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Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 129 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#
ScornDERIDE6Across1 It means something when you take on a noviceSIGNAL6Across4 OccurHAPPEN6Across4 StaunchSTEM4Across5 A tendency to shut up and then sing outPENCHANT8Across7 ExplodeDETONATE8Across7 The influence, at some stage, of a fancy piece?AGENCY6Across8 OriginatesARISES6Across8 WillowOSIER5Across8 MouthfulSIP3Across9 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Across10 PrejudiceBIAS4Across10 Not the cry of an expensive bird?CHEEP5Across10 ThoroughfareROAD4Across11 SwiftRAPID5Across12 ColourPLUM4Across13 The sailors sounded cockyCREW4Across13 FrightenedAFRAID6Across13 Mountain lakeTARN4Across14 Pass the time, maybe, when indisposed at the weekendKILL4Across14 Catherine's dad, a bit of a terrorPARR4Across15 Go byPASS4Across15 Spider's trapWEB3Across16 Some part of GermanyANY3Across16 At Beachy Head, there's much that's an eyesore!BLOT4Across17 UnguisNAIL4Across17 EmployedUSED4Across18 Complete extentSPAN4Across19 Market lacking a share of the cake?MART4Across19 WagerBET3Across20 Item worn by workmenDUNGAREES9Across21 Countryman's skill in making a timber vesselWOODCRAFT9Across21 IlluminatedLIT3Across22 AfflictsAILS4Across23 Cut down, as many admitMOWN4Across23 BroadcastSOW3Across23 Pursue a bit of fun in the shed?HUNT4Across24 ChangeVARY4Across24 BallotVOTE4Across24 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 There's no way at presentNOW3Across26 Girl's nameANN3Across26 It takes a lot of beatingDRUM4Across27 SharpenWHET4Across27 DetermineDECIDE6Across28 Key barrier against inundation in the NetherlandsEDAM4Across29 ConceitedVAIN4Across29 InexpensiveCHEAP5Across30 Branch line from Waterloo, perhapsLOOP4Across32 ProphetSEER4Across32 ThreesomeTRIO4Across32 Expression of faith that the company is out of the red!CREDO5Across33 AcidTART4Across33 Taut or rigidTENSE5Across33 Sheep astray in Rome?MERINO6Across34 VaseURN3Across34 RuleGOVERN6Across34 Just the place for a snackSANDWICH8Across35 SoarTOWER5Across35 MinusNEGATIVE8Across35 It's wrong to possess the best, yet make no further advanceSTOPIT6Across36 ValleyGLEN4Across36 Spanish dishPAELLA6Across36 NicheRECESS6Across37

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SkilfulADEPT5Down1 DisheartenDISMAY6Down1 The character of cops turning up at the King's HeadSPOCK5Down1 JournalistREPORTER8Down2 GuideSTEER5Down2 In London, a nurse's station?ANGEL5Down2 Fellow getting hot in headgear?CHAP4Down3 InsectGNAT4Down3 WreckageDEBRIS6Down3 Ringo sat around at Harrow centralSTARR5Down4 CuresHEALS5Down4 AttackedASSAULTED9Down4 GraveSERIOUS7Down5 Formally prudishPRIM4Down5 Increased a good share of the rewardGREW4Down5 TrampledTROD4Down6 Emphasise that electricity takes very little money!ACCENT6Down6 NumberELEVEN6Down6 ManufacturedMADE4Down7 ScullOAR3Down8 Apple typeRUSSET6Down9 European ragmen, possiblyGERMAN6Down9 Produce eggsLAY3Down11 Rose's jointHIP3Down11 It's above the wrist or possibly belowELBOW5Down12 Make voidANNUL5Down12 Work faster, in arrears, when the chance of dismissal is greaterCATCHUP7Down13 FussPALAVER7Down13 DeputedDELEGATED9Down14 Farm animalPIG3Down15 NovelNEW3Down15 A case of seediness?POD3Down15 Used to beWAS3Down16 Popular tune's familiar nameART3Down16 CoverLID3Down17 Where the bright lights are left burning, we assume?LONDON6Down18 SolutionANSWER6Down18 LonelinessSOLITUDE8Down19 Hunting, some may view as comparatively backwardAFTER5Down20 WickedBAD3Down20 IrritatePEEVE5Down20 A success despite the audio faultWOW3Down21 RacketDIN3Down21 StormTYPHOON7Down21 Odd enough to start one ruminatingRUM3Down22 DecomposeROT3Down22 Little beast getting a saint in "trouble"MOLEST6Down23 MohairANGORA6Down23 Belonging to himHIS3Down25 A good rebuttalBAD3Down25 SnuggleNESTLE6Down26 SportTENNIS6Down27 Reddish dyeHENNA5Down28 Resting place of the little marsupial over the streetROOST5Down28 DeerSTAG4Down29 Can you not credit it getting one into debt?DEBIT5Down30 QuoteCITE4Down30 Blacksmith's blockANVIL5Down30 Not everNEVER5Down31 EqualityPAR3Down31 Coffee and portMOCHA5Down31 Be slow to give £1 to a politicianLIMP4Down32 VendSELL4Down32 Fishy letter not in plain EnglishCODE4Down33 SnareTRAP4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 9, 2023. 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.