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Evening Standard Crossword September 20 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 20 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 130 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#
Spanish dishPAELLA6Across1 HitSTRIKE6Across1 Garment to pull towards oneJERKIN6Across1 DecayFESTER6Across5 SlaughterMASSACRE8Across7 Absent for a little rest, one turns inOFFBREAK8Across7 A drink we take inWINE4Across8 Meat spreadPATE4Across8 FinishedENDED5Across9 To cry like this may seem evil to the PolesSNIVEL6Across10 CatchwordSLOGAN6Across10 TakeACCEPT6Across10 Girl's name for a car (Scandinavian?)CAROLE6Across11 FeeCHARGE6Across11 ScheduleAGENDA6Across11 AbruptTERSE5Across12 Lay some mousetrapsSET3Across14 PitcherEWER4Across14 Belonging to usOUR3Across14 Girl's nameANNIE5Across16 Lavishes affection on a girl, two waysDOTES5Across16 RubbishROT3Across17 Cries when a spy is discoveredYAPS4Across17 Land measureACRE4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Fooled a failure into holding some hope?DUPED5Across19 HectorBULLY5Across19 Old-fashionedDATED5Across20 Cunning of the French going to the West IndiesWILES5Across21 CalmQUIET5Across21 PaledFADED5Across22 Military instrumentBUGLE5Across22 A duck, but you may see one among the wild deerEIDER5Across22 It's potentially electrifyingVOLT4Across23 ViolinistFIDDLER7Across23 Wash oneself in thisBATH4Across23 PerformedACTED5Across24 Twisted rails can be deceptiveLIARS5Across26 LiabilityDEBIT5Across26 Bulgarian capitalSOFIA5Across26 Bad actor given a clap somewhere in LondonHAM3Across28 BeseechBEG3Across28 The boys can name a great kingALFRED6Across29 ScorchCHAR4Across29 PaltryMEAGRE6Across29 Snapper's deviceCAMERA6Across30 When it comes to the crunch, is edibleCELERY6Across30 WagerBET3Across30 BurdenONUS4Across31 Soon, one gets aheadANON4Across31 Falls backRETREATS8Across32 Stops a serpent coiling itself around Victor!PREVENTS8Across32 CubesDICE4Across32 EthicalMORAL5Across33 He doesn't exactly need a permit to live aloneHERMIT6Across33 DozenTWELVE6Across33 VaultCELLAR6Across35 MeltedMOLTEN6Across36 PostponeDEFER5Across37 TalliedAGREED6Across38 WreckageDEBRIS6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FrightenedSCARED6Down1 Fluid part of bloodPLASMA6Down1 New in America, it's a top garmentJERSEY6Down1 Cutters, initially silentKNIVES6Down2 ClassLEAGUE6Down2 FireworkROCKET6Down2 Coward's nameNOEL4Down3 Prayer endingAMEN4Down3 RetainedKEPT4Down3 Scrapes or scratches, possibly causing bad earsABRADES7Down4 Mineral pitchASPHALT7Down4 Go inENTER5Down4 DerisionSCORN5Down5 BanquetFEAST5Down5 Storehouse or department containing nothingDEPOT5Down5 BorderEDGE4Down6 Heavens above!SKIES5Down6 BrawlMELEE5Down6 NursedTENDED6Down7 WanderedROAMED6Down8 Not richPOOR4Down8 A little smoke is not exactly wiseWISP4Down8 SeamanTAR3Down9 Fishy, perhaps, it's simply full of holes!NET3Down9 Boy given the stick?ROD3Down12 WhicheverANY3Down12 Is flat, but maybe spiritedLEVEL5Down13 NoisierROWDIER7Down13 Huge personGIANT5Down13 Put upBUILD5Down15 Animals that go on two feetMULES5Down15 ObserveWATCH5Down15 AlludeREFER5Down16 RacedHARED5Down18 Light boatCANOE5Down18 Time for a shower?APRIL5Down18 Passed up againDID3Down19 SouvenirRELIC5Down19 Small insectBUG3Down19 By taking a chance as a matter of luckPER3Down20 Sheltered sideLEE3Down20 They'll do nothing hasty when the swine are milling around themWISEMEN7Down21 ArgumentQUARREL7Down21 PerformedDID3Down21 NourishedFED3Down22 Be wrong in giving a growl going to earthERR3Down22 LargeBIG3Down22 ConfuseBEMUSE6Down23 A familiar name for our courageVALOUR6Down23 Relatively long timeAGES4Down24 PlantACACIA6Down24 Sign of women losing their headOMEN4Down24 HigherTALLER6Down25 Test taken by a swimmer around the end of MayTRYOUT6Down25 Funeral carHEARSE6Down25 Lights taking 50 current ampsLAMPS5Down26 Knowing smileSMIRK5Down26 AcidBITTER6Down27 Trying to get a foot on the bottom of the ladderAFTER5Down27 AdiposeFATTY5Down27 ForbidBAN3Down28 Ball gameTENNIS6Down28 Feminist sort of party?HEN3Down28 What a cheque meant, as you'll have realisedCASH4Down30 PriceCOST4Down30 DrilledBORED5Down30 DomesticatedTAMED5Down31 ManufacturedMADE4Down33 LearningLORE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 20, 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.