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Evening Standard Crossword March 31 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 31 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#
VanquishROUT4Across1 WrathIRE3Across4 SpurGOAD4Across6 TeaseRAG3Across9 An irritable "I have come to see the doctor"IMPATIENT9Across9 StrengthenREINFORCE9Across9 Hand-gunREVOLVER8Across10 Feeling or evoking emotionTOUCHING8Across10 GuardSENTINEL8Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 Capturing a record in the comeback is one's aimGOAL4Across12 StoryTALE4Across12 Talk one into becoming a thiefPIRATE6Across13 FlamingABLAZE6Across13 Something you'll want to polish off, on your plateTARNISH7Across14 NonsenseHOGWASH7Across14 InsectANT3Across14 RandomHAPHAZARD9Across15 And he swims in to land when you give assistanceLENDAHAND9Across15 HigherUPPER5Across16 Awful big!MONSTROUS9Across17 OnlookerBYSTANDER9Across17 Not artificial eyes, we're told - they seeREALISE7Across18 BirdsTITMICE7Across18 GainedPROFITED8Across19 Set off carrying a gun: was on footSTRODE6Across20 OscillateSEESAW6Across20 ColourBLUE4Across21 StorehouseDEPOT5Across21 Predicament the mouse is in?HOLE4Across21 RevealedDIVULGED8Across23 Certainly not a huge reductionMUCHLESS8Across24 CrazyCRACKPOT8Across24 LateTARDY5Across24 Supplanted and put in the shade byREPLACED8Across26 StartCOMMENCE8Across26 LairDEN3Across27 He's drawn from the bankTIER4Across28 LevelEVEN4Across28 AuthorWRITER6Across29 Arranged and recorded bySCORED6Across29 RemarkCOMMENT7Across31 RippedTORN4Across31 The heart of the countryMIDLAND7Across31 ScoldCHASTISE8Across33 Perturbed to find it's not yet been paid?UNSETTLED9Across34 OpeningBEGINNING9Across34 FussNAG3Across34 RepudiateDENY4Across35 NothingNIL3Across36 RiddleCONUNDRUM9Across36 How gradually the temperature warms upBYDEGREES9Across36 DiscourteousRUDE4Across37 CloudySUNLESS7Across38 The body, or framework, of the vehicleCARCASE7Across38 HoldingTENURE6Across39 Best of all, you have an optionCHOICE6Across39 AlwaysEVER4Across40 Race rings round himOTTO4Across40 Having no inclination to travel, will move, I figure, intoVERTICAL8Across41 GenerousHANDSOME8Across41 Composed a nicer song in the gardenCINERARIA9Across42 FrankOUTSPOKEN9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NoteCROTCHET8Down1 One only is noteworthySINGULAR8Down1 StimulusFILLIP6Down2 Rick, from Paris, travelled northSPRAIN6Down2 FrankOPEN4Down2 GameCRIBBAGE8Down3 Think the pal tied knots in itMEDITATE8Down3 ImplementTOOL4Down3 CoinedINVENTED8Down4 Insist onDEMAND6Down4 Leave for the seasideSTRAND6Down4 NoblemanEARL4Down5 GatherASSEMBLE8Down5 The master went out and caught, again, a bad coldSTREAMER8Down5 ClutchGRASP5Down6 KeennessENTHUSIASM10Down6 Didn't say anything: only got in trim physicallyBUTTONEDUP10Down6 ScullOAR3Down7 MaterialGINGHAM7Down7 Suspicious of accepting it as a handoutCHARITY7Down7 NimbleAGILE5Down8 RecompenseREWARD6Down8 The one doing cartwheels, in blueINDIGO6Down8 "It's cold, hurry up" does act as a curbCHASTEN7Down11 SteedCHARGER7Down11 FunSPORT5Down12 CringeCOWER5Down13 HelpAID3Down14 LukewarmTEPID5Down15 EachAPIECE6Down16 Get off! It's on fire!ALIGHT6Down16 CleansePURGE5Down17 PromptREADY5Down18 Be a diversion, and an inspiration toAMUSE5Down19 NumberTHREE5Down19 GroupSET3Down20 Wood-jointDOVETAIL8Down20 Signal back, tooSOS3Down20 MoneyLUCRE5Down22 CaskTUN3Down22 The letter about me has since turned upOMEGA5Down22 Animal that will pad about in the wood?LAPDOG6Down23 NationalityGERMAN6Down23 Goodness, what do I say to the ambassador?EXCELLENCY10Down25 LeavePERMISSION10Down25 UnaccompaniedALONE5Down25 DrabDINGY5Down26 VehicleCAR3Down26 The switch, man!ROD3Down26 WordyVERBOSE7Down27 A firm "Stop"STAUNCH7Down27 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down28 AgitateSTIR4Down29 EmployedUSED4Down30 In unisonTOGETHER8Down30 Scoff at and get shot of one silly clueRIDICULE8Down30 RepentantCONTRITE8Down31 The mixture, shaken, is nice. I'd swallowed it myselfMEDICINE8Down31 Is unfaithful. See the lady is getting the run-aroundDISLOYAL8Down32 ManagedRAN3Down32 FruitTAMARIND8Down32 In difficulties, one jumps up to protectSTRAITS7Down33 MeansINTENDS7Down33 FriendlyGENIAL6Down35 Played a first shot that was adequateSERVED6Down35 Bring up the subject of the said item of jewelleryBROACH6Down36 GorgeCANYON6Down36 All there by about ten to one againENTIRE6Down37 RescindREVOKE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 31, 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.