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Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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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FearDREAD5Across1 BarbaricCRUEL5Across1 Could it water a few flowers?SPRAY5Across1 MoroseSULLEN6Across5 In Rome, old-timers were commonPLEBS5Across6 Prickly plantsCACTI5Across6 EvadeDODGE5Across8 FoolBUFFOON7Across9 Where sailors have endlessly to reel drunkenly around in port?LEHAVRE7Across9 RelateRECITE6Across10 Work doughKNEAD5Across10 How a doctor can get fit in slow motionDRIFT5Across10 ParticlesATOMS5Across11 Noted duet, possibly (by Chopin?)ETUDE5Across11 CloseNEAR4Across11 See a girl with qualityCLASS5Across12 CostPRICE5Across12 Not all the time that's in the futureSOMEDAY7Across13 German white wineMOSELLE7Across13 OccupantTENANT6Across14 Spanish cryOLE3Across15 Name a spare part for a historic model carPAT3Across15 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across15 AmongAMID4Across17 She gives some men ideasENID4Across17 PermitLET3Across18 ConfidentialSECRET6Across18 Book perhaps quietly turned downVOLUME6Across18 MaterialREP3Across19 ShocksSTUNS5Across19 A he-man's woman?HELEN5Across19 Often a natural example of suspended animationSPIDER6Across20 Non-transparentOPAQUE6Across20 ExpensiveDEAR4Across21 Said to be missed due to poor visibilityMIST4Across22 Husband's partnerWIFE4Across22 RenovateRENEW5Across23 NothingNIL3Across24 PetalLEAF4Across24 Actually it's a lot bigger than a Michaelmas daisy!ELM3Across24 BoxerFIGHTER7Across25 Virtually a letter delivered verballyMORALLY7Across25 Circular coral reefATOLL5Across26 Prepare a person for a stable jobGROOM5Across26 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Across27 Where a capital standard existsPARIS5Across27 LairDEN3Across27 It's fruit that gives a chap energyMANGO5Across28 GarretATTIC5Across28 Corpulent boss, not very cleverFATHEAD7Across29 ObliviousUNAWARE7Across29 MireMUD3Across29 The pretty redhead's left, but it's not importantPETTY5Across30 Greek letterDELTA5Across30 Regarding sensiblyEYING5Across31 Go inENTER5Across31 SceneTABLEAU7Across31 ReviewerCRITIC6Across32 CheatDUPE4Across34 LoyalTRUSTY6Across35 SeamLAYER5Across38 RescindREPEAL6Across39 DisparageDECRY5Across40

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HaphazardRANDOM6Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 Pious type, soft on crimePARSON6Down2 Man with two names?ALFRED6Down3 RevisedEDITED6Down3 SubsidedABATED6Down3 As extracted from yeast, even today!YET3Down4 FateLOT3Down4 SquibDUD3Down4 DispatchedSENT4Down5 Would he make a woolly-headed friend?WALLY5Down5 AblazeAFIRE5Down5 InclinedLEANED6Down6 You'll see quickly that it has a North EndPRESTON7Down6 TrainsCOACHES7Down6 TidierNEATER6Down7 Poker stakeANTE4Down7 Allows to enter ballet school?LETS4Down7 Possibly blamed for a scene of confusionBEDLAM6Down8 House of GodTEMPLE6Down8 WishedDESIRED7Down9 Shallow round dishPLATE5Down12 FishEEL3Down12 Flying log?CABER5Down12 SpeedRATE4Down13 Feel so loveless and misguidedly seenSENSE5Down13 Worker in stoneMASON5Down13 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down14 It's a lot more than a short skirt, noteMINIM5Down14 One in the eye for the student?PUPIL5Down15 Planet's pathORBIT5Down15 RelaxEASE4Down16 Tryingly irritableTESTY5Down16 AnaestheticETHER5Down16 PrincipleTENET5Down17 EscargotSNAIL5Down18 It's poisonous and of proven ominousnessVENOM5Down18 Seedless raisinSULTANA7Down19 Rumoured share distribution at the end of MayHEARSAY7Down19 ForfeitPENALTY7Down20 According to some bus conductors, fares do soPLEASE6Down21 CorsairPIRATE6Down21 RegionAREA4Down22 BleachWHITEN6Down22 The affliction of a motherly woman?MALADY6Down22 Maybe a song about the heart of England is wildly chantedSLOGAN6Down23 Of catsFELINE6Down23 CupboardLOCKER6Down24 Little creatures in human clothes?MOTHS5Down25 DefectsFLAWS5Down25 BetweenAMID4Down25 For the present, Joe goes on footGIFT4Down26 AdjoinABUT4Down26 ForthcomingFUTURE6Down26 Mother East's first nameMAE3Down28 CharmALLURE6Down28 Land measureARE3Down28 ImmerseDIP3Down30 DungeonCELL4Down33 ColourRED3Down36 SailorTAR3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. 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.