Evening Standard Crossword September 20 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 20 2019. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Genuine41 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity34 AcrossReveal answer → Stuff46 AcrossReveal answer → Resin39 AcrossReveal answer → Tests the microphone when one cajoles?99 AcrossReveal answer → Emergency vehicle99 AcrossReveal answer → Relation810 AcrossReveal answer → Wrench from the reckless youngster810 AcrossReveal answer → Strategic810 AcrossReveal answer → Responsibility411 AcrossReveal answer → Little bit of the first half of the alphabet412 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part412 AcrossReveal answer → Ready to go walkies when you lure into trouble?613 AcrossReveal answer → Choose613 AcrossReveal answer → Drew into conversation, as promised714 AcrossReveal answer → European language714 AcrossReveal answer → Abrade314 AcrossReveal answer → Forgetful915 AcrossReveal answer → If lacking in potential, it’s improbable915 AcrossReveal answer → Cut516 AcrossReveal answer → The carpet is to take across to the church917 AcrossReveal answer → Octopus' limblike organs917 AcrossReveal answer → Cool out and it’s the end of August718 AcrossReveal answer → Obvious718 AcrossReveal answer → Felon819 AcrossReveal answer → Mother used to work in it with this awful ugly woman620 AcrossReveal answer → Whispering or rubbing sound620 AcrossReveal answer → Healthy421 AcrossReveal answer → Stoneworker521 AcrossReveal answer → Rushes back to give it a whirl421 AcrossReveal answer → Ointment823 AcrossReveal answer → From now on a shade retiring and I’m not surprised824 AcrossReveal answer → Refused824 AcrossReveal answer → Broaden524 AcrossReveal answer → Strange characteristic826 AcrossReveal answer → Abnormal826 AcrossReveal answer → Nose327 AcrossReveal answer → The thing was presented to one on return428 AcrossReveal answer → Routine428 AcrossReveal answer → Change629 AcrossReveal answer → A drink that’s lacking in body?629 AcrossReveal answer → Idle talk731 AcrossReveal answer → Leap431 AcrossReveal answer → Offering to be there731 AcrossReveal answer → Fragrant833 AcrossReveal answer → Finds, when one cancels the insurance on?934 AcrossReveal answer → French cheese934 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent334 AcrossReveal answer → Repudiate435 AcrossReveal answer → Watch336 AcrossReveal answer → Flower936 AcrossReveal answer → As the exhausted musician is?936 AcrossReveal answer → Rasp437 AcrossReveal answer → Plead738 AcrossReveal answer → Giving bad tips causes resentment738 AcrossReveal answer → Cashier639 AcrossReveal answer → Call on and see round, with one’s relations639 AcrossReveal answer → Loosen440 AcrossReveal answer → Man the worm doesn’t like to see approaching it!440 AcrossReveal answer → Is not sprinkled on the dry parts841 AcrossReveal answer → Famous841 AcrossReveal answer → Do business with, but clearly feel superior to942 AcrossReveal answer → Remove942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Forbearance81 DownReveal answer → Clasped one tightly, but it was not natural81 DownReveal answer → Receding62 DownReveal answer → “Virtually the last resort,” the doctor interposed62 DownReveal answer → Always42 DownReveal answer → Fascination83 DownReveal answer → Return at one ten, prepared to take a break83 DownReveal answer → Guide43 DownReveal answer → Court84 DownReveal answer → Proper64 DownReveal answer → How you said “Close that window, I’m freezing”?64 DownReveal answer → Excuse45 DownReveal answer → Laws85 DownReveal answer → Level with the post85 DownReveal answer → Near56 DownReveal answer → Film script106 DownReveal answer → What you were singing in the shower?106 DownReveal answer → Managed37 DownReveal answer → Sketch77 DownReveal answer → Catching and sacking?77 DownReveal answer → Sharp58 DownReveal answer → Of a people68 DownReveal answer → Tense, you say, when under instruction68 DownReveal answer → Loving to make a fuss when you call on711 DownReveal answer → Prickly plant711 DownReveal answer → Twist512 DownReveal answer → Inflexible513 DownReveal answer → Edge314 DownReveal answer → Bowl515 DownReveal answer → Models616 DownReveal answer → Squabbling with somebody while queuing?616 DownReveal answer → Adder517 DownReveal answer → Way518 DownReveal answer → Quite a few are scratch519 DownReveal answer → Sluggish519 DownReveal answer → Free320 DownReveal answer → Lonely820 DownReveal answer → The rampant animal does detract from the beauty320 DownReveal answer → Precise522 DownReveal answer → Pen-point322 DownReveal answer → Even providing transport522 DownReveal answer → Sounds like a support claim623 DownReveal answer → Optical illusion623 DownReveal answer → Does it make a dent in the good weather chart?1025 DownReveal answer → Sickening1025 DownReveal answer → Habituate525 DownReveal answer → Vacant526 DownReveal answer → Wonder326 DownReveal answer → A knock and an answer to “Who’s there?”326 DownReveal answer → Fern727 DownReveal answer → The wagtail?727 DownReveal answer → Tardy428 DownReveal answer → Stray429 DownReveal answer → Invoice430 DownReveal answer → Height830 DownReveal answer → Clearly anxious, on finding the balance reduced830 DownReveal answer → Pitiful831 DownReveal answer → They play in Spain, as arranged, first831 DownReveal answer → Packed it all in is what it amounted to832 DownReveal answer → Male332 DownReveal answer → Worker832 DownReveal answer → Mean to cheat over money733 DownReveal answer → Ruler733 DownReveal answer → Substance635 DownReveal answer → When there’s sun, habitually will thaw635 DownReveal answer → Quick! Tell me what to say!636 DownReveal answer → Projectile636 DownReveal answer → I ring haphazardly round first, as a beginning637 DownReveal answer → Swindler, informally637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 20, 2019. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.