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Evening Standard Crossword September 17 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 17 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Empty or boastful talkHOTAIR6Across1 CompetentABLE4Across1 Late in the day, enlightenment for a cliqueSUNSET6Across1 ProjectJUT3Across4 NeatTIDY4Across6 UltimateEVENTUAL8Across7 One who keeps a catalogue of lofty notions?IDEALIST8Across7 OffhandCASUAL6Across8 Make a hole in a tattered robeBORE4Across8 DecoyLURE4Across8 ConfrontACCOST6Across9 PullTOW3Across10 Another name for Romeo, when after a girlOLIVER6Across10 First or originalPRIMAL6Across10 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Across11 The French style of toga is smoothLEGATO6Across11 ConfessADMIT5Across12 PrecipitationDEW3Across14 What the captain did, in "Little Dorrit"LED3Across14 SharpenSTROP5Across14 ListTABLE5Across15 School punishmentLINES5Across16 Covered the joint, maybe?CASED5Across16 Apt to be looked up to?TALL4Across17 Inert gasNEON4Across17 HarshSEVERE6Across18 Only one person can perform them backwards!SOLOS5Across19 HeathenPAGAN5Across19 StrollRAMBLE6Across20 Barred from leavingCAGED5Across21 Spanish manSENOR5Across21 The house is old, dilapidated, having much ageLODGE5Across22 Brimless capBERET5Across22 EntreatyPLEA4Across23 Plenty of cotton socksTONS4Across23 LamentDIRGE5Across24 Of the sunSOLAR5Across26 LevelEQUAL5Across26 She's bad-tempered and less than astuteSHREW5Across26 The little chap always has a kiss for mumMAX3Across28 PerformENACT5Across28 Drawn matchTIE3Across28 Could he serve you a line in cheap drink?WAITER6Across29 Medical centreCLINIC6Across29 ChopHEW3Across30 Comfort in distressSOLACE6Across30 Clumsy American who gets a gal too upsetGALOOT6Across30 It's there for anybody to win!OPEN4Across31 AssistHELP4Across31 Hesitated to have the figurehead changedFALTERED8Across32 TinyMINUTE6Across32 SufficientADEQUATE8Across32 The crossword author's dog?SETTER6Across33 SourceORIGIN6Across33 CoercionDURESS6Across33 GalaFETE4Across34 GrooveRUT3Across35 WantNEED4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
OccurHAPPEN6Down1 Start a journey with a porter out EastSETOUT6Down1 MildBLAND5Down2 It's handled as a scoopSHOVEL6Down2 InsightACUMEN6Down2 SpoolREEL4Down3 LearnedERUDITE7Down3 A frontier row?TIER4Down3 U.S. peninsula or South African fishCAPECOD7Down4 JarJOLT4Down4 Lean or bonyANGULAR7Down4 MeltTHAW4Down5 Italian cityTURIN5Down5 Central Anglo Saxon king?MIDAS5Down5 ImplicitTACIT5Down6 Suffered from having no seatSTOOD5Down6 HintCLUES5Down6 PlunderDESPOIL7Down7 Public poolLIDO4Down8 Just the chap to spoon with a bird?BILL4Down8 UncookedRAW3Down9 Again, figure as a revolutionaryRED3Down9 LubricateOIL3Down11 Talk a lot in picking a sideGAS3Down12 DonkeyASS3Down12 Narrow broochPIN3Down12 Bit of a joint where any number's ten outTENON5Down13 SailorTAR3Down13 CourageNERVE5Down13 People from DenmarkDANES5Down15 In my case, a duck and a horse; also a catMOGGY5Down15 CotBED3Down16 StrayERR3Down17 A letter in the hospital pharmacyALPHA5Down18 Praise lavishlyEXTOL5Down18 Down at the bottom of the class, nowadaysSAD3Down19 AskENQUIRE7Down19 For everyPER3Down19 It's on the sheltered sideLEE3Down20 ObtainedGOT3Down20 Confronted with a cow, the wild deer showed fearCOWERED7Down21 EpochAGE3Down21 Thoughtful, solemnSERIOUS7Down21 Refer toMENTION7Down22 ForbidBAN3Down22 Allow, but with constraintLET3Down22 Supporting columnPILLAR6Down23 Gift for a pupil in temporary quartersTALENT6Down23 NewtEFT3Down23 JumpLEAP4Down24 Only a small part of England has a farm animal onOXON4Down24 RepresentativesAGENTS6Down25 A simple model?SITTER6Down25 FreezeICE3Down25 Jonathan was not slowSWIFT5Down26 FragmentSCRAP5Down26 SharpACUTE5Down27 Glandular organLIVER5Down27 Something you could possibly fire, keeping a level headRIFLE5Down27 Foot digitTOE3Down28 Master plan, initially?MAP3Down28 ScoldCHIDE5Down29 They're high up in the theatreGODS4Down30 SuccessorHEIR4Down30 Cast offSHED4Down30 HabitWONT4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. 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.