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Evening Standard Crossword September 24 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 24 2020 answers. The Thursday 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#
DetailNICETY6Across1 Lying with a bend in the backboneSUPINE6Across4 MethodSYSTEM6Across4 SlaughterCULL4Across5 A traditionally incisive departure out EastHARAKIRI8Across7 LinoleumOILCLOTH8Across7 New angles, one gathersGLEANS6Across8 Native AmericanAPACHE6Across8 VegetableONION5Across8 PurposeAIM3Across9 AdjustADAPT5Across10 ProducedMADE4Across10 Hardly a good present!BRIBE5Across10 NumberNINE4Across11 StrayDRIFT5Across12 QuarryPREY4Across13 Wild hare associated with the ostrichRHEA4Across13 FaithBELIEF6Across13 Board gameLUDO4Across14 A one-woman operaAIDA4Across14 Untidy eating place?MESS4Across15 Lascivious lookLEER4Across15 EverythingALL3Across16 Where a pig may come to a nasty end?STY3Across16 PrevalentRIFE4Across16 Old-fashioned country?SIAM4Across17 EagerKEEN4Across17 ToreRENT4Across18 Skye, for exampleISLE4Across19 Go to and fro out West, saySWAY4Across19 OfferBID3Across20 Food fishLEMONSOLE9Across21 Ship that made a record number of deliveries on the 4th of JulyDISCOVERY9Across21 DecayROT3Across22 UncommonRARE4Across23 Moderate repetitivenessSOSO4Across23 FoolishMAD3Across23 Having a high position, sounds vainVANE4Across24 RoadLANE4Across24 AssistantAIDE4Across24 LeaveEXIT4Across25 Determined to take part in the matchSET3Across26 Orienteering itemMAP3Across26 Kind of mash to ban outright?BRAN4Across27 FrolicROMP4Across27 GunCANNON6Across28 A place to pick out?SPOT4Across29 Cheese typeEDAM4Across29 RemainedSTOOD5Across30 One interrupts a law-breaker to complainWAIL4Across32 FeverAGUE4Across32 PromiseOATH4Across32 Beryl, possibly, a saintly individual?STONE5Across33 EndangerRISK4Across33 BackboneSPINE5Across33 Low, venomous, calculating creatures?ADDERS6Across34 SleepNAP3Across34 Surgical knifeLANCET6Across34 Monarch may be mad on the stage - what a tragedy!KINGLEAR8Across35 SimilarALIKE5Across35 LearnedEDUCATED8Across35 In bad odour?SMELLY6Across36 InterBURY4Across36 Vulnerable, sensitiveTENDER6Across36 SearchesFRISKS6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FaithfulLOYAL5Down1 CloseNEARBY6Down1 Biblical dog country?SHEBA5Down1 GrumbleCOMPLAIN8Down2 Appeal humblyPLEAD5Down2 Rabid for something like scrambled eggs?BRAID5Down2 It’s said to be high in the HebridesSKYE4Down3 Horizontal, levelFLAT4Down3 ModerateTEMPER6Down3 Yearns to match the sizeSIGHS5Down4 Portion, quotaSHARE5Down4 VigorousENERGETIC9Down4 VerifyCONFIRM7Down5 Swing to and froSWAY4Down5 The appeal of the quiet part of the countryPLEA4Down5 GroupUNIT4Down6 Figure there’s a strangely tinny effect about a noteNINETY6Down6 Breathe outEXHALE6Down6 SedimentLEES4Down7 StrangeODD3Down8 Interval of timePERIOD6Down9 Diminish what’s left at Big Bertha’s placeLESSEN6Down9 Pair of performersDUO3Down11 Brazilian patriotic pieceRIO3Down11 Support for a singer getting out of lineBASIS5Down12 Card gamePOKER5Down12 Address change for Mr. A. LoveREMOVAL7Down13 Author’s pseudonymPENNAME7Down13 RocketsFIREWORKS9Down14 Star signLEO3Down15 PlusAND3Down15 A worn machine partMAC3Down15 BeerALE3Down16 Hear this and it’s only a rumourSAY3Down16 MammalFOX3Down17 The meteorologist’s lineISOBAR6Down18 Come into viewEMERGE6Down18 IncomeEARNINGS8Down19 Start work on the remainder (with a wrench?)WREST5Down20 HitBAT3Down20 ShuteyeSLEEP5Down20 Mark’s little girlDOT3Down21 Single circuitLAP3Down21 FatalDEATHLY7Down21 The servants’ vehicle?VAN3Down22 Drink gingerlySIP3Down22 It’s not often there are new modelsSELDOM6Down23 PlunderRAVAGE6Down23 Boy’s nameDAN3Down25 He’s a bit of a hedonistDON3Down25 SpeakerTALKER6Down26 BirdsSNIPES6Down27 ExternalOUTER5Down28 It’s not certain the Inland Revenue will go up to heaven!RISKY5Down28 ExplosiveBOMB4Down29 A handy school gamePOKER5Down30 CelebritySTAR4Down30 The aforementionedDITTO5Down30 FixesMENDS5Down31 ExpireDIE3Down31 His essay is about a monarchTERRY5Down31 One properly sunkWELL4Down32 Sour-tasting substanceACID4Down32 To sing wildly must mean somethingSIGN4Down33 Hosiery itemSOCK4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 24, 2020. 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.