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Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
SaveRESCUE6Across1 DuoPAIR4Across1 A book just for youREADER6Across1 TapPAT3Across4 ContainersBAGS4Across6 366 daysLEAPYEAR8Across7 Just the chap for a stirring speechAGITATOR8Across7 FixedSTABLE6Across8 A projected productionFILM4Across8 PlacesPUTS4Across8 SquealSQUEAK6Across9 ExpectASK3Across10 Wine to enthuse about heartily?GRAVES6Across10 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across10 Exhibit, flauntPARADE6Across11 A fatherly form of address?OLDMAN6Across11 ExhaustDRAIN5Across12 Fish eggsROE3Across14 Ruddy reactionary!RED3Across14 CorpulentSTOUT5Across14 AntitoxinSERUM5Across15 RusticRURAL5Across16 Possibly father Ted’s about to be recordedTAPED5Across16 Structure ripe for redevelopmentPIER4Across17 DeserveEARN4Across17 StrongMIGHTY6Across18 Got a fire going?POKED5Across19 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across19 IncapableUNABLE6Across20 Communicated in a weird wayWIRED5Across21 HorizontalLEVEL5Across21 Merry ending to an easy pieceTIPSY5Across22 BroadenWIDEN5Across22 HazardRISK4Across23 Mugs to pass around?SAPS4Across23 SidledEDGED5Across24 Distinctive characterETHOS5Across26 PerceiveSENSE5Across26 A long exposure?STRIP5Across26 A pocket to watch?FOB3Across28 PlanetWORLD5Across28 For everyPER3Across28 Having just finished, relaxed – albeit worried!TEASED6Across29 Mirth, merrymakingGAIETY6Across29 WaterDEW3Across30 Next toBESIDE6Across30 Obviously more than one blunderBONERS6Across30 River in the mountainsURAL4Across31 BurdenONUS4Across31 Gets a second hearingRESOUNDS8Across32 ExpeditionSAFARI6Across32 ObviouslyPATENTLY8Across32 Shifty, earthy, back-slapping type?HEARTY6Across33 RealACTUAL6Across33 Cleans with a broomSWEEPS6Across33 PaymentsFEES4Across34 OffspringSON3Across35 RunDASH4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Steal cattleRUSTLE6Down1 Call to say the toll is greater?RINGUP6Down1 BehindAFTER5Down2 One having an L of a time passing a test?DRIVER6Down2 VoucherCOUPON6Down2 OtherwiseELSE4Down3 NonsenseRUBBISH7Down3 Males from MarsRAMS4Down3 School head inclined to be formal in conversationSTILTED7Down4 RequestPLEA4Down4 ClothingAPPAREL7Down4 ToothTUSK4Down5 ExcludeDEBAR5Down5 Dismiss the remainderSTUMP5Down5 OutspokenBLUNT5Down6 A thousand for key money?GRAND5Down6 Thin porridgeGRUEL5Down6 GentleGRADUAL7Down7 Cat noisePURR4Down8 What you pay to get on?FARE4Down8 Golfer’s pegTEE3Down9 Persuaded to get pickled when there’s no choiceLED3Down9 CoinSOU3Down11 He’ll give you some good adviceDAD3Down12 DullDIM3Down12 GrooveRUT3Down12 Writer of a new soap set around central HarlesdenAESOP5Down13 MeshNET3Down13 Pub gameDARTS5Down13 Clyde, for exampleRIVER5Down15 Best rebuttalWORST5Down15 WhiskyRYE3Down16 CupMUG3Down17 In anger, I judgeIRATE5Down18 Main arteryAORTA5Down18 Dickens character’s signally timely contributionPIP3Down19 RepeatITERATE7Down19 Sleeping placeBED3Down19 That of ‘Largo’?KEY3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 Why pout when radio interference obliterates the signal?WIPEOUT7Down21 ModernNEW3Down21 Lends an earLISTENS7Down21 AssumedADOPTED7Down22 GriefWOE3Down22 The assurance of a true artistTIS3Down22 Begin againRESUME6Down23 Thus Nat has an article on musicSONATA6Down23 FinishEND3Down23 PlantIRIS4Down24 He’s returned from less than a mile backABEL4Down24 Works doughKNEADS6Down25 Artist with his own piece of land in outer SurreySISLEY6Down25 RabbitDOE3Down25 In this business one has a futureSTORE5Down26 African countryEGYPT5Down26 BreaksSNAPS5Down27 SuggestionsHINTS5Down27 Be uppish at poker?RAISE5Down27 Writing toolPEN3Down28 Because profits are up a bit?FOR3Down28 GuidesLEADS5Down29 Could be in the White House gardenBUSH4Down30 ExpiresDIES4Down30 Young malesBOYS4Down30 CautionWARN4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. 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.