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Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
RecordDISC4Across1 FixedSET3Across4 CipherCODE4Across6 TellerCASHIER7Across8 PostureSTANCE6Across8 Show a piece of paper with an insect on itPAGEANT7Across8 InventDEVISE6Across9 High but not squeaky?WELLOILED9Across9 ShopkeepersRETAILERS9Across9 ParchedDRY3Across10 LiberatedFREED5Across12 Bring upon oneselfINCUR5Across13 A bank note is found inside the soft toyTIGER5Across13 Too small-time; that's clearOVERT5Across14 ContortTWIST5Across14 TrampleTREAD5Across14 From head to tail, unusually fineCAPITAL7Across15 HurricaneCYCLONE7Across15 CrestRIDGE5Across15 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across16 Do show an inclination to be quarrelsomeCONTEND7Across16 Social blunderGAFFE5Across17 Find, when you make a copy ofTRACE5Across17 Mosquito-like insectMIDGE5Across18 BeardGOATEE6Across18 Records the musicNOTES5Across18 ThiefROBBER6Across20 DangerPERIL5Across20 Removes from the post bagsSACKS5Across20 Partaking of, when forced toHAVING6Across22 FloorSTOREY6Across22 Does he make bully beef and get a monopoly on it?CORNER6Across23 FoldCREASE6Across23 CourageNERVE5Across24 BirdSPARROW7Across25 Mean to finalise it after a drinkPORTEND7Across25 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across26 RespireBREATHE7Across27 Study the accepted behaviour to fit in with the othersCONFORM7Across27 AdvantageASSET5Across28 With luck, manages to decipherBREAKS6Across30 EncounteredMET3Across30 Highly-seasoned sausageSALAMI6Across30 StayREMAIN6Across31 Appear and put to shameSHOWUP6Across31 BeginnerNOVICE6Across32 Slam, locking, with the key inside and they bleatLAMBS5Across32 FormCLASS5Across32 SourceORIGIN6Across33 LoanedLENT4Across34 Extremely fatOBESE5Across35 Tired and tense, relying on pull to get somewhereDRAWN5Across35 CanTIN3Across35 DregsLEES4Across36 SoilEARTH5Across36 Find it's a brief summaryRUNDOWN7Across37 InjuriousHARMFUL7Across37 Nice, but would I be up to it?AMIABLE7Across39 Shade of redCRIMSON7Across39 Erect building on Greek islandCRETE5Across41 Gardening implementMOWER5Across41 Import you have a hunch aboutSENSE5Across42 Meat in rashersBACON5Across42 Was about to be involved inCONCERNED9Across43 StrictSTRINGENT9Across43 RoutDEBACLE7Across44 The story has a title, you sayACCOUNT7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Very accurate. That's excellentBANGON6Down1 Crockery itemSAUCER6Down1 If you don't look so closely at it, it's very goodPEERLESS8Down2 FuelCHARCOAL8Down2 BuryINTER5Down2 A second-hand article. I don't care whatANYOLDTHING11Down3 Bookmaker'sBETTINGSHOP11Down3 ChangeCONVERT7Down3 Put rightRECTIFIED9Down4 Holding back the transport for the others to catchRESTRAINT9Down4 PipSEED4Down4 Short axeHATCHET7Down5 NeatTIDY4Down5 For want of money all round, do less businessSLACKEN7Down5 LidCOVER5Down6 Police vanBLACKMARIA10Down6 It's really great getting away with cheatingRIPPINGOFF10Down6 IllnessDISEASE7Down7 ThreesomeTRIO4Down7 Didn't stay when dropped off?LEFT4Down7 AccidentMISHAP6Down10 Shares the plantsSTOCKS6Down10 MatRUG3Down11 Jittery as always; it's through being upsetRESTIVE7Down11 RealmKINGDOM7Down11 The shutter is heavierCLOSER6Down12 MistFOG3Down12 HarshSEVERE6Down12 ExpireDIE3Down13 LairDEN3Down16 StrayERR3Down17 The mutt ran when freed, the little petTANTRUM7Down19 ResultOUTCOME7Down19 Former Greek currency unitDRACHMA7Down19 Drive backREPULSE7Down21 EggsOVA3Down21 Over a spleen infectionCHOLERA7Down21 BeastlyBESTIAL7Down22 GrooveRUT3Down23 The law of the forest?COPPERBEECH11Down24 ChipsFRENCHFRIES11Down24 StretchEKE3Down25 Baby's outfitROMPERSUIT10Down26 Withdrawing what one said about regaining possessionTAKINGBACK10Down26 LiveEXIST5Down27 A card, of a kindCHARACTER9Down28 RebukeREPRIMAND9Down28 ChosenELITE5Down29 NutsCASHEWS7Down29 Oliver finds Ed somewhat distortedTWISTED7Down29 ThawMELT4Down30 Sit droopilySLOUCH6Down30 Plot to strike that creates uproarBEDLAM6Down30 RippedTORN4Down31 Of the brainCEREBRAL8Down32 Drive that stands a poor chance of success?LONGSHOT8Down32 NoiselessSILENT6Down33 The siren goes off, drowning a note by the entertainerSINGER6Down33 AdolescentTEENAGE7Down34 Seems like the soft fruit is inAPPEARS7Down34 InconstantFICKLE6Down38 Being yours, though still having to pay about a quarterOWNING6Down38 A tonic in the clubIRON4Down40 A jotIOTA4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 23, 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.