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Evening Standard Crossword March 21 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 21 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 121 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#
Brimless capBERET5Across1 FeverishHECTIC6Across1 Restrains, checks, or cool-headedly rubs the wrong wayCURBS5Across1 RefinePURIFY6Across5 Twitch quietly during mass, possiblySPASM5Across6 Minute particlesATOMS5Across6 ConservePRESERVE8Across8 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Across9 RemedyCURE4Across9 Changed ends every six balls (by accident?)RUNOVER7Across9 MarshlandFEN3Across10 A large waterfowl on the NileASWAN5Across10 HeathenPAGAN5Across10 Initially a canteen or shop providing servicesNAAFI5Across11 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across11 He's in the river somewhere near SuttonCHEAM5Across12 PerchROOST5Across12 Magic servantGENIE5Across12 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Across13 Possible cause of a bit of a black eye?MASCARA7Across13 BribeSOP3Across15 One line of a popular chorusARC3Across15 EncounteredMET3Across15 WatchEYE3Across17 Want to keep Kenneth out of the kitchenITCH4Across17 Parched with heatARID4Across17 TearRIP3Across18 Cuban cigarHAVANA6Across18 If loss can occur, is stonyFOSSIL6Across18 Player of current high prominenceACTOR5Across19 Tired outALLIN5Across19 BornNEE3Across19 Character from Greek mythologyICARUS6Across20 Needing a wash, being a messy eater?GRUBBY6Across20 OutcomeISSUE5Across20 ChooseOPT3Across21 DelveDIG3Across22 As sealed in silence?LIPS4Across22 Poker stakeANTE4Across22 TuneAIR3Across23 Still in the money, etc.YET3Across24 UtterSAY3Across24 TransgressionSIN3Across24 Wet gatesSLUICES7Across25 ShacklesFETTERS7Across25 FamedNOTED5Across26 Plunder to get a kick out of?BOOTY5Across26 CelebritiesSTARS5Across26 Can she handle a revolver?PEARL5Across27 WeirdEERIE5Across27 BlowyWINDY5Across28 Playing speedTEMPO5Across28 Flighty fellow?AVIATOR7Across29 Gun partTRIGGER7Across29 SailorTAR3Across29 Cream of the CarmelitesELITE5Across30 One receiving moneyPAYEE5Across30 Facial hairBEARD5Across31 The sort to open shops of various kindsTYPES5Across31 ChiefMAIN4Across33 EnlargeINCREASE8Across34 AppertainBELONG6Across35 LoiterLINGER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RubberERASER6Down2 Remove from a government position at the UN?UNSEAT6Down2 Subdivision of a stock farm at Wembley CentralBRANCH6Down3 Very happyELATED6Down3 DutyTASK4Down3 FreightCARGO5Down4 Unit of weightTON3Down4 It's nice and warm in dress uniformSUN3Down4 IronPRESS5Down5 Iron alloySTEEL5Down5 Coffee can make you macho!MOCHA5Down5 AffluentRICH4Down6 Nat rose to become an important manSENATOR7Down6 CraftsmanARTISAN7Down6 RenounceFORGO5Down7 Wheel surroundTYRE4Down7 The little woman has the right to push one around!PRAM4Down7 First-everMAIDEN6Down8 A fair's arranged for the pleasure of certain travellersSAFARI6Down8 EndFINIS5Down10 IndigentNEEDY5Down11 Place in secrecyCRECY5Down12 LassesGIRLS5Down12 RuleREIGN5Down12 AttackONSET5Down13 FoundationBASIS5Down13 Mean to distil my ginMINGY5Down13 StepTREAD5Down14 Backless seatDIVAN5Down14 Old rover who can still ventureSCOUT5Down14 A snake, I see, can be something to savourASPIC5Down15 GameSPORT5Down15 American stateMAINE5Down15 FatherPATER5Down16 The high quality of many a mugCLASS5Down16 StoriesTALES5Down16 A foolish constructionFOLLY5Down18 Employs for wagesHIRES5Down18 A seaman possibly loves to forgiveABSOLVE7Down19 SpartanAUSTERE7Down19 Show a priest the potentially gin-free side of EalingREVEAL6Down21 Picture houseCINEMA6Down21 Brownish attire?LIVERY6Down22 DressATTIRE6Down22 Nation said to peep at the FrenchPEOPLE6Down23 DealerTRADER6Down23 Something to hang on to, keeping watch?STRAP5Down25 DiminishABATE5Down25 AmphibiansFROGS5Down25 LocationSITE4Down26 Big-headed pest unloved as a childBRAT4Down26 DueOWING5Down27 One barely old enough to add up?TOT3Down28 Spider's trapWEB3Down28 SurpassEXCEL5Down28 PassageAISLE5Down30 UnfastenUNDO4Down31 IntendMEAN4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 21, 2024. 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.