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Evening Standard Crossword September 1 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 1 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#
PainACHE4Across1 LimbARM3Across4 FortuneLUCK4Across6 Tie upTETHER6Across8 ConsumingEATING6Across9 Regarding the condition of, exaggerateOVERSTATE9Across9 AlterationAMENDMENT9Across9 DeedACT3Across10 Spanish cityBARCELONA9Across10 Plus I’m travelling in one without having planned toONIMPULSE9Across10 Just for showFAIR4Across12 ShamBOGUS5Across12 FinalLAST4Across12 Renounce, when you surrenderGIVEUP6Across13 Join upENLIST6Across13 Having us dress when the siren goes off. It’s earlySUNRISE7Across14 RogueVILLAIN7Across14 SingerTENOR5Across14 Not wanting to let a cult move in to occupy itRELUCTANT9Across15 FeelingSENSE5Across15 UniversalWORLDWIDE9Across15 He’s responsible for the dispossessionEXORCISER9Across17 ConnivanceCOLLUSION9Across17 The attack and capture ofSEIZURE7Across18 MeritDESERVE7Across18 SofaSETTEE6Across18 FruitCHERRY6Across19 The woman who got the hat squashed by a caseSHEATH6Across19 GuideLEADER6Across20 Operatic songARIA4Across20 See the star turnSPOT4Across20 Calm once they had got themselves togetherCOLLECTED9Across23 PreventableAVOIDABLE9Across23 FemaleWOMAN5Across24 Mad that one had authenticated it?CERTIFIED9Across25 ZealousFANATICAL9Across25 PassionateFIERY5Across26 Nick, for instance, is a man’s nameMARK4Across26 Floor coveringLINO4Across26 Happy to shade again. It was too brightGLARED6Across27 BestowCONFER6Across27 AwakenROUSE5Across28 ParticularsDETAILS7Across29 Have the lady report on the whole thingSHEBANG7Across29 SnoopPRY3Across30 Yellow roses are notSPINELESS9Across32 Firework ingredientGUNPOWDER9Across32 PrincipalSTAPLE6Across32 StickADHERE6Across33 DroppedFELL4Across34 PrescienceFORESIGHT9Across34 Totally democratic, as schools never areCLASSLESS9Across34 ApplaudACCLAIM7Across35 ManageRUN3Across35 The insects are let loose among other insectsBEETLES7Across35 SmotherSTIFLE6Across36 MatureRIPE4Across36 There are rules for determining just what it isLENGTH6Across36 A girl few have time forVERA4Across37 WorkTOIL4Across37 The greatest circulators of banknotes will do soUTTERMOST9Across38 Dismissed with dishonourCASHIERED9Across38 Maybe getting a char, lashing out when in the money!PERCHANCE9Across39 HeirSUCCESSOR9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SacredHALLOWED8Down1 Says it’s true about the business studiesCONFIRMS8Down1 Cutlery itemDESSERTSPOON12Down2 BeliefCREDO5Down2 The murderer in the soap?SERIALKILLER12Down2 DepleteEXHAUST7Down3 InterimMEANTIME8Down3 With the rain pouring, forced to go outside and get soakedMARINADE8Down3 Not bad with clothes onDECENT6Down4 Industrial disputeSTRIKE6Down4 AtmosphereAURA4Down4 EncounterMEET4Down5 The full fifty enter to take part inCOMPLETE8Down5 HurdleOBSTACLE8Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Holiday accessoryTRAVELIRON10Down6 Rush to get a drink - and a humdinger it is!RIPSNORTER10Down6 ForgiveCONDONE7Down7 EnviousJEALOUS7Down7 Taking pains to cook the child healthy foodSPINACH7Down7 Large metal shotCANNONBALL10Down8 Like the household name who made whoopee?CELEBRATED10Down8 Many songs. “Home on the Range” is one of themLAIRS5Down11 LettuceCOS3Down11 African animalOKAPI5Down11 CoachBUS3Down12 ObserveSEE3Down13 Jeer atDERIDE6Down16 They are why there’s a U in “luggage”CAUSES6Down16 NovelNEW3Down16 TreeELM3Down17 Snooker stickCUE3Down19 LetterEPISTLE7Down19 The sun now is lowSAD3Down19 ToyROCKINGHORSE12Down21 SpikeEAR3Down21 To a soldier, denotes unearned incomePRIVATEMEANS12Down21 Many are different when the tail’s dockedDIVERS6Down22 PrestigeSTATUS6Down22 One moreANOTHER7Down22 Calm once they had got themselves togetherCOMESABOUT10Down23 LoyaltyALLEGIANCE10Down23 Fish-eggsROE3Down23 What Marks and Spencer did when they got together?TALKEDSHOP10Down24 Vodka and tomato juiceBLOODYMARY10Down24 ScullOAR3Down25 Fish do get caught by risingCOD3Down25 DistantFAR3Down25 RepulseREPEL5Down27 HearthFIRESIDE8Down28 Set about, therefore, getting an instrumentRESOLUTE8Down28 UndressSTRIP5Down29 DilapidatedDERELICT8Down29 Splashes the fighters with?SPATTERS8Down29 ColonistsSETTLERS8Down30 Try to eradicate the smears from the materialGOSSAMER8Down30 NoblemanPEER4Down30 Say in your case you have nothing to hideDECLARE7Down31 WanderingNOMADIC7Down31 GapeYAWN4Down31 The clumsy article about prison is returnedINEPT5Down33 NotchesNICKS5Down33 Stick a coin in to get something to eatCANAPE6Down34 WeakFLIMSY6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 1, 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.