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Evening Standard Crossword November 17 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 17 2023 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#
PillPELLET6Across1 UndressDIVEST6Across5 RealmPROVINCE8Across8 Incarcerating the lawbreaker, beginning to be firmSTALWART8Across9 PressIRON4Across9 RepugnanceAVERSION8Across9 CurveARC3Across10 Save soapBAR3Across10 Self-imageEGO3Across10 Made a fuss, but hiredTOOKON6Across11 Woodworking toolROUTER6Across11 The clatter does prove disconcertingRATTLE6Across12 OilGREASE6Across12 ImpressSTAMP5Across12 Compass bearingEASTERN7Across13 Focused on, when one taughtTRAINED7Across13 Bird of preyKITE4Across14 For a start can’t remember, which is irritatingGETS4Across14 Investigated when one had leftCHECKEDOUT10Across15 SpringSPA3Across15 Contagious diseaseCHICKENPOX10Across15 StrikeHIT3Across17 Code of conductPROTOCOL8Across17 Seeing there’s sun, putting the seedlings in their containersSPOTTING8Across17 CircuitLAP3Across18 “The lawyer is crooked,” I interposed tiredlyWEARILY7Across18 UnyieldingADAMANT7Across18 He’s seen time after time in round after roundOTTO4Across19 EmployUSE3Across19 RegionAREA4Across19 UnaccompaniedALONE5Across20 ExpertACE3Across21 AssembleGATHER6Across21 Making the R in “beer” biggerLARGER6Across21 TuneAIR3Across22 DeedACT3Across23 GratuityTIP3Across24 On which the opened up case is lyingTHEOPERATINGTABLE17Across24 Floor coveringsWALLTOWALLCARPETS17Across24 TautTIGHT5Across26 Says tastes varySTATES6Across27 Alchemical preparationELIXIR6Across27 PeerLORD4Across29 In the restaurant, is it served without accompaniments?SOLE4Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across29 CrackFISSURE7Across30 Elastic band you see is around itSPRINGY7Across30 PainACHE4Across33 OutmodedOBSOLETE8Across33 What the kids are tugging at like mad?CRACKERS8Across33 StaggeredTOTTERED8Across34 Successful in getting a top seat on the double-decker bus?RIDINGHIGH10Across35 IncludingCONTAINING10Across35 RubberERASER6Across35 StripDENUDE6Across36 Norm is a skinflintMEAN4Across36 Song for twoDUET4Across36 If I cut the core out, there will be a holeORIFICE7Across37 AfflictTROUBLE7Across37 Not too late for “One Fine Day”INTIME6Across38 CupTROPHY6Across38 Fruit and ice-cream will be about a pound for twoCOUPLE6Across40 FlagPENNON6Across40 Rod will give the signalCUE3Across41 Foot digitTOE3Across41 Awful anger that consuming drink is inflamingENRAGING8Across42 Highly desirableENVIABLE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Getting hitched, having an affection forATTACHMENT10Down1 Render less importantOVERSHADOW10Down1 Operatic songARIA4Down2 Having dressed, he’d gone after the foolCLOT4Down2 MistakeERROR5Down2 NumberNINETEEN8Down3 I’m leaving food and waterFAREWELL8Down3 AdorationLOVE4Down3 PrincipleTENET5Down4 DishevelledUNKEMPT7Down4 Post one at the stopping placeSTATION7Down4 VisionDREAM5Down5 Just retributionCOMEUPPANCE11Down5 Wakens up and takes with, to call onBRINGSROUND11Down5 ConceitedVAIN4Down6 Hardware dealerIRONMONGER10Down6 Does it allow the TV producers to work from home?STUDIOFLAT10Down6 Tried to, when one looked forSOUGHT6Down7 LadleSCOOP5Down7 BirdCUCKOO6Down7 GlucoseDEXTROSE8Down8 Go on cue, rattling the tin going inCONTINUE8Down8 It’s an explosion, darn it!BLAST5Down10 Grown-upADULT5Down10 English countyESSEX5Down10 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down11 BeginSTART5Down12 BetweenAMONG5Down13 FoldPLEAT5Down14 FloodSPATE5Down15 SkilfulADEPT5Down16 IntricateCOMPLEX7Down16 Having electricity, for the presentCURRENT7Down16 Drink alone, having dismissed one and allTOTAL5Down20 Measuring stickRULER5Down20 Crime against the stateTREASON7Down22 Nonsense! Just refuse!RUBBISH7Down22 YearTWELVEMONTH11Down23 Is it the result of getting the needle?CROSSSTITCH11Down23 White spiritTURPENTINE10Down25 Ignored the outmoded portPASSEDOVER10Down25 EncounterINCUR5Down25 Fight for which a ring is neededENGAGEMENT10Down26 Fortified placeSTRONGHOLD10Down26 BuryINTER5Down27 Activated when attackedTURNEDON8Down28 LoathedHATED5Down28 Manual workerLABOURER8Down28 ForwardAHEAD5Down30 Point the Persian out, carrying the basketsPANNIERS8Down31 IdleINACTIVE8Down31 MuddleMESS4Down31 He has a terrible dread about getting stuckADHERED7Down32 EnragedANGERED7Down32 IntendMEAN4Down32 Titbit from a tin, you do the same withCANAPE6Down34 ExcursionOUTING6Down34 WireCABLE5Down35 Are massing round one’s rearRAISE5Down35 GemstoneOPAL4Down39 The vessels will be refitted in the end of AugustTUGS4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, November 17, 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.