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Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2022 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MoistDAMP4Across1 ObscureDIM3Across4 RearBACK4Across6 PenetratePIERCE6Across8 WholeENTIRE6Across9 Attacking - or trying toHAVINGAGO9Across9 LoatheABOMINATE9Across9 RugMAT3Across10 OceanATLANTIC8Across10 Bar with a thick inverted top and fragile bottomTAFFRAIL8Across10 Tow back and chargeWARD4Across12 AdvantageASSET5Across12 StainMARK4Across12 StrokeCARESS6Across13 Bleach the article in questionWHITEN6Across13 The drunker the meanerTIGHTER7Across14 AllianceUNION5Across14 Sailing shipCLIPPER7Across14 WakefulSLEEPLESS9Across15 The fruit file?RASPBERRY9Across15 StormedRAGED5Across15 Open here with a songOVERTHERE9Across17 TrifleBAGATELLE9Across17 SheenLUSTRE6Across18 Shed one saw the two novices hiding inSPILLED7Across18 OmitNEGLECT7Across18 Is successful (in establishing a friendly relationship?)GETSON6Across20 OscillateSEESAW6Across20 StartedOPENED6Across20 ThereforeERGO4Across21 On which a caged bird would long to be?PINE4Across21 AdjustedTUNED5Across24 MeantINTENDED8Across24 Heads towards, which helps to bring aboutMAKESFOR8Across24 UnexpectedlySUDDENLY8Across26 FrightenSCARE5Across26 Escort across to assume controlTAKEOVER8Across26 ImpetuousRASH4Across28 DonatedGIVEN5Across28 Grass that upsets ruminantsREED4Across28 BravePLUCKY6Across29 An irritable “That’s how old port should look”CRUSTY6Across29 WagerBET3Across30 Just say “Here’s how”, in FrenchCOMMENT7Across31 RougherCOARSER7Across31 TellRELATE6Across32 HarmonyUNISON6Across33 EngagementBETROTHAL9Across34 SoleONLY4Across34 Either locked up or executedCOMMITTED9Across34 BrownTAN3Across35 CarryTRANSPORT9Across36 RequireNEED4Across36 Unwanted, enters for the strong man competition?MUSCLESIN9Across36 NervousnessTENSION7Across38 A bookcaseSATCHEL7Across38 Point out the moral, as usualNORMAL6Across39 SourACIDIC6Across39 TestamentWILL4Across40 Caught right in the trap, don’t look at all despondentGRIN4Across40 CherishTREASURE8Across41 Shielding the son one thinks the world of from adversitiesREVERSES8Across41 BleakCHEERLESS9Across42 The repast I prepare myself in my leisure hoursSPARETIME9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CheesePARMESAN8Down1 For inner mechanisms, a full treatmentTHEWORKS8Down1 RouteCOURSE6Down2 WrongAMISS5Down2 Avoids, when skirting the greenAVERTS6Down2 CorruptPERVERT7Down3 BirdPARAKEET8Down3 Had made the grade, one understoodGATHERED8Down3 Line up your deservingWORTHY6Down4 DelightsREVELS6Down4 ConsiderDEEM4Down4 EncounterMEET4Down5 Refuse to cede and it’s beer all roundSTANDOUT8Down5 FairPASSABLE8Down5 ClubBATON5Down6 ScoundrelBLACKGUARD10Down6 Out of danger, if the telephone is incapable of receiving callsOFFTHEHOOK10Down6 RotCORRODE7Down7 DisquietANXIETY7Down7 Fire off the gun in the boatFRIGATE7Down7 Drive awayDISPEL6Down8 “Not Much Left”: a strange titleLITTLE6Down8 Tidied up, as told toORDERED7Down11 LibertyFREEDOM7Down11 WonderAWE3Down11 SickenAIL3Down12 SailorTAR3Down13 ObtainGET3Down16 SkinnedPEELED6Down16 Shut up and made oneself scarceBOLTED6Down16 FellowDON3Down17 KindGENUS5Down19 SoiledUNCLEAN7Down19 Fancy embracing in the picture!IMAGE5Down19 UnhappySAD3Down20 The fish, kid, will be rising!GAR3Down20 FixPEG3Down21 I remained when the maid left herIRENE5Down22 IssueEDITION7Down22 AnnoysRILES5Down22 At class, a pupil will be on best behaviourFORMAL6Down23 Hold-upsDELAYS6Down23 LairDEN3Down23 An excellent start to the courseFIRSTCLASS10Down25 EmployUSE3Down25 FlowerDELPHINIUM10Down25 TimidSHY3Down26 See if you can irritateTRY3Down26 Give one the creeps wandering round, to be exactPRECISE7Down27 PromptREADY5Down27 IntegrityPROBITY7Down27 ElicitEVOKE5Down29 CrookedBENT4Down30 CaughtCOLLARED8Down30 See us running the man in - a foreignerSUDANESE8Down30 Actors off from “Robinson Crusoe”?CASTAWAY8Down31 InstrumentCLARINET8Down31 RotateTURN4Down31 Occupied in making a neat repair to a bad dentTENANTED8Down32 Hard-heartedRUTHLESS8Down32 Someone disembarking from the craftLIGHTER7Down33 FunnyCOMICAL7Down33 In substance, that’s what’s wrongMATTER6Down35 HoldingTENURE6Down35 Sam’s out hiding the gold in the marshMORASS6Down36 JerkTWITCH6Down36 Rick will do everything possibleSTRAIN6Down37 ThoughtOPINED6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 16, 2022. 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.