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Evening Standard Crossword October 1 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 1 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
SevereSTRICT6Across1 No lady’s deputiesAGENTS6Across4 SallySORTIE6Across4 DangerRISK4Across5 Best sellersHOTCAKES8Across7 RunwayAIRSTRIP8Across7 Corkscrew left at Paris, perhapsSPIRAL6Across8 StablemanOSTLER6Across8 WrathANGER5Across8 OddRUM3Across9 RubbishTRASH5Across10 GatherMASS4Across10 An airy spirit, one imaginesSYLPH5Across10 BallotVOTE4Across11 TemptressSIREN5Across12 OptimismHOPE4Across13 It helps keep you going lame, in a way!MEAL4Across13 ReallyINDEED6Across13 Grain storeSILO4Across14 Identify as WilliamTELL4Across14 Junior drinks?TOTS4Across15 SetteeSOFA4Across15 Woman’s nameKIM3Across16 Be noted as a Brentford playerBEE3Across16 TableLIST4Across16 The land one managedIRAN4Across17 RevoltingFOUL4Across17 CeaseSTOP4Across18 Large birdRHEA4Across19 Under strain during last autumnTAUT4Across19 EqualityPAR3Across20 Racket sportBADMINTON9Across21 Slum street estimated to indicate a degree of affluenceMEANSTEST9Across21 ObserveSEE3Across22 Indian dressSARI4Across23 Tonnage of the mother ship?MASS4Across23 SpikeEAR3Across23 Powder used in post-natal clinicsTALC4Across24 HeapPILE4Across24 FaceDIAL4Across24 GaspPANT4Across25 Trinidadian pop?DAD3Across26 Young dogPUP3Across26 Worked earthily as a brick carrier out EastHOED4Across27 Egg-shapedOVAL4Across27 AmuseTICKLE6Across28 Beautiful operation by a studentOPAL4Across29 Female sheepEWES4Across29 GemPEARL5Across30 Be daunted by much that is out of the wayFEAR4Across32 Floating markerBUOY4Across32 PeruseREAD4Across32 Maybe Tony’s brokeSTONY5Across33 SpokeSAID4Across33 Sacred songPSALM5Across33 Officers such as LeeMAJORS6Across34 SortILK3Across34 MonthAUGUST6Across34 In the field, just the fellow for Thora Hird?THIRDMAN8Across35 RenovateRENEW5Across35 Puts to deathEXECUTES8Across35 In tennis, they’re especially bad in doublesFAULTS6Across36 WatchedEYED4Across36 MendicantBEGGAR6Across36 MonsterDRAGON6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StopsHALTS5Down1 FilterSTRAIN6Down1 Church established and possibly expandedCHEST5Down1 CurativeREMEDIAL8Down2 Court caseTRIAL5Down2 Where the horse can stop runningSTALL5Down2 Clean the inletWASH4Down3 EngraveETCH4Down3 ForceCOMPEL6Down3 Bring a girl up to be a credit to youASSET5Down4 LampoonSPOOF5Down4 UncompromisingINSISTENT9Down4 BackREVERSE7Down5 CeremonyRITE4Down5 Wicked, terrible lie about VictorEVIL4Down5 PressIRON4Down6 Group determined to have a drink together?TEASET6Down6 Spain and PortugalIBERIA6Down6 RecognisedKNEW4Down7 DonkeyASS3Down8 Greek citySPARTA6Down9 Petals can be of such coloursPASTEL6Down9 FreeRID3Down11 Timber going up riverYEW3Down11 Works steadily at making pilesPLIES5Down12 As yetSOFAR5Down12 Some more new rents, simply hugeMONSTER7Down13 VacationHOLIDAY7Down13 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down14 TotalSUM3Down15 BecauseFOR3Down15 Ortanique colourTAN3Down15 KnowledgeKEN3Down16 Nevertheless, stillBUT3Down16 OceanSEA3Down17 One of the less wise things to eat?RASHER6Down18 OffensiveODIOUS6Down18 ConfrontingTACKLING8Down19 A Caledonian race venue?ASCOT5Down20 MinePIT3Down20 CavitiesHOLES5Down20 A word about MaxMAD3Down21 Bread rollBAP3Down21 EbbedRECEDED7Down21 Just a little coat tail, nowadaysTAD3Down22 NothingNIL3Down22 Resort with an endless amalgam of Spaniards, etc.MALAGA6Down23 Surgeon's stitchSUTURE6Down23 Slippery fishEEL3Down25 All you have to cook things in?PAN3Down25 FirewoodTINDER6Down26 CalculateRECKON6Down27 ElectorVOTER5Down28 They get heated when there's a toss up!OASTS5Down28 LoyalTRUE4Down29 Down under, the Briton may not take my partPOMMY5Down30 PeelPARE4Down30 Ballroom danceWALTZ5Down30 ShatterSMASH5Down31 StatuteLAW3Down31 Prone to deceiveLYING5Down31 Parry a swordFOIL4Down32 StopperBUNG4Down32 Thus, again, is painfulSORE4Down33 Ice hockey discPUCK4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 1, 2020. 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.