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Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
HauntRESORT6Across1 Light downy substanceFLUFF5Across3 Smooth, yes, but you don't want all that oil!SLICK5Across3 BreedREAR4Across5 DrilledBORED5Across8 You can paddle it back againKAYAK5Across8 PrestigeKUDOS5Across8 OceanSEA3Across9 Does he re-style his hair a lot?HIRAM5Across10 PalCHUM4Across10 BloodsuckerLEECH5Across10 Drink nothing during the raceTOT3Across11 CompanyFIRM4Across11 ContainerTUB3Across11 When the wrong pair gets left?APRIL5Across12 JetSPOUT5Across12 ExcludeDEBAR5Across12 EstimatesGUESSES7Across13 Have a fling with a bit of a smile and a laughCHUCKLE7Across13 Except thatUNLESS6Across13 HaggardGAUNT5Across15 Biblical water babyMOSES5Across15 FiredSHOT4Across16 Metallic elementTIN3Across18 Recently stolen or cookedHOT3Across18 CheeseEDAM4Across18 Uncle has to see about this plantSESAME6Across19 ShoutHOLLER6Across19 PresentNOW3Across20 A traveller consumes the same thing again and againREPEATS7Across21 Book of wordsLEXICON7Across21 AssertAVER4Across22 Spicy samosa is too much for himAMOS4Across22 WonderAWE3Across22 American coinCENT4Across23 Possible opposite of 'hen'STAG4Across23 DelveDIG3Across23 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Across24 They're vegetable, and one may be found in piesPEONIES7Across24 AirTUNE4Across24 HireRENT4Across25 Hush due to what was revealed?SHOWED6Across26 InsightACUMEN6Across26 TwistTANGLE6Across28 Initial music makersCDS3Across29 Slope downwardsDIP3Across29 SeniorELDER5Across30 SensationalLURID5Across31 Giant canned potato centreTITAN5Across31 Complete failures if treated as lettuceFIASCOS7Across32 WarmthHEAT4Across32 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across32 CallNAME4Across33 Pest that means trouble to the PolesSNAIL5Across34 HatchetAXE3Across34 Friendly or familiarMATEY5Across34 It's atomic, as in nuclear fissionION3Across35 PaneSHEET5Across35 Unit of weightTON3Across35 A writing surface to put the tick onSLATE5Across36 CompassionPITY4Across36 WelcomeGREET5Across36 Problem in composing prosePOSER5Across37 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across37 Clumsy, ungainlyGAWKY5Across37 Borders formed of sedgeEDGES5Across38 OozesSEEPS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SaveRESCUE6Down1 In short, figure workMATHS5Down1 BuildPUTUP5Down1 HorseSTALLION8Down2 Guards the hunters, perhapsWATCHES7Down2 ShellfishLOBSTER7Down2 NicheRECESS6Down3 Not all antelope run easilyLOPE4Down4 CapableCOMPETENT9Down4 SedimentLEES4Down4 DeclinedREFUSED7Down5 Rings for the Dickens bookCHIMES6Down5 Large bottleFLAGON6Down5 WildFERAL5Down6 ReviseEDIT4Down6 They weigh nothing wrapped up in silk!KILOS5Down6 InclineRAMP4Down7 Small cakeSCONE5Down7 Where the witches cooked meals?SALEM5Down7 CoachBUS3Down8 OwingDUE3Down9 Anybody but me?YOU3Down9 Related in a different styleALTERED7Down12 InhabitantDENIZEN7Down12 NumberSIX3Down14 HonedSHARPENED9Down14 Hill, it seems, gets only half a kopekKOP3Down14 LoiterLAG3Down15 Open soreULCER5Down16 Smelling them can be stimulatingSALTS5Down16 Name of a lesser geniusSERGE5Down17 Be indebtedOWE3Down17 HackneyedTRITE5Down17 ShameDISGRACE8Down19 VacationHOLIDAY7Down19 Print something penetrativelySTENCIL7Down19 It was possibly waspishWAIST5Down20 GistNUB3Down20 Of a navyNAVAL5Down20 Madagascan primateLEMUR5Down21 RichWEALTHY7Down21 Unemotionally, will he root out a blockhead?ROBOT5Down21 MetropolisCAPITAL7Down23 You can only have one at a sittingSESSION7Down23 DemureSEDATE6Down24 Enclosed duplicated letters in deep mysteryPENNED6Down24 Friday's girlIDA3Down25 Pen partNIB3Down25 GiftTALENT6Down26 SpurnREJECT6Down27 Being very old, they make complaints at SouthendHILLS5Down27 Spicy Indian dishCURRY5Down27 This desert used to be part of TexasWASTE5Down28 Acts without wordsMIMES5Down28 VesselSHIP4Down29 Tugs hardYANKS5Down30 Those crossed by jolly Roger?BONES5Down30 Compass pointEAST4Down30 RodentRAT3Down31 AssistHELP4Down32 Computerised record of a turbulent life?FILE4Down32 Because of fast talk!COS3Down33 Pull with ropesTOW3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 23, 2023. 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.