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Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
Honour and gloryKUDOS5Across1 PassHAND4Across1 Talk freely, giving the starting price awaySPOUT5Across1 VehicleCAR3Across4 Manly Scot with a useless houseMACHO5Across6 HandleHAFT4Across6 Rugby forwardsPROPS5Across6 PoemODE3Across9 Arrives to take refreshment after the performanceSHOWSUP7Across9 FascinateBEGUILE7Across9 Even staggering round the bend to a meeting placeVENUE5Across10 PersuadeCONVINCE8Across10 Greek letterDELTA5Across10 You can make tea with itSENNA5Across11 InformedTOLD4Across11 Of greater ageOLDER5Across11 Speedy coppers participating in a raidRAPID5Across12 SpitefulCATTY5Across12 PlanetJUPITER7Across13 Cocktail a motorcyclist may haveSIDECAR7Across13 ShootBUD3Across14 Water from the sidewalkDEW3Across15 PixieELF3Across15 MildBLAND5Across16 Boy's nameALAN4Across17 One who exploits us with a half of beerUSER4Across17 The place for a strong, businesslike paperMANILA6Across18 ServileMENIAL6Across18 The rascal lived riotouslyDEVIL5Across19 A betWAGER5Across19 DeadDECEASED8Across19 Warm-hearted French friends of a Dumas musketeerARAMIS6Across20 RubberERASER6Across20 AlludeREFER5Across21 Bit of a nasty eyeSTYE4Across22 StitchedSEWN4Across22 IntricateDETAILED8Across23 Rob him of character!ROY3Across24 LiquidRUNNY5Across24 RacketDIN3Across24 It's decorative, possibly of stoneFESTOON7Across25 Ballroom danceFOXTROT7Across25 Animal trainer whose act is less exciting?TAMER5Across26 UnadornedPLAIN5Across26 Badly bake a bit of bread, and it's edibleKEBAB5Across27 Cowboy displayRODEO5Across27 DecayROT3Across27 A tidy-headed girl, in factTRUTH5Across28 Investigate closelyPROBE5Across28 Many a part of London is 'on-Sea'!CLACTON7Across29 Vivid redSCARLET7Across29 Virginia's condition, perhaps?STATE5Across30 CriminalCROOK5Across30 AwryASKEW5Across31 Exciting present?TENSE5Across31 HairlessBALD4Across31 RehearsalPRACTICE8Across33 SilenceGAG3Across34 YieldCEDE4Across35 FastenTIE3Across36 InclineRAMP4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HelpfulUSEFUL6Down2 SoonANON4Down2 Summary of new pricesPRECIS6Down2 He takes too much interestUSURER6Down3 PlungeDIVE4Down3 AcquireOBTAIN6Down3 An article shared by mother and fatherTHE3Down4 BewilderedCONFUSED8Down4 Body of waterSEA3Down4 RegrettedRUED4Down5 Vow to give attention to certain pointsSWEAR5Down5 Of the moonLUNAR5Down5 InnHOTEL5Down6 A show worth hearingMUSICAL7Down6 ConspiratorPLOTTER7Down6 Copied some landscape drawingsAPED4Down7 DependRELY4Down7 FussADO3Down7 Spanish dishPAELLA6Down8 Composer of 'Messiah' and 'Elijah', apparentlyHANDEL6Down8 CriminalFELON5Down8 Judges to be a wild asterRATES5Down12 ViperADDER5Down12 TreeCEDAR5Down12 DerideSCORN5Down13 Something refined brought back from RagusaSUGAR5Down13 TiredJADED5Down13 CounterBAR3Down14 HeathenPAGAN5Down14 Notes a day out to be a bad thing!DECAY5Down14 PostponeDEFER5Down15 Sea duckEIDER5Down15 Do fullyDITTO5Down15 Have a rousing effect onWAKEN5Down16 Hard stoneFLINT5Down16 Grown-upADULT5Down17 For faultless service on the motorway, he doesn't want to pay!MISER5Down18 FopDANDY5Down18 FruitMELON5Down18 MatrimonyWEDLOCK7Down19 To give a girl fur may leave her helpless!DISABLE7Down19 ExplodeDETONATE8Down20 Bobby's old-fashioned peeler, perhaps?ROBERT6Down21 HardshipRIGOUR6Down21 As a novelist, rename Ernest as LaurenceSTERNE6Down22 RodentRAT3Down22 BeginsSTARTS6Down22 Lads giving a wild shout at the close of playYOUTHS6Down23 TeeterWOBBLE6Down23 FilamentFIBRE5Down25 Fight to make robbery profitable?FENCE5Down25 CustomUSAGE5Down25 With diplomacy, volunteers to go to courtTACT4Down26 Mexican monetary unitPESO4Down26 ElbowNUDGE5Down26 Drink, little oneTOT3Down28 NoticeSPOT4Down28 VegetablePEA3Down28 AgitateSTIR4Down29 DrossSCUM4Down30 YouthLAD3Down32

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