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Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2021 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Quick to take a break in the officePRESTO6Across1 StonePEBBLE6Across1 AdhereSTICK5Across4 PractiseREHEARSE8Across7 SlumberingASLEEP6Across7 Not the king of plums!VICTORIA8Across7 Get very heatedBAKE4Across8 Open tartFLAN4Across8 StriveVIE3Across9 AssertALLEGE6Across10 Little house on top of a damHOOVER6Across10 MarryWED3Across10 SuaveURBANE6Across11 Very important old city manURGENT6Across11 LureTEMPT5Across12 HandleKNOB4Across13 Simenon made a lot of noise about themMEN3Across14 Land measureARE3Across14 ReadjustedRESET5Across15 It's Wednesday, so duck a dunderhead in the river!TODAY5Across16 AcclaimKUDOS5Across16 They're bony and cagyRIBS4Across17 Singing voiceALTO4Across17 DisappearVANISH6Across17 Space traveller, tailedCOMET5Across19 GreetHAIL4Across19 GiantTITAN5Across19 PresentTHERE5Across20 He's a card!JOKER5Across21 Fastening pinRIVET5Across21 Evil spiritDEMON5Across22 Sign for the inputCARET5Across22 BeakerCUP3Across22 RaspFILE4Across23 Lubber doing a clean-up jobSWAB4Across23 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across26 Astonishing start at universityASTON5Across26 FellowDON3Across27 ThrowLOB3Across28 FragranceAROMA5Across28 Being knotty, it takes a bit of patienceTIE3Across28 PlanetURANUS6Across29 Having cracked his nut, is prevented from leavingSHUTIN6Across29 ProfessionCAREER6Across30 The boss may be a mere boyMASTER6Across30 Chooses a different spotOPTS4Across31 VertexAPEX4Across31 PressIRON4Across31 Birds giving a brownish grey fantail a nasty sock!DUNNOCKS8Across32 Unmarried manBACHELOR8Across32 WorshippedADORED6Across33 TasksDUTIES6Across33 When a trout swims drunkenly around Beachy Head, it's definitely fishy!TURBOT6Across33 CommandORDER5Across35 DroopWILT4Across37 OverABOVE5Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 FinishEND3Across41 SpiritsLIQUOR6Across42 TradedDEALT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Person behind the movement of drugsPUSHER6Down1 Straw hatPANAMA6Down1 PackagePACKET6Down1 Workers putting minced veal into a vesselSLAVES6Down2 DanceBOLERO6Down2 NicheALCOVE6Down2 CutHEW3Down3 Sea eagleERNE4Down3 Done too muchOVER4Down3 LocationSITE4Down4 A beginner in athletics?STARTER7Down4 South African mongooseMEERKAT7Down4 CogsTEETH5Down5 Give credit to some of the needy, for faithCREED5Down5 StepTREAD5Down5 PepperCAPSICUM8Down6 Political group, crafty on the quiet?PARTY5Down6 YieldsCEDES5Down6 HorizontalFLAT4Down8 FairyPERI4Down8 Dylan takes mega sum of moneyBOMB4Down8 GenerationAGE3Down9 Man of KentKEN3Down9 DroppedDESCENDED9Down11 RollBUN3Down12 When shot, go to the treatment centreGOT3Down12 She had a difference with DianaNADIA5Down13 OriginalNOVEL5Down13 PoetBARD4Down14 Piece of turfDIVOT5Down15 A game faced impassivelyPOKER5Down15 ClosedSHUT4Down16 RequireNEED4Down18 Goddess chose second nationalityIRISH5Down18 Of the moonLUNAR5Down18 What cockneys say when they see gold?COR3Down19 Boy's nameTIM3Down19 Rail line I may join in timeMET3Down20 NumberTEN3Down20 AwfulHORRIBLE8Down21 RestartsRESUMES7Down21 It's a job, after one short month, to compose a trioJANITOR7Down21 You may not remember resting thereinCOT3Down22 Karate expertDAN3Down22 WoodFOREST6Down23 FruitPEAR4Down23 A relative in hospitalSISTER6Down23 Cook up a disparaging term for MPsWETS4Down24 Mountain goatIBEX4Down24 BurdenLOAD4Down25 ExitEGRESS6Down25 Deprived of beer, perhaps, by a certain measureBEREFT6Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 PlumpTUBBY5Down26 Sadie, upset when separatedASIDE5Down26 Goes around with runtsTURNS5Down27 AreaPATCH5Down27 CircuitLAP3Down28 It's apt to be turned onTAP3Down28 HatefulODIOUS6Down29 Nearly all use a self-starter during a car testMOST4Down30 Thick paperCARD4Down30 DressATTIRE6Down30 FreshNOVEL5Down32 SpokenORAL4Down34 TearRENT4Down36 CombineMIX3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. 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.