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Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
GoadSPUR4Across1 RotterCAD3Across4 StuffCRAM4Across6 FinalEVENTUAL8Across9 WandROD3Across9 He's telling all, having had a love upsetFRANKLIN8Across9 City in which the three took time offRIO3Across10 CompressCONDENSE8Across10 TinCAN3Across10 Returning half the silver seized and the picturesIMAGES6Across11 AbsentAWAY4Across11 ShowREVEAL6Across11 Suit spring brides get a fifty per cent cut onSPADES6Across12 ScantyFRUGAL6Across12 ShakesSHIVERS7Across13 Make a suet pudding again: That's simpleAUSTERE7Across13 Hands that may be accustomed to smacksCREW4Across14 NourishedFED3Across14 DangerRISK4Across14 And I take a break? I don't, I work on, tooINADDITION10Across15 AmazingSTAGGERING10Across15 SlumberSLEEP5Across16 How speedily you demonstrated the torch was working?INAFLASH8Across17 Keep quietLIEDOGGO8Across17 ViolinistFIDDLER7Across18 Accused of having got loadedCHARGED7Across18 TolledRANG4Across19 Prompt you to dig your finger-nails into - longITCH4Across19 DeemCONSIDER8Across19 RevoltREBEL5Across21 FashionableTRENDY6Across21 Stupid to be so worried about you crossing the ChannelOBTUSE6Across21 IndustriousDILIGENT8Across23 Retrieving personally, on regaining one's composureRECOVERINGONESELF17Across24 Form an ideaGETITINTOONESHEAD17Across24 ObserveWATCH5Across24 SummitTOP3Across27 Another drink for the hunterCHASER6Across27 HarmIMPAIR6Across27 LevelEVEN4Across29 Say nothing at work but tell the policeSHOP4Across29 Can I wander round the apartment, officer?CAPTAIN7Across30 OddSTRANGE7Across30 PrisonCAGE4Across31 TesterEXAMINER8Across33 ParticleFRAGMENT8Across33 Had happened to have been about to yield to temptationBEFALLEN8Across33 BeverageTEA3Across34 AssistanceHELP4Across35 Deny I'd broken the agreement incorporating itCONTRADICT10Across35 GrimFORBIDDING10Across35 Cutting a piece of paperSLIP4Across36 FastenTIE3Across36 BitterSOUR4Across36 HypocrisyCANT4Across37 Did they fly off with the cheese?TITMICE7Across37 ElectsCHOOSES7Across37 FrustrateTHWART6Across38 As usual, a carved Roman numeralNORMAL6Across38 ImprovedBETTER6Across40 Should an animal be sick, will set upon itASSAIL6Across40 HelpAID3Across41 It's senseless to put back the barrierMAD3Across41 StoryANECDOTE8Across42 Grace, with glee, swishes the cane, flourishing itELEGANCE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Are going to stay put, in the mainDROPANCHOR10Down1 AllEVERYTHING10Down1 CosySNUG4Down2 I aim to get round herENID4Down2 NeedyPOOR4Down2 TargetBULLSEYE8Down3 Flavouring a mince pie calls forALLSPICE8Down3 TravelRIDE4Down3 FlexibleELASTIC7Down4 Are the residents wearing riding gear?INHABIT7Down4 YieldedCONCEDED8Down4 SketchedDREW4Down5 SmartINTELLIGENT11Down5 Forget, when you no longer view?LOSESIGHTOF11Down5 CreepCRAWL5Down6 BrochurePROSPECTUS10Down6 Not moving house?FIXEDABODE10Down6 DinROW3Down7 ExaggerateOVERDO6Down7 Land that came to you in the form of a present?PARCEL6Down7 SayingADAGE5Down8 RubbedMASSAGED8Down8 Things going wrong when one gets back?REVERSES8Down8 Is among the last of the children to have rebelledRISEN5Down10 CleaveCLING5Down10 TwistSCREW5Down12 StartONSET5Down13 ConiferFIR3Down14 LiabilityDEBIT5Down15 PlantGODETIA7Down16 Shows one the way, or tells someone else to?DIRECTS7Down16 ConsumedEATEN5Down17 TrivialPETTY5Down18 OverABOVE5Down20 Beat and beat it, to the musicTANGO5Down20 TransplantRELOCATE8Down20 EdgeLIP3Down22 Paid for everything one prescribed for?TREATED7Down22 Green gemEMERALD7Down22 Now give it back to mePRESENTTIME11Down23 DeliberateINTENTIONAL11Down23 Hardly any midgets areVERYLITTLE10Down25 DiminishABATE5Down25 SixtyTHREESCORE10Down25 Quite a good likelihood it's on the up and up?FAIRCHANCE10Down26 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down26 WorsenDEGENERATE10Down26 ChairSEAT4Down28 Not noticing he's misspelt "Leeds" in itHEEDLESS8Down28 BesidesMOREOVER8Down28 RecordDISC4Down29 IntendMEAN4Down30 Organised, as orderedARRANGED8Down31 NumberTHIRTEEN8Down31 SolidifyGEL3Down32 GlassCRYSTAL7Down32 Had got through to - or registeredENTERED7Down32 RevolveGYRATE6Down34 Come on stage as a nobleman, for the auditionAPPEAR6Down34 Not a major issueCHILD5Down35 MingledFUSED5Down35 BroadWIDE4Down39 With a gun, covering the access routeROAD4Down39

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