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Evening Standard Crossword September 13 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 13 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Hesitates to believeDOUBTS6Across1 They may be wide open for the head of staff to take stepsSPACES6Across1 FracasBRAWL5Across2 Golden horsePALOMINO8Across7 TooALSO4Across7 High cost of loam?THEEARTH8Across7 A highly noteworthy region of ScotlandFIFE4Across8 GetOBTAIN6Across8 Bill of fareMENU4Across8 SpectreGHOST5Across9 Beer or punchWALLOP6Across10 Car hornHOOTER6Across10 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across11 Dance the minuet in quick time!MINUTE6Across11 ButtRAM3Across11 ImmerseDIP3Across13 Over five missingOER3Across14 Spanish cryOLE3Across14 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 ObscureDIM3Across16 Arrangement making TV more expensive?SETUP5Across16 DistinguishedNOTED5Across16 Deluded heartlessly, in factDEED4Across17 Ridge of drifted sandDUNE4Across17 InformTELL4Across18 Sits for an artistPOSES5Across19 WanderingERRATIC7Across19 Acted as traineeCADET5Across19 WomanLADY4Across20 Fastening boltRIVET5Across21 Beaten on board!MATED5Across21 StakePOST4Across22 Group of nineNONET5Across22 Is carried right on the wrong side!RIDES5Across22 PamphletLEAFLET7Across23 MissingLOST4Across23 Weapon historically used in riot controlMACE4Across23 ObservedSEEN4Across25 Convicts see a bit of it in DartmoorDEVON5Across26 Cherished hopeDREAM5Across26 HillTOR3Across27 SwindleCON3Across28 One case of peasPOD3Across28 GalaFETE4Across28 AssortmentRAGBAG6Across29 Underground? It was before road transport!EREBUS6Across29 30 and 31. Average lifespans in historic times?MIDDLE6Across30 FindLOCATE6Across30 FinishEND3Across30 See 30.AGES4Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 AdjoinABUT4Across31 Strange spectres, in various regardsRESPECTS8Across32 ParticularSPECIFIC8Across32 DecorationMEDAL5Across33 Go to France, perhaps, with a letter from MauriceTRAVEL6Across33 ThingENTITY6Across33 LiveRESIDE6Across36 GreedyAVID4Across37 FlowerTANSY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cooked horseflesh out WestSTEWED6Down1 RushedDASHED6Down1 BegPLEAD5Down1 Ladybird, sayBEETLE6Down2 Like a spring you want to see lubricated?COILED6Down2 MarshBOG3Down2 IncitementSPUR4Down3 Stephen has no female to walk withSTEP4Down3 FussADO3Down3 FateLOT3Down4 Small crownCORONET7Down4 Invented with some vision, indeed!DEVISED7Down4 Pig-penSTY3Down5 Making one run round the bend seems fishy!TROUT5Down5 RestrictLIMIT5Down5 CourteousCIVIL5Down6 FilletedBONED5Down6 What the bird said when put in the pet-shop sale?CHEEP5Down6 SatelliteMOON4Down8 Little woman noted for being icyFLOE4Down8 BornNEE3Down9 In favour of some deforestation?FOR3Down9 AgitateSTIR4Down10 HermitRECLUSE7Down11 Is this result your ultimate catch?NET3Down12 InterferedMEDDLED7Down12 LettuceCOS3Down12 It is, and contains, a piece of uniformTUNIC5Down13 DecipheredDECODED7Down13 Jumps vigorouslyLEAPS5Down13 SchemedPLOTTED7Down14 LidCOVER5Down15 Appointments to eat?DATES5Down15 SketchDRAFT5Down16 ManufacturerMAKER5Down17 GratuityTIP3Down18 ExtremeULTRA5Down18 Very young, but already a slippery customerELVER5Down18 Roguish ADC, possiblyCAD3Down19 Narrow broochPIN3Down19 Some French boyDES3Down20 HardenSET3Down20 Signs the ministry employsMINUSES7Down21 LongingYEN3Down21 CountryROMANIA7Down21 A little bird takes him inROB3Down22 ArrestNAB3Down22 The city of today's girl?MODENA6Down23 Destructive insectLOCUST6Down23 Nagging, informallyONAT4Down24 LearningLORE4Down24 Puts on commercials, sound onlyADDS4Down24 FashionableTRENDY6Down25 Bit of money for a revolutionary fuel that's really spectacular!EYEFUL6Down25 FinishedENDED5Down26 WasteDROSS5Down26 Many listeners are nice old soulsDEARS5Down26 A few lines from overseasVERSE5Down27 Wading birdEGRET5Down27 It has a hairy tailPIG3Down28 Loaf typeCOB3Down28 ShyTIMID5Down29 Upright part of a Christmas treeMAST4Down30 Shoe fastenerLACE4Down30 LargeBIG3Down32 EncounteredMET3Down33 FellowDON3Down34 BalladLAY3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 13, 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.