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Evening Standard Crossword March 31 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for March 31 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Vanquish41 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath34 AcrossReveal answer → Spur46 AcrossReveal answer → Tease39 AcrossReveal answer → An irritable "I have come to see the doctor"99 AcrossReveal answer → Strengthen99 AcrossReveal answer → Hand-gun810 AcrossReveal answer → Feeling or evoking emotion810 AcrossReveal answer → Guard810 AcrossReveal answer → Parched411 AcrossReveal answer → Capturing a record in the comeback is one's aim412 AcrossReveal answer → Story412 AcrossReveal answer → Talk one into becoming a thief613 AcrossReveal answer → Flaming613 AcrossReveal answer → Something you'll want to polish off, on your plate714 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense714 AcrossReveal answer → Insect314 AcrossReveal answer → Random915 AcrossReveal answer → And he swims in to land when you give assistance915 AcrossReveal answer → Higher516 AcrossReveal answer → Awful big!917 AcrossReveal answer → Onlooker917 AcrossReveal answer → Not artificial eyes, we're told - they see718 AcrossReveal answer → Birds718 AcrossReveal answer → Gained819 AcrossReveal answer → Set off carrying a gun: was on foot620 AcrossReveal answer → Oscillate620 AcrossReveal answer → Colour421 AcrossReveal answer → Storehouse521 AcrossReveal answer → Predicament the mouse is in?421 AcrossReveal answer → Revealed823 AcrossReveal answer → Certainly not a huge reduction824 AcrossReveal answer → Crazy824 AcrossReveal answer → Late524 AcrossReveal answer → Supplanted and put in the shade by826 AcrossReveal answer → Start826 AcrossReveal answer → Lair327 AcrossReveal answer → He's drawn from the bank428 AcrossReveal answer → Level428 AcrossReveal answer → Author629 AcrossReveal answer → Arranged and recorded by629 AcrossReveal answer → Remark731 AcrossReveal answer → Ripped431 AcrossReveal answer → The heart of the country731 AcrossReveal answer → Scold833 AcrossReveal answer → Perturbed to find it's not yet been paid?934 AcrossReveal answer → Opening934 AcrossReveal answer → Fuss334 AcrossReveal answer → Repudiate435 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing336 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle936 AcrossReveal answer → How gradually the temperature warms up936 AcrossReveal answer → Discourteous437 AcrossReveal answer → Cloudy738 AcrossReveal answer → The body, or framework, of the vehicle738 AcrossReveal answer → Holding639 AcrossReveal answer → Best of all, you have an option639 AcrossReveal answer → Always440 AcrossReveal answer → Race rings round him440 AcrossReveal answer → Having no inclination to travel, will move, I figure, into841 AcrossReveal answer → Generous841 AcrossReveal answer → Composed a nicer song in the garden942 AcrossReveal answer → Frank942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Note81 DownReveal answer → One only is noteworthy81 DownReveal answer → Stimulus62 DownReveal answer → Rick, from Paris, travelled north62 DownReveal answer → Frank42 DownReveal answer → Game83 DownReveal answer → Think the pal tied knots in it83 DownReveal answer → Implement43 DownReveal answer → Coined84 DownReveal answer → Insist on64 DownReveal answer → Leave for the seaside64 DownReveal answer → Nobleman45 DownReveal answer → Gather85 DownReveal answer → The master went out and caught, again, a bad cold85 DownReveal answer → Clutch56 DownReveal answer → Keenness106 DownReveal answer → Didn't say anything: only got in trim physically106 DownReveal answer → Scull37 DownReveal answer → Material77 DownReveal answer → Suspicious of accepting it as a handout77 DownReveal answer → Nimble58 DownReveal answer → Recompense68 DownReveal answer → The one doing cartwheels, in blue68 DownReveal answer → "It's cold, hurry up" does act as a curb711 DownReveal answer → Steed711 DownReveal answer → Fun512 DownReveal answer → Cringe513 DownReveal answer → Help314 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm515 DownReveal answer → Each616 DownReveal answer → Get off! It's on fire!616 DownReveal answer → Cleanse517 DownReveal answer → Prompt518 DownReveal answer → Be a diversion, and an inspiration to519 DownReveal answer → Number519 DownReveal answer → Group320 DownReveal answer → Wood-joint820 DownReveal answer → Signal back, too320 DownReveal answer → Money522 DownReveal answer → Cask322 DownReveal answer → The letter about me has since turned up522 DownReveal answer → Animal that will pad about in the wood?623 DownReveal answer → Nationality623 DownReveal answer → Goodness, what do I say to the ambassador?1025 DownReveal answer → Leave1025 DownReveal answer → Unaccompanied525 DownReveal answer → Drab526 DownReveal answer → Vehicle326 DownReveal answer → The switch, man!326 DownReveal answer → Wordy727 DownReveal answer → A firm "Stop"727 DownReveal answer → Scrutinise428 DownReveal answer → Agitate429 DownReveal answer → Employed430 DownReveal answer → In unison830 DownReveal answer → Scoff at and get shot of one silly clue830 DownReveal answer → Repentant831 DownReveal answer → The mixture, shaken, is nice. I'd swallowed it myself831 DownReveal answer → Is unfaithful. See the lady is getting the run-around832 DownReveal answer → Managed332 DownReveal answer → Fruit832 DownReveal answer → In difficulties, one jumps up to protect733 DownReveal answer → Means733 DownReveal answer → Friendly635 DownReveal answer → Played a first shot that was adequate635 DownReveal answer → Bring up the subject of the said item of jewellery636 DownReveal answer → Gorge636 DownReveal answer → All there by about ten to one again637 DownReveal answer → Rescind637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 31, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.