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Evening Standard Crossword June 16 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 16 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
CeaseSTOP4Across1 FrenziedMAD3Across4 IdenticalSAME4Across6 CoinINVENT6Across8 WakenAROUSE6Across9 Travelling by train out - isn’t flyingINTRANSIT9Across9 SingerCONTRALTO9Across9 SpriteELF3Across10 MightyPOWERFUL8Across10 Should be insured, darlingPRECIOUS8Across10 Obliged to return something bought at the grocer’sEDAM4Across12 PerformedACTED5Across12 US stateIOWA4Across12 MealSUPPER6Across13 Wait to check that mother has got inREMAIN6Across13 Find to have been badly maintainedRUNDOWN7Across14 RotDECAY5Across14 PeewitLAPWING7Across14 CedeSURRENDER9Across15 Rip to shreds, sadlyTEARFULLY9Across15 ScholarPUPIL5Across15 The result of not thinning out - sheer stupidityDENSENESS9Across17 DisadvantageDETRIMENT9Across17 CadROTTER6Across18 One’s contacts outside for the mutiniesRISINGS7Across18 Lose hopeDESPAIR7Across18 He’s caught the carp, is prepared to stuff itCAPTOR6Across20 RevenueINCOME6Across20 RevisedEDITED6Across20 ApartmentFLAT4Across21 Having the impudence to confrontFACE4Across21 LongYEARN5Across24 Motorcycle sportSPEEDWAY8Across24 Finds just the extent of the action takenMEASURES8Across24 DifferenceCONTRAST8Across26 VapourSTEAM5Across26 Had got together, one understoodGATHERED8Across26 LadsBOYS4Across28 CedeYIELD5Across28 Said OK, it is a traditional procedureRITE4Across28 AllowPERMIT6Across29 Skilful as a driver must be on a road in FranceADROIT6Across29 DayAGE3Across30 Excited, shot into the airFIREDUP7Across31 Put forwardPROPOSE7Across31 MovementMOTION6Across32 DelicateDAINTY6Across33 FrankOUTSPOKEN9Across34 PresentHERE4Across34 Kid in a European country with a bouquetFRAGRANCE9Across34 TinyWEE3Across35 NamelessANONYMOUS9Across36 EnticeLURE4Across36 Does nothing until the exam results come out?MARKSTIME9Across36 RaritiesEXOTICA7Across38 Mark square oneSCRATCH7Across38 Holds the shellfish I caughtCLAIMS6Across39 MaterialFABRIC6Across39 Ancient civilisationINCA4Across40 Put away, with the exception ofSAVE4Across40 PoisonousVENOMOUS8Across41 Trips the twit and the attendants catch himPASSAGES8Across41 PastaSPAGHETTI9Across42 Teach the others about self-controlRESTRAINT9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
OvershadowedECLIPSED8Down1 A pointer from the bossDIRECTOR8Down1 ReplyANSWER6Down2 JacketTUNIC5Down2 Because the pastry in it rises in layersSTRATA6Down2 CanonPRECEPT7Down3 StruggleFLOUNDER8Down3 In addition to being equally fitASWELLAS8Down3 A boyfriend in the firmSTEADY6Down4 MetalCOPPER6Down4 DumbMUTE4Down4 UnhearingDEAF4Down5 Having let one in, became chattyOPENEDUP8Down5 IntermittentSPORADIC8Down5 WrapSTOLE5Down6 Reserve in cricketTWELFTHMAN10Down6 Confirming the removal of, from the house?BEARINGOUT10Down6 CommunicationMESSAGE7Down7 Vividly describedGRAPHIC7Down7 He was the first one on to take a look aroundPIONEER7Down7 PointlessFUTILE6Down8 At about four, again, there’s a great uproarFURORE6Down8 There’s flavouring, I notice, inside and outsideANISEED7Down11 Stir upAGITATE7Down11 GarlandLEI3Down11 TuneAIR3Down12 OwingDUE3Down13 SnoopPRY3Down16 RubberERASER6Down16 Said it’s a Nordic veneerFINISH6Down16 MeadowLEA3Down17 Excessively sentimentalSOPPY5Down19 ResultOUTCOME7Down19 Prepared to encase the man in iceSHEET5Down19 Climbing plantIVY3Down20 Island housesCOS3Down20 ParchedDRY3Down21 Notice the chaps going in to changeAMEND5Down22 FirstINITIAL7Down22 LariatLASSO5Down22 Gems from royal rings are on display outsidePEARLS6Down23 Large churchPRIORY6Down23 DefectiveDUD3Down23 Feeling great, travelling on top of a double-decker?RIDINGHIGH10Down25 OvumEGG3Down25 Cause destructionWREAKHAVOC10Down25 FelineCAT3Down26 Contracted, which irritated oneGOT3Down26 Claim of the newspapermen suppressing itPROFESS7Down27 LivingALIVE5Down27 BellyABDOMEN7Down27 SubsequentlyLATER5Down29 AfreshANEW4Down30 ObviousMANIFEST8Down30 On the subject of actors, is dullOVERCAST8Down30 Leading some back into the garrisonFOREMOST8Down31 WastefulPRODIGAL8Down31 BorderEDGE4Down31 Stops before one gives utterance toPREVENTS8Down32 OverjoyedECSTATIC8Down32 Expostulate, or go off, when the pets romp outsidePROTEST7Down33 FruitAPRICOT7Down33 With a bad heart or otherwise, is not staying at homeABROAD6Down35 Gardening toolTROWEL6Down35 A simple silver lining that’s skimpyMEAGRE6Down36 Surprise attackAMBUSH6Down36 A type of stressITALIC6Down37 Heavily decoratedORNATE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 16, 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.