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Evening Standard Crossword March 16 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 16 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
AllowPERMIT6Across1 Try hardSTRIVE6Across4 The very well known working of a sumFAMOUS6Across4 PairCOUPLE6Across5 BroadcastTRANSMIT8Across7 In the kitchen, this helps if you can't spell too well after a drinkTEATOWEL8Across7 Lenses, etc., lost in the post, I seeOPTICS6Across8 ShamPRETENCE8Across8 Set uponATTACK6Across8 BorderEDGE4Across9 Joined Mr Gore for a mineralMETAL5Across10 EncounteredMET3Across10 Following in timeAFTER5Across10 PerformerACTOR5Across12 What drivers may do when angry about nothingHOOT4Across13 GratisFREE4Across13 EagerKEEN4Across14 It's no good being practically pennilessPOOR4Across14 RowTIER4Across15 Fatheaded advertisements? They're all the rage!FADS4Across15 StrayERR3Across15 Fish that could give you a bad turnDAB3Across16 TransgressionSIN3Across16 Avoid getting hot in the summer heatSHUN4Across17 Deep drinkSWIG4Across17 TavernINN3Across17 SickILL3Across18 Ultra dynamic jazz?TRAD4Across19 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across19 TeaseRAG3Across19 TumblerGLASS5Across20 Historic recipient of cavalier treatmentROUNDHEAD9Across21 BoughtPURCHASED9Across21 AsternAFT3Across21 ColourHUE3Across22 Condemns certain vesselsPANS4Across23 KnowledgeKEN3Across23 Elm, for exampleTREE4Across23 Former Russian emperorTSAR4Across24 HeadgearHAT3Across24 Some fat in collar done too tightlyLARD4Across24 ResponseREPLY5Across26 Scottish riverTAY3Across26 Juvenile Charles Boyer partBOY3Across26 Wherein the woman would shelter?SHED4Across27 Golf pegsTEES4Across27 SuretyBAIL4Across29 In a police state, can they be somewhat chilling?ICES4Across29 DefectiveDUD3Across29 Servant crazy to get out of lineMAID4Across32 Wound markSCAR4Across32 Roll down to the seasideCOAST5Across33 ParticleATOM4Across33 Go by bikeCYCLE5Across33 Rotter's wrong answerRETORT6Across34 WholeCOMPLETE8Across34 ErasEPOCHS6Across34 One writing on special notepaper?COMPOSER8Across35 SavageBRUTAL6Across35 Hasten the progress ofEXPEDITE8Across35 One in time to join up?STITCH6Across36 CharacterNATURE6Across36 CruelBRUTAL6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cut of beefSTEAK5Down1 A valued piece of sticky paperSTAMP5Down1 SquanderWASTE5Down2 WeirdEERIE5Down2 Is unable to love some poetryCANTO5Down2 The way a novel's ending makes you cryHOWL4Down3 LegendMYTH4Down3 OperatorUSER4Down3 Left food out, and waterFLOOD5Down4 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down4 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down4 Jeff's canine associateMUTT4Down5 BeliefCREDO5Down5 CeremonyRITE4Down5 Bit of a bouncing boy in his birthday suitUNCLAD6Down6 EmployedUSED4Down6 CasualtyVICTIM6Down6 BeerLAGER5Down7 Drunken topers four to a bed?POSTER6Down9 Girl's nameTERESA6Down9 MonthMARCH5Down10 Time to get ahead with new heartEON3Down11 TautTIGHT5Down11 Tasselled capFEZ3Down11 Crime of a clergyman who's lost his head?ARSON5Down12 FollowENSUE5Down12 WrathANGER5Down12 Worker persuaded to be managedHANDLED7Down13 HoboTRAMP5Down13 BoxerFIGHTER7Down13 DangerousRISKY5Down14 For this, there's no payment!FUN3Down15 Facial twitchTIC3Down15 AntelopeELAND5Down15 AssessedRATED5Down16 Pop up repeatedlyDAD3Down16 Not happySAD3Down16 Soldier's possibly rash tour of the StatesHUSSAR6Down18 Despicable personWRETCH6Down18 Means of sending by airRADIO5Down20 Local matchDERBY5Down20 He may lightly be addressed as –Sunshine”RAY3Down21 SnoopPRY3Down21 Tricked by some shady characterHAD3Down22 DonkeyASS3Down22 MeddleTAMPER6Down23 Strong riverside canvas shelterPOTENT6Down23 FollowingAFTER5Down25 Agreement in every essentialYES3Down25 LubricateOIL3Down25 SurpassEXCEL5Down27 Artist's standEASEL5Down28 Join with difficulty?HITCH5Down28 FruitLEMON5Down28 PungentACRID5Down30 SpeakUTTER5Down30 Bring about or start up, just in caseCAUSE5Down30 HorizontalLEVEL5Down31 ExcludeOMIT4Down31 Begin to show jumpiness?START5Down31 Rabbit's tailSCUT4Down32 The majority are in Half Moon StreetMOST4Down32 SchemePLOT4Down32 Manage to capture a key partCOPE4Down33 MasticateCHEW4Down33

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