → Grant63 DownReveal answer → Allows to go cold, pronouncedly!54 DownReveal answer → Oyster's gem54 DownReveal answer → Consoled94 DownReveal answer → Scattered75 DownReveal answer → Snug45 DownReveal answer → Slip across the road45 DownReveal answer → Scorch46 DownReveal answer → Suggests it's OK to interrupt women66 DownReveal answer → Plane journey66 DownReveal answer → Naked47 DownReveal answer → Court38 DownReveal answer → Planet69 DownReveal answer → Go and tread unwarily around the pierhead69 DownReveal answer → Jump on one foot311 DownReveal answer → Talk the hind leg off a horse?311 DownReveal answer → Suppose there's nothing to long for512 DownReveal answer → Manservant512 DownReveal answer → We slink around getting things to eat713 DownReveal answer → Long narrow flag713 DownReveal answer → Pertinence914 DownReveal answer → Game derived partly from polo?315 DownReveal answer → Jeer315 DownReveal answer → Gratuity316 DownReveal answer → Supplied by a G-man316 DownReveal answer → Help317 DownReveal answer → A name for certain parts of a horoscope618 DownReveal answer → Girl's name618 DownReveal answer → Tend819 DownReveal answer → Genoese fliers? No no!520 DownReveal answer → Distinguished520 DownReveal answer → Intelligence320 DownReveal answer → Girl appeal321 DownReveal answer → Meadow321 DownReveal answer → Consistency721 DownReveal answer → It's receptive at the heart centre322 DownReveal answer → Owing322 DownReveal answer → Being secretive, finished in court623 DownReveal answer → Quit623 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish325 DownReveal answer → He gets a bit of shut-eye at "13 Down"325 DownReveal answer → Agile626 DownReveal answer → Guard627 DownReveal answer → Upright528 DownReveal answer → Angry, making a lot of noise in parts of Hungary528 DownReveal answer → Competent429 DownReveal answer → Hang around waiting for the feathers?530 DownReveal answer → Satisfy430 DownReveal answer → Ski-slope530 DownReveal answer → Spicy dish531 DownReveal answer → Place331 DownReveal answer → Piece to listen to in silence531 DownReveal answer → The exact place, it appears432 DownReveal answer → Repulsive432 DownReveal answer → Orderly in quite a big way433 DownReveal answer → Not at home433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 5, 2021. 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.