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Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
Farm birdsGEESE5Across3 PastaMACARONI8Across9 SmelledREEKED6Across9 Document that has to do with landCONTRACT8Across9 InfluenceAFFECT6Across10 He has a belief beef should be totally eliminatedALI3Across10 YouthLAD3Across10 Years after, I am showing the picturesIMAGES6Across11 TenderfootROOKIE6Across11 RestrictLIMIT5Across11 Are embarrassed all round when it’s brought upREARED6Across12 MaintainedKEPTUP6Across12 EmployedUSED4Across12 Forced from that the previous wife had been on the stageEXACTED7Across13 InterminableENDLESS7Across13 Concludes they’re what one’s aiming forENDS4Across14 AbhorHATE4Across14 DanceCHARLESTON10Across15 Understood it’s not done to jump on the bedCOTTONEDON10Across15 PresentHERE4Across15 ErasedDELETED7Across17 Forced us to change our waysREROUTED8Across17 SpeculateTHEORISE8Across17 I make the mistake of taking tea round to the entertainerPIERROT7Across18 CookedGRILLED7Across18 Strike back at the friendsSLAP4Across19 MoveSTIR4Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 OrnamentationTASSEL6Across21 Including it in the tax shows a lack of seriousnessLEVITY6Across21 TwelveDOZEN5Across21 EnjoymentZEST4Across23 ProposedPOPPEDTHEQUESTION17Across24 Tipping the fielder so he’ll drop the catches?GREASINGTHEPALMOF17Across24 MethodMODE4Across25 MistakeERROR5Across26 Surname of the critic who says everything’s awful?SLATER6Across27 AgreementASSENT6Across27 LimbARM3Across28 Give to a crew memberHAND4Across29 FlowerROSE4Across29 BackREVERSE7Across30 The weapons are a knock out, sire!RAPIERS7Across30 DilettanteAMATEUR7Across30 Risqué? Wrong!IMPROPER8Across33 StaggerREEL4Across33 DictatorAUTOCRAT8Across33 ConsiderDEEM4Across35 Scaring off the burglars at the lunatic asylum?BARKINGMAD10Across35 PrecursorFORERUNNER10Across35 Have a hunch, from experienceFEEL4Across36 StartBEGIN5Across36 RemainderREST4Across36 The performances as before, or in a different sceneENCORES7Across37 DependentRELIANT7Across37 AskINVITE6Across38 ApproachedNEARED6Across38 Ships the man, an artist, backARMADA6Across38 InsectLOCUST6Across39 PostponeDEFER5Across40 VariousDIVERS6Across40 Pop the loose tees inside with the coinPESETA6Across40 DeerELK3Across41 See for myself, so to speakEYE3Across41 GuidingSTEERING8Across42 Having broken the limit Brown, taken in, is aggressiveMILITANT8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Accept blameTAKETHERAP10Down1 Do, being worried for a start, have an intuitionFOREBODING10Down1 HaughtyPROUD5Down1 StopHALT4Down2 It’s pouring rain when you wake upSTIR4Down2 FlatLEVEL5Down2 FullCOMPLETE8Down3 Dance with an admirer and prepare to leave withFANDANGO8Down3 SolidifyGEL3Down3 EntertainsDIVERTS7Down4 Goes to a dentist, awful, that I have leftATTENDS7Down4 RevisedEDITED6Down4 SpokeSAID4Down5 DaringADVENTUROUS11Down5 Looking presentable?GIFTWRAPPED11Down5 NewtEFT3Down6 BrochurePROSPECTUS10Down6 A nice, all red ensemble for the poor neglected girlCINDERELLA10Down6 SpreeREVEL5Down7 NuisanceBOTHER6Down7 With a little gulp, swallowing a tea cakeGATEAU6Down7 War-horseSTEED5Down8 AversionDISTASTE8Down8 Very tired, though it’s late, be atDEADBEAT8Down8 On the other hand, it is a profitAGAIN5Down10 BurdenedLADEN5Down10 FitSEIZURE7Down13 ThickDENSE5Down14 High ground the tern has flown to from the floodTORRENT7Down16 Fall backRELAPSE7Down16 LiberateRELEASE7Down16 GiverDONOR5Down18 JewelGEM3Down19 Returning with a woman: fifty, olive-skinned and brown-eyed?LATIN5Down20 LockTRESS5Down20 StruckSMITTEN7Down22 How the siren’s accompanying herself on the piano?VAMPING7Down22 FamousNOTED5Down22 RaconteurSTORYTELLER11Down23 Just what you’d expect of an actor when performingINCHARACTER11Down23 AttemptTRY3Down24 InitiativeENTERPRISE10Down25 What the mineralogists are fighting over?SCRAPMETAL10Down25 SickeningNAUSEATING10Down26 Sending on, with the purpose of staving offFORWARDING10Down26 AbuseREVILE6Down27 StadiumARENA5Down28 MementoSOUVENIR8Down28 How Jack walked?LUMBERED8Down28 DecorationMEDAL5Down29 RefuteREBUT5Down31 DisciplinarianMARTINET8Down31 Friendly and pleasant, caught enteringAMICABLE8Down31 VacantEMPTY5Down32 ObjectPROTEST7Down32 Suppose you do have the temerity to?PRESUME7Down32 Will it make the poor swimmer’s hair curl?ROLLER6Down34 BeginningOUTSET6Down34 YieldCEDE4Down34 SideFLANK5Down35 Go rudely in, uninvited, to the boatBARGE5Down35 CouchBED3Down36 And notNOR3Down37 ExtremelyVERY4Down39 Mother didn’t finish the teaMATE4Down39

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