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Evening Standard Crossword September 28 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 28 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Half-melted snowSLUSH5Across1 To be indisposed to hold money is smartSLICK5Across1 CrowdPRESS5Across4 Clubhouse!VILLA5Across6 Sea duckEIDER5Across6 CommentREMARK6Across7 NewsTIDINGS7Across9 Laid out with a gun, perhaps; not very livelyLANGUID7Across9 BeerALE3Across9 HollerSHOUT5Across10 Are such blondes always sweet?HONEY5Across10 EdgeRIM3Across10 Ostentatious showinessGLITZ5Across11 The French, including a race of Latvians!LETTS5Across11 AllianceUNION5Across12 They all have their day on Nov. 2SOULS5Across12 RecessNICHE5Across12 LarvaGRUB4Across13 InsectCRICKET7Across13 A spice you could manage to point out for mePIMENTO7Across13 Cockney bossGUV3Across15 TwitchTIC3Across15 JamWEDGE5Across15 A blow that shook NeroONER4Across17 LiveRESIDE6Across17 Brave personHERO4Across17 WheedleCAJOLE6Across18 Ancient Roman line in silverware, perhapsPILATE6Across18 Pale as a layer of eggsASHEN5Across19 CriedWEPT4Across19 Eyed upOGLED5Across19 If you want a tow-headed charmer, move smartlyTWITCH6Across20 StinkSTENCH6Across20 HandleTREAT5Across20 SickILL3Across22 That softly played finale will just have to await judgmentPEND4Across22 LiesFIBS4Across22 Still the old-fashioned finish for breakfastYET3Across24 ClankedRATTLED7Across24 Small pieceTAD3Across24 She's a danger to navigation!LORELEI7Across25 CarVEHICLE7Across25 Well-foundedVALID5Across26 One can think it a clever line in chaffBRAIN5Across26 Small twigSPRIG5Across27 SnakeBOA3Across27 There could be some musketeersTHREE5Across27 Meant to get me to help outAIMED5Across28 BuildPUTUP5Across28 StadiumARENA5Across28 Road surface that could bring a snake to a stopASPHALT7Across29 ReasonableLOGICAL7Across29 Pointed publicity for British RailBRADS5Across30 ColourGREEN5Across30 Thin candleTAPER5Across31 Where its hard for drunkards to say the police are dismissiveLEITH5Across31 JumpLEAP4Across31 ExpiatedATONED6Across33 JockeyRIDER5Across35 DesireWISH4Across37 DetestABHOR5Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 PromiseVOW3Across41 ToilLABOUR6Across42 VerdantGREEN5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ShinyBRIGHT6Down1 City in PakistanLAHORE6Down2 Visit briefly for a bit of TV?LOOKIN6Down2 TaintedIMPURE6Down2 Shrewd enough to keep a cool head at the barCLEVER6Down3 Decorative plasterSTUCCO6Down3 StrayERR3Down3 Oh, her? She sounds a bit of all right!KAY3Down4 StopPLUG4Down4 StrikeHIT3Down4 RenovateRENEW5Down5 NumberDIGIT5Down5 Little house with only one good toiletIGLOO5Down5 IntellectualEGGHEAD7Down6 ArachnidSCORPION8Down6 When off sick, idle about with some rogueVILLAIN7Down6 Skye, sayISLE4Down7 Days of iridescence?IDES4Down7 BirdKIWI4Down8 NecessitateENTAIL6Down8 Allow a cry to escape when one is released?LETOUT6Down8 PonderedMEDITATED9Down11 Store where you can get new hats at central RuislipSTASH5Down12 WhinnyNEIGH5Down12 Slightly crazy, dotty rhymePOTTY5Down13 Storage boxCHEST5Down13 IrritatedIRKED5Down14 TolerateBEAR4Down14 Worth putting right in time, possiblyMERIT5Down14 ThemeTOPIC5Down15 Hammer useful when there's a gale raging around the civic centreGAVEL5Down15 DaleDELL4Down16 As a composer, a bit of a clever Dick?VERDI5Down16 StopCEASE5Down16 Another name for EvitaPERON5Down18 KnifeSTAB4Down18 YieldedCEDED5Down18 Eight-sided figureOCTAGON7Down19 She doesn't show her true feelingsACTRESS7Down19 MeddleTAMPER6Down21 Even with a woolly head, a sheep can always get thereWETHER6Down21 RecallREMEMBER8Down21 Favourite way to knot a tie, with little effectPETITE6Down22 Leg boneFIBULA6Down22 ThinLEAN4Down23 GarmentBLOUSE6Down23 Though not the oldest, we're in a homeNEWEST6Down23 AmphibianTOAD4Down25 Quick to move to correct some of the white liesLITHE5Down25 BrightVIVID5Down25 Pretty little thing making a bedBEAD4Down26 DisgustingVILE4Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 It's completely in Central LondonALL3Down28 Tap lightlyPAT3Down28 ReviserEDITOR6Down29 StickADHERE6Down30 EstablishPROVE5Down32 SpokenORAL4Down34 PressIRON4Down36 ChartMAP3Down40

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