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Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
ScornDERIDE6Across1 Loud explosionsBANGS5Across3 Diagram often accompanied by a photoGRAPH5Across3 BullyHECTOR6Across5 NegligentCARELESS8Across8 She has a line in stewed eelsELSIE5Across8 Parrot typeMACAW5Across8 PaceSTEP4Across9 Quarrelsome boatman?ROWER5Across10 RascalROGUE5Across10 ConsumedATE3Across10 Ian's own?AIN3Across11 HillTOR3Across11 Mother figures it's an old sawMAXIM5Across12 RusticRURAL5Across12 War-horseSTEED5Across12 One's personal objective, though not a good scoreOWNGOAL7Across13 Afternoon showMATINEE7Across13 ManservantVALET5Across15 FixedSET3Across15 Creature akin to the pelican?ZEBRA5Across15 SickenAIL3Across17 Record of a polo game?LOG3Across18 KnockRAP3Across18 Household petCAT3Across18 Nominally, he may have a large figureGERALD6Across19 SailorTAR3Across19 PeacefulSERENE6Across19 AvoidEVADE5Across20 SpikeEAR3Across21 According to reasonLOGICAL7Across21 Challenged to go round the Pole, that's clearDEFINED7Across21 That stolen from Waterloo terminus?LOOT4Across22 AnorakCOAT4Across22 ShelterLEE3Across22 UndergarmentVEST4Across23 Sword of thin aluminium?FOIL4Across23 Boring-toolAWL3Across23 He wouldn't have put food out for the Crusaders!SALADIN7Across24 BeamRAY3Across24 Flow windinglyMEANDER7Across24 TopicsTHEMES6Across26 It certainly makes you wonder!MARVEL6Across26 TrampleTREAD5Across26 YouthLAD3Across29 It's what let Icarus downWAX3Across29 ToddlerTOT3Across29 A problem in prose, possiblyPOSER5Across31 Fortune-telling cardTAROT5Across31 HatesDETESTS7Across32 Arrangement of a duet with much diminuendoFADEOUT7Across32 TruthFACT4Across33 It's daft to be so close to the batSILLY5Across34 ResponseREACTION8Across34 YieldedCEDED5Across34 One cast as 'Diane East'?DIE3Across35 Dog-houseKENNEL6Across35 Fish eggsROE3Across35 A terrible one, say?STATE5Across36 PinchedNIPPED6Across36 American stateIDAHO5Across36 Vegetarian food we have as long as we livePULSE5Across37 FriendsMATES5Across37 White as a birdASHEN5Across38 OriginateARISE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DeadlyFATAL5Down1 Weakness in floors?FLAWS5Down1 PreciseEXACT5Down2 Garment that can cause strange tingles?SINGLET7Down2 French beanHARICOT7Down2 FrozenICED4Down3 It's in outer Ealing, that's trueREAL4Down4 FeverAGUE4Down4 OustEJECT5Down4 HurryHASTE5Down5 Valued with unusual pride when about middle sizedPRIZED6Down5 Small stonesGRAVEL6Down5 MoneyCASH4Down6 American poet?HOMER5Down6 Of the sunSOLAR5Down6 Female monarchQUEEN5Down7 FatOBESE5Down7 She's like stone to a soft-headed aristocratPEARL5Down7 Baby's bedCOT3Down9 Crime takes a bit of erasingSIN3Down9 PerformerACTOR5Down10 PrematureEARLY5Down11 Gives up workRETIRES7Down12 PrecipitationSLEET5Down12 Wonderful trio with only two notes leftMAGICAL7Down12 DeleteERASE5Down13 Money? Think nothing of it!OOF3Down14 HorseNAG3Down14 FearDREAD5Down14 PeriodSPELL5Down15 Beefy nobleman?BARON5Down16 Leprosy victimLEPER5Down16 WearyTIRED5Down16 Mature person of modern times, having some faultsADULT5Down17 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down17 Redesigned gateway? I don't believe it!GETAWAY7Down19 CanonisedSAINTED7Down19 Boy's nameSCOTT5Down20 Hold tight and you'll see the light!CLAMP5Down20 You can get fresh air out of themDOORS5Down21 Beam of lightLASER5Down21 Provided for being set at a higher levelFIXEDUP7Down23 Old soldierVETERAN7Down23 Shooting starMETEOR6Down24 TV saga about a ship going round a lakeSERIES6Down24 SpeckDOT3Down25 Old man of no fixed addressDAD3Down25 AstoundAMAZE5Down25 It's of main importance where circulation's concernedAORTA5Down27 RobustHARDY5Down27 That flaming redhead?VESTA5Down28 AnewAGAIN5Down28 Chocolate and coffee blendMOCHA5Down28 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down30 AscendedAROSE5Down30 Person entertained in the vaguest senseGUEST5Down30 StupefySTUN4Down31 LairsDENS4Down32 Feel free to make oneself scarceFLEE4Down32 CeaseSTOP4Down32 A drop from the can?OIL3Down33 DrunkardSOT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 18, 2023. 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.