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Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
RubCHAFE5Across1 CossetPAMPER6Across5 CommandORDER5Across8 Say neither will be returning in springPRONOUNCE9Across9 AlterationAMENDMENT9Across9 SoTHEREFORE9Across10 TolerateENDURE6Across10 The quirk of fate that made the bug pick you?ILLCHANCE9Across10 Music-workOPUS4Across11 They're paid to move the junk awayCREW4Across12 ForcedMADE4Across12 AirBREEZE6Across13 Having been got at inside, is defeatedBEATEN6Across13 TrellisLATTICE7Across14 BurnishPOLISH6Across14 Show I meant to have a break pointMATINEE7Across14 Does she breeze onto the stage to perform?FANDANCER9Across15 SureCERTAIN7Across15 SilentSOUNDLESS9Across15 Not prepared to put into a nicer, carved receptacleCONTAINER9Across17 ReceptacleCONTAINER9Across17 It's most sharply contested, though one doesn't win in courtCLOSEST7Across18 FavouritePET3Across18 On edgeNERVOUS7Across18 Believe in giving commendationCREDIT6Across19 AnimalCOYOTE6Across19 WeepSOB3Across19 ServeDISH4Across20 The bit where they split up?PART4Across20 CaribouDEER4Across21 Silly if it's not decimalised?POINTLESS9Across23 CherishedTREASURED9Across23 BarLEVER5Across23 DeficitLOSS4Across24 The president was irritated by being introduced toPRESENTED9Across25 AbrasiveSANDPAPER9Across25 Cut, one noticed, to a pointSAWN4Across26 FlowerROSE4Across26 DeedACTION6Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Appalled to find the inside of the bag has tornAGHAST6Across27 BirdSPARROW7Across29 BeverageTEA3Across29 The female at the rear, waving, is a farm workerSHEARER7Across29 MercifulLENIENT7Across31 IndeedREALLY6Across32 Should have followed them out, I reckonedMETHOUGHT9Across32 ConcordAGREEMENT9Across32 MirthGLEE4Across34 Almost, almost sensible and down-to-earth!PRACTICAL9Across34 StupidBRAINLESS9Across34 GratitudeTHANKS6Across35 No, it's back outside Army headquartersSTATION7Across35 WeaponBAYONET7Across35 Lock horns and snarlTANGLE6Across36 FormulaRECIPE6Across36 MountETNA4Across37 Merely being fairJUST4Across37 ResentfulRANCOROUS9Across38 LongedACHED5Across38 Wearing a shiny coat made Ellen look grotesqueENAMELLED9Across38 TryENDEAVOUR9Across39 A declaration of the intent to have a clear roundMANIFESTO9Across39 DreadTERROR6Across39 IntendedMEANT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is it not prescribed by a general physician?SPECIFIC8Down1 CheesePARMESAN8Down1 BaseHEADQUARTERS12Down2 Get within range of the TV cameras?COMEINTOVIEW12Down2 ChickenHEN3Down2 UnequalledPEERLESS8Down3 Make your prices lower than, but don't take off enough?UNDERCUT8Down3 QuarterFOURTH6Down3 EmphasiseSTRESS6Down4 He advises people to go to high groundMENTOR6Down4 StrayERR3Down4 SupportPROP4Down5 ElasticSTRETCHY8Down5 Tiptop place to build a pub inPINNACLE8Down5 ManhandledMAULED6Down6 Fruit found where it's mild, in the East?CLEMENTINE10Down6 TerrierBEDLINGTON10Down6 SoonerRATHER6Down7 Rabbit meat from somewhere in KentCHATHAM7Down7 BeastlyBESTIAL7Down7 Painted the town red on becoming famous?CELEBRATED10Down8 InvestigatorRESEARCHER10Down8 InventedDEVISED7Down9 Material that's not trendy making a comebackNINON5Down11 VegetableONION5Down11 BurstPOP3Down12 LocationSITE4Down13 Say the street is up and one avoids itAVERTS6Down16 SleepyDROWSY6Down16 ThereforeERGO4Down16 NewNOVEL5Down17 FishCOD3Down19 Cut-price vegetarian foodCOS3Down19 UnderBENEATH7Down20 FlawIMPERFECTION12Down21 Goes on a different tack when planning the menu?ALTERSCOURSE12Down21 FlatEVEN4Down22 RickSPRAIN6Down22 Tell you again and again to get fuelREPEAT6Down22 Badly wornTHREADBARE10Down23 The previous owner of the dog was a wizardPASTMASTER10Down23 LassoLARIAT6Down24 How charmingly you proposed and were accepted?ENGAGINGLY10Down24 PastimeRECREATION10Down24 OffspringSON3Down25 Shoot for the trophyPOT3Down25 AnimalSTAG4Down25 VendorSELLER6Down26 DiatribeTIRADE6Down28 CuriosityINTEREST8Down28 That will show just how much of a rise you've hadALTITUDE8Down28 Headlong rushSTAMPEDE8Down29 Accommodating or not accommodating the questionerSTALLING8Down29 Know-allWISEACRE8Down30 BeerALE3Down30 With reference to the tellingRELATION8Down30 Stirs it back in for these reasonsMOTIVES7Down31 Get-togetherREUNION7Down31 Rocks glimpsed among the waves!TIARA5Down33 Time-periodYEAR4Down33 MaterialRAYON5Down33 PailBUCKET6Down34 A chap standing beside father, with a hatPANAMA6Down34 BorderHEM3Down36 RelativesKIN3Down37

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