Evening Standard Crossword October 12 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 12 2018 answers. The Friday 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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CrowGLOAT5Across1 YawningGAPING6Across5 AdderVIPER5Across8 Surgical cutINCISION8Across9 Reveal that the day is nearDISCLOSE8Across9 A back numbers issueSON3Across10 SwordRAPIER6Across10 Alcoholic drinkRUM3Across10 Used one to turn left?INURED6Across11 BitterACID4Across11 Arm jointsELBOWS6Across11 Hackneyed expressionCLICHE6Across12 To keep from talking, internSHUTUP6Across12 French country houseCHATEAU7Across13 Wrecked when drunkSMASHED7Across13 PoemsODES4Across14 Said having me around gives confidenceORAL4Across14 DullBORING6Across14 ParticularlyESPECIALLY10Across15 How the blinking rocket was launched?BLASTEDOFF10Across15 TouchCONTACT7Across15 Many a chap, should he be getting on in yearsMANIFOLD8Across17 AfflictedTROUBLED8Across17 JewelGEM3Across18 Put the man's name in redSCARLET7Across18 Wreck, informallySCUPPER7Across18 VaseURN3Across19 Tip you rely onBANK4Across19 Kinship groupCLAN4Across19 AmongstAMIDST6Across21 Having alighted at the stop, create resentmentOFFEND6Across21 RepudiateDENY4Across21 EarlierPRIOR5Across23 RepastMEAL4Across24 Going through all the red lights is unprincipledSTOPPINGATNOTHING17Across24 Man's haircutSHORTBACKANDSIDES17Across24 TreeELM3Across27 And in ways still holds goodSTANDS6Across27 Small restaurantBISTRO6Across27 NourishedFED3Across29 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Across29 Gathered I had returned for the thingITEM4Across29 The agent is working, to a degree, for the tycoonMAGNATE7Across30 InconsistentERRATIC7Across30 FreedomLIBERTY7Across31 Mythical beastDRAGON6Across32 VegetableBROCCOLI8Across33 Only after one's money and stuffCASHMERE8Across33 SpeedRATE4Across34 Begone!AVAUNT6Across35 It's responsible for the hold-up on the lineCLOTHESPEG10Across35 Cold dessertBLANCMANGE10Across35 Frank is the one playing the piano insideOPEN4Across36 CelebritySTAR4Across36 Result of opening the exit doors?OUTCOME7Across37 Eye-protectorsGOGGLES7Across37 DistributeALLOT5Across38 With rest and exercise, back in the pinkREPOSE6Across38 Underground roomCELLAR6Across38 EntreatyPRAYER6Across39 SaunterSTROLL6Across40 Make certain, before the sun breaks throughENSURE6Across40 TearfulWEEPY5Across40 BeerALE3Across41 Plant - and you'll wish you hadn'tRUE3Across41 PassOVERTAKE8Across42 One fated, perhaps, never to know the appeal of musicTONEDEAF8Across42

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Hosiery itemsANKLESOCKS10Down1 Where you have friends when your friends are mountaineers?HIGHPLACES10Down1 RecordDISC4Down2 Go away, small furry animal!SCAT4Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 SimilarlyLIKEWISE8Down3 Holding fifty, you contend, to be fullCOMPLETE8Down3 PilotAVIATE6Down3 Finger jointKNUCKLE7Down4 Is over-working, at one point, in formVERSION7Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 SeizeGRAB4Down5 InsolentIMPERTINENT11Down5 To be, during productionINTHEMAKING11Down5 CoupledPAIRED6Down6 French wineBEAUJOLAIS10Down6 Learning, on coming upon unconsciousFINDINGOUT10Down6 UnsteadyGROGGY6Down7 Soak upABSORB6Down7 Blow round to change the date to a later onePUTOFF6Down7 Plucking implementTWEEZERS8Down8 Happened to have been round about autumnBEFALLEN8Down8 ObtainPROCURE7Down9 Club for the workersSTAFF5Down10 PreparedREADY5Down10 ToothCOG3Down12 U.S. coinDIME4Down13 MonsterOGRE4Down16 Lions prowling around Ireland for a cut of beefSIRLOIN7Down16 Take advantage ofEXPLOIT7Down16 QuaverTRILL5Down17 CompareLIKEN5Down20 TitularNOMINAL7Down20 A tempo that's fastAPACE5Down20 TV programme Saturday begins with?FRIENDS7Down22 Bird’s homeNEST4Down22 U.S. stateINDIANA7Down22 The facts from a prison inmate?INSIDESTORY11Down23 Garden utensilWATERINGCAN11Down23 RecklessMADCAP6Down24 Disregarded, when one flew abovePASSEDOVER10Down25 UtterlyTHOROUGHLY10Down25 DistantAFAR4Down25 Understand it will rock as one gets up speedGATHERSWAY10Down26 BequeathedLEGACY6Down26 Backless shoesSLINGBACKS10Down26 Catching by knocking right insideTRAPPING8Down28 DiscountREBATE6Down28 AnnoyIRRITATE8Down28 SpeckDOT3Down30 ReboundRICOCHET8Down31 Follower who has a bash at embracing herADHERENT8Down31 Musical instrumentBASSOON7Down32 Then so terribly young, in all candourHONESTY7Down32 CloseNEAR4Down33 Put untidy clothes away, having a thing about it?HANGUP6Down34 BoxCARTON6Down34 It's one spice of many, dearCLOVE5Down35 ContradictBELIE5Down35 OathVOW3Down36 PinchNIP3Down37 Stuffs with paperPADS4Down39 Auction itemsLOTS4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 12, 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.