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Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
AdaptADJUST6Across1 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across4 Get a loan from GeorgeBORROW6Across4 AttitudeSTANCE6Across5 SufficientADEQUATE8Across7 A singular thing to rideUNICYCLE8Across7 Darted around doing business?TRADED6Across8 FemaleFEMININE8Across8 TaperNARROW6Across8 GenuineREAL4Across9 Good food and drink will always buck you upCHEER5Across10 DonkeyASS3Across10 MaltreatABUSE5Across10 IntendedMEANT5Across12 Something you require when heartlessly nettledNEED4Across13 FlingTOSS4Across13 Mountain lakeTARN4Across14 Like the prophesies of Mother ShiptonHERS4Across14 SeparatePART4Across15 It's not this that's so emphatic!HALF4Across15 SpringSPA3Across15 Managed to get two points out of nothing!WON3Across16 Not goodBAD3Across16 The place for a dog?SPOT4Across17 PortentOMEN4Across17 AlsoTOO3Across17 EveryALL3Across18 Name just one vehicleIVAN4Across19 US stateUTAH4Across19 PerfectIDEAL5Across20 Tiny fragments of piano piecesPARTICLES9Across21 SheepEWE3Across21 Practical jokerPRANKSTER9Across21 LettuceCOS3Across22 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across23 To dad, the old tax systemPAYE4Across23 PoemODE3Across23 Just one is not very electrifyingVOLT4Across24 RowTIER4Across24 MooseELK3Across24 MeadowLEA3Across26 Spiteful woman perhaps said to be after BobCAT3Across26 GiantTITAN5Across26 Let fallDROP4Across27 Something to do with gumCHEW4Across27 CounterfoilSTUB4Across29 In America, generally, it's barredCAGE4Across29 PlacePUT3Across29 Some of the sloppiest food?PIES4Across32 JumpLEAP4Across32 Flocks said to be seen in gardensPHLOX5Across33 SpokenORAL4Across33 Party, informallyBEANO5Across33 In port, perhaps, an American writerPROUST6Across34 ReckonESTIMATE8Across34 WashesCLEANS6Across34 For something to eat, see the next pageTURNOVER8Across35 ExpertADROIT6Across35 ApronPINAFORE8Across35 Tempestuous tale about James Bond's bossSTORMY6Across36 EsteemREGARD6Across36 Playground itemsSWINGS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Moroccan capitalRABAT5Down1 The kiddies may think him a knockout!PUNCH5Down1 ThighboneFEMUR5Down2 LeesDREGS5Down2 One immersed in the part of 'Sir Bedivere'?DIVER5Down2 You can expect one to change colour oftenDYER4Down3 OneUNIT4Down3 GargantuanHUGE4Down3 A climber, being a sort of nutBETEL5Down4 BanalTRITE5Down4 Spanish manSENOR5Down4 Take in interpretive viewREAD4Down5 GrimSTERN5Down5 PlanetMARS4Down5 You've never seen this king with a tattered robe onOBERON6Down6 AskewAWRY4Down6 Back-scrubberLOOFAH6Down6 EmbraceCLASP5Down7 Provide what's lacking when the referee gets sickREFILL6Down9 ShrewdASTUTE6Down9 PlentifulAMPLE5Down10 Cough, and pass me up a letterHEM3Down11 PileSTACK5Down11 A sackBAG3Down11 Can you get shot for writing one?ESSAY5Down12 Noise from the noseSNORT5Down12 WetMOIST5Down12 The indigenous people's reduced alternativesNATIVES7Down13 VigilantALERT5Down13 GarmentTANKTOP7Down13 ClawTALON5Down14 At the end of August, the house is overheatedHOT3Down15 Writing implementPEN3Down15 SlumberSLEEP5Down15 ExpertADEPT5Down16 Lived in Iowa somewhereWAS3Down16 Drinks counterBAR3Down16 Abstract, in a sensePRECIS6Down18 First-everMAIDEN6Down18 Figure to draw a plantVETCH5Down20 AbruptTERSE5Down20 Of Irish butter?PAT3Down21 VegetablePEA3Down21 Drink gingerlySIP3Down22 A female to subdue?COW3Down22 It has a repetitive cryPARROT6Down23 ColourYELLOW6Down23 FieryLURID5Down25 Gregory's own selfEGO3Down25 MerrimentFUN3Down25 SluggishINERT5Down27 Coarse filesRASPS5Down28 Is she the wrong side of forty?HETTY5Down28 PlayerACTOR5Down28 ForbiddenTABOO5Down30 SayUTTER5Down30 Quick to adjust a veilALIVE5Down30 PugilistBOXER5Down31 SingerALTO4Down31 Bring to bear on a former royal titular headEXERT5Down31 Plot of grassLAWN4Down32 Turn up with a growl, yet seem pleasedPURR4Down32 ConceitedSMUG4Down32 A mug's drink, largely?PINT4Down33 BoastBRAG4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 8, 2018. 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.