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Evening Standard Crossword September 6 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 6 2019 answers. The Friday 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#
StreamFLOW4Across1 TavernINN3Across4 CleanWASH4Across6 Mixed drinkCOCKTAIL8Across9 SickILL3Across9 The proper wine for a ladyPRIMROSE8Across9 A very good-sounding dessertPIE3Across10 SacrificeOFFERING8Across10 InsectBEE3Across10 Weaken and look after the little rascalIMPAIR6Across11 GasNEON4Across11 DeedACTION6Across11 It’s frozen fish the doctor caughtTUNDRA6Across12 ArachnidSPIDER6Across12 Deer meatVENISON7Across13 Given a tip, say, to nominateAPPOINT7Across13 Stand down, having retired, and I get inDAIS4Across14 TeaseRIB3Across14 MatureRIPE4Across14 Apply to the new member of the governmentADMINISTER10Across15 Insulation materialFIBREGLASS10Across15 FragmentSHRED5Across16 Are they worn by someone who is poor but happy?GLADRAGS8Across17 TwistsMEANDERS8Across17 SubmissiveSERVILE7Across18 Argued one should see the cricketer in actionDEBATED7Across18 FlowerIRIS4Across19 “Capital” is “big”, seeOSLO4Across19 TacitIMPLICIT8Across19 ChaplainPADRE5Across21 Eat daintilyNIBBLE6Across21 Gathers it’s the answer to a leg-breakGLEANS6Across21 TuitionLEARNING8Across23 Being unscrupulous, but having no staying powerSTICKINGATNOTHING17Across24 Blocks of flatsTENEMENTBUILDINGS17Across24 EmergeHATCH5Across24 ExpireDIE3Across27 Are attached to, though had come loose beforeADHERE6Across27 Soup dishTUREEN6Across27 Sea eagleERNE4Across29 Happening to have left the T out of “flat”EVEN4Across29 Talks about the right food for vegetarians to eatSPROUTS7Across30 SolemnityDIGNITY7Across30 DomicileHOME4Across31 PropMAINSTAY8Across33 InhabitantOCCUPANT8Across33 Agrees with - the joint has a simple fractureCOMPLIES8Across33 BanBAR3Across34 JoltJERK4Across35 Found minus its dust jacket?DISCOVERED10Across35 FairREASONABLE10Across35 Criticises the return gameSNAP4Across36 LabelTAG3Across36 Leave outOMIT4Across36 CoupleYOKE4Across37 Ramble on about a repairmanMEANDER7Across37 Light rainDRIZZLE7Across37 Take for grantedASSUME6Across38 Did leave unfinished, not thinking much about foodRADISH6Across38 LoudnessVOLUME6Across40 Confine to a half of bitter in the pubINTERN6Across40 StrayERR3Across41 With a female, talking moneyDOE3Across41 Turning asideAVERTING8Across42 Guff from the punters?BACKCHAT8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Like unjustified claims to be a landowner?GROUNDLESS10Down1 Flattering remarkCOMPLIMENT10Down1 SlideSKID4Down2 Among a thousand, four hundred and ninety-nineAMID4Down2 AtticLOFT4Down2 SongMADRIGAL8Down3 Unusually fair to myself, temporarilyFORATIME8Down3 Seven daysWEEK4Down3 Of a riverFLUVIAL7Down4 Leaves half the side piecesDEPARTS7Down4 HostileINIMICAL8Down4 NearNIGH4Down5 GloomyPESSIMISTIC11Down5 Watching golf while you’re being shown overSEEINGROUND11Down5 WindlassWINCH5Down6 KeptMAINTAINED10Down6 First to go into the drink, is franticDISTRAUGHT10Down6 BeerALE3Down7 StowedSTORED6Down7 The creature returns again when one turns the lights downSPIDER6Down7 InclineSLOPE5Down8 OfficerCORPORAL8Down8 Continuing to exist, being supported byLIVINGON8Down8 He plays for Philip and the QueenPIPER5Down10 Extra paymentBONUS5Down10 StealFILCH5Down12 JetSPURT5Down13 TearRIP3Down14 StayedBIDED5Down15 RetributionREVENGE7Down16 Suppose a mine goes off when the soldier enters itIMAGINE7Down16 StiffRIGID5Down17 DullDINGY5Down18 Small birdROBIN5Down20 Small, trim and thinSPARE5Down20 PracticeTRAINING8Down20 BeforeERE3Down22 The incident of the pie throwing does seem very funnyEPISODE7Down22 Source of wealthBONANZA7Down22 Is given to believe one empathises withUNDERSTANDS11Down23 PerformerENTERTAINER11Down23 Remember to confine to the home and to look afterKEEPINMIND10Down25 Clay brickADOBE5Down25 Treated roughlyMANHANDLED10Down25 When it speeds up will, you understand, wobbleGATHERSWAY10Down26 TellerCLERK5Down26 ColonySETTLEMENT10Down26 StainSMUT4Down28 On the way back, confessing to killingDROWNING8Down28 RareUNCOMMON8Down28 ObserveESPY4Down29 SlopeBANK4Down30 Lengthen for the page on tractor assemblyPROTRACT8Down31 Singled outISOLATED8Down31 SpoilMAR3Down32 TroglodyteCAVEMAN7Down32 That the car is faulty, be going to attribute toASCRIBE7Down32 FalseUNTRUE6Down34 Burst it and ran offPOPPED6Down34 To avoid the odd bust up, for instanceDODGE5Down35 Shaving implementRAZOR5Down35 SatisfySATE4Down39 Nothing but a birdDUCK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 6, 2019. 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.