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Evening Standard Crossword March 12 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 12 2021 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#
ThrowTOSS4Across1 WeakenSAP3Across4 AppearSEEM4Across6 CurrentSTREAM6Across8 CulminationCLIMAX6Across9 Would no bait on earth tempt them?ANGELFISH9Across9 CandidOUTSPOKEN9Across9 MooseELK3Across10 VindictiveSPITEFUL8Across10 Fly the old in or postpone it until laterHOLDOVER8Across10 It tells you you're wrong or right to think dinner's ready!GONG4Across12 EvadeDODGE5Across12 Retain possession ofKEEP4Across12 Turkish capitalANKARA6Across13 Something absorbing to read about in the cookery bookSPONGE6Across13 Bought at the grocer's, is the horse mad about them?COBNUTS7Across14 ConditionSTATE5Across14 Examine criticallyDISSECT7Across14 HonestyINTEGRITY9Across15 Does it put a severe strain on soldiers to form one?TASKFORCE9Across15 ChoppedHEWED5Across15 Accepted later that one was likeTOOKAFTER9Across17 PleasingAGREEABLE9Across17 SpiritMETTLE6Across18 Discover it's how a dog likes to travel in a carNOSEOUT7Across18 Sheltered portHARBOUR7Across18 Open tin that sufficedCANDID6Across20 Electronic apparatusBEEPER6Across20 FoolishnessIDIOCY6Across20 Dull painACHE4Across21 Old American manUSED4Across21 MaterialDENIM5Across24 Gives a hint ofSUGGESTS8Across24 Going both ways don't, for a changeTOANDFRO8Across24 Possessing discretionTASTEFUL8Across26 FrightenSCARE5Across26 When there's work to be got through, "30" know themTHEROPES8Across26 FlatEVEN4Across28 DonatedGIVEN5Across28 Rumoured to have lost heart and been repentantRUED4Across28 Concealed riflemanSNIPER6Across29 Blast the news!REPORT6Across29 AwayOFF3Across30 Is it the work of a month for the fisherman to catch it?OCTOPUS7Across31 Root vegetablePARSNIP7Across31 RefugeASYLUM6Across32 MemorisedLEARNT6Across33 UnembarrassedUNABASHED9Across34 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across34 Finally find time to play a game of golfGETAROUND9Across34 ChildTOT3Across35 Of greater durationLENGTHIER9Across36 Way outEXIT4Across36 At just the right moment, I lead it out myselfIDEALTIME9Across36 Bird's callCHIRRUP7Across38 The explosive has more writhing in agonyTORMENT7Across38 After a time, go on a new course - assaultATTACK6Across39 IntroduceINSERT6Across39 S. American empireINCA4Across40 Wolf you flee fromBOLT4Across40 Broad straitsCHANNELS8Across41 The Sing Sing singer?JAILBIRD8Across41 PracticalREALISTIC9Across42 Deliberate - honestly!NOMISTAKE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Marine creatureMONKFISH8Down1 Understood to have become popularCAUGHTON8Down1 WitnessATTEST6Down2 SurpassOUTDO5Down2 When the man comes in to see the representativesAGENTS6Down2 DexteritySLEIGHT7Down3 ThinnerSKINNIER8Down3 Take off the hard stuff and make unhappy?DISPIRIT8Down3 For coppers, perhaps, it's something newCHANGE6Down4 FurtiveSNEAKY6Down4 IdenticalSAME4Down4 CrowdPACK4Down5 Tear unceremoniously in then and try to frightenTHREATEN8Down5 Wild adventureESCAPADE8Down5 MoveSHIFT5Down6 Desolate tractWILDERNESS10Down6 For a means of cutting it, you can take your pickBLOCKOFICE10Down6 StretchyELASTIC7Down7 Contagious diseaseMEASLES7Down7 Because of the animal, don'tFORBEAR7Down7 ExcellentSUPERB6Down8 The others turn left to enter, as a consequenceRESULT6Down8 How to ride when the horse runs apace?ASTRIDE7Down11 GuidedSTEERED7Down11 UntruthLIE3Down11 ObscureDIM3Down12 FishEEL3Down13 MarriedWED3Down16 DazedGROGGY6Down16 Confesses to the priest, who looks disapprovingFROWNS6Down16 NoiseDIN3Down17 Regular journeyROUTE5Down19 PardonedEXCUSED7Down19 With which the thief broke the jeweller's window to get it?STONE5Down19 Large vehicleBUS3Down20 Gosh, is that a bird call?COO3Down20 DelveDIG3Down21 In which you may make money and clean upSWEEP5Down22 CopyIMITATE7Down22 Container for milkCHURN5Down22 Left over and under a gatePORTAL6Down23 Kept hiddenSECRET6Down23 LongingYEN3Down23 Think you're able to search above for the thing, with your fingersFEELUPTOIT10Down25 SpriteELF3Down25 Small crustaceanSANDHOPPER10Down25 High hillTOR3Down26 Shot back, tooTOT3Down26 Stupidly fire a gun inside the vesselFRIGATE7Down27 Pass onRELAY5Down27 Mediterranean boatFELUCCA7Down27 BoredomENNUI5Down29 ExcludeOMIT4Down30 ChubbiestPODGIEST8Down30 And in the holds, working, are the experienced peopleOLDHANDS8Down30 Arrive from above and vanquish?OVERCOME8Down31 Glandular organPANCREAS8Down31 LevelFLAT4Down31 In case it's the wrong shade for the exteriorSHEATHED8Down32 Manner of speakingPARLANCE8Down32 Also involved a red revolutionary in the trialsORDEALS7Down33 Piece of jewelleryEARRING7Down33 That's right; a brown cover in a checked materialTARTAN6Down35 LandALIGHT6Down35 Bent on getting inside the marqueeINTENT6Down36 GlossLUSTRE6Down36 Is "The Globe Inn" beside that line on the map?ISOBAR6Down37 InbornINNATE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 12, 2021. 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.