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Evening Standard Crossword March 29 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 29 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
BucketPAIL4Across1 CushionPAD3Across4 MeltTHAW4Across6 Musical workCONCERTO8Across9 WandROD3Across9 For a chap prowling round, the entranceAPPROACH8Across9 He took on a king of the jungleALI3Across10 RevealDISCLOSE8Across10 MalesMEN3Across10 Began with the need to go out to workOPENED6Across11 CheeseEDAM4Across11 WeakFEEBLE6Across11 Concealing a delight you don’t allow to remain secretREVEAL6Across12 ObstructIMPEDE6Across12 Far-offDISTANT7Across13 All those attending, force to leaveTURNOUT7Across13 Bound to have it returned by the editorTIED4Across14 HealthyFIT3Across14 A fewSOME4Across14 The liqueur, plan to do something with againCHARTREUSE10Across15 Building workerBRICKLAYER10Across15 War-horseSTEED5Across16 Shows about how old the trousers arePAGEANTS8Across17 Wood preservativeCREOSOTE8Across17 Watered downDILUTED7Across18 The news gets to me approaching the second greenMESSAGE7Across18 JustFAIR4Across19 With the exception of one foreign portBARI4Across19 ContemplateCONSIDER8Across19 RenovateRENEW5Across21 ApprehensiveUNEASY6Across21 See to it that you follow right throughENSURE6Across21 ExplodeDETONATE8Across23 Running through from behind, which is not playing fairSTABBINGINTHEBACK17Across24 Very quickly, informallyLIKEABATOUTOFHELL17Across24 DanceWALTZ5Across24 FastenTIE3Across27 Criticises for entering two seconds lateSLATES6Across27 Trying experienceORDEAL6Across27 TalonCLAW4Across29 Little knowing, begins with a short periodWEEK4Across29 Drat, the rain’s coming in, comrade!BROTHER7Across30 StainTARNISH7Across30 AgitateSTIR4Across31 BearingPRESENCE8Across33 Long raceMARATHON8Across33 For the actors, or cast, “Sister Ada” is a disasterANAGRAMS8Across33 MineralORE3Across34 IncreasedGREW4Across35 Agrees, surprisingly, and the fellow’s about to get a female bossMANAGERESS10Across35 Partner in crimeACCOMPLICE10Across35 Had witnessed and heard the flare-upSEEN4Across36 GrooveRUT3Across36 Let it standSTET4Across36 WomanLADY4Across37 He has a beer sent round toANATOLE7Across37 SchoolbagSATCHEL7Across37 UsualNORMAL6Across38 Turn back to scold aboutROTATE6Across38 TellINFORM6Across40 Speak of incarcerating one thiefPIRATE6Across40 PossessOWN3Across41 “It’s a female,” you declaredEWE3Across41 TeachINSTRUCT8Across42 How one became ever more firm with?STEADILY8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mum is amazedSPEECHLESS10Down1 TV advertCOMMERCIAL10Down1 Land measureACRE4Down2 At a loose end in springFREE4Down2 ParchedARID4Down2 Staunchly loyalTRUEBLUE8Down3 Speak ill, or speak grandiloquently, about a palBALLYRAG8Down3 FortuneLUCK4Down3 FarewellGOODBYE7Down4 Says nothing to Tom, standing outside the shackSHUTSUP7Down4 SuppliedPROVIDED8Down4 IntenseDEEP4Down5 ImprisonINCARCERATE11Down5 Come out tops in the ballet competition?WINONPOINTS11Down5 HandleTREAT5Down6 Spontaneously, informallyOFFTHECUFF10Down6 A Yank in Europe’s bewildered by the foreign languagePORTUGUESE10Down6 Coal-scuttleHOD3Down7 Population countCENSUS6Down7 Beside the bed is a girlBERTHA6Down7 SayingADAGE5Down8 Climbing plantCLEMATIS8Down8 Watch the performer giving the encore?REPEATER8Down8 Take a long time about getting through, you admitAGREE5Down10 SkinflintMISER5Down10 TwistSCREW5Down12 SeraphANGEL5Down13 ConiferFIR3Down14 PrincipleTENET5Down15 LaughCHUCKLE7Down16 Again take up painting after a breakRESTART7Down16 EquivalentEQUAL5Down17 ChallengedDARED5Down18 SmellAROMA5Down20 Left one in a card with her nameALICE5Down20 ReservedRETICENT8Down20 SorrowWOE3Down22 The order for silence, treat rebelliously and breakSHATTER7Down22 TimelessETERNAL7Down22 How quickly they both got agitated?INTWOSHAKES11Down23 InoculationVACCINATION11Down23 Working somewhere that’s a hive of activity?BUSYASABEE10Down25 PerformerACTOR5Down25 NeverthelessALLTHESAME10Down25 Freezes and preserves to this dayKEEPSSTILL10Down26 HurledTHREW5Down26 Final opportunityLASTCHANCE10Down26 BoxSPAR4Down28 Leering horribly when I appear in dishabilleLINGERIE8Down28 Extremely hot, informallyROASTING8Down28 InformTELL4Down29 TartACID4Down30 Saw the animal turn and pull back intoREGARDED8Down31 CautionADMONISH8Down31 WrathIRE3Down32 PraiseACCLAIM7Down32 Fumes with angerINCENSE7Down32 WriterAUTHOR6Down34 From the information I have, almost all are friendlyGENIAL6Down34 The creature, a duck, is in some troubleMOOSE5Down35 Deadly paleASHEN5Down35 UncommonRARE4Down39 In connection with the brouhahaTODO4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 29, 2019. 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.