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Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 7 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
Complacent41 AcrossReveal answer → Groove34 AcrossReveal answer → Sharpen46 AcrossReveal answer → Type of paint89 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder39 AcrossReveal answer → Some came round to give a hand – honestly89 AcrossReveal answer → The gentleman father cut short310 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasised810 AcrossReveal answer → Snow runner310 AcrossReveal answer → A signal to abandon611 AcrossReveal answer → Gull411 AcrossReveal answer → Comment611 AcrossReveal answer → She’s a no-good, knocking back drink612 AcrossReveal answer → Amble612 AcrossReveal answer → Green gemstone713 AcrossReveal answer → Silence on the radio or the funeral march?713 AcrossReveal answer → The climbing plant, as one guessed, did cover it414 AcrossReveal answer → Era314 AcrossReveal answer → Herb414 AcrossReveal answer → Be under the false impression, being immature, personally1015 AcrossReveal answer → Area around Liverpool1015 AcrossReveal answer → Appended516 AcrossReveal answer → Get moving to ensure you’re prepared for an attack817 AcrossReveal answer → Happening817 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument718 AcrossReveal answer → A group of spectators carrying it does prove disturbing718 AcrossReveal answer → Information419 AcrossReveal answer → Undecided, to be frank419 AcrossReveal answer → Allied819 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve521 AcrossReveal answer → Breathe in621 AcrossReveal answer → Bring love into it, which is tedious621 AcrossReveal answer → Calamity823 AcrossReveal answer → Sounding low and feeling thoroughly miserable1724 AcrossReveal answer → GMT1724 AcrossReveal answer → Relaxed524 AcrossReveal answer → Ovum327 AcrossReveal answer → An iron and a wood I myself am carrying627 AcrossReveal answer → Shooting star627 AcrossReveal answer → Reject as false429 AcrossReveal answer → Very funny way of conveying your disdain to an actor429 AcrossReveal answer → Do exercises for a while730 AcrossReveal answer → Month730 AcrossReveal answer → Mail431 AcrossReveal answer → Idle833 AcrossReveal answer → Flaw in a law833 AcrossReveal answer → Regarding careers, you share the same concern with him833 AcrossReveal answer → Born334 AcrossReveal answer → Ale435 AcrossReveal answer → It’s to do with showing regard for others1035 AcrossReveal answer → Higher education institution1035 AcrossReveal answer → Mount you put a bet on, when backing436 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth336 AcrossReveal answer → Leave out436 AcrossReveal answer → Manufactured437 AcrossReveal answer → Announce that you’re not running?737 AcrossReveal answer → Tedium737 AcrossReveal answer → West Indian music638 AcrossReveal answer → Go on, chum! It’s of very little importance638 AcrossReveal answer → Domed roof640 AcrossReveal answer → Act in accordance with and you’ll succeed640 AcrossReveal answer → Do wrong341 AcrossReveal answer → Taking about a quarter the time to dispose of341 AcrossReveal answer → Noisy quarrel842 AcrossReveal answer → A lack of cars, usually, approaching a built-up area842 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gathering one’s adding a few for convenience sake101 DownReveal answer → Small amount101 DownReveal answer → As well42 DownReveal answer → It’s good form, you say, pet42 DownReveal answer → Companion42 DownReveal answer → Perfidious83 DownReveal answer → It’s clear father came back by himself83 DownReveal answer → Increased43 DownReveal answer → Meantime74 DownReveal answer → Hearing the sound of gongs, pokes one’s nose in74 DownReveal answer → Abdicated84 DownReveal answer → Neat45 DownReveal answer → Falling to pieces115 DownReveal answer → Not judgmental about Americans thinking only of women?115 DownReveal answer → Loathed56 DownReveal answer → Forecast106 DownReveal answer → Unable to be examined by the surgeon? That’s unlikely106 DownReveal answer → Be indebted37 DownReveal answer → Entertained67 DownReveal answer → Nonsense! Hit the ball to one side67 DownReveal answer → Courage58 DownReveal answer → Novel88 DownReveal answer → Resumptions of the occurrences88 DownReveal answer → The stick they’ll get if they don’t work?510 DownReveal answer → Vegetable510 DownReveal answer → Climb512 DownReveal answer → Gather513 DownReveal answer → Point314 DownReveal answer → Weird515 DownReveal answer → Hide716 DownReveal answer → Be faster than the others when there’s a sudden exodus716 DownReveal answer → Demise517 DownReveal answer → Disparage518 DownReveal answer → Pale520 DownReveal answer → The yard got a tip off that came to nothing520 DownReveal answer → Shame820 DownReveal answer → Label322 DownReveal answer → Go back and haggle some more with722 DownReveal answer → Abominable722 DownReveal answer → Certain to pour tea into – it’s only to be expected1123 DownReveal answer → Sympathetic1123 DownReveal answer → Goes to pieces when the car stalls?1025 DownReveal answer → Unaccompanied525 DownReveal answer → Barge-like vessel1025 DownReveal answer → Taking little time to grade as poor1026 DownReveal answer → Go in526 DownReveal answer → Ultimately1026 DownReveal answer → Invoice428 DownReveal answer → Taking on, or making a fuss, over the lost point828 DownReveal answer → Huge828 DownReveal answer → Staunch429 DownReveal answer → Greedy430 DownReveal answer → Pan it dreadfully when he’s appearing in it as an actor831 DownReveal answer → Light-hearted831 DownReveal answer → Observe332 DownReveal answer → Sack732 DownReveal answer → Vilify, at a press gathering, the English732 DownReveal answer → Snake634 DownReveal answer → By word of mouth, when you gather round beforehand634 DownReveal answer → Say it’s awful meat535 DownReveal answer → Beneath535 DownReveal answer → Taunt439 DownReveal answer → Lap speed439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 7, 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.