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Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
Of the PopePAPAL5Across1 Form of meat loaf maybe containing a lump of fatOFFAL5Across1 ShatterSMASH5Across2 Many a measure is a sure thingCINCH5Across6 Wooden shoeSABOT5Across6 HurryHASTE5Across7 SoarTOWER5Across8 SweetheartDARLING7Across9 Pretend to be discerning?MAKEOUT7Across9 CaperANTIC5Across10 Bend forwardsSTOOP5Across10 Stay out of bed for gymnastic exercise?SITUP5Across10 ExpelsOUSTS5Across11 Best way to get out of debtREPAY5Across11 Cavalry swordSABRE5Across12 Paid and unpaid, maybe a rompPROAM5Across12 And notNOR3Across12 SeamanMARINER7Across13 Jack causes me total confusionMATELOT7Across13 MapCHART5Across13 Favouring some show of force?FOR3Across15 GambleLOTTERY7Across15 Bedtime furnitureBED3Across15 A sound boat-race crew, as at ChiswickEYOT4Across17 DiscloseREVEAL6Across17 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across17 Ian Lee’s girl?ELAINE6Across18 NullifyNEGATE6Across18 BornNEE3Across19 Investigate how £5 got into the riverDELVE5Across19 RusticRURAL5Across19 A noisy but honest businessAFFAIR6Across20 YearlyANNUAL6Across20 NoisiestLOUDEST7Across20 The choirmaster’s daughter?IRMA4Across22 GentleMILD4Across22 ExcursionTRIP4Across23 A double somersault would be too much for himLES3Across24 Fifth monthMAY3Across24 LoyalTRUE4Across25 StudiesPERUSES7Across25 Disgraceful tale to read to a backward ladSCANDAL7Across25 Come down and brighten upLIGHT5Across26 MercifulLENIENT7Across26 Boring or dullVAPID5Across26 StiffRIGID5Across27 Garment a soldier is allowedGILET5Across27 Rants wildly about mountain lakesTARNS5Across28 GangwayAISLE5Across28 Listener named for identificationEARMARK7Across29 ChattersNATTERS7Across29 She’s greyish and may turn palerPEARL5Across30 Wading birdHERON5Across30 TwitchingTIC3Across30 One who stealsTHIEF5Across31 SimplerEASIER6Across31 “Long” means more than twelve monthsYEARN5Across31 UniformREGULAR7Across34 Of kidneysRENAL5Across37 ProhibitBAN3Across38 HugeLARGE5Across39 InflexibleRIGID5Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across41 IrritableTESTY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SwimBATHE5Down1 Real, genuineACTUAL6Down2 GazeSTARE5Down2 When Ida Fry packed up for the weekendFRIDAY6Down2 Being superstitious, a muleteer has oneAMULET6Down3 Of mindMENTAL6Down3 Handsome youthADONIS6Down3 DirtySOIL4Down4 It gets a track athlete nowhereLAP3Down4 CircuitLAP3Down4 CompetitionCONTEST7Down5 Centre of the artsHEART5Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down5 BlitheMERRY5Down6 Dog fit to be not beyond helpCURABLE7Down6 Swimmer’s breathing tubeSNORKEL7Down6 A particular way to make timeITEM4Down7 FeverAGUE4Down7 A corny combination, but colourfulCRAYON6Down8 Start, beginningOUTSET6Down8 SorrowWOE3Down9 ForgiveCONDONE7Down11 State electricity?POWER5Down12 South Korean capitalSEOUL5Down12 HamperCRATE5Down13 Pompous girlMADAM5Down13 Around the quarter deck, could be the dinner gong!MEDAL5Down13 UseAVAIL5Down14 Swells loud during a soft compositionTOFFS5Down14 Wet, showeryRAINY5Down14 Narrow water, the line to take in crossingFIORD5Down15 FoundationBASIS5Down15 Golf-pegTEE3Down16 ActionsDEEDS5Down16 Stately booze up?REGAL5Down16 ReasonableLOGICAL7Down18 UncladNAKED5Down18 Throw out that dud vet, I see!EVICT5Down18 By numbersDIGITAL7Down19 Muslim fastRAMADAN7Down19 Feeling no end upset, being cattyFELINE6Down21 IndigenousNATIVE6Down21 CoachTRAIN5Down21 StubbornMULISH6Down22 Batch of trainees at the point of arrivalINTAKE6Down22 GemPEARL5Down22 Girl’s nameLESLIE6Down23 The style to accommodate a girl, mister!MANNER6Down23 FlowerPETUNIA7Down24 Ski-slopePISTE5Down25 Fake note – what a pity!SHAME5Down25 The look of one left for ever?LEER4Down26 Wine, informallyVINO4Down26 NothingNIL3Down27 The score to win by in the cold seasonTRY3Down28 SkillART3Down28 ObjectiveTARGET6Down28 LiabilityDEBIT5Down29 ShabbySEEDY5Down32 KeenEAGER5Down33 SilenceGAG3Down35 UnusualRARE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 24, 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.