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Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 133 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#
DulcetSWEET5Across1 UndergoSUFFER6Across5 WeaponFIREARM7Across8 CorrespondMATCH5Across8 Well, give proper medical treatment to your oldHEALTHY7Across8 Man-madeSYNTHETIC9Across9 Personally, that's why I'm studying the scriptFORMYPART9Across9 GloomySOMBRE6Across10 ConfessAVOW4Across11 Find out the figure you are paidLEARN5Across13 ViperADDER5Across13 With an exclamation of annoyance, blow upBLAST5Across14 SpiritMORALE6Across14 Board gameCHESS5Across14 Beginning to irritateSCRATCH7Across15 PastoralIDYLLIC7Across15 EruditeLEARNED7Across15 To make the little bird leave, chuck something at itGOSLING7Across16 PoliteGENTEEL7Across16 Swiss currency unitFRANC5Across17 Don't win the round, through being impreciseLOOSE5Across17 Civilian dressMUFTI5Across18 GainWIN3Across18 The catalogue you put on the shelfTABLE5Across18 CerealOAT3Across19 NameTITLE5Across20 Thinking relations should not be featured in the articleTHING5Across20 ObligationDEBT4Across21 BullyHECTOR6Across22 Make a hole in and a little rain comes throughPIERCE6Across22 ScholarPUPIL5Across23 GruesomeGRISLY6Across23 Returns late to the stomping groundsHAUNTS6Across23 LumpMASS4Across24 By degreesGRADUAL7Across25 Try to refit an old boatGONDOLA7Across25 WhacksWALLOPS7Across27 Vandalising is great funRIPPING7Across27 CliqueSET3Across27 SwabMOP3Across29 Fall back, do, on for supportTRIPOD6Across30 CookBRAISE6Across30 SeasonSPRING6Across31 Bring up the topic of the said item of jewelleryBROACH6Across31 BurstRUPTURE7Across31 Thinks they're sistersMUSES5Across32 CharmAMULET6Across32 BuryINTER5Across32 YawnGAPE4Across34 Is waiting there when one arrives and settles up withMEETS5Across35 To eachAPIECE6Across35 Group of singersCHOIR5Across35 For once, behave rightEXACT5Across36 Fertile spotOASIS5Across36 Having cheated ran away but did, somehow, get caughtFIDDLED7Across37 ConflagrationINFERNO7Across37 FragmentSCRAP5Across38 AceEXPERT6Across39 DisquietPERTURB7Across39 Bronzed legs crossed, starts arguing withTANGLES7Across39 CondescendDEIGN5Across40 DueOWING5Across41 Concede it is a handoutGRANT5Across42 RecessNICHE5Across42 Given that the vessel had been trawling roundFURNISHED9Across43 GenuineAUTHENTIC9Across43 Taken away in tears again?REMOVED7Across44 FighterWARRIOR7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConcealedHIDDEN6Down1 Broadcasts the racesRELAYS6Down1 Not being upright, is giving a biased reportSLANTING8Down2 CourtWOO3Down2 RecoverRETRIEVE8Down2 City Adam would have been very tempted to visit?THEBIGAPPLE11Down3 PreserveEMBALM6Down3 Skin complaintPRICKLYHEAT11Down3 Cosmetic itemEYESHADOW9Down4 A gentle caress and he'll give you anything you want!SOFTTOUCH9Down4 SailorTAR3Down4 BogusSHAM4Down5 Sloping textITALICS7Down5 Lovely girl - a real cracker!SMASHER7Down5 ButterflyREDADMIRAL10Down6 Does it shine only when it's late?SPIRITLAMP10Down6 OrnateFLORID6Down6 Run, or jog, between timesTROT4Down7 Potter's ovenKILN4Down7 RefuseREJECT6Down7 BoringTEDIOUS7Down9 See the figure entered is smallSLIGHT6Down10 DeviceGADGET6Down10 Agreed everything is bound to come outTALLIED7Down11 IdealPERFECT7Down11 PeculiarityODDITY6Down12 In the parlance of today, thanks for the encouragementCHEERS6Down12 SwearVOW3Down12 DeclineWANE4Down13 InformationDATA4Down16 AnticCAPER5Down17 Pernickety person, informallyFUSSPOT7Down19 Unbalanced some wares on show at the greengrocer'sBANANAS7Down19 NominalTITULAR7Down20 That is solid inside: needs to be shaken, loveIDOLISE7Down21 TwisterTORNADO7Down21 DimBLUR4Down22 ScantMEAGRE6Down24 Definitely grasping and meanTIGHTFISTED11Down24 Nitrous oxideLAUGHINGGAS11Down24 Self-satisfiedSMUG4Down25 Angles for, when one writes toDROPSALINE10Down26 Highly agitatedDISTRAUGHT10Down26 ConsolationSOLACE6Down26 StreakSTRIPE6Down28 With luck, will level with and will not lose moneyBREAKEVEN9Down28 IntermittentSPASMODIC9Down28 As a dog, seem well-disposed towards the birdWAGTAIL7Down29 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Down29 Arm muscleBICEPS6Down30 Having to get mother to provide foodTOMATO6Down30 VigourPEP3Down30 Forced to behave oneself, was successfulMADEGOOD8Down32 Foot soldiersINFANTRY8Down32 TrialTEST4Down33 Building workerROOFER6Down33 Calm and serene, instead changed keySEDATE6Down33 Join togetherCOMBINE7Down34 Go on, sir. Chuck the pest out!PERSIST7Down34 CushionPAD3Down36 ToothCOG3Down37 Goes off lettuceLEAVES6Down38 Member of the clergyRECTOR6Down38 Sense it should be "toi et moi"NOUS4Down40 Overwhelming defeatROUT4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 9, 2024. 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.