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Evening Standard Crossword September 28 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 28 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
ConsecrateBLESS5Across3 A choice questionWHICH5Across3 CalmPEACE5Across4 SpeakerORATOR6Across7 It’s just an illusion that Joe’s in a raincoatMAGIC5Across8 Of the noseNASAL5Across8 ThroughPER3Across9 SpasmTIC3Across10 CompleteUTTER5Across10 Tree of religious significance about the end of AprilHOLLY5Across10 Sweet bit of bunkumBUN3Across11 YeahYEP3Across11 A string of dozy ideasDREAM5Across12 CourseROUTE5Across12 InvestigatePROBE5Across12 PostMAIL4Across13 Confused as to the dynasty that came first?MINGLED7Across13 ProtectedGUARDED7Across13 Rent money, moderateLEASE5Across15 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Across15 ThickSOLID5Across15 PlacidSERENE6Across17 Bit of a gadabout, but expertDAB3Across18 Charged particleION3Across18 In partnership, weed out some fiddlersWEDDED6Across19 CupidEROS4Across19 FruitBANANA6Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 LandscapeSCENERY7Across21 Musical name for the letter FFOXTROT7Across21 CarryTOTE4Across22 Before Eve, did he mean a lot to Ada?ADAM4Across22 NumberTEN3Across22 Shifty thing to do?MOVE4Across23 SummitACME4Across23 Import illegallySMUGGLE7Across24 DevaluedDEBASED7Across24 Places of rest, not for the elderlyCRADLES7Across24 Heavily decoratedORNATE6Across26 First in LatinPRIMUS6Across26 ResinLAC3Across27 SorceressWITCH5Across28 Domestic fuelGAS3Across29 Deception, of course, is fishyCOD3Across29 Foreign money or Spanish gentlemanSENOR5Across31 BitPIECE5Across31 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across31 To confer knighthood for promises of cash, is questionableDUBIOUS7Across32 Tropical plantBEGONIA7Across32 SewSTITCH6Across33 AttemptedTRIED5Across34 Understood to be silentTACIT5Across34 Cable car?CAB3Across35 FixRIG3Across35 AvariceGREED5Across35 Fast ships?FLEET5Across36 Light boatCANOE5Across36 Tradesman with his own loo on the UndergroundBAKER5Across37 ClogSABOT5Across37 GaelicERSE4Across37 StockSTORE5Across38 RegalROYAL5Across38 Water from lakes, not properly containedLEAKS5Across38 FellowDON3Across39 ConsumeEAT3Across41 SiteLOCATE6Across42 Go inENTER5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Furious attack around a bridgeheadRABID5Down1 StoreLAYUP5Down1 UniverseCOSMOS6Down1 That of a monarch with only half a domain?KINGDOM7Down2 WhimCAPRICE7Down2 PortmanteauVALISE6Down2 ChildTOT3Down3 NoblemanLORD4Down4 FairyPERI4Down4 Such times are difficult to describeHARD4Down4 WearERODE5Down5 Underground passageSUBWAY6Down5 A building; the church has one leasedCHALET6Down5 All-embracingCATHOLIC8Down6 Returned to the little house over the seaHOMED5Down6 Beer mugSTEIN5Down6 Figure to be defeated at the end of playCLOSE5Down7 DevilDEMON5Down7 AscendRISE4Down8 OceanSEA3Down9 A weapon, and a good oneGUN3Down9 TouchedCONTACTED9Down11 They owe money on a hill in Beds, perhapsDEBTORS7Down12 PseudonymPENNAME7Down12 Female deerDOE3Down14 LoanLEND4Down14 A noted figure, but remissLAX3Down14 DregsLEES4Down16 “Goodbye” upsets Isadora no endADIOS5Down16 BallDANCE5Down16 Sidled sharply?EDGED5Down17 Thin biscuitWAFER5Down17 StaggerREEL4Down18 Picture timber being felled?WOODCUT7Down19 BoastedBRAGGED7Down19 The rugby players point to a faulty passWASPS5Down20 Razor sharpenerSTROP5Down20 Character of an admirer embracing a soldierFAGIN5Down21 BaptiseCHRISTEN8Down21 PebbleSTONE5Down21 EftNEWT4Down23 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Down23 Examination of the decimal systemMEDICAL7Down23 The rotter upset tea on a cleric!CURATE6Down24 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down24 FoundationBASE4Down25 High part of a memorial obeliskLOB3Down25 JokeGAG3Down25 CubeDICE4Down26 Depend on receiving a soft answerREPLY5Down27 Vie withRIVAL5Down27 Accommodation possibly let for less than a monthMOTEL5Down28 ThespianACTOR5Down28 MenaceTHREAT6Down29 RespectedHEEDED6Down30 Prejudiced personBIGOT5Down30 Murphy’s exemplary, though maybe a bruteTUBER5Down30 TallyAGREE5Down32 Is he more clever than Bobby?DICK4Down32 Greek letterBETA4Down32 A duck on the lake’s centre, in a woodOAK3Down33 Pen partNIB3Down33 HeroIDOL4Down34 BreedREAR4Down36 BowNOD3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 28, 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.