Evening Standard Crossword September 20 2023 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 20 2023. 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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Spanish dish61 AcrossReveal answer → Hit61 AcrossReveal answer → Garment to pull towards one61 AcrossReveal answer → Decay65 AcrossReveal answer → Slaughter87 AcrossReveal answer → Absent for a little rest, one turns in87 AcrossReveal answer → A drink we take in48 AcrossReveal answer → Meat spread48 AcrossReveal answer → Finished59 AcrossReveal answer → To cry like this may seem evil to the Poles610 AcrossReveal answer → Catchword610 AcrossReveal answer → Take610 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name for a car (Scandinavian?)611 AcrossReveal answer → Fee611 AcrossReveal answer → Schedule611 AcrossReveal answer → Abrupt512 AcrossReveal answer → Lay some mousetraps314 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher414 AcrossReveal answer → Belonging to us314 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name516 AcrossReveal answer → Lavishes affection on a girl, two ways516 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish317 AcrossReveal answer → Cries when a spy is discovered417 AcrossReveal answer → Land measure417 AcrossReveal answer → Present418 AcrossReveal answer → Fooled a failure into holding some hope?519 AcrossReveal answer → Hector519 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned520 AcrossReveal answer → Cunning of the French going to the West Indies521 AcrossReveal answer → Calm521 AcrossReveal answer → Paled522 AcrossReveal answer → Military instrument522 AcrossReveal answer → A duck, but you may see one among the wild deer522 AcrossReveal answer → It's potentially electrifying423 AcrossReveal answer → Violinist723 AcrossReveal answer → Wash oneself in this423 AcrossReveal answer → Performed524 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted rails can be deceptive526 AcrossReveal answer → Liability526 AcrossReveal answer → Bulgarian capital526 AcrossReveal answer → Bad actor given a clap somewhere in London328 AcrossReveal answer → Beseech328 AcrossReveal answer → The boys can name a great king629 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch429 AcrossReveal answer → Paltry629 AcrossReveal answer → Snapper's device630 AcrossReveal answer → When it comes to the crunch, is edible630 AcrossReveal answer → Wager330 AcrossReveal answer → Burden431 AcrossReveal answer → Soon, one gets ahead431 AcrossReveal answer → Falls back832 AcrossReveal answer → Stops a serpent coiling itself around Victor!832 AcrossReveal answer → Cubes432 AcrossReveal answer → Ethical533 AcrossReveal answer → He doesn't exactly need a permit to live alone633 AcrossReveal answer → Dozen633 AcrossReveal answer → Vault635 AcrossReveal answer → Melted636 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone537 AcrossReveal answer → Tallied638 AcrossReveal answer → Wreckage639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Frightened61 DownReveal answer → Fluid part of blood61 DownReveal answer → New in America, it's a top garment61 DownReveal answer → Cutters, initially silent62 DownReveal answer → Class62 DownReveal answer → Firework62 DownReveal answer → Coward's name43 DownReveal answer → Prayer ending43 DownReveal answer → Retained43 DownReveal answer → Scrapes or scratches, possibly causing bad ears74 DownReveal answer → Mineral pitch74 DownReveal answer → Go in54 DownReveal answer → Derision55 DownReveal answer → Banquet55 DownReveal answer → Storehouse or department containing nothing55 DownReveal answer → Border46 DownReveal answer → Heavens above!56 DownReveal answer → Brawl56 DownReveal answer → Nursed67 DownReveal answer → Wandered68 DownReveal answer → Not rich48 DownReveal answer → A little smoke is not exactly wise48 DownReveal answer → Seaman39 DownReveal answer → Fishy, perhaps, it's simply full of holes!39 DownReveal answer → Boy given the stick?312 DownReveal answer → Whichever312 DownReveal answer → Is flat, but maybe spirited513 DownReveal answer → Noisier713 DownReveal answer → Huge person513 DownReveal answer → Put up515 DownReveal answer → Animals that go on two feet515 DownReveal answer → Observe515 DownReveal answer → Allude516 DownReveal answer → Raced518 DownReveal answer → Light boat518 DownReveal answer → Time for a shower?518 DownReveal answer → Passed up again319 DownReveal answer → Souvenir519 DownReveal answer → Small insect319 DownReveal answer → By taking a chance as a matter of luck320 DownReveal answer → Sheltered side320 DownReveal answer → They'll do nothing hasty when the swine are milling around them721 DownReveal answer → Argument721 DownReveal answer → Performed321 DownReveal answer → Nourished322 DownReveal answer → Be wrong in giving a growl going to earth322 DownReveal answer → Large322 DownReveal answer → Confuse623 DownReveal answer → A familiar name for our courage623 DownReveal answer → Relatively long time424 DownReveal answer → Plant624 DownReveal answer → Sign of women losing their head424 DownReveal answer → Higher625 DownReveal answer → Test taken by a swimmer around the end of May625 DownReveal answer → Funeral car625 DownReveal answer → Lights taking 50 current amps526 DownReveal answer → Knowing smile526 DownReveal answer → Acid627 DownReveal answer → Trying to get a foot on the bottom of the ladder527 DownReveal answer → Adipose527 DownReveal answer → Forbid328 DownReveal answer → Ball game628 DownReveal answer → Feminist sort of party?328 DownReveal answer → What a cheque meant, as you'll have realised430 DownReveal answer → Price430 DownReveal answer → Drilled530 DownReveal answer → Domesticated531 DownReveal answer → Manufactured433 DownReveal answer → Learning434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. 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.