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Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
ShatterSMASH5Across1 MomentSECOND6Across5 AbruptTERSE5Across8 Happening to be making one's entrance on stageGOINGON7Across8 TirednessFATIGUE7Across8 ArrivingTURNINGUP9Across9 How many thieves were there? My dear, a score!FORTYLOVE9Across9 ElegantURBANE6Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 VagrantTRAMP5Across13 Sounds made by bandsRINGS5Across13 MinimumLEAST5Across14 OccupantTENANT6Across14 Yours has the with-it liningTHINE5Across14 SoupçonMODICUM7Across15 The key question is what to cook onGRIDDLE7Across15 GiftPRESENT7Across15 First to go in, make a bloomerMISTAKE7Across16 AloofnessRESERVE7Across16 Walk on the right, tooAMBLE5Across17 CutCARVE5Across17 Instruct the classORDER5Across18 FavouritePET3Across18 SeparateSPLIT5Across18 CrowdMOB3Across19 Search for a killer?RIFLE5Across20 EvadeDODGE5Across20 ExpensiveDEAR4Across21 Speak freely and admit allOPENUP6Across22 DeliverRESCUE6Across22 Went off thoroughly confusedADDLED6Across23 YieldedCEDED5Across23 BoatLAUNCH6Across23 FallDROP4Across24 The Russian commander's given the pushCOSSACK7Across25 HerbPARSLEY7Across25 PreparedREADIED7Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Stop to get airREFRAIN7Across27 HogPIG3Across29 Swap for a whipSWITCH6Across30 ToolCHISEL6Across30 RelaxationLEISURE7Across31 SelectCHOOSE6Across31 Bands taking a journey in a shipSTRIPS6Across31 Closed while one decoratedDIDUP5Across32 SwervedVEERED6Across32 LessMINUS5Across32 TitleNAME4Across34 Have food and lodge thereDIGIN5Across35 RedressRIGHT5Across35 LoyalTRUSTY6Across35 When duff gen comes in, she's responsibleAGNES5Across36 LukewarmTEPID5Across36 AngerINCENSE7Across37 Did the doctor have anything to drink?DRAUGHT7Across37 AnaestheticETHER5Across38 ToutSOLICIT7Across39 Felt madTOUCHED7Across39 RegardESTEEM6Across39 GodDEITY5Across40 Back to the bar for a bingeREVEL5Across41 JumpedLEAPT5Across41 Has learned to sound the hooterKNOWS5Across42 LetterAITCH5Across42 Pull in, you say, and put it backREINSTATE9Across43 NotabilityCELEBRITY9Across43 Great big fellows in semi-undressIMMENSE7Across44 ToothINCISOR7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChivvyHARASS6Down1 Levels the scorePOINTS6Down1 ScatterDISPERSE8Down2 Worried when a stain is made by the spilt teaINASTATE8Down2 SpoilMAR3Down2 DogBULLTERRIER11Down3 Temporarily, then, on going into the forceFORTHENONCE11Down3 StationarySTATIC6Down3 FlowerBUTTERCUP9Down4 Happen to visit for the purpose ofCOMEABOUT9Down4 ChickenHEN3Down4 ChairSEAT4Down5 FishSNAPPER7Down5 Urge back into the lead, which does amaze oneSTAGGER7Down5 InventedCOINED6Down6 ComprehendUNDERSTAND10Down6 Just as it should be for the monks, without exceptionALLINORDER10Down6 PhysicianDOCTOR6Down7 CertainSURE4Down7 A rising opera singer and very keenAVID4Down7 RenewedRESUMED7Down9 KeptSTORED6Down10 Book someone who's got loadedPRIMER6Down10 BodyCARCASS7Down11 Having expanded, did encircle the formerDILATED7Down11 MaterialREP3Down12 SewSTITCH6Down12 Are embarrassed about having been brought up byREARED6Down12 FruitDATE4Down13 FinishedOVER4Down16 PatternMODEL5Down17 LightLANTERN7Down19 Took one's time while everything within witheredDALLIED7Down19 UnderBENEATH7Down20 Making a pretence of translating the strange lingoFOOLING7Down21 SketchDRAWING7Down21 DeclareAVER4Down22 A light sleeper will always be close to itBEDSIDELAMP11Down24 LiqueurBENEDICTINE11Down24 God-likeDIVINE6Down24 FrankOPEN4Down25 CorsairPIRATE6Down26 Old timer!SECONDHAND10Down26 GlassesSPECTACLES10Down26 ConvinceASSURE6Down28 SausageCHIPOLATA9Down28 Whatever happens and no matter what the paceATANYRATE9Down28 FriendlyCORDIAL7Down29 For Buster Sims, I have a letterMISSIVE7Down29 JewelGEM3Down30 The proper date is at the beginning of SeptemberSEDATE6Down30 RedCERISE6Down30 ShoeMOCCASIN8Down32 How anxious the spirit is to come through at the seance?DEADKEEN8Down32 Shop at anew to get the chemical substancePOTASH6Down33 ConsiderDEEM4Down33 BoilSEETHE6Down33 Order, for the fellow, fruitMANDATE7Down34 HeightSTATURE7Down34 ColourRED3Down36 ChildTOT3Down37 PeopleNATION6Down38 Squawk from a birdGROUSE6Down38 "26" is put to workUSED4Down40 DregsLEES4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 3, 2021. 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.