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Evening Standard Crossword September 17 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 17 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
BombardsSHELLS6Across1 Secret plotSCHEME6Across4 Pitch, of course, can be stickyWICKET6Across4 AscendsCLIMBS6Across5 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across7 It doesn’t cost a dime, darlingFREELOVE8Across7 Hit by runaway trucksSTRUCK6Across8 StormBLIZZARD8Across8 Above average abilityTALENT6Across8 PlacedLAID4Across9 Avoid a dodgy duel with an inevitable conclusionELUDE5Across10 EmployUSE3Across10 PersonnelSTAFF5Across10 DoorENTRY5Across12 Only a butter lake, perhaps?MERE4Across13 TrampHOBO4Across13 Hawaiian danceHULA4Across14 She came to be looked up toROSE4Across14 SwindlesCONS4Across15 Show weariness getting it wrong againTIRE4Across15 SourOFF3Across15 The French love himLEO3Across16 Tree typeOAK3Across16 Unfairness improperly said to be by usBIAS4Across17 Sound a hornTOOT4Across17 PuzzleVEX3Across17 FairyELF3Across18 Again can take one different waysANEW4Across19 NoblemanEARL4Across19 RunnerSKI3Across19 NormalUSUAL5Across20 The dunce possibly limps to schoolSIMPLETON9Across21 MealTEA3Across21 Huge election winLANDSLIDE9Across21 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across23 A senator’s organizationNATO4Across23 PastryPIE3Across23 A capital orchestra, too!ALSO4Across24 HeapPILE4Across24 ChildTOT3Across24 PrecipitationDEW3Across26 Distance by road?WAY3Across26 JugsEWERS5Across26 Steady brisk paceTROT4Across27 Being no end dirty is seriousGRIM4Across27 PokePROD4Across29 King Edward provides backup in sordid extremesSPUD4Across29 BowNOD3Across29 It maybe made a dame drunkMEAD4Across32 Hit at fliesSWAT4Across32 Feast made of a bone?BEANO5Across33 RodPOLE4Across33 ConditionSTATE5Across33 Hairy London thoroughfare?STRAND6Across34 IllnessesAILMENTS8Across34 SystemMETHOD6Across34 On the 4th of July, would he make up a list?INVENTOR8Across35 RespectREVERE6Across35 MajesticIMPERIAL8Across35 Quick to get topers drunkPRESTO6Across36 PerformerDANCER6Across36 Artist’s workroomSTUDIO6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DraconianHARSH5Down1 Up to a foot less than everAFTER5Down1 CustomaryUSUAL5Down2 OpeningsHOLES5Down2 She brings us a little bit of heavenVENUS5Down2 Sad as Peter?BLUE4Down3 SluggishLAZY4Down3 Musical pitch indicatorCLEF4Down3 In water, we get faultless serviceWESER5Down4 DiscolourSTAIN5Down4 AttackSETON5Down4 Trouble with a car keyCARE4Down5 DrinkCIDER5Down5 AureoleHALO4Down5 Avoid pies not awfully good to masticate!ESCHEW6Down6 PurposelessIDLE4Down6 Servile personMENIAL6Down6 ConciseBRIEF5Down7 Especially nice taters, possibly?TREATS6Down9 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down9 DisruptUPSET5Down10 Record many a footballing blunderLOG3Down11 ExpelEVICT5Down11 ContainerTUB3Down11 Charge up to bed with it!DEBIT5Down12 Death-dealingFATAL5Down12 OozeEXUDE5Down12 Put the eggs in the wrong place?MISLAID7Down13 Brownish-greyTAUPE5Down13 Area of potential violenceHOTSPOT7Down13 CriesYELPS5Down14 A fitting end to a pipeTAP3Down15 FishCOD3Down15 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down15 DeceitFRAUD5Down16 At the half mile point, neither Lee Les nor LewLEN3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 Maybe I’m gone on her!IMOGEN6Down18 Wall passONETWO6Down18 A loop or ring in the noseNOOSE5Down20 SkilfulADEPT5Down20 Suppose it’s the southern part of AyrshireSAY3Down21 Not highLOW3Down21 IlluminatedLIT3Down22 A wooden part Ethel Merman hadELM3Down22 Talk to Jack, the toad!NATTER6Down23 FlawDEFECT6Down23 Sportingly, change endsRUN3Down25 GasOZONE5Down25 Decompose naturallyROT3Down25 MammalWHALE5Down27 WirelessRADIO5Down28 It works without wires!RADIO5Down28 AnnoyedRILED5Down28 QuickRAPID5Down30 BizarreOUTRE5Down30 The sections strap upPARTS5Down30 Gives out cardsDEALS5Down31 LakeMERE4Down31 Swingers, but there’s something square about themDOORS5Down31 Cast offSHED4Down32 Spoils a masterly piece of verseMARS4Down32 SeedBEAN4Down32 The opposite of cheese, in a senseBEEF4Down33 AppearSEEM4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 17, 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.