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Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 8 2019. 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
Gust61 AcrossReveal answer → Capricious64 AcrossReveal answer → Dad's the skipper, dear fellow64 AcrossReveal answer → Oppressive65 AcrossReveal answer → Unnatural87 AcrossReveal answer → Two saloons I see as vulgar87 AcrossReveal answer → Many a proposition may have money in it68 AcrossReveal answer → Catastrophe88 AcrossReveal answer → Expects68 AcrossReveal answer → Tidy49 AcrossReveal answer → Occupy or employ for half a day510 AcrossReveal answer → Network310 AcrossReveal answer → Amid510 AcrossReveal answer → Pulverise512 AcrossReveal answer → Polish expert?413 AcrossReveal answer → Ship's company413 AcrossReveal answer → Information414 AcrossReveal answer → A match of the greatest interest414 AcrossReveal answer → Region415 AcrossReveal answer → Being unfree, he was among the lesser fry415 AcrossReveal answer → Clique315 AcrossReveal answer → Just outstanding316 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of old316 AcrossReveal answer → Regrettably mimicking a girl417 AcrossReveal answer → Active and brisk417 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow317 AcrossReveal answer → Vase318 AcrossReveal answer → She appears in comedies419 AcrossReveal answer → Move419 AcrossReveal answer → Fuss319 AcrossReveal answer → Converge520 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly deter pals from getting drunk921 AcrossReveal answer → Acrobatic movement921 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern321 AcrossReveal answer → Rotten322 AcrossReveal answer → Is such fiction mushy?423 AcrossReveal answer → Young goat323 AcrossReveal answer → Ring of light423 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricates424 AcrossReveal answer → Owned324 AcrossReveal answer → Bottom place for service?424 AcrossReveal answer → Premature526 AcrossReveal answer → Titfer326 AcrossReveal answer → The director's share of the proceeds?326 AcrossReveal answer → It's no good being needy427 AcrossReveal answer → Crossbow arrow427 AcrossReveal answer → A false step429 AcrossReveal answer → It's dull for a doctor and a sailor429 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep329 AcrossReveal answer → Silvery sort of light?432 AcrossReveal answer → Unable to hear432 AcrossReveal answer → It's dramatically different from a whisper533 AcrossReveal answer → Certain433 AcrossReveal answer → Willow533 AcrossReveal answer → In the CIA, no gentleman might be called a 'bug'634 AcrossReveal answer → Aristocracy834 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluate634 AcrossReveal answer → Records an attempt at needlework835 AcrossReveal answer → Reveal635 AcrossReveal answer → Herb type835 AcrossReveal answer → It's gladly given by an admirer636 AcrossReveal answer → Hate636 AcrossReveal answer → Against636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cold dish51 DownReveal answer → Vessel about to be rebuilt51 DownReveal answer → Gold bar52 DownReveal answer → Wholly52 DownReveal answer → Watchful guardian, a warm-hearted fellow52 DownReveal answer → Her nest, one imagines, is no great find43 DownReveal answer → Out43 DownReveal answer → Amphibian43 DownReveal answer → Happen, in our case, to be a cricket club54 DownReveal answer → Afterwards54 DownReveal answer → Distress signal54 DownReveal answer → It's no good saying he can't play football45 DownReveal answer → Temptress55 DownReveal answer → Talon45 DownReveal answer → There's even a diversion going round a bend in the road!66 DownReveal answer → Armbone46 DownReveal answer → Second of two66 DownReveal answer → Chip57 DownReveal answer → Chances of getting terrible refs!69 DownReveal answer → Stoat-like mammal69 DownReveal answer → Anger510 DownReveal answer → People from Armenia311 DownReveal answer → Gore511 DownReveal answer → Orienteering item311 DownReveal answer → A stand seat512 DownReveal answer → Of the nose512 DownReveal answer → Blunder512 DownReveal answer → Finest fellow in film making713 DownReveal answer → Risk513 DownReveal answer → Give a false alarm713 DownReveal answer → Swarthy514 DownReveal answer → Initially a special service315 DownReveal answer → Skill315 DownReveal answer → Malicious515 DownReveal answer → Tint516 DownReveal answer → Passed up again316 DownReveal answer → Nothing316 DownReveal answer → Well overtaken by a chap possessing extraordinary pep618 DownReveal answer → Searches into closely618 DownReveal answer → Acts of a dunderhead scattering seed520 DownReveal answer → Experiments520 DownReveal answer → Place in the heart of Rajputana321 DownReveal answer → Feline animal321 DownReveal answer → In the army, it means 'attention'322 DownReveal answer → A strike322 DownReveal answer → Harass623 DownReveal answer → Perhaps endlessly pushing to exact retribution623 DownReveal answer → Sky blue525 DownReveal answer → Not the gentlemanly part of Piccadilly325 DownReveal answer → Perish325 DownReveal answer → Vex527 DownReveal answer → Hop-drying kilns528 DownReveal answer → Give one's address528 DownReveal answer → Tag528 DownReveal answer → Encircles530 DownReveal answer → Sorceress530 DownReveal answer → Possibly first signs of disunity530 DownReveal answer → Mischievous joke531 DownReveal answer → Kit431 DownReveal answer → She may be emerald green!531 DownReveal answer → Lairs432 DownReveal answer → Vessel to save from break-up?432 DownReveal answer → Excuse432 DownReveal answer → To conclude, should this not be 'a man'?433 DownReveal answer → Rowing blades433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 8, 2019. 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.