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Evening Standard Crossword September 2 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 2 2019 answers. The Monday 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#
BetWAGER5Across2 Board gameCHESS5Across3 One way to avoid starving is to work hardSWEAT5Across3 DiminishWANE4Across7 It's a shame being out of breath when full of good stuffPITHY5Across8 FracasAFFRAY6Across8 Bird's clawTALON5Across8 DomineeringBOSSY5Across9 Raced around the woodCEDAR5Across10 Distinctive characterETHOS5Across10 Castor oil extract that can get you highTOR3Across11 SwinePIG3Across11 AffirmativeYES3Across11 FlavourTASTE5Across12 Started something, e.g. in hair stylingBEGUN5Across12 It takes very little bread to change a contourCROUTON7Across13 Of the sidesLATERAL7Across13 NodBOW3Across13 Native American tentTEPEE5Across15 One of mother's terms in AmericaMOMMA5Across15 NoblemanEARL4Across15 TopCAP3Across16 ChastePURE4Across18 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Across18 Such lions are expert swimmersSEA3Across18 ColourCERISE6Across19 A broken romanceSERIAL6Across19 ForcefulDYNAMIC7Across19 RecogniseKNOW4Across20 Joyous ecstasyRAPTURE7Across21 Maybe endlessly toasting VictoriaSTATION7Across21 SmellPONG4Across22 StratagemPLOY4Across22 Can they get quietly out of traps?RATS4Across22 Asian desertGOBI4Across23 What agitators do in ceaseless tirades?STIR4Across23 LeaptVAULTED7Across23 Home in 24 hours from Benin, as it wasDAHOMEY7Across24 Police photoMUGSHOT7Across24 OuthouseSHED4Across25 High regardESTEEM6Across26 Country southwest of Paradise?SWEDEN6Across26 StrayERR3Across27 HandleHILT4Across28 Spoil for one short monthMAR3Across29 Former French coinSOU3Across29 ConcealedHID3Across30 Brush-making plantSHRUB5Across31 ModestCOY3Across31 PerspireSWEAT5Across31 Back offRETREAT7Across32 No brief conflagration?BONFIRE7Across32 RomanyGYPSY5Across33 Is able to get ahead as a churchmanCANON5Across34 Class, groupGENUS5Across34 Like the wit in need of a drink?DRY3Across35 Floor coveringMAT3Across35 Creatures that could play you false?FLEAS5Across36 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across36 RareSCARCE6Across36 Old-fashioned versePOESY5Across37 DeserveMERIT5Across37 SpindleAXLE4Across37 CastTHROW5Across38 Let's copy the Latvians!LETTS5Across38 Rub outERASE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Inuit boatKAYAK5Down1 CrazeMANIA5Down1 One jointly worn by a bishop?MITRE5Down1 PosyNOSEGAY7Down2 Pushy endeavours to get one's point home?THRUSTS7Down2 NetworkWEB3Down2 FuelGAS3Down3 CureHEAL4Down4 BeamRAY3Down4 As new, perhaps, getting out of hospitalWHEN4Down4 AwayOFF3Down5 Some vacuous fellows showing insight!ACUMEN6Down5 CouchSETTEE6Down5 PrincipalMAJOR5Down6 GuideSTEER5Down6 A one-note singer?TENOR5Down6 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down7 Hot-headed woman's gameHALMA5Down7 PermitLET3Down9 To love more than seems rightTOO3Down9 BridgeSPAN4Down10 HungryPECKISH7Down11 FurrowedGROOVED7Down12 Often having a row, the strip character conceals nothingBOATMAN7Down12 Fit of temperTANTRUM7Down12 RusticBUCOLIC7Down13 Scalding does it no harmTEA3Down14 HeavyWEIGHTY7Down14 RendRIP3Down14 FlierPILOT5Down16 It's my cunning, being vagueMISTY5Down16 PedalCYCLE5Down16 WeirdEERIE5Down17 Fear of the fellow with the gun?ALARM5Down17 JournalPAPER5Down17 SeedPIP3Down18 Was he wise to be alone one day?SOLOMON7Down19 TraversesCROSSES7Down19 Up north, money can give audacityBRASS5Down20 Secret agentsSPIES5Down20 Animal with a saintly head, always?STEER5Down21 BundleWAD3Down21 Chosen wayROUTE5Down21 GastronomeGOURMET7Down23 Historically a poor stateSERFDOM7Down23 Falling starMETEOR6Down24 Lower to the sea bed?DEBASE6Down24 SalverTRAY4Down24 SpicyHOT3Down25 We're all of this kindMAN3Down25 KnotHITCH5Down26 SugarySWEET5Down27 It all means we get out for a little holidayWHOLE5Down27 Bird of preyEAGLE5Down28 Becoming a noblemanDUCAL5Down28 HumbleLOWLY5Down29 Ancient languageLATIN5Down30 Assignation in a country stationTRYST5Down30 RegretsRUES4Down32 WeepCRY3Down32 Run, not necessarily to seedBOLT4Down32 Displeasure at being back in SiberiaIRE3Down33 ObtainGET3Down33 Hearing organEAR3Down33 EqualityPAR3Down34 DeviateYAW3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 2, 2019. 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.