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Evening Standard Crossword March 4 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 4 2022 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#
TormentHARASS6Across1 ClergymanPASTOR6Across5 DreadfulTERRIBLE8Across8 FlawedIMPERFECT9Across9 SecureSAFE4Across9 Doesn’t include, there being pages missingLEAVESOUT9Across9 DogAIREDALE8Across10 ConsumedATE3Across10 Particularly for the highest of the highABOVEALL8Across10 ExcusePLEA4Across12 UntidyMESSY5Across12 Turn to observe, or take a lookPEEK4Across12 GameTENNIS6Across13 Mum will pose holding the boySILENT6Across13 GlanceGLIMPSE7Across14 Stand firm the old ring was found in the shedHOLDOUT7Across14 ParticularlySPECIALLY9Across15 Assuming that’s what the green is forPUTTINGON9Across15 ParchedDRY3Across15 ShelterLEE3Across17 SpiceCORIANDER9Across17 Understands and has the safety devices in actionCATCHESON9Across17 StretchEKE3Across18 Knock lazily but fastRAPIDLY7Across18 DefiniteDECIDED7Across18 ExpertACE3Across19 Intervene and set out to fixSTEPIN6Across20 FragranceAROMA5Across20 ContinuesGOESON6Across20 BeerALE3Across21 Think it’s catcalls you hearMUSE4Across21 FrankOPEN4Across21 TinCAN3Across22 RodentRAT3Across23 Besides it’s higher, as the foreigner saidMOREOVER8Across24 GatheringASSEMBLY8Across24 SpotDOT3Across24 GiantTITAN5Across26 Going in for raisingTAKINGUP8Across26 ClientCUSTOMER8Across26 Go round to get the musicREEL4Across28 DrewTIED4Across28 Do the wrong thing in reverting to form, perhapsSLIPUP6Across29 ExtinguishPUTOUT6Across29 ConcealedHID3Across29 AgreeCONSENT7Across31 Shuts up and gets down to itBUCKLES7Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across33 Should it come to pass, will accept the positionTAKEPLACE9Across34 PleasantAGREEABLE9Across34 StrongholdFORTRESS8Across34 DecentPROPER6Across35 MealDINNER6Across36 Uses the microphone, when one persuades toTALKSINTO9Across36 LovelyBEAUTIFUL9Across36 Urge son, perhaps, to get a job in the theatreSURGEON7Across38 BraveGALLANT7Across38 Taking a few months to get wellSPRING6Across39 ClergymanCURATE6Across39 Is there a lot of it at the carpenter’s?DEAL4Across40 RunTROT4Across40 Hands over the ticket one’s forgedPASSESON8Across41 ChattersPRATTLES8Across41 Decolonises, which is disturbingUNSETTLES9Across42 VitalESSENTIAL9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InclinedDISPOSED8Down1 Landing strip from which it’s impossible to take offFLYPAPER8Down1 EachAPIECE6Down2 VigilantALERT5Down2 A safeguard against pirates: that’s clearPATENT6Down2 ShownREVEALED8Down3 How the driller described his work?BORINGLY8Down3 LightAIRY4Down3 SwordSABRE5Down4 MeanSTINGY6Down4 Sprinkled on the bottom of the nest the wren builtSTREWN6Down4 CrowdPRESS5Down5 SlaughterMASSACRE8Down5 “A bit soft in the head,” object toPARTICLE8Down5 GirdleSASH4Down6 SociableGREGARIOUS10Down6 Have the desired effect when you perform the magic actDOTHETRICK10Down6 RankADMIRAL7Down7 TenderOFFER5Down7 Question why terribly late coming in - and loadedWEALTHY7Down7 SlantedSLOPED6Down8 Thrives, as will many in good economic periodsBLOOMS6Down8 GrantAWARD5Down10 Returning home mad and astonished bySTUNNED7Down11 ChooseELECT5Down11 CarriageBEARING7Down11 IntendedMEANT5Down12 FunSPORT5Down13 LongYEARN5Down14 DemiseDEATH5Down15 CedeYIELD5Down16 CertainlyINDEED6Down16 Certainly at home there will be something to doINDEED6Down16 ClassCASTE5Down19 Demonstrate, when the page gets turned overPROVE5Down19 The gentleman who cut father shortSIR3Down20 MerryGAY3Down20 ParticlePIECE5Down22 Have the U in USA large, as is customaryUSUAL5Down22 HeadgearBONNET6Down23 Is critical of the cuffsKNOCKS6Down23 FlyBLUEBOTTLE10Down25 She had Elvis slain, playing the wicked ladyVILLAINESS10Down25 CommandORDER5Down25 Cover the cooking-vessel upTOP3Down26 CommissionCUT3Down26 ImplyINFER5Down27 It’s for the examination of beefPROTEST7Down27 OddSTRANGE7Down27 PungentACRID5Down28 CloudyOVERCAST8Down30 Sounding the bell, as it’s urgentPRESSING8Down30 OutcomeISSUE5Down30 Being a foreigner, having a job to get into the baseBALINESE8Down31 DisciplineCHASTISE8Down31 CeaseSTOP4Down31 A little reduced, though it’s anything but shop-soiledSPOTLESS8Down32 SneakTELLTALE8Down32 Grain husksBRAN4Down32 LeavesDEPARTS7Down33 Papa, see somehow if you can mollifyAPPEASE7Down33 MonarchsRULERS6Down35 The Asian was all right, standing near when it eruptedKOREAN6Down35 Find, when you amplifyTURNUP6Down36 FrontierBORDER6Down36 ProhibitFORBID6Down37 Does being jabbed in the eye irritate it?NEEDLE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 4, 2022. 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.