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Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across1 TakeACCEPT6Across1 It’s about wrecking a vesselUBOAT5Across1 SaidSTATED6Across5 Wood offering scope for carvingCOPSE5Across6 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across6 SubsequentlyLATER5Across9 So it’s up to a convict to make a dashSOUPCON7Across9 ObstructionBARRIER7Across9 RefrainCHORUS6Across10 Mickey has nothing to think aboutMOUSE5Across10 Hold upDELAY5Across10 Rabbit-runWARREN6Across11 CircularROUND5Across11 Statesmanlike input, possibly?PUTIN5Across11 DefeatsBEATS5Across12 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across12 There’s little room on an island for himDENIS5Across12 Served up more or less hotCURRIED7Across13 FacetiousJOCULAR7Across13 HeadNESS4Across14 Favourite part of the Indian rope trickPET3Across15 InsectBEE3Across15 Night birdsOWLS4Across17 It’s not cold in the atticHEAT4Across17 SpikeEAR3Across17 Poison to remedy out of warmheartedness?CURARE6Across18 Turn asideDIVERT6Across18 BlazeFIRE4Across18 Senior memberDOYEN5Across19 Hot music lacking breadthHAIRS5Across19 InsightACUMEN6Across20 When Dai was bent on taking cook out for the dayFRIDAY6Across20 VisionDREAM5Across20 Singing voiceALTO4Across22 Pair having a wild kissSKIS4Across22 ExhaustedJADED5Across22 FoughtBATTLED7Across23 A craze that may seem no end daftFAD3Across24 TradedDEALT5Across24 Opposite of coldHOT3Across24 Straw hatsBOATERS7Across25 It may have a shocking potentialVOLTAGE7Across25 They know how to stir up some demandADMEN5Across26 LukewarmTEPID5Across26 Group of nineNONET5Across26 CouchesSOFAS5Across27 No mime showPANTO5Across27 He has to do something dramaticACTOR5Across28 Private teacherTUTOR5Across28 One area in which the Aussies aren’t in frontOUTBACK7Across29 One thousand millionBILLION7Across29 InactiveIDLE4Across29 Bounded the meadow at one pointLEAPT5Across30 Raising agentYEAST5Across30 SkillART3Across30 NuisancesPESTS5Across31 Impressive characters?TYPES5Across31 FruitDATE4Across32 NoteMINIM5Across33 Of clansTRIBAL6Across35 CopeMANAGE6Across36 SouvenirRELIC5Across37 DepositedLODGED6Across38 LeaveDEPART6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RiseASCEND6Down1 Keep quiet or unseenLIELOW6Down2 PickCHOOSE6Down2 Irish type of shoe?BROGUE6Down2 Declare Tessa’s upset about RomeoASSERT6Down3 AndPLUS4Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 FlavourTASTE5Down4 A big one to note?TOE3Down4 Scottish riverTAY3Down4 DrainSEWER5Down5 It has its limitations on the roadSPEED5Down5 CommandORDER5Down5 SnareTRAP4Down6 Generous policeman promises to payCOPIOUS7Down6 SureCERTAIN7Down6 CupidEROS4Down7 FieryTORRID6Down7 Burden on the StatesONUS4Down7 Silk producer with a websiteSPIDER6Down8 Delay, loiterLINGER6Down8 NegatedDENIED6Down8 PigmeatBACON5Down12 Be a rotter?DECAY5Down12 OrientalEASTERN7Down13 Banter easily wafted awayCHAFF5Down13 JinxJONAH5Down13 Sort of fire quick to gain ground?RAPID5Down14 InfluenceCLOUT5Down14 StrayedERRED5Down15 You could wear one in a parkPARKA5Down15 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down15 FurSABLE5Down16 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down16 Steer the short wayTERSE5Down16 PaledFADED5Down18 WarehouseDEPOT5Down18 Sing an opportune rhymeCROON5Down18 As distributed to the worker on strike?HANDOUT7Down19 SendREMIT5Down19 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down19 A devastating thing to doRAVAGE6Down21 RugMAT3Down21 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Down21 Adjust, accustomATTUNE6Down22 SpoutJET3Down22 Solid enough to keep to the very endSTOCKY6Down22 TestTRYOUT6Down23 Pass over a ravaged regionIGNORE6Down23 PercolateDISTIL6Down24 StomachBELLY5Down25 To have and to hold?VERBS5Down25 CombinedALLIED6Down25 In a superior position to mash some potatoesATOP4Down26 ArrestsNABS4Down26 HatPANAMA6Down27 Legislation with no devilish impact?ACT3Down28 BeatDEFEAT6Down28 SummitTOP3Down28 SickenedAILED5Down30 ShyTIMID5Down31 HorseMARE4Down33 War-clubMACE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. 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.