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Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for March 8 2019. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Tie41 AcrossReveal answer → Recede34 AcrossReveal answer → Storm46 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricate39 AcrossReveal answer → Didn’t stick to the budget - too exhausted99 AcrossReveal answer → Lifeless99 AcrossReveal answer → Grim810 AcrossReveal answer → Letting them, also, run round inside is horrible910 AcrossReveal answer → Timer910 AcrossReveal answer → Boast411 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation412 AcrossReveal answer → Watch out! There’s a great big hole!412 AcrossReveal answer → By day break is set to stop613 AcrossReveal answer → Part of blood613 AcrossReveal answer → Ratify714 AcrossReveal answer → The champion, Ali, got knocked out: beastly714 AcrossReveal answer → Through314 AcrossReveal answer → Roller coaster915 AcrossReveal answer → Seeing that one’s giving a commentary on915 AcrossReveal answer → Cherub516 AcrossReveal answer → Witch917 AcrossReveal answer → Continue going through, hard though it is917 AcrossReveal answer → Abridge718 AcrossReveal answer → Quarrel about entering it as cargo718 AcrossReveal answer → Endured819 AcrossReveal answer → Sport619 AcrossReveal answer → Sound indication that you’re turning over a new leaf619 AcrossReveal answer → Just420 AcrossReveal answer → Not friendly, though very nice to Americans420 AcrossReveal answer → Heaped521 AcrossReveal answer → Not migratory923 AcrossReveal answer → Storage place not full yet?923 AcrossReveal answer → Almanac823 AcrossReveal answer → Wed524 AcrossReveal answer → Bird-frightener925 AcrossReveal answer → Meant to have a drink and stopped by925 AcrossReveal answer → Fronded plant426 AcrossReveal answer → Bother to get the man’s name and ring426 AcrossReveal answer → Longing327 AcrossReveal answer → Podgy627 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t allow to bring food in for the poor fellow627 AcrossReveal answer → Costume729 AcrossReveal answer → Kitty and I are wrong, in that he’s an entertainer729 AcrossReveal answer → Twist431 AcrossReveal answer → Showing a dirty film932 AcrossReveal answer → Repugnant932 AcrossReveal answer → Scholarly833 AcrossReveal answer → Friend334 AcrossReveal answer → Make do, with an effort934 AcrossReveal answer → Intermediary934 AcrossReveal answer → Repudiate435 AcrossReveal answer → Stress735 AcrossReveal answer → We take back “entertainment for the masses”735 AcrossReveal answer → Shelter336 AcrossReveal answer → Jewellery item636 AcrossReveal answer → Takes it forcibly from, once one does636 AcrossReveal answer → Notion437 AcrossReveal answer → Oaf437 AcrossReveal answer → She turned everything round inside437 AcrossReveal answer → Recovering938 AcrossReveal answer → Lose their vigour, as hungry birds do938 AcrossReveal answer → Large church939 AcrossReveal answer → Anxious to be involved in939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Germs81 DownReveal answer → “Initiate” is just the teeniest bit wrong81 DownReveal answer → Yeast substitute122 DownReveal answer → Doesn’t take the foliage at the back122 DownReveal answer → Standard42 DownReveal answer → Aerobatic manoeuvre83 DownReveal answer → Foolishly relied on taking to court when abandoned83 DownReveal answer → Row43 DownReveal answer → Recondite84 DownReveal answer → Hot spring64 DownReveal answer → Smart clasps, right for pearls64 DownReveal answer → Concoct45 DownReveal answer → Killer85 DownReveal answer → Creature that’s aptly styled “tailless cat”85 DownReveal answer → Bird56 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument106 DownReveal answer → So called because he whips things?106 DownReveal answer → Tune37 DownReveal answer → Jumper and cardigan77 DownReveal answer → Temper in which the tea got sent flying77 DownReveal answer → Dazzle58 DownReveal answer → Torture device108 DownReveal answer → How surprising! Listed as wealthy108 DownReveal answer → She has nothing on which to subsist511 DownReveal answer → Hackneyed511 DownReveal answer → Religion of Muslims512 DownReveal answer → Bid513 DownReveal answer → Vigour314 DownReveal answer → Pass on515 DownReveal answer → Mean616 DownReveal answer → Eager to play a number in it and to entertain616 DownReveal answer → Degree517 DownReveal answer → Memorise518 DownReveal answer → Plaything319 DownReveal answer → Curious to see what the drink is319 DownReveal answer → Deputy820 DownReveal answer → RAF officer1221 DownReveal answer → Is bossy with, when one asks for refreshments1221 DownReveal answer → Lair322 DownReveal answer → If you will change sides, that’s your fault622 DownReveal answer → Antenna622 DownReveal answer → Easy alternative1023 DownReveal answer → What the TV repairer does to get them?1023 DownReveal answer → Versatile cricketer1024 DownReveal answer → To start with, was given to being generous1024 DownReveal answer → Yawning525 DownReveal answer → Strike up, as usual325 DownReveal answer → Pigpen325 DownReveal answer → Answer526 DownReveal answer → They’re just what we needed, heaven knows!828 DownReveal answer → Prison428 DownReveal answer → Nosy parker828 DownReveal answer → Chief429 DownReveal answer → Fluctuate829 DownReveal answer → About time to write it, saying “Sorry”829 DownReveal answer → Tor430 DownReveal answer → By hand830 DownReveal answer → Sat and drank from mugs830 DownReveal answer → The surviving child is not forgotten731 DownReveal answer → Aroused731 DownReveal answer → Managed332 DownReveal answer → To “a missing senorita turned up”533 DownReveal answer → Group of nine533 DownReveal answer → Opportunity for the child to break the cane634 DownReveal answer → Threat634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 8, 2019. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.