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Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
SingultusHICCUP6Across1 Standard sphere of operation for English capitalistsLONDON6Across1 ShabbySEEDY5Across2 AltercationARGUMENT8Across7 LocatedSITED5Across7 Chance of getting a seat, generally?ELECTION8Across7 It facilitates travel when a girl goes to South AfricaVISA4Across8 UnhealthyUNFIT5Across8 GirlLASS4Across8 See a bar as smartCLEVER6Across10 BroadenWIDEN5Across10 Star signTAURUS6Across10 Figure in a mysterious case on the ContinentALSACE6Across11 ArgueDEBATE6Across11 TinCAN3Across12 PlateSHEET5Across13 Become a bit fidgetyGET3Across14 Scottish riverDEE3Across14 RehearsedRECITED7Across15 Uses the vegetable knife on pears, possiblyPARES5Across16 Male voiceTENOR5Across16 What a flying boat may do, using oarsSOAR4Across17 PimpleSPOT4Across17 CloserNEARER6Across17 My one source of wealthMONEY5Across19 ObtainedGOT3Across19 DestinedFATED5Across19 DiscussedDEBATED7Across20 The ramshackle hole Victor's in?HOVEL5Across21 Wading birdHERON5Across21 Spanish manSENOR5Across22 This space traveller will arrive at the end of AugustCOMET5Across22 RushDASH4Across23 Stupid fellow, but he may be on the ballGOOF4Across23 FinishedOVER4Across23 DeceiveDUPE4Across25 TarriedDELAYED7Across26 There's no great amount of credit when taken in by a fool!SCRAP5Across26 Alphabetical listINDEX5Across26 Spider's trapWEB3Across28 Imprisoned fox?CON3Across28 Can a burning question lead to such argument?HEATED6Across29 CountryNORWAY6Across29 RugMAT3Across30 Maybe Alf's down taking a rest on the farmFALLOW6Across30 RespectableDECENT6Across30 He's familiar also with a YankeeANDY4Across31 LoatheDETEST6Across31 SpoolREEL4Across31 What Celia may be with Alice!CONFUSED8Across32 ElationEUPHORIA8Across32 The poor fellow can't do any goodSINNER6Across33 TroughGUTTER6Across33 DressedGROOMED7Across34 TrivialPETTY5Across37 SpikeEAR3Across38 DevilDEMON5Across39 StrictHARSH5Across40 StaidSOBER5Across41 CommandORDER5Across42

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Roads out of Canada's capital are long and straightLANCES6Down1 GapHIATUS6Down1 SuppleLITHE5Down1 Red wineCLARET6Down2 A big-headed clubDRIVER6Down2 DrainSEWER5Down2 Go byPASS4Down3 Not far from the northeast central partNEAR4Down3 RevisedEDITED6Down3 CaribouDEER4Down4 HushQUIETEN7Down4 For an opening in the theatre, one is incisiveSCALPEL7Down4 UrgedINCITED7Down5 What Craig may be smokingCIGAR5Down5 Chair carried on polesSEDAN5Down5 CollierMINER5Down6 DifferentOTHER5Down6 Long rangeANDES5Down6 Board gameLUDO4Down8 Star article on vegetablesVEGA4Down8 ProsecuteSUE3Down9 ObeseFAT3Down9 Fixed the telly?SET3Down9 DeniedNEGATED7Down11 Express, let's supposeSAY3Down12 Place to sleepBED3Down12 It's instrumental in taking up a collectionCELLO5Down13 LaboursTOILS5Down13 PrySNOOP5Down13 RelaxedEASED5Down14 Emotionally excited when given a new jobMOVED5Down15 NoblemanBARON5Down15 BedCOT3Down16 Musical instrumentPIANO5Down18 DiscountedREBATED7Down18 Once about a fifth of a pound, it's actually lessOUNCE5Down18 Flat marshy landFEN3Down19 One with a maternal interest in American youthMOM3Down19 HillTOR3Down20 Like some fine tulle, you can see through itNET3Down20 Optimistic of making a flight on dodgy fuel?HOPEFUL7Down21 QuiltDUVET5Down21 ShapeHEXAGON7Down21 IrritableTESTY5Down22 StitchSEW3Down22 Not a dog act, possiblyCAT3Down22 FraudDECEIT6Down23 Like a fine opportunity to get information about the agedGOLDEN6Down23 But commonly halvedONLY4Down24 ContritionREMORSE7Down24 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 Marksman seen as the flower of English football?FOWLER6Down25 Empty talkHOTAIR6Down25 BuryINTER5Down26 Surprise electricity charge?SHOCK5Down26 HangDRAPE5Down27 HitLAM3Down27 The cats and dogs season?RAINS5Down27 TinyWEE3Down28 Put in a metal boxCAN3Down28 OustDEPOSE6Down28 VisionDREAM5Down29 HaleDRAG4Down30 Noisy commercials usually don't last longFADS4Down30 SingerTENOR5Down32 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down33 ScullOAR3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. 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.