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Evening Standard Crossword November 8 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 8 2024 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#
MainCHIEF5Across2 Grain-storeSILO4Across7 DeedACTION6Across8 TrampleTREAD5Across9 Concerning the country, exaggerateOVERSTATE9Across9 Surgical cutINCISION8Across9 I’m entering an amazing plus one – just came naturallyONIMPULSE9Across10 Alcoholic drinkRUM3Across10 OfferBID3Across11 Arm jointsELBOWS6Across11 The ex who’s keeping one waitingLATE4Across12 Hackneyed expressionCLICHE6Across12 Caught entering the store, you truss up and take toESCORT6Across13 ToothCOG3Across13 French country houseCHATEAU7Across13 Put in an order for a cooker, verballyARRANGE7Across14 PoemsODES4Across14 HarvestREAP4Across15 The lag’s record, or who may have access to itCONSTABLE9Across15 ParticularlyESPECIALLY10Across15 ObserveSEE3Across16 He won’t drink from a stein poured in the mixed barABSTAINER9Across17 AfflictedTROUBLED8Across17 The extract has turned the juice greenPASSAGE7Across18 BellowROAR4Across18 Wreck, informallySCUPPER7Across18 Kinship groupCLAN4Across19 Shut up. It’s only a hundred!BUTTON6Across19 DogSPANIEL7Across19 Even padFLAT4Across20 AbsentAWAY4Across20 AmongstAMIDST6Across21 SchemePLAN4Across22 RefinedGENTEEL7Across23 Entering the conversation in ringing tones?CHIMINGIN9Across23 Man's haircutSHORTBACKANDSIDES17Across24 FlatEVEN4Across25 Having dished out in advance, keptPRESERVED9Across25 Specifying which container, we get right to the pointEWER4Across26 SpikeEAR3Across27 Small restaurantBISTRO6Across27 Looked at the jagged dart’s point embedded inSTARED6Across27 PresentHERE4Across28 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Across29 Bets they’re stand-insDOUBLES7Across29 FreeRID3Across30 InconsistentERRATIC7Across30 WandROD3Across31 Where the junk dealers go all metric?SCRAPYARD9Across32 VapourSTEAM5Across33 VegetableBROCCOLI8Across33 The phoney siren goes off outside – nice diversionINSINCERE9Across34 He’ll tell you spring is hereDIVINER7Across35 Cold dessertBLANCMANGE10Across35 Squeal on a big noiseREPORT6Across36 HitSTRIKE6Across36 CelebritySTAR4Across36 Getting on after the man, contrived toAGED4Across37 ExpectantAGOG4Across37 Eye-protectorsGOGGLES7Across37 Prognosticates, when one chooses the players in advanceFORECASTS9Across38 TautTIGHT5Across38 Underground roomCELLAR6Across38 In essence, material possessions or wealthSUBSTANCE9Across39 SaunterSTROLL6Across40 BeerALE3Across41 PassOVERTAKE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hosiery itemsANKLESOCKS10Down1 SpritePIXIE5Down1 Messes about with the covering – paperFOOLSCAP8Down1 RecordDISC4Down2 BedCOT3Down2 Being lax about the tyres that keep skidding?LETTINGSLIDE12Down2 WrathIRE3Down3 Not so awful that it stops you in your tracks?PASSABLE8Down3 SimilarlyLIKEWISE8Down3 Finger jointKNUCKLE7Down4 WhimFAD3Down4 Far be it from me to move in again!REMOTE6Down4 Pig-penSTY3Down5 InsolentIMPERTINENT11Down5 Shrink from the act of touching physically, right throughCONTRACT8Down5 BeverageCOCOA5Down6 As a result, the orchestrator will make no more changes to itFINALSCORE10Down6 French wineBEAUJOLAIS10Down6 Tough, stretch across to grab the manSPARTAN7Down7 Soak upABSORB6Down7 Plucking implementTWEEZERS8Down8 At prison was treated badly, but got through itPENETRATED10Down8 RegionAREA4Down10 PreparedREADY5Down10 Material of which there are fifty-nine varietiesLINEN5Down11 WiderBROADER7Down11 HarmedDAMAGED7Down12 MinerCOLLIER7Down13 AllowedGRANTED7Down14 Take advantage ofEXPLOIT7Down16 Very melancholy at the time, giving up one’s smokeTRAGIC6Down16 FloodSPATE5Down16 Go inENTER5Down17 MaterialREP3Down18 Don’t allow to catch upBAN3Down19 CompareLIKEN5Down20 LongingYEN3Down21 Neck and neck in the cribbage game?LEVELPEGGING12Down21 Interest in the homecomingRETURN6Down22 U.S. stateINDIANA7Down22 Fed up working in the dairy?CHEESEDOFF10Down23 Garden utensilWATERINGCAN11Down23 Manages to convey, when one’s given an awardGETSACROSS10Down24 OrientEAST4Down24 UtterlyTHOROUGHLY10Down25 Paper required to make the article longerPAD3Down25 ViewVISTA5Down26 Backless shoesSLINGBACKS10Down26 AnnoyIRRITATE8Down28 Left, incensed by the organisationREDCROSS8Down28 Tell about, while scattering seed round the bedDESCRIBE8Down29 AutomatonROBOT5Down29 In a desire to break the record, coming back even fasterSPEEDIER8Down30 At home when the chaps came round, prepared foodSPINACH7Down31 ReboundRICOCHET8Down31 CoverLID3Down32 Musical instrumentBASSOON7Down32 FixedSET3Down33 Its mouth may be full of fishRIVER5Down33 BoxCARTON6Down34 Put on the piano some I am about to playIMPOSE6Down34 OvumEGG3Down34 RugMAT3Down35 ContradictBELIE5Down35 Auction itemsLOTS4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, November 8, 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.