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Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2020 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#
PrankJOKE4Across1 FlapTAB3Across4 GroupsSETS4Across6 SpoilMAR3Across9 Stiff, while the previous one had a nice flexible coverINELASTIC9Across9 AlternativelyOTHERWISE9Across9 MasculinityMACHISMO8Across10 Like the melody from the film "The Ghosts"HAUNTING8Across10 MementoSOUVENIR8Across10 PressIRON4Across11 Run – and come to griefTRIP4Across12 UncommonRARE4Across12 Run for officeCAREER6Across13 Leg boneFIBULA6Across13 Go off to get some beer or don’t botherLEAVEBE7Across14 SunshadePARASOL7Across14 MeadowLEA3Across14 Kitchen implementFISHSLICE9Across15 Right about the real trouble with the car partREARLIGHT9Across15 AnimalBEAST5Across16 Was about to be involved inCONCERNED9Across17 UnceasingINCESSANT9Across17 Is annoying and one gives a Mickey Finn toPUTSOUT7Across18 Mounted troopsCAVALRY7Across18 RenewRECHARGE8Across19 I can’t repair the hole in the caseACTION6Across20 DeedACTION6Across20 ResonationECHO4Across21 RelinquishWAIVE5Across21 Parking in the wrong one, to start withOPEN4Across21 LiftsELEVATES8Across23 Heads towards, which helps to bring aboutMAKESFOR8Across24 Thin soupCONSOMME8Across24 AssemblesMEETS5Across24 Shopkeeper who’s a gossipmonger?RETAILER8Across26 RegionDISTRICT8Across26 BeforeERE3Across27 In spite of the uniformEVEN4Across28 Heavy metalLEAD4Across28 Native American dwellingWIGWAM6Across29 Seemed angered by, which was all too illuminatingGLARED6Across29 HumorousAMUSING7Across31 GraspGRAB4Across31 Wished one hadn’t put in a cherry tree?REPINED7Across31 CeremoniesWEDDINGS8Across33 Kept down the work when urged toOPPRESSED9Across34 BedcoverEIDERDOWN9Across34 SphereORB3Across34 ForceARMY4Across35 CarefreeGAY3Across36 System for storing telephone messagesVOICEMAIL9Across36 Happening to have noticed, on the outside, a numberSEVENTEEN9Across36 GentleMEEK4Across37 EnthusiastDEVOTEE7Across38 It runs fast and sounds as though it does!CHEETAH7Across38 FruitBANANA6Across39 Going to the net I foozled again, on the wholeENTIRE6Across39 Sound systemHIFI4Across40 Run “Roundhead” in the raceTROT4Across40 Document in which there will be no cross-referencesPEDIGREE8Across41 Impractically idealisticQUIXOTIC8Across41 Being sufficient for driving as far asRUNNINGTO9Across42 Alert and competent, informallyONTHEBALL9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GruesomeHORRIFIC8Down1 Make look presentableGIFTWRAP8Down1 RefrainCHORUS6Down2 She leans out to grab oneSELINA6Down2 MineralOPAL4Down2 Surrounding areaVICINITY8Down3 In order to be honestSTRAIGHT8Down3 RepeatECHO4Down3 TilesTESSERAE8Down4 Great floodDELUGE6Down4 Stress that is a c-coinACCENT6Down4 KickBOOT4Down5 WriterESSAYIST8Down5 Getting you there faster, it lessens the shock considerablySHORTCUT8Down5 GrinSMILE5Down6 DistrustfulSUSPICIOUS10Down6 Extracting from and leavingPULLINGOUT10Down6 OrganEAR3Down7 ClosestNEAREST7Down7 Having supported right through, transgressedSTRAYED7Down7 HurriesTROTS5Down8 Afternoon napSIESTA6Down8 Escaping notice, you understand, in nun’s disguiseUNSEEN6Down8 Apt, when the time gets closeTENDING7Down11 Great joyELATION7Down11 BesomBROOM5Down12 ViewSCENE5Down13 RuleLAW3Down14 NimbleAGILE5Down15 SpatterSPLASH6Down16 Went ahead and held up, also – stole fromLOOTED6Down16 SharpACUTE5Down17 RendezvousTRYST5Down18 Mere suspicion, you findTRACE5Down19 Stringed instrumentVIOLA5Down19 PrimateAPE3Down20 CommonplaceEVERYDAY8Down20 Music, to create atmosphereAIR3Down20 Desert plantsCACTI5Down22 EveningEVE3Down22 Dress downPREEN5Down22 Seed by which pop raised an applePIPPIN6Down23 Game birdGROUSE6Down23 Winter is here in no time – it’s disappointingFALLSSHORT10Down25 Type of propertyMAISONETTE10Down25 MistakeERROR5Down25 CatTABBY5Down26 Poorly illuminatedDIM3Down26 Left again the day afterRED3Down26 Even by this timeALREADY7Down27 Make a poor shot into a good oneRETOUCH7Down27 ShootTWIG4Down28 MovieFILM4Down29 GiantOGRE4Down30 Type of footballerWINGBACK8Down30 Restored to favour, one considered, againREDEEMED8Down30 EstrangeALIENATE8Down31 Admiring greatly, is always within call forREVERING8Down31 Offering to serve the peopleDONATION8Down32 LimbARM3Down32 Easily dupedGULLIBLE8Down32 Sure to be specificCERTAIN7Down33 False reasonPRETEXT7Down33 Eat up greedilyDEVOUR6Down35 Had been crying, one quickly sawPEEPED6Down35 .....and I am in floods of tears, which is ironicalSATIRE6Down36 SellerVENDOR6Down36 Mobile rang in the middle of the speech which does infuriateENRAGE6Down37 BeastANIMAL6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 18, 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.