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Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
BetWAGER5Across2 Weekly payWAGES5Across3 Like silly talk about a redhead, roughly speakingGRUFF5Across3 PainACHE4Across7 Make war on a tree!ROWAN5Across8 CombinedUNITED6Across8 Roofing slabsTILES5Across8 BeliefTRUST5Across9 He’s remarkably happyLARRY5Across10 Allow to enterLETIN5Across10 Some talk of smorgasbordGAS3Across11 VehicleCAR3Across11 CoverLID3Across11 Magic servantGENIE5Across12 The age of wrecked boats?SABOT5Across12 The vagabond was let loose outright!WASTREL7Across13 Defrauds, swindlesFLEECES7Across13 RotterCAD3Across13 Boy’s nameCRAIG5Across15 I left the waiter something for a drinkWATER5Across15 FrankOPEN4Across15 FishCOD3Across16 FinishedDONE4Across18 VehicleVAN3Across18 Outboard propeller!OAR3Across18 Disperse, drive awayDISPEL6Across19 Tell tales about the tardy?RELATE6Across19 LibertyFREEDOM7Across19 SwerveVEER4Across20 Rugby termLINEOUT7Across21 A policeman, perhaps, if force is usedOFFICER7Across21 PleasantNICE4Across22 LabourTOIL4Across22 Said to be a rough old collarRUFF4Across22 Young malesBOYS4Across23 It has its Geordie sideTYNE4Across23 ScoundrelRUFFIAN7Across23 Island of strange traumasSUMATRA7Across24 Funny drawingCARTOON7Across24 PryNOSE4Across25 Brutish personANIMAL6Across26 Standing like statues lacking a key part?STATUS6Across26 AttemptTRY3Across27 SecureSAFE4Across28 Rest somewhere on courseLIE3Across29 SpoilMAR3Across29 FastenTIE3Across30 It’s hard when one is sold outSOLID5Across31 YouthLAD3Across31 FlanksSIDES5Across31 Head towardsMAKEFOR7Across32 Politician’s version of “23 Down”SENATOR7Across32 ScoffSNEER5Across33 Nothing possibly said about a parting wordADIOS5Across34 Italian cityTURIN5Across34 A reduced paymentSUB3Across35 Decimal pointDOT3Across35 Started a fire again with a quantity of petrolLITRE5Across36 Musical dramaOPERA5Across36 RespectREVERE6Across36 Amusing part of a sitcom, I seeCOMIC5Across37 Expression of agreementROGER5Across37 GemstoneOPAL4Across37 TendencyTREND5Across38 The Danes’ mountains?ANDES5Across38 ElderOLDER5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Young female horseFILLY5Down1 FragmentSCRAP5Down1 Mount of berries?LOGAN5Down1 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Down2 To abandon stray cats is badCASTOFF7Down2 DampWET3Down2 AnimalGNU3Down3 MimicsAPES4Down4 GrooveRUT3Down4 An earl can be shifty, it’s trueREAL4Down4 HealthyFIT3Down5 How a runner can blossomFLOWER6Down5 EvokeELICIT6Down5 StartedBEGAN5Down6 ProphetsSEERS5Down6 Like the attraction of a moving pictureFATAL5Down6 Fairy or elfPIXIE5Down7 Hail tearfully?GREET5Down7 FalsehoodLIE3Down9 Used to be cut up!WAS3Down9 FootwearSHOE4Down10 NunneryCONVENT7Down11 BackREVERSE7Down12 When Rosie’s mad with us, it’s no joke!SERIOUS7Down12 CommonGENERAL7Down12 FunnyCOMICAL7Down13 Such men go far up in the airRAF3Down14 ErasedDELETED7Down14 ContainerCAN3Down14 PinaforeAPRON5Down16 She gives thanks for any enclosureTANYA5Down16 BoatsCRAFT5Down16 Drinking vesselGLASS5Down17 With money always, turn up and have funREVEL5Down17 PostponeDELAY5Down17 FellowDON3Down18 Entertains with lager, perhaps, at some timesREGALES7Down19 BinmanDUSTMAN7Down19 Angry with something one may have to bearCROSS5Down20 Book of mapsATLAS5Down20 A vegan wouldn’t take it away for a bit of a mealOFFAL5Down21 RegretRUE3Down21 FuriousLIVID5Down21 TediumBOREDOM7Down23 A bad shaking for “32 Across”TREASON7Down23 OffhandCASUAL6Down24 In abrupt style, points out a dodgy dudSUDDEN6Down24 PressIRON4Down24 Wood typeOAK3Down25 Can require some heatingTIN3Down25 LubricatedOILED5Down26 QuickNIPPY5Down27 A bottle you can get into with a can opener!TONIC5Down27 French undergroundMETRO5Down28 As a headdress, it’s wrong for an artistTIARA5Down28 DeadlyFATAL5Down29 Roadside hotelMOTEL5Down30 Flier born to get out of line?ROBIN5Down30 PitMINE4Down32 ObtainGET3Down32 The only one afoot?SOLE4Down32 Baby bread basketTUM3Down33 FixedSET3Down33 Thick mistFOG3Down33 WatchEYE3Down34 WandROD3Down35

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