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Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2020 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#
ShootSPROUT6Across1 Absolute truthGOSPEL6Across4 Rodents having a name for spitefulnessMALICE6Across4 FightBATTLE6Across5 Finland’s capitalHELSINKI8Across7 Where to make honourable love to a girlHONOLULU8Across7 Sissy’s room for the weekendSPACEK6Across8 FleetFLOTILLA8Across8 AntelopeRHEBOK6Across8 MislaidLOST4Across9 To fall over him could be fatalCLIFF5Across10 HatchetAXE3Across10 Angry frownSCOWL5Across10 FishANGLE5Across12 Had to go out East with the bossHEAD4Across13 Short sharp soundBLIP4Across13 Indian dressSARI4Across14 Finish with some skillKILL4Across14 Hop-drying kilnOAST4Across15 The sheer size of the master’s swollen headMASS4Across15 WeepSOB3Across15 Could it give you a bit of a fright on the road?RIG3Across16 Diving birdAUK3Across16 Start by being honestOPEN4Across17 FathersDADS4Across17 ProhibitBAN3Across17 MooLOW3Across18 Mark’s dog?SPOT4Across19 PlanetMARS4Across19 CentreHUB3Across19 SolemnGRAVE5Across20 Not one in a hundred, strangely, could be a Parliamentarian!ROUNDHEAD9Across21 Become disillusionedLOSEHEART9Across21 FishEEL3Across21 StretchEKE3Across22 Go on the rotaTURN4Across23 SolidifyGEL3Across23 AmphibianNEWT4Across23 Pointed toothFANG4Across24 BowNOD3Across24 Handiest of tube stationsBEST4Across24 CorrodedRUSTY5Across26 Small barrelKEG3Across26 Could you call one a mini?CAB3Across26 He may have a chapter to himselfDEAN4Across27 Overwhelming defeatROUT4Across27 Leave outOMIT4Across29 Could you credit a sailor catching one?CRAB4Across29 StatuteLAW3Across29 One on the flighty side?WING4Across32 NoblemanEARL4Across32 Prop up a broken-down horseSHORE5Across33 IslandISLE4Across33 TrapSNARE5Across33 Discreditable charges?DEBITS6Across34 FinalTERMINAL8Across34 Spanish dishPAELLA6Across34 Was this style of bowling such sweat?UNDERARM8Across35 ComaSTUPOR6Across35 StrangleTHROTTLE8Across35 Gets upset about half the food being starchy stuffSTODGE6Across36 ScoldBERATE6Across36 Go back on a promiseRENEGE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Board gameCHESS5Down1 Informal girl, very stylish, at the King’s HeadCHICK5Down1 Bottom of a roomFLOOR5Down2 FlowersPHLOX5Down2 Smith’s property under the hammer?ANVIL5Down2 In music, does it mean you’ve left three notes out?CLEF4Down3 CurseOATH4Down3 SlayKILL4Down3 Divine females get some of you in a terrible messMUSES5Down4 ClawTALON5Down4 LassesGIRLS5Down4 Prepare to shoot what may be shotLOAD4Down5 QuarrelBRAWL5Down5 OozeSEEP4Down5 Cried sadly upon finishing last, would you believe?CREDIT6Down6 StoryTALE4Down6 Mass departureEXODUS6Down6 LariatLASSO5Down7 More than one permit is acceptablePASSES6Down9 AssassinHITMAN6Down9 PaleASHEN5Down10 Fifty-one pence? What cheek!LIP3Down11 RecededEBBED5Down11 Popular petCAT3Down11 Basically, the shop has oneFLOOR5Down12 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down12 WrathANGER5Down12 A womanly weaponHANDBAG7Down13 MirrorGLASS5Down13 Lacking confidence, shyBASHFUL7Down13 DirgeELEGY5Down14 Old boys of the same nameMEN3Down15 Lyric poemODE3Down15 DilateSWELL5Down15 UnderBELOW5Down16 A famous sculptor took him inROD3Down16 SkillART3Down16 Know-all put out about the terrible dinPUNDIT6Down18 Of the starsASTRAL6Down18 A little area for a quiet chat, maybePATCH5Down20 Inert gasARGON5Down20 A letter from Ruby at the massage parlour?RUB3Down21 Lower limbLEG3Down21 She’s the party typeHEN3Down22 Chew and swallowEAT3Down22 NullifyNEGATE6Down23 Latent flair?TALENT6Down23 StartONSET5Down25 A long way to rise in the air forceFAR3Down25 TreeFIR3Down25 CompleteUTTER5Down27 Address the publicORATE5Down28 Follow in a manner almost unseenENSUE5Down28 PulsateTHROB5Down28 Boy’s nameMARTI5Down30 AsunderAPART5Down30 Nonsense like duty listsROTAS5Down30 Conical tentTEPEE5Down31 RetainKEEP4Down31 Looks delighted at the strong supportBEAMS5Down31 OtherwiseELSE4Down32 It can be quite a blowWIND4Down32 JettyPIER4Down32 The woman had been droppedSHED4Down33 PimpleSPOT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 3, 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.