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Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
TieKNOT4Across1 RecedeEBB3Across4 StormRAGE4Across6 LubricateOIL3Across9 Didn’t stick to the budget - too exhaustedOVERSPENT9Across9 LifelessINANIMATE9Across9 GrimGRUESOME8Across10 Letting them, also, run round inside is horribleLOATHSOME9Across10 TimerSTOPWATCH9Across10 BoastBRAG4Across11 PrecipitationRAIN4Across12 Watch out! There’s a great big hole!CAVE4Across12 By day break is set to stopDESIST6Across13 Part of bloodPLASMA6Across13 RatifyCONFIRM7Across14 The champion, Ali, got knocked out: beastlyBESTIAL7Across14 ThroughPER3Across14 Roller coasterBIGDIPPER9Across15 Seeing that one’s giving a commentary onOBSERVING9Across15 CherubANGEL5Across16 WitchSORCERESS9Across17 Continue going through, hard though it isPERSEVERE9Across17 AbridgeSHORTEN7Across18 Quarrel about entering it as cargoFREIGHT7Across18 EnduredSUFFERED8Across19 SportTENNIS6Across19 Sound indication that you’re turning over a new leafRUSTLE6Across19 JustFAIR4Across20 Not friendly, though very nice to AmericansCOOL4Across20 HeapedPILED5Across21 Not migratorySEDENTARY9Across23 Storage place not full yet?STILLROOM9Across23 AlmanacCALENDAR8Across23 WedMARRY5Across24 Bird-frightenerSCARECROW9Across25 Meant to have a drink and stopped byPORTENDED9Across25 Fronded plantFERN4Across26 Bother to get the man’s name and ringTODO4Across26 LongingYEN3Across27 PodgyFLABBY6Across27 Don’t allow to bring food in for the poor fellowBEGGAR6Across27 CostumeUNIFORM7Across29 Kitty and I are wrong, in that he’s an entertainerPIERROT7Across29 TwistWARP4Across31 Showing a dirty filmTARNISHED9Across32 RepugnantOBNOXIOUS9Across32 ScholarlyACADEMIC8Across33 FriendPAL3Across34 Make do, with an effortCONSTRAIN9Across34 IntermediaryMIDDLEMAN9Across34 RepudiateDENY4Across35 StressTENSION7Across35 We take back “entertainment for the masses”WESTERN7Across35 ShelterLEE3Across36 Jewellery itemBANGLE6Across36 Takes it forcibly from, once one doesEXACTS6Across36 NotionIDEA4Across37 OafDOLT4Across37 She turned everything round insideLOLA4Across37 RecoveringONTHEMEND9Across38 Lose their vigour, as hungry birds doRUNTOSEED9Across38 Large churchCATHEDRAL9Across39 Anxious to be involved inCONCERNED9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GermsMICROBES8Down1 “Initiate” is just the teeniest bit wrongTOUCHOFF8Down1 Yeast substituteBAKINGPOWDER12Down2 Doesn’t take the foliage at the backLEAVESBEHIND12Down2 StandardNORM4Down2 Aerobatic manoeuvreTAILSPIN8Down3 Foolishly relied on taking to court when abandonedDERELICT8Down3 RowTIER4Down3 ReconditeESOTERIC8Down4 Hot springGEYSER6Down4 Smart clasps, right for pearlsSTRING6Down4 ConcoctBREW4Down5 KillerASSASSIN8Down5 Creature that’s aptly styled “tailless cat”PLATYPUS8Down5 BirdROBIN5Down6 Musical instrumentCONCERTINA10Down6 So called because he whips things?CATBURGLAR10Down6 TuneAIR3Down7 Jumper and cardiganTWINSET7Down7 Temper in which the tea got sent flyingCHASTEN7Down7 DazzleGLARE5Down8 Torture deviceTHUMBSCREW10Down8 How surprising! Listed as wealthyWELLHEELED10Down8 She has nothing on which to subsistOLIVE5Down11 HackneyedTRITE5Down11 Religion of MuslimsISLAM5Down12 BidOFFER5Down13 VigourPEP3Down14 Pass onRELAY5Down15 MeanINTEND6Down16 Eager to play a number in it and to entertainREGALE6Down16 DegreeGRADE5Down17 MemoriseLEARN5Down18 PlaythingTOY3Down19 Curious to see what the drink isRUM3Down19 DeputyDELEGATE8Down20 RAF officerAIRCOMMODORE12Down21 Is bossy with, when one asks for refreshmentsORDERSAROUND12Down21 LairDEN3Down22 If you will change sides, that’s your faultDEFECT6Down22 AntennaAERIAL6Down22 Easy alternativeSOFTOPTION10Down23 What the TV repairer does to get them?SETSTOWORK10Down23 Versatile cricketerALLROUNDER10Down24 To start with, was given to being generousOPENHANDED10Down24 YawningAGAPE5Down25 Strike up, as usualPAR3Down25 PigpenSTY3Down25 AnswerREPLY5Down26 They’re just what we needed, heaven knows!GODSENDS8Down28 PrisonJAIL4Down28 Nosy parkerBUSYBODY8Down28 ChiefHEAD4Down29 FluctuateUNDULATE8Down29 About time to write it, saying “Sorry”PENITENT8Down29 TorHILL4Down30 By handMANUALLY8Down30 Sat and drank from mugsTANKARDS8Down30 The surviving child is not forgottenLIVESON7Down31 ArousedEXCITED7Down31 ManagedRAN3Down32 To “a missing senorita turned up”RISEN5Down33 Group of nineNONET5Down33 Opportunity for the child to break the caneCHANCE6Down34 ThreatMENACE6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 8, 2019. 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.