Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2023 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for March 23 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Haunt61 AcrossReveal answer → Light downy substance53 AcrossReveal answer → Smooth, yes, but you don't want all that oil!53 AcrossReveal answer → Breed45 AcrossReveal answer → Drilled58 AcrossReveal answer → You can paddle it back again58 AcrossReveal answer → Prestige58 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean39 AcrossReveal answer → Does he re-style his hair a lot?510 AcrossReveal answer → Pal410 AcrossReveal answer → Bloodsucker510 AcrossReveal answer → Drink nothing during the race311 AcrossReveal answer → Company411 AcrossReveal answer → Container311 AcrossReveal answer → When the wrong pair gets left?512 AcrossReveal answer → Jet512 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude512 AcrossReveal answer → Estimates713 AcrossReveal answer → Have a fling with a bit of a smile and a laugh713 AcrossReveal answer → Except that613 AcrossReveal answer → Haggard515 AcrossReveal answer → Biblical water baby515 AcrossReveal answer → Fired416 AcrossReveal answer → Metallic element318 AcrossReveal answer → Recently stolen or cooked318 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese418 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle has to see about this plant619 AcrossReveal answer → Shout619 AcrossReveal answer → Present320 AcrossReveal answer → A traveller consumes the same thing again and again721 AcrossReveal answer → Book of words721 AcrossReveal answer → Assert422 AcrossReveal answer → Spicy samosa is too much for him422 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder322 AcrossReveal answer → American coin423 AcrossReveal answer → Possible opposite of 'hen'423 AcrossReveal answer → Delve323 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting for discussion724 AcrossReveal answer → They're vegetable, and one may be found in pies724 AcrossReveal answer → Air424 AcrossReveal answer → Hire425 AcrossReveal answer → Hush due to what was revealed?626 AcrossReveal answer → Insight626 AcrossReveal answer → Twist628 AcrossReveal answer → Initial music makers329 AcrossReveal answer → Slope downwards329 AcrossReveal answer → Senior530 AcrossReveal answer → Sensational531 AcrossReveal answer → Giant canned potato centre531 AcrossReveal answer → Complete failures if treated as lettuce732 AcrossReveal answer → Warmth432 AcrossReveal answer → Natural surroundings732 AcrossReveal answer → Call433 AcrossReveal answer → Pest that means trouble to the Poles534 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet334 AcrossReveal answer → Friendly or familiar534 AcrossReveal answer → It's atomic, as in nuclear fission335 AcrossReveal answer → Pane535 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight335 AcrossReveal answer → A writing surface to put the tick on536 AcrossReveal answer → Compassion436 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome536 AcrossReveal answer → Problem in composing prose537 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare637 AcrossReveal answer → Clumsy, ungainly537 AcrossReveal answer → Borders formed of sedge538 AcrossReveal answer → Oozes538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Save61 DownReveal answer → In short, figure work51 DownReveal answer → Build51 DownReveal answer → Horse82 DownReveal answer → Guards the hunters, perhaps72 DownReveal answer → Shellfish72 DownReveal answer → Niche63 DownReveal answer → Not all antelope run easily44 DownReveal answer → Capable94 DownReveal answer → Sediment44 DownReveal answer → Declined75 DownReveal answer → Rings for the Dickens book65 DownReveal answer → Large bottle65 DownReveal answer → Wild56 DownReveal answer → Revise46 DownReveal answer → They weigh nothing wrapped up in silk!56 DownReveal answer → Incline47 DownReveal answer → Small cake57 DownReveal answer → Where the witches cooked meals?57 DownReveal answer → Coach38 DownReveal answer → Owing39 DownReveal answer → Anybody but me?39 DownReveal answer → Related in a different style712 DownReveal answer → Inhabitant712 DownReveal answer → Number314 DownReveal answer → Honed914 DownReveal answer → Hill, it seems, gets only half a kopek314 DownReveal answer → Loiter315 DownReveal answer → Open sore516 DownReveal answer → Smelling them can be stimulating516 DownReveal answer → Name of a lesser genius517 DownReveal answer → Be indebted317 DownReveal answer → Hackneyed517 DownReveal answer → Shame819 DownReveal answer → Vacation719 DownReveal answer → Print something penetratively719 DownReveal answer → It was possibly waspish520 DownReveal answer → Gist320 DownReveal answer → Of a navy520 DownReveal answer → Madagascan primate521 DownReveal answer → Rich721 DownReveal answer → Unemotionally, will he root out a blockhead?521 DownReveal answer → Metropolis723 DownReveal answer → You can only have one at a sitting723 DownReveal answer → Demure624 DownReveal answer → Enclosed duplicated letters in deep mystery624 DownReveal answer → Friday's girl325 DownReveal answer → Pen part325 DownReveal answer → Gift626 DownReveal answer → Spurn627 DownReveal answer → Being very old, they make complaints at Southend527 DownReveal answer → Spicy Indian dish527 DownReveal answer → This desert used to be part of Texas528 DownReveal answer → Acts without words528 DownReveal answer → Vessel429 DownReveal answer → Tugs hard530 DownReveal answer → Those crossed by jolly Roger?530 DownReveal answer → Compass point430 DownReveal answer → Rodent331 DownReveal answer → Assist432 DownReveal answer → Computerised record of a turbulent life?432 DownReveal answer → Because of fast talk!333 DownReveal answer → Pull with ropes333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.