Evening Standard Crossword September 8 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 135 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 8 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Centre53 AcrossReveal answer → Acquired in hospital and acquired illicitly?99 AcrossReveal answer → Fiery69 AcrossReveal answer → TV series99 AcrossReveal answer → Well-off810 AcrossReveal answer → Loutish610 AcrossReveal answer → With the wind having died down, will cease810 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher511 AcrossReveal answer → “Hello,” said the drunk412 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked412 AcrossReveal answer → Always412 AcrossReveal answer → Knock unconscious - that’s the plan613 AcrossReveal answer → Uninteresting613 AcrossReveal answer → Wounds714 AcrossReveal answer → I got near it, struggling against lethargy714 AcrossReveal answer → Type of pen915 AcrossReveal answer → Driving the new car when taking to the station915 AcrossReveal answer → Remedy415 AcrossReveal answer → Ousted717 AcrossReveal answer → Desecration917 AcrossReveal answer → Attacker the alsatians put to flight917 AcrossReveal answer → The policeman did volunteer to hold in charge718 AcrossReveal answer → Old718 AcrossReveal answer → Rabbit the infant may enjoy playing with620 AcrossReveal answer → Austrian city620 AcrossReveal answer → Weaken320 AcrossReveal answer → Group of countries421 AcrossReveal answer → Plunged521 AcrossReveal answer → Contend there’s a boom421 AcrossReveal answer → Consider423 AcrossReveal answer → There’s a section in about South Africa that’s biased824 AcrossReveal answer → Protective charm824 AcrossReveal answer → Summit425 AcrossReveal answer → The getting in early may be hard826 AcrossReveal answer → Visit habitually826 AcrossReveal answer → Sovereign526 AcrossReveal answer → Plus328 AcrossReveal answer → As a concept, it’s less than perfect428 AcrossReveal answer → 365 days428 AcrossReveal answer → Annoyed that the blouse is masculine-looking?629 AcrossReveal answer → Loved629 AcrossReveal answer → Lived730 AcrossReveal answer → Abounding731 AcrossReveal answer → In order to fend off a member of the team731 AcrossReveal answer → Cease433 AcrossReveal answer → So big it’s just horrible?934 AcrossReveal answer → Flowering plant934 AcrossReveal answer → Season435 AcrossReveal answer → Inflexible536 AcrossReveal answer → Composed personally, when alone936 AcrossReveal answer → Previous example936 AcrossReveal answer → Amatory638 AcrossReveal answer → Commission the girl got on the weapon738 AcrossReveal answer → Debate738 AcrossReveal answer → Hunted639 AcrossReveal answer → How the restaurant critic criticises them?639 AcrossReveal answer → Small fish639 AcrossReveal answer → Brute540 AcrossReveal answer → Box in training440 AcrossReveal answer → Waken up when there’s a storm440 AcrossReveal answer → Goodbye841 AcrossReveal answer → Will get one back into shape? Go on!841 AcrossReveal answer → Cake942 AcrossReveal answer → It’s cut for a card game942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Before this strike and the other disruption81 DownReveal answer → Gather81 DownReveal answer → War-horse51 DownReveal answer → Beauty treatment62 DownReveal answer → The bottle the fellow took along has broken62 DownReveal answer → Crawl52 DownReveal answer → Fierceness83 DownReveal answer → Being a newcomer, is more curious83 DownReveal answer → Strike33 DownReveal answer → Lasso64 DownReveal answer → Having yet to see the light64 DownReveal answer → Inferred64 DownReveal answer → Space45 DownReveal answer → Generosity85 DownReveal answer → Steal - but that’s immaterial85 DownReveal answer → Sailor36 DownReveal answer → Does a music student find it invigorating?106 DownReveal answer → Drinks shop106 DownReveal answer → Less57 DownReveal answer → Set for bed before I come in77 DownReveal answer → Pastime77 DownReveal answer → Animals58 DownReveal answer → A bed and on it a girl68 DownReveal answer → Nap68 DownReveal answer → Act up, becoming rowdy again, in apprehension711 DownReveal answer → Fundamental nature711 DownReveal answer → Green713 DownReveal answer → Wanderer514 DownReveal answer → Festered716 DownReveal answer → Egg on, showing sound perception616 DownReveal answer → Allow616 DownReveal answer → Eater518 DownReveal answer → Material319 DownReveal answer → Former lover who used to be hot519 DownReveal answer → Play519 DownReveal answer → Manage to flee320 DownReveal answer → Vehicle320 DownReveal answer → Capturing the royal parents in an Italian city522 DownReveal answer → Sudden forward motion522 DownReveal answer → Liability522 DownReveal answer → Be given credit for the attack623 DownReveal answer → Colour623 DownReveal answer → Beaker324 DownReveal answer → Hi-fi1025 DownReveal answer → The strain you associate with studies, as a youngster1025 DownReveal answer → Craze326 DownReveal answer → Song birds do326 DownReveal answer → Wrong627 DownReveal answer → Poison727 DownReveal answer → Do they like cheese mixed with their birdseed?727 DownReveal answer → Enquired528 DownReveal answer → Giver529 DownReveal answer → Look like830 DownReveal answer → Rather unapproachable, is engaged830 DownReveal answer → Oratory831 DownReveal answer → Sombre531 DownReveal answer → How you smiled at the hoary old joke?831 DownReveal answer → Completely832 DownReveal answer → Demise532 DownReveal answer → The bench is indeed misshapen832 DownReveal answer → Watered down733 DownReveal answer → Opens up when I am in difficulties733 DownReveal answer → Pleasant434 DownReveal answer → “Thought to be unfeasible,” I put in635 DownReveal answer → Rogue635 DownReveal answer → Penalise636 DownReveal answer → A strident “Alloy has a Y on the end!”636 DownReveal answer → Bone336 DownReveal answer → Spot337 DownReveal answer → Necessitate changing a ten to forty-nine637 DownReveal answer → Use637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 8, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.