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Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 3 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
AgitateSTIR4Across1 ObscureDIM3Across4 KnifeSTAB4Across6 HelpAID3Across9 Money that's not in bonds?LOOSECASH9Across9 FakeIMITATION9Across9 RefinedTASTEFUL8Across10 Discourses on the zero quotasORATIONS8Across10 PraiseworthyLAUDABLE8Across10 DregsLEES4Across11 Is following back now, from the platformDAIS4Across12 BlowCUFF4Across12 Scorches the cover of the time tablesCHARTS6Across13 NoticeREVIEW6Across13 Hide out, later, the man hides inLEATHER7Across14 ReelSTAGGER7Across14 RotterCAD3Across14 RedVERMILION9Across15 Like the wig that proved not to be fireproof?ASHBLONDE9Across15 CombineUNITE5Across16 They're fighting about the still to be resolved subscriptionsDUELLISTS9Across17 AskedREQUESTED9Across17 Tries hard, so the foolish investors will suffer no lossSTRIVES7Across18 SearchRANSACK7Across18 EnrapturedECSTATIC8Across19 Stress the melodySTRAIN6Across20 BlushREDDEN6Across20 DaybreakDAWN4Across21 PunitivePENAL5Across21 Unlock the duck coopOPEN4Across21 InventorDESIGNER8Across23 Not very bad - you can overlook itPASSABLE8Across24 AmusedDIVERTED8Across24 TallyMATCH5Across24 Only the cod I ordered in it was second-rateMEDIOCRE8Across26 AppealPETITION8Across26 FatherDAD3Across27 Evaluate the speedRATE4Across28 GrassREED4Across28 SombreMOROSE6Across29 A warning shout before the plane crashes to the ground?TIMBER6Across29 RanTROTTED7Across31 CeaseSTOP4Across31 A refuge when there's a recessionRETREAT7Across31 SuppliedPROVIDED8Across33 Figure this one's crooked, not straightDISHONEST9Across34 ListCATALOGUE9Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 FrozenICED4Across35 BeverageTEA3Across36 FoolSIMPLETON9Across36 How the final score came, thereforeASARESULT9Across36 NeatTIDY4Across37 MercifulLENIENT7Across38 Official in the museum where the dog upset the tableCURATOR7Across38 ZeroNOUGHT6Across39 Suppose you'll work it out mathematicallyRECKON6Across39 CompanyFIRM4Across40 The shade is downBLUE4Across40 The oil spilled round it is super-slippery and dangerousPERILOUS8Across41 HeightALTITUDE8Across41 Wonder if you should take a risk with your moneySPECULATE9Across42 UtterDOWNRIGHT9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FindDISCOVER8Down1 Finery the happy tramp is wearing?GLADRAGS8Down1 StealPILFER6Down2 An un-English suavityPOLISH6Down2 SideTEAM4Down2 RhymeLIMERICK8Down3 Lots of floggings?LASHINGS8Down3 CeremonyRITE4Down3 PuncturedDEFLATED8Down4 AsianINDIAN6Down4 Fill up and put it on your accountCHARGE6Down4 MasculineMALE4Down5 BloomedFLOWERED8Down5 Regard as deliberateCONSIDER8Down5 GallerySALON5Down6 FollowingSUBSEQUENT10Down6 With winter here, lagFALLBEHIND10Down6 FastenTIE3Down7 SweetCARAMEL7Down7 At last about to nail, flailing about, the flyFINALLY7Down7 SkilfulADEPT5Down8 SnubSLIGHT6Down8 Parts of the footINCHES6Down8 There now!PRESENT7Down11 SensiblePRUDENT7Down11 BroomBESOM5Down12 AdvantageASSET5Down13 BeretCAP3Down14 AteDINED5Down15 PicturesIMAGES6Down16 Shower, then pour heavily, round about sixLAVISH6Down16 SillyINANE5Down17 AccessENTRY5Down18 Pan for cookROAST5Down19 ArtlessNAIVE5Down19 StickROD3Down20 PlayboyCASANOVA8Down20 A female or a small maleSHE3Down20 ConcerningABOUT5Down22 CoverLID3Down22 Prize the pickpocket hopes to get?PURSE5Down22 Suppress it? The nerve!BOTTLE6Down23 AmbleSTROLL6Down23 Tanker docked in cleaner hot spotBOILERROOM10Down25 ConsiderateTHOUGHTFUL10Down25 GarretATTIC5Down25 ManagedCOPED5Down26 TartPIE3Down26 Ruin three-quarters of the planetMAR3Down26 SeepTRICKLE7Down27 The vegetables, etc., stick in a red containerPRODUCE7Down27 RotisserieSPIT4Down28 DroopWILT4Down29 RepairMEND4Down30 PlantOLEANDER8Down30 Sustain the objection to the lockBUTTRESS8Down30 WeaponTOMAHAWK8Down31 When one got angry about, tried to talk sense intoREASONED8Down31 Tied, to deter escaping, the captiveTETHERED8Down32 MineralORE3Down32 ExplosiveDYNAMITE8Down32 The one inside cannot possibly hold itCONTAIN7Down33 BirdBLUETIT7Down33 SnarlTANGLE6Down35 Played the fast shot and it was good enoughSERVED6Down35 Confront with the bill the price has been added toACCOST6Down36 NoisesSOUNDS6Down36 Make free of chargeUNLOAD6Down37 PainTWINGE6Down37

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