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Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Plain-spokenCANDID6Across1 SubtractDEDUCT6Across1 Determined to cook a bad egg, noteDOGGED6Across1 StarchyFORMAL6Across5 TriesATTEMPTS8Across7 Random forename for a fictitious fellowRODERICK8Across7 Reconnoitre badly, for instanceCASE4Across8 Earth particlesDUST4Across8 WandererROVER5Across9 Does being on the hill make it a high school?HARROW6Across10 Russian monetary unitROUBLE6Across10 SadnessSORROW6Across10 Most senior figure in steel manufactureELDEST6Across11 Not deadLIVING6Across11 ObjectiveTARGET6Across11 DangerPERIL5Across12 A long narrow slipperEEL3Across14 TravelledRODE4Across14 LayerPLY3Across14 IndistinctVAGUE5Across16 Passage to a water-girt land?AISLE5Across16 ColourRED3Across17 Pulls oneself back!ROWS4Across17 Elm, e.g.TREE4Across17 HeapPILE4Across18 A girl to spoil, that isMARIE5Across19 Ward offREPEL5Across19 HandleTREAT5Across20 In prosperity, could such a friend open a shop?BOSOM5Across21 LidCOVER5Across21 TransparentCLEAR5Across22 ColourGREEN5Across22 Recorded, thanks to the piano manTAPED5Across22 It's noisily raised!ROOF4Across23 HonestSINCERE7Across23 SketchedDREW4Across23 NumberSEVEN5Across24 Chair in an American saloonSEDAN5Across26 Sail-boatYACHT5Across26 ConcurAGREE5Across26 Step on the gas, my good man!REV3Across28 Born asNEE3Across28 Go with a letter to BarnabyTRUDGE6Across29 PokePROD4Across29 PostponeSHELVE6Across29 Capital of TasmaniaHOBART6Across30 New-style MordenMODERN6Across30 AteFED3Across30 CheeseEDAM4Across31 Of the Tudors, the one that wandered out West?OWEN4Across31 Film-makerDIRECTOR8Across32 Curved like a road, superficiallyCAMBERED8Across32 CaribouDEER4Across32 BroaderWIDER5Across33 Hens fluttering around me, get mixed upENMESH6Across33 RotaROSTER6Across33 GaminURCHIN6Across35 InvoicedBILLED6Across36 SouvenirRELIC5Across37 FurnishedENDUED6Across38 DreadTERROR6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbandonDESERT6Down1 VegetableCARROT6Down1 When a police inspector's nearly there, it's a botherDITHER6Down1 Shows displeasure at the spilling of lagersGLARES6Down2 TwofoldDOUBLE6Down2 ScornDERIDE6Down2 Made an attractive picture?DREW4Down3 AppointmentDATE4Down3 HarvestCROP4Down3 Talk loudly of the decimal systemDECLAIM7Down4 Hand overDELIVER7Down4 SoarTOWER5Down4 Small twigSPRIG5Down5 FoulFETID5Down5 Game in which four will make a score?FIVES5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Fish on ice?SKATE5Down6 EmploymentUSAGE5Down6 BirdMAGPIE6Down7 CharacterLETTER6Down8 HoodwinkDUPE4Down8 Men said to take part in a cruiseCREW4Down8 CunningSLY3Down9 So a pound is still a note!SOL3Down9 Some soldiers, sadly, fail to surviveDIE3Down12 Woman's nameVAL3Down12 Go to part of Islington, where most people are IrishSLIGO5Down13 RespondedREACTED7Down13 TendNURSE5Down13 PriseLEVER5Down15 Possibly saves vesselsVASES5Down15 CommandORDER5Down15 RelaxedEASED5Down16 BegPLEAD5Down18 Not smoothROUGH5Down18 Be bossy where neatness is concernedORDER5Down18 Clean up many a workMOP3Down19 Boring-machineLATHE5Down19 Fish eggsROE3Down19 He's useful at fishingROD3Down20 EnclosurePEN3Down20 They go round doing the decorating for certain membersBANGLES7Down21 FissureCREVICE7Down21 CanTIN3Down21 WeepCRY3Down22 Little thanks, at the end of the roadTAD3Down22 CongealGEL3Down22 ExcludesDEBARS6Down23 Take back a pledge made to uncleREDEEM6Down23 Paper quantityREAM4Down24 TrimSPRUCE6Down24 Cooker from CoventryOVEN4Down24 UtteredVOICED6Down25 In conclusion, it sounds foreignFINISH6Down25 WiltWITHER6Down25 Put up with a caningSTICK5Down26 Stage whisperASIDE5Down26 VaultCELLAR6Down27 A fathead at bridge?DUMMY5Down27 Brings upREARS5Down27 Signal agreementNOD3Down28 DealerTRADER6Down28 Barney looks a bit like '17 Across'ROW3Down28 In a fashion, poetry has metreMODE4Down30 German manHERR4Down30 PenalisedFINED5Down30 LiabilityDEBIT5Down31 CableWIRE4Down33 CerealRICE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 9, 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.