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Evening Standard Crossword September 29 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 29 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
MenaceTHREAT6Across1 ObstructHINDER6Across5 NegligentCARELESS8Across8 African anteatersAARDVARKS9Across9 AdjoinABUT4Across9 Indicates it's unsheathedPOINTSOUT9Across9 PleadBEG3Across10 Concession made by the permissive?ALLOWANCE9Across10 PrerogativePRIVILEGE9Across10 BurdenONUS4Across12 Go round to get something for the fishing tripREEL4Across12 DissuadeDETER5Across12 U.S. stateHAWAII6Across13 Support, when one's introduced, or opposeRESIST6Across13 InnateNATURAL7Across14 It helps to brighten up a circus actSPANGLE7Across14 StitchSEW3Across15 Entering shiftily, grabs a fruitTANGERINE9Across15 Sausage dogDACHSHUND9Across15 ShelterLEE3Across17 HivesURTICARIA9Across17 Thought about how it did credit to?REFLECTED9Across17 SortILK3Across18 Sympathetic understandingEMPATHY7Across18 Flamboyant and always in a hurry?DASHING7Across18 Hand down, as do fathers to a childPASSON6Across19 SummaryPRECIS6Across19 WonderAWE3Across19 Musical workOPUS4Across20 AdhereCLING5Across20 Strike painfully against something protruding from the groundSTUB4Across20 TavernINN3Across21 TuneAIR3Across22 SickILL3Across23 Four-legged animalQUADRUPED9Across23 There's clear water if you go beyond the peakOVERTRAIN9Across23 CanTIN3Across24 Promise to photograph less?UNDERTAKE9Across25 Hospital doctorREGISTRAR9Across25 Concerned with the hustle and bustleTODO4Across26 AgesEONS4Across26 CedeYIELD5Across26 A bottle for the fellow you get along badly withFLAGON6Across27 YawSWERVE6Across27 UntruthLIE3Across29 What the sergeant major did, who took up dentistry?DRILLED7Across29 Shade of redCRIMSON7Across29 Synonym bookTHESAURUS9Across32 Acts for which wind instruments provide suitable accompaniment?FANDANCES9Across32 TolerateBEAR4Across33 Lose an opportunity, we're told, through bad luckMISCHANCE9Across34 PeltedPEPPERED8Across34 Top-floor flatPENTHOUSE9Across34 Bolt when there's no longer need toOVEREAT7Across35 AmbleSTROLL6Across35 HerbOREGANO7Across35 Result of firing into the air?UPSHOT6Across36 NakednessNUDITY6Across36 Pungent bulbGARLIC6Across36 Gives permission to and I think we shouldLETS4Across37 PostMAIL4Across37 So the referee took the ball againTHEREFORE9Across38 StaminaENDURANCE9Across38 That will show just what you've got up to!ALTIMETER9Across39 AdolescentsTEENAGERS9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PetCANOODLE8Down1 Carried away, becomes thoroughly animatedSPIRITED8Down1 ThrowHEAVE5Down2 RAF officerGROUPCAPTAIN12Down2 Put the cowl on and look ashamedHIDEONESHEAD12Down2 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 Finance departmentTREASURY8Down3 The fellow goes to the mob for protectionCOVERING8Down3 EyotISLAND6Down4 Enter one's mind to give up workSTRIKE6Down4 SubjectTHEME5Down4 Natural abilityAPTITUDE8Down5 HurryHASTE5Down5 Designs in the past involved a birdPATTERNS8Down5 Jewellery itemSIGNETRING10Down6 Cloudburst that's accompanied by lightning?FLASHFLOOD10Down6 TidyNEAT4Down6 EscapeELUDE5Down7 Narrow ornamental foldPINTUCK7Down7 The garment tears badly when we get into itSWEATER7Down7 Trustworthy but could become a hanger-onDEPENDABLE10Down8 Wild pleasure-seekerHELLRAISER10Down8 BragBOAST5Down10 HarvestGLEAN5Down11 Near time, or time, to go to bedNIGHT5Down11 MistakeERROR5Down11 DisparageDECRY5Down12 CommonplaceTRITE5Down13 InflexibleRIGID5Down14 ExpertiseSKILL5Down15 StitchSUTURE6Down16 FlinchWINCE5Down16 Is six set in orderEXISTS6Down16 SeedcasePOD3Down19 A mug to criticisePAN3Down19 For campers without exception, virtuallyTOALLINTENTS12Down21 BangersPORKSAUSAGES12Down21 Biblical prophetISAIAH6Down22 In accompanying the soldier, shows spiritWRAITH6Down22 Poorly or ill equipped to offer a choiceOUTOFSORTS10Down23 InterrogatedQUESTIONED10Down23 Giving a number and the whereabouts toALLOCATION10Down24 Electrical socketPOWERPOINT10Down24 Cereal grassRYE3Down25 InactiveINERT5Down25 A receptacle for rain, uncoveredURN3Down25 ForceIMPEL5Down27 FlowerLUPIN5Down28 AcceptingRESIGNED8Down28 Signs that guests may be about to be receivedGESTURES8Down28 Do trips south as playfully amuses oneselfDISPORTS8Down29 Think aboutCONSIDER8Down29 Furniture for linersDRESSERS8Down30 UnsuitableINEPT5Down30 UnnecessaryNEEDLESS8Down30 Was uncertain though about, you say, to get marriedWAVERED7Down31 ThreesomeTRIO4Down31 Mounted troopsCAVALRY7Down31 RespectHEED4Down32 Pleasant about the Eastern member of the familyNIECE5Down33 CorrectEMEND5Down33 A girl-meets-boy bookMISSAL6Down34 BuccaneerPIRATE6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 29, 2023. 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.