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Evening Standard Crossword November 2 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 2 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
FadWHIM4Across1 FriendPAL3Across4 Crucial pointCRUX4Across6 Best work only half the time, motherOPTIMUM7Across8 A fewSEVERAL7Across8 Collection of sharesPORTFOLIO9Across9 UnconsciousOUT3Across9 Do you only have to pay it if you lose?SEARCHFEE9Across9 CalmCOMPOSED8Across10 BanVETO4Across11 Said it’s an incentive for a lightweightCARAT5Across13 ConcurAGREE5Across13 PerfectIDEAL5Across14 JeerBOO3Across14 In height, we are way aboveTOWER5Across14 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across15 They cut the wages of the shore workersDOCKERS7Across15 I put in the new net, contriving to interweave itENTWINE7Across16 SheerSTARK5Across16 Live togetherCOHABIT7Across16 Picture surroundFRAME5Across17 She sounds optimisticROSIE5Across17 FlowersROSES5Across18 There’s a vibration and a flashSHAKE5Across18 SecularTEMPORAL8Across19 A soft-hearted man popular with CanadiansMAPLE5Across20 Difficult questionPOSER5Across20 BowlBASIN5Across21 CureREMEDY6Across22 This time one has one moreELEVEN6Across22 GobsmackedAGHAST6Across23 SimilarlyLIKEWISE8Across23 Cook right through in plenty of waterSTREAM6Across23 IronPRESS5Across24 DisastrousRUINOUS7Across25 When the desktop is put in, there’s a rowDISPUTE7Across25 BraveryCOURAGE7Across27 Deny an increase to, for instanceGAINSAY7Across27 CliqueSET3Across27 Edible tuberPOTATO6Across30 Supported while one lived withSTAYED6Across30 ReignRULE4Across31 Big catJAGUAR6Across31 It’s hard to cut the stringSEVERE6Across31 Is introduced to me at the outsetMEETS5Across32 Greek islandCORFU5Across32 AtmosphereAMBIENCE8Across33 SolidifyGEL3Across34 Happening to have a key and openingEVENT5Across35 DangerPERIL5Across35 RingPEAL4Across35 Quick drink round about teatimeALIVE5Across36 StrengthMIGHT5Across36 UntruthLIE3Across36 At home glued to, then going out to have a drinkINDULGE7Across37 PercussionistDRUMMER7Across37 PourTEEM4Across37 He gives a nod and we’re off!ENDOWER7Across39 CaptivateENTHRAL7Across39 An hour-long ride in somebody else’s carHITCH5Across41 Legal defenceALIBI5Across41 The cockney, more in need of cooling down, swimsOTTER5Across42 SumTOTAL5Across42 The next one has supportersFOLLOWING9Across43 UnhurriedLEISURELY9Across43 Smoke, just to annoy youINCENSE7Across44 StrainTENSION7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tears up the article on courageSPIRIT6Down1 ScarcityDEARTH6Down1 MonthDECEMBER8Down2 Like the petite winner of the Miss Beer competition?PINTSIZE8Down2 CowlHOOD4Down2 Zodiac signSAGITTARIUS11Down3 Only leaves what one is entitled toJUSTDESERTS11Down3 BroodMOPE4Down3 RashFOOLHARDY9Down4 Unhappy, urge into actionDEPRESSED9Down4 RuralPASTORAL8Down4 GentlewomanLADY4Down5 DressedATTIRED7Down5 Would the gun inside tend to go off if stepped on?TRODDEN7Down5 DesireCOVET5Down6 Pirate flagJOLLYROGER10Down6 Resigns and has Charles deputise forCHUCKSITIN10Down6 RegretRUE3Down7 MonarchKING4Down7 Hey! Answer the roll call!HERE4Down7 SpeakUTTER5Down8 RecklessMADCAP6Down10 With the Sunday best on, is really funnySCREAM6Down10 ScentPERFUME7Down11 Given a roll with red goo insideAWARDED7Down11 CrouchSTOOP5Down12 Tees off before me coming back, having the honourESTEEM6Down12 CupboardCLOSET6Down12 PlentifulAMPLE5Down13 PendulumBOB3Down14 Fertile spotOASIS5Down15 ConfessADMIT5Down17 GenuflectKNEEL5Down18 A woman taken up with fashion, like mostAVERAGE7Down19 StrutSWAGGER7Down19 AmiableLIKEABLE8Down20 StammerSTUTTER7Down21 Rank as confidentialPRIVATE7Down21 EntrapNET3Down22 Feels, when one assumes control ofTAKESINHAND11Down24 TruckerLORRYDRIVER11Down24 Make-upROUGE5Down25 HivesNETTLERASH10Down26 More or less how one must be before leaving hospitalPRETTYWELL10Down26 CrustSHELL5Down26 Blasted freezing!PERISHING9Down28 PreposterousLAUGHABLE9Down28 LamentWAIL4Down28 Echoes the words of the agent out EastREPEATS7Down29 Refuse containerDUSTBIN7Down29 HidePELT4Down29 PainACHE4Down30 Looked into bird nutrient myselfSEEMED6Down30 MarionettePUPPET6Down30 PolitenessCOURTESY8Down32 Earned more than, when refurbishedMADEOVER8Down32 MeadowLEA3Down32 Fights and embeds the point in, or impalesSPEARS6Down33 IndisciplinedUNRULY6Down33 BeseechIMPLORE7Down34 Anyhow, worms have a right to get into vegetables!MARROWS7Down34 Sheep meatMUTTON6Down38 The newest is the worst timekeeperLATEST6Down38 Decline to give upDROP4Down40 RowTIER4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, November 2, 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.