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Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 5 2024 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#
ScorchCHAR4Across1 SumTOTAL5Across3 Might it make a poker player affluent?FLUSH5Across3 SickILL3Across4 ClutchGRAB4Across6 No longer hired as a woodmanFIRED5Across8 Soaked with liquidSOGGY5Across8 MatRUG3Across9 Bread makerBAKER5Across10 ArguedDISPUTED8Across10 Informal (and informative?) entertainmentTELLY5Across10 Good when used for cookingGAS3Across11 FlipperFIN3Across11 So be itAMEN4Across11 Refers to punishment that finishes men in the ringPENAL5Across12 Pale mauve colourLILAC5Across12 Wool fatLANOLIN7Across13 Garments for show?JUMPERS7Across13 SphereORB3Across14 StopCEASE5Across15 Curse that combination bottle opener and salt shaker!BLAST5Across15 DemiseDEATH5Across16 Unit of nuclear energy?ARE3Across18 Chest boneRIB3Across18 If duller, a gloss finish is poorerSLOWER6Across19 RevertedRETURNED8Across19 ShovesPUSHES6Across19 RevokesREPEALS7Across21 Hairy, but not necessarily dangerousHIRSUTE7Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 CupidEROS4Across22 We have a right to deteriorateWEAR4Across22 Heroic narrativeSAGA4Across23 Could have been spent in old IrelandPUNT4Across23 RestrictingLIMITING8Across23 Recover or obtain properlyGETWELL7Across24 TarnishedTAINTED7Across24 PlotPATCH5Across24 She romps, but doesn't exactly toy with a ladTOMBOY6Across26 Attack violentlyASSAIL6Across26 SleepNAP3Across27 Also called "each way"AKA3Across29 Put onDON3Across29 Sober, but said to be out to start troubleSTAID5Across31 MethodMODE4Across31 JavelinSPEAR5Across31 The payload can be something alarming, out EastFREIGHT7Across32 Legal punishmentPENALTY7Across32 ApprovedENDORSED8Across33 To one fellow, looked in harmonyTONED5Across34 ExpireDIE3Across34 Aircraft detection systemRADAR5Across34 Born in a bygone eraNEE3Across35 FibreHEMP4Across35 In additionTOO3Across35 Moisten a garden plot two waysBEDEW5Across36 YouthLAD3Across36 DelugeFLOOD5Across36 Easily grasped by many a listenerCLEAR5Across37 PlaguePEST4Across37 EngineMOTOR5Across37 A hunted creature, one imaginesSNARK5Across38 ApproachesNEARS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
As yetSOFAR5Down1 Produce by spadework?DIGUP5Down1 DisregardsIGNORES7Down2 Be hopeless at naming twinsDESPAIR7Down2 GreetHAIL4Down2 MatureRIPE4Down3 Norse godODIN4Down4 Lives heartlessly by deceptionLIES4Down4 InsideINTERNAL8Down4 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 WomanLADY4Down5 Steady but, being old, about to start badlySTABLE6Down5 ClassGRADE5Down6 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down6 A greeting for one you hadn't expected?HELLO5Down6 StrangeRUM3Down7 Taut or rigidTENSE5Down7 Friendly with Glenn?CLOSE5Down7 RepresentativeAGENT5Down8 SpiritGIN3Down9 Somewhat up-market animal?RAM3Down9 GangGROUP5Down12 Did this star show inquisitiveness about stewed eels?PRESLEY7Down12 UngrudgingLIBERAL7Down12 FatSTOUT5Down13 MineralORE3Down14 To growl at an egghead is the wrong thing to doERR3Down14 Impudent talkLIP3Down14 StartBEGIN5Down15 Terrible flaw in staggering round the bendAWFUL5Down16 In frontAHEAD5Down16 PungentACRID5Down17 Honesty in a letter to a girlTRUTH5Down17 Prose compositionESSAY5Down17 Turning pointHINGE5Down18 Might he be wasted outright?STEWARD7Down19 LootPLUNDER7Down19 Being smart, strikes!SWATS5Down20 American stateTEXAS5Down20 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down20 As played by Hank and a master?HALMA5Down21 Provoke, exciteROUSE5Down21 TearRIP3Down22 StatesmanSENATOR7Down23 Play around in Leatherhead, obviouslyPLAINLY7Down23 DeclamationTIRADE6Down24 Work for the county and get demotedGODOWN6Down24 Unit of weightTON3Down25 Make to last less than a weekendEKE3Down25 DwellingABODE5Down25 CrawlCREEP5Down26 As a bit of a rotter, may be houndedOTTER5Down27 TaperSPILL5Down27 But they don't hurt the anglerBITES5Down28 Boy's nameAARON5Down28 SenseFEEL4Down28 ExcursionTRIP4Down29 A bad peach is of little worthCHEAP5Down30 Bend forwardSTOOP5Down30 MuddleMESS4Down30 CouplePAIR4Down32 ObscureDIM3Down32 Be afraid of a noisy lugFEAR4Down32 Could you whiz after it with an excited cry?GEE3Down33 Auction itemLOT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 5, 2024. 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.