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Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Population countCENSUS6Across1 BossSTUD4Across1 It's a sweet Oriental vessel to an alienJUNKET6Across1 ContendVIE3Across4 RantRAVE4Across6 MerrythoughtWISHBONE8Across7 To start, tie it in a knot!INITIATE8Across7 LotteryRAFFLE6Across8 It's a bit fishy that Gillian's lost her boyGILL4Across8 Brass instrumentTUBA4Across8 UnchasteIMPURE6Across9 DecayROT3Across10 Jack has to hit the markTARGET6Across10 Signal fireBEACON6Across10 PainterARTIST6Across11 Domain without bordersSPHERE6Across11 IntoneCHANT5Across12 LimbLEG3Across14 In the Bahamas, it can express surpriseAHA3Across14 BequeathENDOW5Across14 PoleCABER5Across15 Present ageTODAY5Across16 Standard Anglo Saxon soldiers, in shortPARAS5Across16 One of those in a costly pile-up?DEBT4Across17 RowTIER4Across17 DanceBOLERO6Across18 Amassed a fortune at the trading centrePILED5Across19 Wobbly foodJELLY5Across19 ApprehendARREST6Across20 Person eating with much noise and little ceremonyDINER5Across21 Bee substanceHONEY5Across21 Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torchPINED5Across22 ForbiddenTABOO5Across22 Romantic appointmentDATE4Across23 Does this sound a note of familiarity?BELL4Across23 SpriteGENIE5Across24 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across26 PoetryVERSE5Across26 Thus the Spanish produce individual performancesSOLOS5Across26 In making a scene, talk a lotGAS3Across28 BraidPLAIT5Across28 TowboatTUG3Across28 Out West, a small person may be called a little jerkTWITCH6Across29 SportTENNIS6Across29 FixedSET3Across30 Large woodFOREST6Across30 Man of stoneJASPER6Across30 Carry out an order to the very endOBEY4Across31 DryARID4Across31 To get the stuff, tear mail apart!MATERIAL8Across32 AccompanyESCORT6Across32 BrawnyMUSCULAR8Across32 Doing one's best to be a nuisanceTRYING6Across33 PowerlessUNABLE6Across33 MotorENGINE6Across33 AverageMEAN4Across34 EnclosurePEN3Across35 NoblemanEARL4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BattleCOMBAT6Down1 Spurned, Jack's girlfriend is said to have gone with TedJILTED6Down1 InstructTEACH5Down2 Horsy looking fellow on boardKNIGHT6Down2 Goes with a cupSAUCER6Down2 WaterfowlSWAN4Down3 ProtectionDEFENCE7Down3 Tip it playfully over an officer!TILT4Down3 It's a corking preventative!STOPPER7Down4 DeviateVEER4Down4 SoonSHORTLY7Down4 Way outEXIT4Down5 CompactSOLID5Down5 A term for mumMATER5Down5 MatureRIPEN5Down6 We take a little boy around townLEWES5Down6 TrivialPETTY5Down6 SundryVARIOUS7Down7 StoryTALE4Down8 Pick up very quicklyGRAB4Down8 Wet spongy groundBOG3Down9 The field to be in credit, that's clearLEA3Down9 PoemODE3Down11 Caught in possession?HAD3Down12 HorseCOB3Down12 PlaythingTOY3Down12 His Bolero might seem a bit of a marvelRAVEL5Down13 SailorTAR3Down13 Holy personSAINT5Down13 Male voiceTENOR5Down15 It's better to be the beakFINER5Down15 MarshBOG3Down16 HastenedRAN3Down17 Provide with a new, wonderful partENDOW5Down18 SenselessINANE5Down18 Something stuck in a good way?PIN3Down19 SuperintendOVERSEE7Down19 OccupationJOB3Down19 Was first in the field of racingLED3Down20 Star signLEO3Down20 Perceive a way to rescindDISCERN7Down21 TearRIP3Down21 FlatfishHALIBUT7Down21 Set freeRELEASE7Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 Potato vessel?POT3Down22 ThroughoutDURING6Down23 In shameful style in a bachelor's placeBASELY6Down23 ChildTOT3Down23 ElderlyAGED4Down24 Make visual contact with a key agentESPY4Down24 TemptENTICE6Down25 Tempting one to start lunch with a wry grinLURING6Down25 WatchEYE3Down25 Put one's foot down to make an impression?STAMP5Down26 Minute particlesATOMS5Down26 FaintSWOON5Down27 Grind one's teethGNASH5Down27 Is inclined to make enumerationsLISTS5Down27 HillTOR3Down28 Too much talk of the brave heart in BritainGAB3Down28 DroneIDLER5Down29 Write out a novel's ending so as to shock!JOLT4Down30 CeaseSTOP4Down30 Ticket moneyFARE4Down30 SpinTURN4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. 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.