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Evening Standard Crossword March 25 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 25 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 127 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#
BorderEDGING6Across1 CourteousPOLITE6Across5 SensibleRATIONAL8Across8 LoatheABOMINATE9Across9 DuctTUBE4Across9 Hanging up or not having yet hung upONTHELINE9Across9 OwnsHAS3Across10 Emphasising it’s behaving badlyPLAYINGUP9Across10 PaintingOILCOLOUR9Across10 HurryHASTE5Across12 Figure that would make sixty in the styNINE4Across12 DyeTINT4Across12 With liver trouble, a femaleELVIRA6Across13 AgreeASSENT6Across13 NationalityCHINESE7Across14 Grant it’s cold once December startsCONCEDE7Across14 TableCATALOGUE9Across15 Get a fire going, pour the cider and produce Chinese foodFRIEDRICE9Across15 WeakenSAP3Across15 ExacerbateAGGRAVATE9Across17 Skip the drink and let’s have a gameHOPSCOTCH9Across17 BeverageTEA3Across17 Making a siren go off in certain areasREGIONS7Across18 PinchNIP3Across18 InfuriatedENRAGED7Across18 MeadowLEA3Across19 I had entered the arena on horsebackRIDING6Across19 ExpenditureOUTLAY6Across19 ConsecrateBLESS5Across20 The American, of course, is convincedSURE4Across20 Greek letterBETA4Across20 WatchEYE3Across21 GarlandLEI3Across22 BatonTRUNCHEON9Across23 Supplanted, as it happenedTOOKPLACE9Across23 VaseURN3Across23 ExpireDIE3Across24 A ferry was sent out for the travellersWAYFARERS9Across25 ExperiencedUNDERWENT9Across25 HueTINGE5Across26 PainACHE4Across26 On the subject of surplusOVER4Across26 HitSTRIKE6Across27 Bound to tell you without beating about the bushSPRING6Across27 ChildTOT3Across29 Row at a nightclub on the wayDISCORD7Across29 MovedSHIFTED7Across29 Plant that’s more costly than the silver birch?GOLDENROD9Across32 SweetenerSACCHARIN9Across32 SoonANON4Across33 It’s black and arid, stupid!BRAINLESS9Across34 ClientCUSTOMER8Across34 EcclesiasticCLERGYMAN9Across34 For the passage, the trains run to timeTRANSIT7Across35 AuthorWRITER6Across35 AuthoriseEMPOWER7Across35 Having a cold, the royal baby is upset and peevishCRABBY6Across36 TrialORDEAL6Across36 AllowENABLE6Across36 Most of all, to become a singerALTO4Across37 ExpressionTERM4Across37 The greatest and biggest distributors doUTTERMOST9Across38 ScatteredDISPERSED9Across38 The well off won’t be on itSICKLEAVE9Across39 SureCONFIDENT9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FragmentPARTICLE8Down1 Fetching, is attracted byGOINGFOR8Down1 PlayDRAMA5Down2 ExaminingGOINGTHROUGH12Down2 That one about the chap who’s always buying drinks?STANDINGJOKE12Down2 FlagIRIS4Down3 RubbedMASSAGED8Down3 In ‘House of Sin’, play the baddiesVILLAINS8Down3 RigorousSEVERE6Down4 Describe as being fed up in the EastDEFINE6Down4 CakeGENOA5Down4 AgreementCONTRACT8Down5 AviatorPILOT5Down5 Turned the hose on the pals out in the outhouse?SPLASHED8Down5 ScoundrelBLACKGUARD10Down6 A bad buy, but it does take in the girlCATCHPENNY10Down6 TardyLATE4Down6 Shin-boneTIBIA5Down7 FunnyCOMICAL7Down7 The local rate will include the boatPINNACE7Down7 Astonished that it’s lacking an addressSPEECHLESS10Down8 ImmaterialIRRELEVANT10Down8 PerforatedHOLED5Down10 MustySTALE5Down11 About to load the gun? Terrific!GREAT5Down11 EntertainmentOPERA5Down11 CustomHABIT5Down12 StrictSTERN5Down13 FollowENSUE5Down14 PassedSPENT5Down15 BequestLEGACY6Down16 With “Doctor, oh dear, I’m clumsy!” slumps downDROOPS6Down16 FoldPLEAT5Down16 Would the herbalist wish he hadn’t stocked it?RUE3Down19 ConfessOWN3Down19 Is sensible and makes sandwiches?USESONESLOAF12Down21 EquableEVENTEMPERED12Down21 The usual offspring of a clergymanPARSON6Down22 AnnoyingIRKING6Down22 Reckoned to be wrong, when one considered fullyTHOUGHTOUT10Down23 SurpassesTRANSCENDS10Down23 Desire to get a breath of fresh airASPIRATION10Down24 InitiativeENTERPRISE10Down24 EmployUSE3Down25 InteriorINNER5Down25 Will he have you laughing in a shake?WAG3Down25 EncounterINCUR5Down27 Show I acted wrongly in the beginningINDICATE8Down28 InsinuationINNUENDO8Down28 ZestGUSTO5Down28 ThievingSTEALING8Down29 Shrink, which is a snagDRAWBACK8Down29 ExplosiveDYNAMITE8Down30 Find, when you take the wrapper off?DISCOVER8Down30 DishCHOWDER7Down31 TangleKNOT4Down31 Breaking the rule, is giving a key to the restLEISURE7Down31 UnfeelingCOLD4Down32 ManagesCOPES5Down33 Relied on having spare timeLEANT5Down33 Bear out one’s been confiscated by cookBRAISE6Down34 OpportunityCHANCE6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 25, 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.