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Evening Standard Crossword September 22 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 22 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
Music typeREGGAE6Across1 The hi-fi's 'noise gremlin'? Nonsense!HUMBUG6Across1 NewFRESH5Across2 High statusPRESTIGE8Across7 StockSTORE5Across7 Go up like magicLEVITATE8Across7 Optical defect of which one is unconscious?COMA4Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 CookBAKE4Across8 Stopped getting very heated about a redheadBRAKED6Across10 SharpACUTE5Across10 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Across10 Give a dollar - a share of the doleBUCKLE6Across11 TreePOPLAR6Across11 SphereORB3Across12 FactoryPLANT5Across13 Where to say thanks for those lovely gardensKEW3Across14 Female swanPEN3Across14 LikedENJOYED7Across15 Is it late when the weather's wet on a Tuesday?TRAIN5Across16 Mountain systemURALS5Across16 Always severely trimmed!EVER4Across17 OtherwiseELSE4Across17 CountRECKON6Across17 Where, near Scarborough, there's new life for a YankeeFILEY5Across19 BoySON3Across19 Musical instrumentPIANO5Across19 ConsideredREPUTED7Across20 Only parts of festivities?FETES5Across21 FuriousLIVID5Across21 Boy's nameNIGEL5Across22 When released, Fred got out of Mile EndFREED5Across22 Female servantMAID4Across23 A two-way flier?BIRD4Across23 EntranceDOOR4Across23 HarvestREAP4Across25 Passed onRELAYED7Across26 Fur in bales?SABLE5Across26 PulsateTHROB5Across26 CanineDOG3Across28 It helps keep the rain off, back in campMAC3Across28 Performer of an early version on the pianoPLAYER6Across29 Removed unwelcome plantsWEEDED6Across29 FelineCAT3Across30 The British one, with which mum's out of practice?MUSEUM6Across30 Rich cakeGATEAU6Across30 Like the veterans who started to back De GaulleAGED4Across31 DelineateDEFINE6Across31 AmongAMID4Across31 Usually a friend to a little boyNORMALLY8Across32 Parlour gameCHARADES8Across32 A constituent of the water we all needOXYGEN6Across33 GratifyPLEASE6Across33 YieldedACCEDED7Across34 TeacherTUTOR5Across37 WandROD3Across38 TwelveDOZEN5Across39 SkinflintMISER5Across40 ScoffSNEER5Across41 IrritableTESTY5Across42

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Astronomer who took a notable part at the centre of thingsHUBBLE6Down1 Deep soundRUMBLE6Down1 FashionSTYLE5Down1 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down2 Prize referee?BOOKER6Down2 OutspokenFRANK5Down2 Fencing swordEPEE4Down3 Happy, good fellowGLAD4Down3 ClergymanRECTOR6Down3 LocationSITE4Down4 BewilderASTOUND7Down4 Time of a meeting?MINUTES7Down4 SingerCROONER7Down5 Thanks to the building of an ark, we have the otterTARKA5Down5 Holiday homeVILLA5Down5 RevoltREBEL5Down6 ScorchesSEARS5Down6 The number of oaks in placeSEVEN5Down6 Hits, informallyBOPS4Down8 Might it taste of soap?CAKE4Down8 KnowledgeKEN3Down9 ParchedDRY3Down9 Cry over a bit of homework?MEW3Down9 AscertainedENSURED7Down11 Babyish piece of mimicryCRY3Down12 ForPRO3Down12 Brown's a survivor!LIVER5Down13 Defence pleaALIBI5Down13 ConceitPRIDE5Down13 PerformerACTOR5Down14 Seen, heard, and quotedCITED5Down15 Clyde, sayRIVER5Down15 IotaJOT3Down16 SuppleLITHE5Down18 DeniedNEGATED7Down18 It's essential to back up some relativesVITAL5Down18 Farm animalPIG3Down19 A charge that will make you feel robbed of pounds!FEE3Down19 AfflictAIL3Down20 Persuaded to leave a tumbledown shackLED3Down20 On which to drive a generous distance?FREEWAY7Down21 LiabilityDEBIT5Down21 UngrudgingLIBERAL7Down21 HigherUPPER5Down22 Signal agreementNOD3Down22 Travel fast, that is, from '19 Across'FLY3Down22 ReasonMOTIVE6Down23 Horse around with Les, perhaps, shamefullyBASELY6Down23 Cold dice, possiblyICED4Down24 EbbedRECEDED7Down24 ElderlyAGED4Down24 To be a wet blanket makes little difference to Damien!DAMPEN6Down25 Servile workerDRUDGE6Down25 Two timesTWICE5Down26 Column in the back of a book!SPINE5Down26 RoyalREGAL5Down27 YouthLAD3Down27 Brain child?BAIRN5Down27 WeirDAM3Down28 Given gins, he'll be just as stupidMUG3Down28 LoatheDETEST6Down28 PungentACRID5Down29 PantGASP4Down30 In Ireland, a girl to loveMAYO4Down30 AmusingFUNNY5Down32 PriedNOSED5Down33 LettuceCOS3Down35 CupolaDOME4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 22, 2022. 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.