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Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2022 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Book of mapsATLAS5Across1 TranquillityREPOSE6Across4 Language in which to take leave, perhaps?FRENCH6Across4 DonatingGIVING6Across5 The latest thing in tiesCUPFINAL8Across7 FlowerPRIMROSE8Across7 Kidnapper's paymentRANSOM6Across8 BiscuitWAFER5Across8 Supposed to be a piece of wood out of a treeOPINED6Across8 Concerning a seaman getting dismissedABOUT5Across10 Postage labelSTAMP5Across10 SpreadSPRAWL6Across10 DeclareAVER4Across11 Some delay in quoting the weightWAIT4Across13 Late twilightDUSK4Across13 Ring of lightHALO4Across14 TediousBORING6Across14 Dressmaking accessories suitably associated with tripePINS4Across14 LairsDENS4Across15 Rests on the bottomSITS4Across15 ReleaseUNLEASH7Across15 InquireASK3Across16 Very small, we noteWEE3Across16 End partTAIL4Across17 Girondists' club?IRON4Across17 MarryWED3Across18 An old rulerTSAR4Across19 Sea eagleERNE4Across19 SailorTAR3Across19 Game attempts at amateur photography?SNAPSHOTS9Across21 LinkedCONNECTED9Across21 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 CutSEVER5Across23 SpoilsMARS4Across23 Pettish, unattractive persons?DOGS4Across23 Crack a nut and you can eat itTUNA4Across24 FlingTOSS4Across24 CaribouDEER4Across24 Floor coveringMAT3Across26 As information, it has its good pointsGEN3Across26 Unwelcome plantWEED4Across27 Many a sportsman's error can cause stoppage!CLOG4Across27 WandROD3Across27 PaleWAN3Across29 Fool who means a great deal to Charlie?CLOT4Across29 Mosque prayer leaderIMAM4Across29 ShortenCURTAIL7Across31 TalentedCLEVER6Across32 Principal fellow getting out of lineMAIN4Across32 Current eventsNEWS4Across32 Cheap fish?SKATE5Across33 SenselessINANE5Across33 It's easy for the Italian to get in frontFACILE6Across34 DisregardIGNORE6Across34 AssessRATE4Across34 Where a bad actor gets financial helpGRANTHAM8Across35 SupersedesREPLACES8Across35 ConsumingEATING6Across35 PlanetURANUS6Across36 Complaint arising from careless hewing?WHINGE6Across36 ElbowNUDGE5Across38 MenaceTHREAT6Across39 BorderedEDGED5Across40

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StupidAPISH5Down1 Not much of a melee?SCRAP5Down1 UltimateFINAL5Down2 Dining club?SPOON5Down2 FaucetTAP3Down2 SnareTRAP4Down3 Do something elevating as you flit aroundLIFT4Down3 RouseAWAKEN6Down3 RepeatRERUN5Down4 SpottedSAW3Down4 But the angler may want to see it sink!FLOAT5Down4 ClutchGRAB4Down5 ColourPINK4Down5 In a word, 'way out'EXIT4Down5 SwervedVEERED6Down6 Husband or wifeSPOUSE6Down6 What the expert can figure always to beCLEVER6Down6 SilencedGAGGED6Down7 New points, as in a car enginePISTON6Down9 PerplexFLUSTER7Down9 Things of valueASSETS6Down9 Scottish riverTAY3Down11 It's great, being importantBIG3Down11 EngineMOTOR5Down12 PromiseVOW3Down12 Employing us in middle-ageUSING5Down12 ExpungesDELETES7Down13 TravelRIDE4Down13 No twins can have just one name!WINSTON7Down13 RacketDIN3Down15 To pacify, it's offered so quietlySOP3Down15 Along withAND3Down16 Lived a bit wastefully?WAS3Down16 CallNAME4Down16 ConfusionHAVOC5Down17 The rogue Carla's reformedRASCAL6Down18 SolutionANSWER6Down18 Only half of it is in the bag, but there's plentySTACK5Down20 Tree sapRESIN5Down20 DiminishedREDUCED7Down20 For him, a nosh-up would be too muchSON3Down21 FelineCAT3Down21 Hold in some affectionHUG3Down22 FishCOD3Down22 AgainstANTI4Down22 Feeding troughMANGER6Down23 Remove a rotten cheat to a good endDETACH6Down23 InvoiceDOCKET6Down24 SupporterFAN3Down25 PitcherEWER4Down25 The fortune of a non-U oafLOT3Down25 DevastateRAVAGE6Down26 SaidSTATED6Down28 Water jugsEWERS5Down28 Lie around, for instance, somewhere in BelgiumLIEGE5Down28 Machine tricky to halt at the end of a race?LATHE5Down30 ContestMATCH5Down30 EntrapNET3Down30 UntidyMESSY5Down31 Charges for provisionsTERMS5Down31 MiddayNOON4Down32 Style, as from AmiensMIEN4Down32 A word about castles by the seaSAND4Down33 HireRENT4Down33 Small islandISLE4Down33 EraAGE3Down36 BornNEE3Down37

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