Evening Standard Crossword September 15 2023 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 15 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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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RegionAREA4Across1 IntelligenceWIT3Across4 RearBACK4Across6 LeaptJUMPED6Across8 Argued the cricketer must be seen in actionDEBATED7Across8 AgedMATURED7Across8 UnfastenedUNDONE6Across9 When you’re being formal, doRECEPTION9Across9 Made-upFICTIONAL9Across9 NewtEFT3Across10 WeirdEERIE5Across12 Turn the small mug roundTWIST5Across13 HibernianIRISH5Across13 Am to blame for bringing back from N. ItalyPARMA5Across14 AlludeREFER5Across14 ExcludeDEBAR5Across14 Make up for having overcharged?LIGHTEN7Across15 FosterNOURISH7Across15 FresherNEWER5Across15 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across16 Say to the chaps to turn it overMENTION7Across16 Spiny plantsCACTI5Across17 Gets level with and produces the gunDRAWS5Across17 Eye partPUPIL5Across18 GossipTATTLE6Across18 The police break it openFORCE5Across18 A bit quiet; embarrassedSHRED5Across20 BirdEAGLET6Across20 MightPOWER5Across20 StaleRANCID6Across22 Give way and shut upBUCKLE6Across22 Find not guiltyACQUIT6Across23 To show in, I even produced a keyEVINCE6Across23 EvadeDODGE5Across24 RestrictCONFINE7Across25 Old soldier his superior officers discharge?COSSACK7Across25 FragmentSCRAP5Across26 Edible crustaceanLOBSTER7Across27 Don’t stop to make a fuss aboutCARRYON7Across27 UprightERECT5Across28 Had I not trained myself to be never lateONTIME6Across30 ProtectSHIELD6Across30 ObtainGET3Across30 AgreementACCORD6Across31 He waded, foolishly, right inEDWARD6Across31 Has an impact on that leaves a lasting impressionDENTS5Across32 ProportionRATIO5Across32 VisitorCALLER6Across32 CauseREASON6Across33 DischargeEMIT4Across34 Determine what the joint share-out will beCARVE5Across35 ReasoningLOGIC5Across35 WhelpPUP3Across35 Sound one out when one’s come inNOISE5Across36 FlatEVEN4Across36 AdderVIPER5Across36 Took a time, being dead beat, to get dressedATTIRED7Across37 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across37 The balance of the new rise unpaid as yetRESIDUE7Across39 MinerCOLLIER7Across39 Just a second - hang on! Don’t be so miserly!SPEND5Across41 SuggestIMPLY5Across41 Will sycophants who do so get nowhere fast?CRAWL5Across42 RusticRURAL5Across42 One you fiddle with to open and close?BOWWINDOW9Across43 Speaking two languagesBILINGUAL9Across43 One way or another, ring me during the performanceSOMEHOW7Across44 Burial ceremonyFUNERAL7Across44

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SwordRAPIER6Down1 Get out of callingRESIGN6Down1 Busy travel periodRUSHHOUR8Down2 It was shivering in the end. That’s what made it coldEASTWIND8Down2 WakenROUSE5Down2 Jewellery itemWEDDINGRING11Down3 Not revealing that one’s slowing the progress ofKEEPINGBACK11Down3 NominateAPPOINT7Down3 Computer componentMICROCHIP9Down4 Book in a restaurant that’s accessibleGETATABLE9Down4 BroadWIDE4Down4 ImplementUTENSIL7Down5 TightTAUT4Down5 Are rearranging the roster - he’s not imagining itREALIST7Down5 EmblemBADGE5Down6 ChicaneryHOCUSPOCUS10Down6 What makes you so hot on acting?STAGEFEVER10Down6 SurrenderCONCEDE7Down7 CabTAXI4Down7 Thunder “Run away!”BOLT4Down7 AccidentMISHAP6Down10 Gets out the remnants left standingSTUMPS6Down10 EnemyFOE3Down11 Make a coloured holster for the gunPRODUCE7Down11 Run awayABSCOND7Down11 That blessed thing!SNEEZE6Down12 Holiday homeCHALET6Down12 ConsumeEAT3Down12 FishEEL3Down13 MarriedWED3Down16 ColourRED3Down17 CircumspectPRUDENT7Down19 In need of a tonic, you findRUNDOWN7Down19 PraiseACCLAIM7Down19 US stateWYOMING7Down21 EraAGE3Down21 Bird table with a hole in itROOSTER7Down21 RelevantGERMANE7Down22 ChildTOT3Down23 Found, when one engaged staffLAIDHANDSON11Down24 Light treacleGOLDENSYRUP11Down24 PoemODE3Down25 Movie reviewerFILMCRITIC10Down26 Be no longer boiling about, though still in a stew?SIMMERDOWN10Down26 ApportionALLOT5Down27 Opening the door to a day jobADMISSION9Down28 DoubtingSCEPTICAL9Down28 Say when inside we had lost our resolveWAVERED7Down29 PickedCHOSE5Down29 Lacking in integrityCORRUPT7Down29 ClutchGRIP4Down30 Happens to have upset the house dogsOCCURS6Down30 ChooseSELECT6Down30 SnareTRAP4Down31 Noticed when one was playing the sleuth?DETECTED8Down32 JournalistREPORTER8Down32 Lumber from the seatSADDLE6Down33 OvertlyOPENLY6Down33 Shakily insert the N in “imprisons”INTERNS7Down34 MeanAVERAGE7Down34 FuroreUPROAR6Down38 An inducement to use your headREASON6Down38 Still trySHOT4Down40 DenLAIR4Down40

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