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Evening Standard Crossword March 5 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 5 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
OccasionalCASUAL6Across1 Struggles to exercise extraordinary gifts, getting out of breathFIGHTS6Across4 CannySHREWD6Across4 UnhearingDEAF4Across5 Just the weapon to turn the tables?REVOLVER8Across7 Next dayTOMORROW8Across7 Country you can possibly sail round at lastISLAND6Across8 Very happyELATED6Across8 SponsorshipAEGIS5Across8 SickILL3Across9 Girl’s NameANNIE5Across10 RosterROTA4Across10 That elegant grace porpoises havePOISE5Across10 BridgeSPAN4Across11 CompositionESSAY5Across12 Calf meatVEAL4Across13 Friend possessing one bucketPAIL4Across13 FreeGRATIS6Across13 Small barrelsKEGS4Across14 She isn’t so saintly as StellaELLA4Across14 She gives a soldier contradictory directionsGIRL4Across15 Animals kept at homePETS4Across15 LargeBIG3Across16 Use leverage to satisfy curiosity?PRY3Across16 BoringDULL4Across16 Will he grow up a bigheaded rotter?BRAT4Across17 Chimney depositSOOT4Across17 Swimming-poolLIDO4Across18 Music typeSOUL4Across19 A noted passion for old IrelandEIRE4Across19 CoachBUS3Across20 BloodthirstyMURDEROUS9Across21 It gets noisier all the timeCRESCENDO9Across21 ObserveSEE3Across22 Far downDEEP4Across23 Prosecutes us wrongly for shortage of duesSUES4Across23 FinishEND3Across23 No love of old chateau wineHATE4Across24 StewHASH4Across24 ReposeREST4Across24 PlaguePEST4Across25 Choose to go to pot?OPT3Across26 Karate expertDAN3Across26 Romeo after a woman at all timesEVER4Across27 LeaderHEAD4Across27 AbruptSUDDEN6Across28 “Woe is me”, as a girl saidALAS4Across29 CupidEROS4Across29 PutPLACE5Across30 The blow that was Nero’s undoingONER4Across32 Mend with stitchesDARN4Across32 DragHAUL4Across32 Possibly glib letter from an old seamanBLIGH5Across33 FlavourTANG4Across33 Student’s markGRADE5Across33 Special delights that drive the taster wildTREATS6Across34 InsectBEE3Across34 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across34 Nobody can look forward to it for longTOMORROW8Across35 WandererROVER5Across35 An explosiveDYNAMITE8Across35 Wild praise for the old countryPERSIA6Across36 SketchedDREW4Across36 FeeCHARGE6Across36 ComingADVENT6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cut of beefSTEAK5Down1 CowerCRINGE6Down1 Rubbish many can’t stomachTRIPE5Down1 Study-courseSYLLABUS8Down2 AmidAMONG5Down2 The use of ale, it could be saidAVAIL5Down2 Varsity man’s word for murder?BLUE4Down3 Elm, for exampleTREE4Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 Tuck, perhapsFRIAR5Down4 SugarySWEET5Down4 UnendingCEASELESS9Down4 MaimDISABLE7Down5 GenuineREAL4Down5 A certain bitterness is good for everybodyGALL4Down5 SpotESPY4Down6 The householder’s occupationTENURE6Down6 Snout beetleWEEVIL6Down6 LocateFIND4Down7 ConsumedATE3Down8 LariatsLASSOS6Down9 Saying nothing about naval serviceSILENT6Down9 Born asNEE3Down11 Insolent Scandinavian?OLE3Down11 Frolicking bears may suggest this danceSABRE5Down12 EditionISSUE5Down12 Projector needed for baseballPITCHER7Down13 Old soldierVETERAN7Down13 DoubtedSUSPECTED9Down14 SeedcasePOD3Down15 RumODD3Down15 Talk a lot in seeking asylum?GAS3Down15 Large road vehicleBUS3Down16 One paid for knotting ropes pointlessly?PRO3Down16 ShelterLEE3Down17 Dislike being given the same errand twice?RESENT6Down18 Child without parentsORPHAN6Down18 UneatableINEDIBLE8Down19 The perfect way I had brewed aleIDEAL5Down20 ProhibitBAN3Down20 ExternalOUTER5Down20 Reduce one’s shareCUT3Down21 BlokesMEN3Down21 SuperficialSHALLOW7Down21 Heart to heart attentionEAR3Down22 ColourRED3Down22 A press release that’s pretty thin?SPARSE6Down23 Of DenmarkDANISH6Down23 Carry bricks in thisHOD3Down25 Carthaginian witch?HAG3Down25 PulledTUGGED6Down26 CoinINVENT6Down27 Wear awayERODE5Down28 She’s in a grave stateVESTA5Down28 CastSHED4Down29 Sign of a confused liar clutching a bottle openerLIBRA5Down30 ChastePURE4Down30 WirelessRADIO5Down30 Cut offSEVER5Down31 SpikeEAR3Down31 Demonstrated how to go between two pointsSHOWN5Down31 Are they rolled into the porridge?OATS4Down32 EntranceDOOR4Down32 Robert gets out for 50 – or a duck!BLOB4Down33 SnatchGRAB4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 5, 2020. 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.