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Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2021 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 129 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#
ReadyPROMPT6Across1 Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomerFASTER6Across4 MollifyPACIFY6Across4 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across5 Swift travellerGULLIVER8Across7 Witty retortREPARTEE8Across7 On paper, the person in chargeEDITOR6Across8 AttackASSAIL6Across8 ValueWORTH5Across8 TwitchingTIC3Across9 PushSHOVE5Across10 ChamberROOM4Across10 In macaroni, once, a pungent ingredientONION5Across10 AttackRAID4Across11 BidOFFER5Across12 PleadPRAY4Across13 A diminutive figure, but growingWEED4Across13 SpoilIMPAIR6Across13 Western snake that stings rather than bitesWASP4Across14 SetteeSOFA4Across14 GirdleBELT4Across15 Is in the record as an imperfect utteranceLISP4Across15 Many will disagree with itFEW3Across16 Definite articleTHE3Across16 RipTEAR4Across16 Club with a possibly lofty purposeIRON4Across17 Big catLION4Across17 DischargeEMIT4Across18 Single entityUNIT4Across19 Too long to wait for a half of sausagesAGES4Across19 DampWET3Across20 Boiled sweetLEMONDROP9Across21 Awkwardly situated in a game, rooks need movingSNOOKERED9Across21 IlluminatedLIT3Across22 ProhibitionVETO4Across23 Reminders that a key can be put to use!CUES4Across23 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Behind the clockLATE4Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 RelativeAUNT4Across24 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 Distress of women who've lost a couple of lettersWOE3Across26 Sheep's cryBAA3Across26 Actress and singer dear to the FrenchCHER4Across27 DepartedGONE4Across27 God-likeDIVINE6Across28 Go back, darlings!STEP4Across29 HeroicEPIC4Across29 ThongSTRAP5Across30 To take us on, perhaps, requires intelligenceNOUS4Across32 OrificeVENT4Across32 LoverBEAU4Across32 Finish breakfast at leisure, then lead onTEASE5Across33 DeadenedNUMB4Across33 FarewellADIEU5Across33 The idea that beef's about a poundBELIEF6Across34 FastenTIE3Across34 StarvationFAMINE6Across34 Names a couple of Chopin piecesFREDERIC8Across35 LeafletTRACT5Across35 Regardless ofNOMATTER8Across35 It's hard to keep fish in a dirty placeSTEELY6Across36 SwordEPEE4Across36 DecapitateBEHEAD6Across36 ScoffedJEERED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ScumDROSS5Down1 FoulPUTRID6Down1 A little light is shiningAGLOW5Down1 BusyOCCUPIED8Down2 LampoonSPOOF5Down2 The Spanish girl's boyELVIS5Down2 Hero worthy of a medalLION4Down3 Not falseTRUE4Down3 GrantPERMIT6Down3 Allows to go cold, pronouncedly!FREES5Down4 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down4 ConsoledCOMFORTED9Down4 ScatteredSTREWED7Down5 SnugCOSY4Down5 Slip across the roadSKID4Down5 ScorchCHAR4Down6 Suggests it's OK to interrupt womenEVOKES6Down6 Plane journeyFLIGHT6Down6 NakedNUDE4Down7 CourtWOO3Down8 PlanetSATURN6Down9 Go and tread unwarily around the pierheadDEPART6Down9 Jump on one footHOP3Down11 Talk the hind leg off a horse?NAG3Down11 Suppose there's nothing to long forOPINE5Down12 ManservantVALET5Down12 We slink around getting things to eatWINKLES7Down13 Long narrow flagPENNANT7Down13 PertinenceRELEVANCE9Down14 Game derived partly from polo?LOO3Down15 JeerBOO3Down15 GratuityTIP3Down16 Supplied by a G-manFED3Down16 HelpAID3Down17 A name for certain parts of a horoscopeROSCOE6Down18 Girl's nameIMOGEN6Down18 TendMINISTER8Down19 Genoese fliers? No no!GEESE5Down20 DistinguishedNOTED5Down20 IntelligenceWIT3Down20 Girl appealSUE3Down21 MeadowLEA3Down21 ConsistencyTEXTURE7Down21 It's receptive at the heart centreEAR3Down22 OwingDUE3Down22 Being secretive, finished in courtCOVERT6Down23 QuitVACATE6Down23 Pastry dishPIE3Down25 He gets a bit of shut-eye at "13 Down"LES3Down25 AgileNIMBLE6Down26 GuardDEFEND6Down27 UprightONEND5Down28 Angry, making a lot of noise in parts of HungaryHUFFY5Down28 CompetentABLE4Down29 Hang around waiting for the feathers?TARRY5Down30 SatisfySATE4Down30 Ski-slopePISTE5Down30 Spicy dishCURRY5Down31 PlacePUT3Down31 Piece to listen to in silencePEACE5Down31 The exact place, it appearsNICE4Down32 RepulsiveVILE4Down32 Orderly in quite a big wayTIDY4Down33 Not at homeAWAY4Down33

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