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Evening Standard Crossword June 9 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 9 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#
ProddedPOKED5Across3 Listen. The two men are movingLENDANEAR9Across9 HeadLEADER6Across9 VegetableARTICHOKE9Across9 SignificantIMPORTANT9Across10 BraveryVALOUR6Across10 I near got sent off - seriouslyINEARNEST9Across10 CalledNAMED5Across11 ThoughtIDEA4Across12 Spells "paroxysms"FITS4Across12 Foot partSOLE4Across12 Thought it had got back in timeNOTION6Across13 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across13 With scorn said "Awful racket outside"DISDAIN7Across14 Patent remedyNOSTRUM7Across14 DeficitLOSS4Across15 Carried onCONTINUED9Across15 A flash and the light's going on and offTWINKLING9Across15 Revealing strong feelingsEMOTIONAL9Across17 RubMASSAGE7Across17 Cruel as the ingrate Frenchman?MERCILESS9Across17 The springer sprang in the garden!DOGROSE7Across18 ImmoderateEXTREME7Across18 Edible tuberPOTATO6Across19 Or making a comeback in the role of the flierPARROT6Across19 InsectANT3Across20 Prepare for publicationEDIT4Across20 Get attached, you say, to the AsianTHAI4Across20 ConsumedEATEN5Across21 FinishedCONCLUDED9Across23 Did it not rise as it should, for the baker?SHORTCAKE9Across23 IntenseDEEP4Across23 How Shakespeare's collaborator worked happily?WITHAWILL9Across25 BoughtPURCHASED9Across25 PantGASP4Across25 Drive off reversing to let us inOUST4Across26 HazardRISK4Across26 SovereignRULER5Across26 DespotTYRANT6Across27 Pass round and see to be bothered aboutELAPSE6Across27 ColourRED3Across28 Joins in the frenzied cheers when the ball is caughtCOHERES7Across29 SpartanAUSTERE7Across29 DiscussedDEBATED7Across30 At an advantageous timeOPPORTUNE9Across32 Plump up the pillow for the makeshift bed?SHAKEDOWN9Across32 RegionAREA4Across33 ArrogantCONCEITED9Across34 Bedevilled, had had itPOSSESSED9Across34 InquisitiveCURIOUS7Across35 Encourage the man - a rent-collectorHEARTEN7Across35 Board gameLUDO4Across35 LawfulLEGAL5Across36 Academy AwardsOSCARS6Across36 This character is no prohibitionistLETTER6Across36 On top ofUPON4Across37 Behind one's rival in points, is depressedDOWN4Across37 WarderGAOLER6Across38 FavouredPREFERRED9Across38 They won't get rid of their servantsRETAINERS9Across38 AbhorrentLOATHSOME9Across39 TasteLIKING6Across39 An atheist and treacherousFAITHLESS9Across39 DruggedDOPED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Doomed to catch the bug?ILLFATED8Down1 BloodbathMASSACRE8Down1 DemandCLAIM5Down1 Hairdressing accessorySTYLINGTONGS12Down2 No holds barred if there should be an item missingANYTHINGGOES12Down2 HellHADES5Down2 ParticleMOLECULE8Down3 "Don't forget", says the note, "the increment"MEMORISE8Down3 EnclosurePEN3Down3 At the rear ofBEHIND6Down4 Their having lost the chess piece is annoyingIRKING6Down4 FruitORANGE6Down4 FlatEVEN4Down5 Careful and perseveringDILIGENT8Down5 Calling a bankrupt "Mr Monies", perhaps?MISNOMER8Down5 FatherDAD3Down6 The novice is given money at the baseTENDERFOOT10Down6 News-managerSPINDOCTOR10Down6 BeverageCOCOA5Down7 "The doctor act is in need of surgery" is harshDRASTIC7Down7 SevereDRASTIC7Down7 BelieveTRUST5Down8 Doesn't sit until there's a complete lack of movementSTANDSTILL10Down8 ArousedSTIMULATED10Down8 About a second before, cancelERASE5Down11 PinnyAPRON5Down11 LoitererDAWDLER7Down13 DaisyASTER5Down14 CutSNIPPED7Down16 Conceptions of perfectionIDEALS6Down16 Such a problem as granny might become?KNOTTY6Down16 RelaxedEASED5Down18 Pastry the half ripe one went intoPIE3Down19 FixPEG3Down19 Pea containerPOD3Down19 You'll get a shock if it works!HAIRRESTORER12Down21 Cutlery itemDESSERTSPOON12Down21 MaritimeNAVAL5Down22 The iron and the wood, I myself carriedMASHIE6Down22 PureCHASTE6Down22 DuplicateCARBONCOPY10Down23 Comes to a sudden halt, which prevents electrical troubleSTOPSSHORT10Down23 He's more versatile than most and, on the whole, plumperALLROUNDER10Down24 WhelpPUP3Down24 CrècheDAYNURSERY10Down24 "Just a minute", said myself and yourselfWEE3Down25 CollieryPIT3Down25 EntertainREGALE6Down27 ScopeRANGE5Down28 Throat tissueADENOIDS8Down28 Punish when you write a tissue of liesPENALISE8Down28 Realised she had been trapped by the murdererCASHEDIN8Down29 StorehouseDEPOT5Down29 UnusualABNORMAL8Down29 In the sea, nudes swimming - AfricansSUDANESE8Down30 ImperilENDANGER8Down30 JacketTUNIC5Down31 Confident that it's unfailingCERTAIN7Down31 BentCROOKED7Down31 EvadeDODGE5Down32 Money containerPURSE5Down33 A bit to one sideAPART5Down33 About to smoke, was made to alightPUTOFF6Down34 Edible molluscCOCKLE6Down34 IdolHERO4Down34 GuidedLED3Down36 CoverLID3Down37

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