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Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
As it turned out, Stephen, at heart, was a wandererPROVED6Across1 Easily bentPLIANT6Across1 DaisyASTER5Across4 StretchELONGATE8Across7 CustomerCLIENT6Across7 Naturally, a heated outburst from down underERUPTION8Across7 Where mail is sorted in PeruLIMA4Across8 Cat noisePURR4Across8 DayAGE3Across9 JailPRISON6Across10 To the West End, a fast model goes like a bullet!TRACER6Across10 DefectiveDUD3Across10 MisshapeDEFORM6Across11 One bent on being a toxophiliteARCHER6Across11 Egg-shapedOVATE5Across12 FrozenICED4Across13 Three ways to put a button onSEW3Across14 Man's nameTED3Across14 ColourTINGE5Across15 An honour, perhaps, worth fighting for?TITLE5Across16 Pierces with hornsGORES5Across16 Points made by many a drunken sotDOTS4Across17 FlingTOSS4Across17 AbuseMISUSE6Across17 Sarah, in present times, serves it coldSALAD5Across19 CircleRING4Across19 Boring toolAUGER5Across19 FruitGUAVA5Across20 Figures ways to stir things upLIVEN5Across21 JockeyRIDER5Across21 ClawTALON5Across22 Referred to a change of diet for CharlieCITED5Across22 CatTOM3Across22 FatherSIRE4Across23 To rush can make you hear amissHARE4Across23 AdjustedATTUNED7Across24 TruncheonBATON5Across26 Art exhibition junior goes round for a poundSALON5Across26 StrayERR3Across27 PitchTAR3Across28 AscendedRISEN5Across28 A small point in revolutionary mechanicsCOG3Across28 NabARREST6Across29 A handier shutter?CLOSER6Across29 Make widerDILATE6Across30 Name a garment rightROBERT6Across30 Sad to say, a girl gets mimickedALAS4Across31 Religious imageICON4Across31 FrolicROMP4Across31 Specially, but in only one wayUNIQUELY8Across32 Point outINDICATE8Across32 AwayABSENT6Across33 SportTENNIS6Across33 I stare, disconcerted, at such ridiculeSATIRE6Across33 RepulseREPEL5Across35 OrientEAST4Across37 EnthusiasmMANIA5Across38 ObscureDIM3Across39 SphereORB3Across41 HigherTALLER6Across42 DecorateADORN5Across43

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Sent a letter to eccentric poetsPOSTED6Down1 MarionettePUPPET6Down1 PerformingACTING6Down1 Says there's nothing in one's bad habitsVOICES6Down2 MaltreatsABUSES6Down2 Picture-houseCINEMA6Down2 PlusAND3Down3 Aquatic birdTERN4Down3 It's a lot of money, darlingDEAR4Down3 ExpectantAGOG4Down4 Ancient skill in bridgeSPARTAN7Down4 Whole numberINTEGER7Down4 CutSEVER5Down5 A sock on the sideRIGHT5Down5 Landed estateMANOR5Down5 EntwineENTANGLE8Down6 It's heard that the Poles are going to central KoreaSNORE5Down6 AppearsSEEMS5Down6 MinesPITS4Down8 Ballet-skirtTUTU4Down8 Keep going to the back of the queueLAST4Down8 StickROD3Down9 Less than somewhat pathetic, this cry?MEW3Down9 AgitatedDISTURBED9Down11 In favour ofFOR3Down12 Numbers of plain clothes menCID3Down12 He's had more time to become a sort of statesmanELDER5Down13 Happen againRECUR5Down13 Prima-donnaDIVA4Down14 Honour and gloryKUDOS5Down15 Rescued, but unhappy about the great daySAVED5Down15 GasNEON4Down16 SatisfySATE4Down18 Products of an animal coming to a sticky end in IrelandOFFAL5Down18 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 Rest on the bottomSIT3Down19 AfflictAIL3Down19 Conducted out of the jungle depthsLED3Down20 InformationGEN3Down20 UnfavourableUNTOWARD8Down21 PlunderRANSACK7Down21 Being edgy or touchy, it makes rugby players jump!LINEOUT7Down21 Cut price lettuce?COS3Down22 Foot digitTOE3Down22 LoungeSALOON6Down23 LakeMERE4Down23 Where Aussies get angry outside a bar?HOBART6Down23 Too long to wait for a half of sausagesAGES4Down24 CountryIRAN4Down24 SnareTRAP4Down25 Votes inELECTS6Down25 A French courseENTREE6Down25 EatDINE4Down26 FundamentalBASIC5Down26 He'll be prepared to do a good deedSCOUT5Down26 The reasoning applied to certain puzzlesLOGIC5Down27 DealTRADE5Down27 TwitchTIC3Down28 A high passCOL3Down28 PrincipalSTAPLE6Down29 A boy's lightRAYS4Down30 Slimming planDIET4Down30 CharacterNATURE6Down30 EarlierPRIOR5Down32 ApertureSLIT4Down34 DeserveEARN4Down36 MonthMAY3Down40

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