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Evening Standard Crossword November 15 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 15 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
BanquetFEAST5Across2 Has he winning ways?VICTOR6Across4 Former monetary unitESCUDO6Across4 New York boroughTHEBRONX8Across7 Send on a voyageSHANGHAI8Across7 JavelinSPEAR5Across7 Desire to drinkTHIRST6Across8 MonthMARCH5Across8 Distribute something like butterSPREAD6Across8 PulledTOWED5Across10 OriginateARISE5Across10 New name? Lisa shiftily takes oneALIAS5Across10 SailorTAR3Across12 It doesn't normally grow upROOT4Across13 Gone badSOUR4Across13 ManagedFARED5Across13 They dishearten the rabbits, the beasts!RATS4Across14 Bill of fareMENU4Across14 AfflictsAILS4Across15 LeastMINIMUM7Across15 At school, perhaps, an extract of buttermilkTERM4Across15 Not bottomTOP3Across16 Toothy girl?PEG3Across16 AvoidedELUDED6Across17 Knitting stitchPURL4Across17 Catch with an outright blowTRAP4Across17 ObserveSEE3Across19 PimpleSPOT4Across19 Experts at cracking a case?ACES4Across19 SwellDISTEND7Across20 What the punter did with twice the amount of duplicity?DOUBLEDUP9Across21 Hired soldierMERCENARY9Across21 An opening to think overPORE4Across23 FrozenICED4Across23 AtmosphereAURA4Across23 Always a feature of transitive verbsEVER4Across24 Roman emperorNERO4Across24 RippedTORE4Across25 DependentRELIANT7Across26 Drinking makes him so thick-headed!SOT3Across26 In addition toAND3Across26 One's destiny as a well-rounded sweetheartFATE4Across27 PleasantNICE4Across27 Egg-shapedOVAL4Across29 Disregard bakery items sent backSNUB4Across29 RotterCAD3Across30 WebTISSUE6Across31 Remedy for a dog with a sore tailCURE4Across32 Ridge of drifted sandDUNE4Across32 AblazeAFIRE5Across33 A feast, so how can it be a refusal?BEANO5Across33 Walk the street with a sailorly gaitSTROLL6Across34 NearlyALMOST6Across34 ErectorBUILDER7Across34 Busy finding an opening in fuel distributionEVENTFUL8Across35 Paint typeEMULSION8Across35 A bowerARBOUR6Across36 Exciting events in MadrasDRAMAS6Across36 PresentTHERE5Across37 EpochERA3Across38 GodDEITY5Across39 VigilantALERT5Across40 EelELVER5Across41 TaleSTORY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Alessandro Scarlatti's first nameOSCAR5Down1 Water vapourSTEAM5Down1 HorrifyAPPAL5Down1 StartBEGIN5Down2 One can ride in it, as a ruleHABIT5Down2 DoomedFATED5Down2 WornERODED6Down3 GratisFREE4Down3 Much time is taken up in obtuse gamesAGES4Down3 StaunchSTEM4Down4 ExaltEXTOL5Down4 The knight of old could see through it easily enoughVISOR5Down4 Long-sufferingPATIENT7Down5 Coconut fibreCOIR4Down5 Carry up some tracksCART4Down5 ScourSCRUB5Down6 Speaks of love with distraught tearsORATES6Down6 TyrantDESPOT6Down6 Ointment made with waterPOMADE6Down9 Cavalry soldierHUSSAR6Down9 ButtRAM3Down9 Can't he keep up with prison life?LAG3Down11 AloofDISTANT7Down11 AgentREP3Down11 Amid a media storm, the lady made historyASTOR5Down12 OutstandingSUPER5Down12 Travelling salesman allowed an early start, fully loadedREPLETE7Down13 FoulFETID5Down13 StillnessSILENCE7Down13 SovereignRULER5Down14 Small flap in a tableTAB3Down15 CurveARC3Down15 Go very softly around central HarlesdenPEP3Down16 PlaythingTOY3Down16 PartedDIVIDED7Down18 Sorry to run short of fuel, somehowRUEFUL6Down18 PlanetURANUS6Down18 Swear at the skinhead interrupting medical treatmentCURSE5Down20 EvidencePROOF5Down20 Soft wet earthMUD3Down21 DuckDOUSE5Down21 The little woman's pointDOT3Down21 Has she had her day?EVE3Down22 BornNEE3Down22 SkirmishMELEE5Down22 Branched hornANTLER6Down23 Maybe Harry keeps throwing things!POTTER6Down23 AnnounceDECLARE7Down24 DistantFAR3Down25 He wants money from Southend United!DUN3Down25 YouthLAD3Down27 SniggerTITTER6Down28 BuryINTER5Down28 Laser production in FranceARLES5Down28 QuashQUELL5Down29 All-night watchVIGIL5Down30 In Ghana a fine canteen serviceNAAFI5Down30 Goes along for a gameBOWLS5Down31 Man's nameLENNY5Down31 TimidlySHYLY5Down32 Extinct birdDODO4Down32 It's bulbous and down to earthCORM4Down32 James's word of honour?BOND4Down33 ImpelledURGED5Down33 ConfederateALLY4Down33 WrathIRE3Down35 HireRENT4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, November 15, 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.