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Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Rabbit’s cageHUTCH5Across1 RestraintDURESS6Across1 Might it have bought you an animal outright?GROAT5Across1 ForgivePARDON6Across5 A lot of workers go to new positionsSHIFT5Across6 On the oceanATSEA5Across6 GarretATTIC5Across9 Lovers can share it with cream onROMANCE7Across9 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Across9 FrustrateBAFFLE6Across10 It’s habitual for us to get olderUSAGE5Across10 SagDROOP5Across10 AliveLIVING6Across11 Opposite of headsTAILS5Across11 It has its peersREALM5Across11 PreviousPRIOR5Across12 RelaxedEASED5Across12 Horse with a saintly head?STEED5Across12 Goes over the faultsDEFECTS7Across13 Inanely foolishFATUOUS7Across13 IslandISLE4Across14 The amount can upset us a lotSUM3Across15 VentilateAIR3Across15 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across17 Only parts of areas?ARES4Across17 MireMUD3Across17 Norway lobsters in Italy?SCAMPI6Across18 Convince, guaranteeASSURE6Across18 SenseFEEL4Across18 NumberSIXTY5Across19 A girl to cling?PEACH5Across19 Hand toolCHISEL6Across20 Cricketer who’ll start with a half of beerOPENER6Across20 RateSPEED5Across20 FlankSIDE4Across22 In Ireland, a river used by southernersERNE4Across22 ScopeRANGE5Across22 CurlRINGLET7Across23 A positive gestureNOD3Across24 CompactSOLID5Across24 StillYET3Across24 StrollSAUNTER7Across25 Of London or Manchester, the biggerGREATER7Across25 Smart guys with useless waysDUDES5Across26 Old-fashionedDATED5Across26 Backless shoesMULES5Across26 RegalROYAL5Across27 A little dash can be a bit amusingMINUS5Across27 Can be a goatBILLY5Across28 Small fishSPRAT5Across28 Apart from the north, a noble source of cedar?LEBANON7Across29 GarmentTANKTOP7Across29 HintCLUE4Across29 Cedric Hildebrand’s youngsterCHILD5Across30 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across30 SerpentASP3Across30 Sorts, kindsTYPES5Across31 Don’t argue – change gear, sweetheart!AGREE5Across31 TardyLATE4Across32 QuotedCITED5Across33 EraserRUBBER6Across35 SwingDANGLE6Across36 PreventDEBAR5Across37 DashedDARTED6Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WreckageDEBRIS6Down1 Imaginary, illusoryUNREAL6Down2 LotteryRAFFLE6Down2 List a resort as irregularROSTER6Down2 Rages wildly about a U-turn?ARGUES6Down3 AuctionSALE4Down3 Group of singersCHORUS6Down3 VapourSTEAM5Down4 Is it as low as you can get?TOE3Down4 PelvisHIP3Down4 HeapedPILED5Down5 Tactful omissions by a straw weaver?WARTS5Down5 DreadsFEARS5Down5 TartACID4Down6 High-pitched sound from crechesSCREECH7Down6 Postmortem examinationAUTOPSY7Down6 A tyrantTSAR4Down7 ForcedDRIVEN6Down7 What the editor has to pay?HEED4Down7 Extremely short of spaceFULLUP6Down8 Chocolate finger cakeECLAIR6Down8 FussNIGGLE6Down8 StudentPUPIL5Down12 Keep on the road!STEER5Down12 ImplySUGGEST7Down13 A true friend of the classicsDAMON5Down13 Ornamented, decorativeFANCY5Down13 Honoured the troop leader during a mealFETED5Down14 UnspokenTACIT5Down14 ReelSPOOL5Down15 Quick return of tramsSMART5Down15 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Down15 WeirdEERIE5Down16 AlludeREFER5Down16 A sociable drink?MIXER5Down16 DeadlyFATAL5Down18 Book of mapsATLAS5Down18 Reminders of how one was stupidly crass?SCARS5Down18 Read that there were keys to a new pursePERUSED7Down19 HeronEGRET5Down19 TemporalSECULAR7Down19 Surprisingly, perhaps, it may be FrenchPOLISH6Down21 PerformedDID3Down21 DiamorphineHEROIN6Down21 Smart, fashionableSNAPPY6Down22 ColourRED3Down22 Mitigating something bad in a turbulent ageEASING6Down22 Ten yearsDECADE6Down23 The maudlin Ms Dean?NELLIE6Down23 ScratchedSCORED6Down24 SearchesSEEKS5Down25 Reach the broken gate where I’ve left itGETAT5Down25 RubbishLUMBER6Down25 A brilliant rebuttalDULL4Down26 PalMATE4Down26 TwistTANGLE6Down27 You wouldn’t want one to have a crush on youBOA3Down28 RelyDEPEND6Down28 Chronic drunkardSOT3Down28 VentilatedAIRED5Down30 Foot-leverPEDAL5Down31 YieldCEDE4Down33 ChallengeDARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 3, 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.