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Evening Standard Crossword March 20 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 20 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
AccidentCRASH5Across1 IndeedREALLY6Across5 HurryHASTE5Across8 A treat for the stray dogs in the enclosure?POUNDCAKE9Across9 ApiaristBEEKEEPER9Across9 AbhorABOMINATE9Across10 AstoundedAGHAST6Across10 Aggravating to dress in – I have a fewWEARISOME9Across10 GreedyAVID4Across11 A first class return from the islandIONA4Across12 Chess pieceROOK4Across12 Skin complaintECZEMA6Across13 The fellow has a right to be furtiveCOVERT6Across13 PainstakingCAREFUL7Across14 RealmDOMAIN6Across14 Gets rid of some undesirable characters?DELETES7Across14 Usually getting the facts really garbledGENERALLY9Across15 LodgeDEPOSIT7Across15 DaringAUDACIOUS9Across15 The crane swinging at the back is no help at allHINDRANCE9Across17 Type of biscuitGARIBALDI9Across17 Intend to go in to hire some things to wearRAIMENT7Across18 ConflictWAR3Across18 VillainsTHIEVES7Across18 Ring and, in turmoil, split about the weaponPISTOL6Across19 SummaryPRECIS6Across19 Seed-casePOD3Across19 MonarchKING4Across20 Exploited the oldUSED4Across20 GuideLEAD4Across21 Particularly when it’s more than anyone else’sMOSTOFALL9Across23 Central Criminal CourtOLDBAILEY9Across23 EntertainedFETED5Across23 ConsiderDEEM4Across24 Take longer in the telling thanOUTNUMBER9Across25 BoundaryPERIMETER9Across25 What you do to get a title, perhapsDEED4Across26 RowTIER4Across26 Tropical lizardIGUANA6Across27 BarrierDAM3Across27 Even though I have the odd bleat about itALBEIT6Across27 DisputeQUARREL7Across29 MalesMEN3Across29 Runners grown in your gardenFLOWERS7Across29 GambleLOTTERY7Across31 DirtySOILED6Across32 Very upset when a gun went off, shied uncontrollablyANGUISHED9Across32 WrongdoerMISCREANT9Across32 CarryTOTE4Across34 Summer pants and a top for the cricketerSHORTSTOP9Across34 Clogged poreBLACKHEAD9Across34 ReviserEDITOR6Across35 Yell and clapTHUNDER7Across35 LayerSTRATUM7Across35 Concerning the handouts to various regionsREALMS6Across36 DullDREARY6Across36 Arm or legLIMB4Across37 Concluded it’s superior toOVER4Across37 TranslateINTERPRET9Across38 TreeALDER5Across38 At a loose end and not dressed yet?NOTHINGON9Across38 VanquisherCONQUEROR9Across39 From the flower seller a grim, crotchety, “Sold out!”MARIGOLDS9Across39 AdvocateLAWYER6Across39 PennilessNEEDY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One’s pet starterSPRINGER8Down1 AbnormalABERRANT8Down1 A subordinate role, informallySECONDFIDDLE12Down2 The subject of how dangerous sun-bathing is?BURNINGISSUE12Down2 MatRUG3Down2 RoomySPACIOUS8Down3 Do travellers have a terribly long wait to get one?WAGONLIT8Down3 FollowSHADOW6Down3 UnderpantsBRIEFS6Down4 With only myself to count onMERELY6Down4 OwnsHAS3Down4 PeruseREAD4Down5 Ranting speechHARANGUE8Down5 Twigs they’re not real hairSWITCHES8Down5 BeastANIMAL6Down6 Giving to an Australian animal in the hutHANDINGOUT10Down6 Building site labourerHODCARRIER10Down6 GapedYAWNED6Down7 By which ploughmen steer a straight course?TILLERS7Down7 Strip offDISROBE7Down7 The chap looking at the paper works in televisionNEWSREADER10Down8 CampanologistBELLRINGER10Down8 BarredSTRIPED7Down9 Putting a foot into the wrong one repeatedlyOFTEN5Down11 ObjectionableAWFUL5Down11 PromiseVOW3Down12 ChallengeDARE4Down13 The animal upset the beer, all rightREEBOK6Down16 AdmonitionCAVEAT6Down16 BorderEDGE4Down16 SumTOTAL5Down17 WagesPAY3Down19 Round up, with a comradePAL3Down19 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down20 Go-betweenINTERMEDIARY12Down21 How the Queen can’t see things from her own viewpoint?SUBJECTIVELY12Down21 AbroadAFAR4Down22 Go on boardEMBARK6Down22 Dislocate, which does inconvenience youPUTOUT6Down22 HopefulOPTIMISTIC10Down23 Was firm about not leaving the TV on the floor?MADEASTAND10Down23 GloomyDISMAL6Down24 Not mad about silver, though it’s very popularALLTHERAGE10Down24 Footless socksLEGWARMERS10Down24 Small vegetablePEA3Down25 Dismissed as “unfashionable”OUT3Down25 DischargeEMIT4Down25 TuneMELODY6Down26 ClothingATTIRE6Down28 Counteracting drugANTIDOTE8Down28 Standing at the bottom, turn roundENDURING8Down28 Part of a circleQUADRANT8Down29 The impression you stand to makeFOOTMARK8Down29 Type of beetleLADYBIRD8Down30 EntrapNET3Down30 Drink, when you urge to, squashSUPPRESS8Down30 With scorn said “Involved in a racket”DISDAIN7Down31 RhetoricORATORY7Down31 One of the family appears at midnight, looking haggardGAUNT5Down33 ExpensiveDEAR4Down33 SwaggerSTRUT5Down33 Remove colour fromBLEACH6Down34 Lots and lots of writing on the various warsSWARMS6Down34 LairDEN3Down36 ElderlyOLD3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 20, 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.