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Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
BoxCHEST5Across1 IndolenceSLOTH5Across1 Cool headed girl with qualityCLASS5Across1 MealSUPPER6Across5 A stiff back?STERN5Across6 TiresFLAGS5Across6 SlackenREMIT5Across8 TormentTORTURE7Across9 He's able to canter round the bend like a horseCENTAUR7Across9 Picture-houseCINEMA6Across10 Call off a missionABORT5Across10 Are such cards available for trams?SMART5Across10 WeirdEERIE5Across11 It's negative, out of the way, and unpleasantNASTY5Across11 WatchedEYED4Across11 Like a well built woman at work, holding a tin openerBUSTY5Across12 YieldsCEDES5Across12 Where sailors can get a drink at the watersideSEAPORT7Across13 LiquidiserBLENDER7Across13 WalkingPACING6Across14 OceanSEA3Across15 The little woman?MRS3Across15 PerformanceCONCERT7Across15 RipREND4Across17 A letter to regret, as a matter of factTRUE4Across17 SkewerPIN3Across18 Defeated competitorsLOSERS6Across18 A gift provided by volunteersTALENT6Across18 WrathIRE3Across19 FactDATUM5Across19 Pick up a good storySCOOP5Across19 In getting healthy, expand the chestINHALE6Across20 BrochetteSKEWER6Across20 ForwardSEND4Across21 Burn for some wild caressesSEAR4Across22 FoundationBASE4Across22 SillyINANE5Across23 That womanHER3Across24 PipSEED4Across24 Fishy, perhaps, it won't hold waterNET3Across24 MothersPARENTS7Across25 Prominent foreigner in 'the Street'SALIENT7Across25 AgueFEVER5Across26 Pointed mention of pie in the skySPIKY5Across26 CancelANNUL5Across27 Beg doggedly not to go to bedSITUP5Across27 CarriageGIG3Across27 They can also be performed backwardsSOLOS5Across28 EngineMOTOR5Across28 Old comrades' get-together in a far away islandREUNION7Across29 African republicSOMALIA7Across29 EncounteredMET3Across29 The fare seems expensive to a Frenchman out EastCHEER5Across30 GraspCLASP5Across30 Elastic bandsTYRES5Across31 CornerANGLE5Across31 HectoringNAGGING7Across31 ElevatedRAISED6Across32 ProngTINE4Across34 AmatoryEROTIC6Across35 TreeALDER5Across38 GuardDEFEND6Across39 CoinPENNY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LimpHOBBLE6Down2 GarlandLEI3Down2 Make progress in timber productionLUMBER6Down2 Predicament due to naughty capersSCRAPE6Down3 DitchTRENCH6Down3 Run agroundSTRAND6Down3 Arrange everything you needSET3Down4 BorderHEM3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 PaceSTEP4Down5 To us, perhaps, the titular head is strongSTOUT5Down5 GuideSTEER5Down5 SummaryPRECIS6Down6 Belt round for a bit of fun, somewhere warmSUNTRAP7Down6 LibertyFREEDOM7Down6 TatteredRAGGED6Down7 SedimentLEES4Down7 A salver of arty designTRAY4Down7 A pass back may be just the ticketRETURN6Down8 SailplaneGLIDER6Down8 SpoilingMARRING7Down9 TreeCEDAR5Down12 YelpYAP3Down12 It takes two to make a bad start to a raceBRACE5Down12 EatDINE4Down13 Mark and Stanley getting out of lineSTAIN5Down13 BoldBRASH5Down13 Go inENTER5Down14 Anything said to come from PortsmouthAUGHT5Down14 Fight with me and a generalMELEE5Down15 Chair carried on polesSEDAN5Down15 FormerlyONCE4Down16 The first thing in making tartsSTART5Down16 EmbersASHES5Down16 CoachTRAIN5Down17 Of the MoonLUNAR5Down18 Now an awful toadyTODAY5Down18 ProgressDEVELOP7Down19 One of a pair to pass bySLIPPER7Down19 BetrothedENGAGED7Down20 Directions you want to be fairly up-to-dateNEWISH6Down21 DoghouseKENNEL6Down21 Mid-dayNOON4Down22 LamentBEMOAN6Down22 In my sin, maybe, there's nothing but bad practiceSIMONY6Down22 It could be you!ANYONE6Down23 SaunterSTROLL6Down23 ScatterSPREAD6Down24 Relative of the rat, dingo, weasel, etc.SKUNK5Down25 Flower partPETAL5Down25 DischargeEMIT4Down25 Bound to upset us a bit moreSURE4Down26 AdoFUSS4Down26 WishDESIRE6Down26 So an initial teetotaller becomes a drunkard!SOT3Down28 DisregardIGNORE6Down28 Girl's nameMIA3Down28 NumberTEN3Down30 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 MaterialREP3Down36 TavernINN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. 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.