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Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
DitchTRENCH6Across1 HolySACRED6Across4 Have they family significance for a child at the riverside?TOTEMS6Across4 ScatterSPREAD6Across5 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across7 As worn by an admirer close to Capulet's heart?PULLOVER8Across7 Is territory of insular natureISLAND6Across8 GlueADHESIVE8Across8 Handsome youthADONIS6Across8 SoonANON4Across9 Shouts about the rats running out of the Nag's HeadRANTS5Across10 LettuceCOS3Across10 Quench, allaySLAKE5Across10 EmployeesSTAFF5Across12 A sound white bucketPAIL4Across13 Make beerBREW4Across13 Brave manHERO4Across14 A girl has a metal oneTINA4Across14 Greek letterBETA4Across15 Variety of oil for a lamp?PALM4Across15 ObeseFAT3Across15 Be not alone in Bucharest!ARE3Across16 Cooker topHOB3Across16 He appears in an instantSTAN4Across17 PrecipitationRAIN4Across17 BeakerCUP3Across17 BirdEMU3Across18 Villain fancied to have a consuming interest in humanityOGRE4Across19 EntranceDOOR4Across19 AlsoTOO3Across19 EjectEXPEL5Across20 Begins drowning rats in beer!STARTSOUT9Across21 Sugar peaMANGETOUT9Across21 LoiterLAG3Across21 MeadowLEA3Across22 Venison, potentially, sounds expensiveDEER4Across23 LubricateOIL3Across23 Not shortLONG4Across23 Baptismal bowlFONT4Across24 ConcealedHID3Across24 In residence, he's out of orderHOME4Across24 MaterialRAYON5Across26 FaucetTAP3Across26 Figure to achieve a net returnTEN3Across26 Three out of thirteenTREY4Across27 Leave outOMIT4Across27 Style, vigourELAN4Across29 Disappointing cash advance out of a financial centreSNUB4Across29 StillYET3Across29 A couple of ducksPAIR4Across32 Unruly childBRAT4Across32 Speak for the nationSTATE5Across33 RipTEAR4Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 Youngsters writing about wrought ironMINORS6Across34 ReachedATTAINED8Across34 Say againREPEAT6Across34 Sign of a high-flying team shuffling into churchKITEMARK8Across35 PesterPLAGUE6Across35 GuessESTIMATE8Across35 Lively letter to '28 Down'FRISKY6Across36 DistantREMOTE6Across36 TempestsSTORMS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Low-lying watery landMARSH5Down1 In the tropics, I see such fun larking around!SPORT5Down1 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Down2 WirelessRADIO5Down2 Think of a Miller, and you may get CloseGLENN5Down2 Arguably a fifty-fifty chanceTOSS4Down3 RequireNEED4Down3 GratisFREE4Down3 Legal proceedings due to the rail crash at the end of AugustTRIAL5Down4 RaiseHOIST5Down4 BeginSTART5Down4 William may spill the beansTELL4Down5 BundleSHEAF5Down5 BirdCROW4Down5 The waste of earthy richnessMANURE6Down6 HarvestREAP4Down6 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down6 FragranceAROMA5Down7 Being windy, Simon fails to finish an orderSIMOOM6Down9 Exactly rightDEADON6Down9 CaptureCATCH5Down10 Style of haircut!AIR3Down11 BerateSCOLD5Down11 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down11 Try to make the 'West' End 'East', possibly!TASTE5Down12 Holy bookKORAN5Down12 JavelinSPEAR5Down12 Animal, possibly part henPANTHER7Down13 AdministerAPPLY5Down13 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down13 CriminalFELON5Down14 The figure that's right for dadPAR3Down15 LargeBIG3Down15 CompletelyFULLY5Down15 TautTIGHT5Down16 Fine piece of earthenware?ART3Down16 SpicyHOT3Down16 Jack, we repeat, is a fierce fellowTARTAR6Down18 MohairANGORA6Down18 He's a stayer, as one may have guessedGUEST5Down20 ExternalOUTER5Down20 Money changed in IndonesiaSEN3Down21 Cleaning itemMOP3Down21 So, at the very end, we get some sort of sauceSOY3Down22 ToddlerTOT3Down22 BewailLAMENT6Down23 One who refuses to state his weight?DENIER6Down23 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 Not on? Not in!OUT3Down25 Bad actorHAM3Down25 WatchfulAWAKE5Down27 FriendsMATES5Down28 Dangerous fathead from '36 Across'RISKY5Down28 ExteriorOUTER5Down28 Pale mauve colourLILAC5Down30 HappeningEVENT5Down30 Little men in South AfricaNATAL5Down30 At no timeNEVER5Down31 HaulDRAG4Down31 Sharp characterBECKY5Down31 Alcoholic drinkBEER4Down32 Not exactly lots of money?POTS4Down32 UnyieldingFIRM4Down32 She married Noah's eldest sonSHEM4Down33 BucketPAIL4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 9, 2018. 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.