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Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2018 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#
CookCHEF4Across1 FavouritePET3Across4 BoastBRAG4Across6 Extensive viewPANORAMA8Across9 WandROD3Across9 It's been made to go into action, unusually, againCREATION8Across9 Figure it's overheardTWO3Across10 SpineBACKBONE8Across10 ProsecuteSUE3Across10 Annulled the sentence, perhapsERASED6Across11 AbsentAWAY4Across11 Root vegetableTURNIP6Across11 Trees in the animal enclosureASPENS6Across12 RespectESTEEM6Across12 Greedy personGLUTTON7Across13 At a certain stage, said you'd give the job toAPPOINT7Across13 You three, right away!THEE4Across14 OfferBID3Across14 ApertureVENT4Across14 The chap at the top of the queue works in a restaurantHEADWAITER10Across15 SopCONCESSION10Across15 SheetPLATE5Across16 A pest on the golf course?GREENFLY8Across17 Aircraft bodyFUSELAGE8Across17 Shade of redMAGENTA7Across18 Supported right through, when one left the straight and narrowSTRAYED7Across18 RecordDISC4Across19 Go away when you shut up the holesSHOO4Across19 DecapitatedBEHEADED8Across19 RevoltREBEL5Across21 ProvokeINCITE6Across21 Stops to give me a hug, which makes it betterEMENDS6Across21 BonusDIVIDEND8Across23 Ignoring all the red lights and going to any lengthsSTOPPINGATNOTHING17Across24 Green campaignersENVIRONMENTALISTS17Across24 FlashlightTORCH5Across24 SummitTOP3Across27 Reflecting well on one, though cold and tired outCREDIT6Across27 Funeral carHEARSE6Across27 ConsumesEATS4Across29 Pressed into service, is oldUSED4Across29 On a tar mark, don'tABSTAIN7Across30 UnbelieverINFIDEL7Across30 TemperRAGE4Across31 FirstORIGINAL8Across33 Unrepairable car, informallyWRITEOFF8Across33 What our case that was lost got left on?CAROUSEL8Across33 Golf-pegTEE3Across34 YapYELP4Across35 Warn against, for the record, at our time of lifeDISCOURAGE10Across35 ImpreciseINACCURATE10Across35 In the same way that you find it pleasantLIKE4Across36 BrownTAN3Across36 RowTIER4Across36 NoblemanPEER4Across37 Forces into and thereby does one a good turnOBLIGES7Across37 BaseIGNOBLE7Across37 Subtle differenceNUANCE6Across38 Fabric you take a liking toCOTTON6Across38 List of businessAGENDA6Across40 Inform on a big noiseREPORT6Across40 Organ of sightEYE3Across41 Determined to form a groupSET3Across41 Airliner, informallyJUMBOJET8Across42 Dislike and say so in a roundabout wayAVERSION8Across42

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A potential buyer - American - has the brochurePROSPECTUS10Down1 FerventPASSIONATE10Down1 AbodeHOME4Down2 Be forced to partake ofHAVE4Down2 WarmthHEAT4Down2 MonkeyMARMOSET8Down3 Give wrong information out at times about the SocietyMISSTATE8Down3 ShamFAKE4Down3 HaggleBARGAIN7Down4 Hunt madly around. Are going all out to findUNEARTH7Down4 SuppliedPROVIDED8Down4 PourTEEM4Down5 DiplomaCERTIFICATE11Down5 Beginning to think as you do about the future boutCOMINGROUND11Down5 FightBRAWL5Down6 ImpasseSTANDSTILL10Down6 Paying one's bills in the villageSETTLEMENT10Down6 NoiseROW3Down7 CringeGROVEL6Down7 The box will do to put the painting inCARTON6Down7 FitADAPT5Down8 12 a.m.MIDNIGHT8Down8 Rose is the pretty girl in redREBELLED8Down8 The recorder is lightTAPER5Down10 Reject with contemptSPURN5Down10 ConcerningABOUT5Down12 ApplaudCHEER5Down13 CounterBAR3Down14 LiabilityDEBIT5Down15 HatchetCLEAVER7Down16 It's not your heart the gold-digger wants!DIAMOND7Down16 PassageALLEY5Down17 OozeEXUDE5Down18 IncompetentINEPT5Down20 Pull a string to get into "2"HEAVE5Down20 DedicationDEVOTION8Down20 EdgeLIP3Down22 He turns out to be the winner by one pointEVICTOR7Down22 TellerCASHIER7Down22 Like the wind when at its height?INFULLBLAST11Down23 DigitINDEXFINGER11Down23 Ended the business of the door's banging into the wall?PUTASTOPTO10Down25 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down25 BombasticRHETORICAL10Down25 Gun poised, is not as good as one used to beGOINGTOPOT10Down26 CrawlCREEP5Down26 GlassesSPECTACLES10Down26 HarbourPORT4Down28 Understood to have cashed in one's chipsREALISED8Down28 IncomeEARNINGS8Down28 HobbleLIMP4Down29 IdenticalSAME4Down30 Having got the ale flowing, raised the subject ofBROACHED8Down31 SobriquetNICKNAME8Down31 SolidifyGEL3Down32 Breed of dogBASENJI7Down32 Since the luau's been arranged, like alwaysASUSUAL7Down32 DespotTYRANT6Down34 About to enter a wild no-go area of AmericaOREGON6Down34 Figure you'll give the thing a pokeDIGIT5Down35 InstilIMBUE5Down35 CuriousAGOG4Down39 Met me leaving and enquire about a jobTASK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 23, 2018. 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.