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Evening Standard Crossword October 12 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 12 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
Wait in lineQUEUE5Across1 KidnapABDUCT6Across1 Has it a bad name among vegetarians?OFFAL5Across1 Fuel tankerBOWSER6Across5 Alarming means of transport in the outskirts of SurreySCARY5Across6 Dark woodEBONY5Across6 WandererROVER5Across9 Resolute, yet lacking firmness holding a tin-openerDOUGHTY7Across9 Greek restaurantTAVERNA7Across9 CushionPILLOW6Across10 Rascal half scared by a politicianSCAMP5Across10 AstirAFOOT5Across10 AtticGARRET6Across11 HackneyedTRITE5Across11 A change of air, by the way, can be upliftingRAISE5Across11 Distress signalFLARE5Across12 Foot-leverPEDAL5Across12 Historic group of VIPsWITAN5Across12 Instrument for which there was a clear callCLARION7Across13 ContusionsBRUISES7Across13 CipherCODE4Across14 Former champion and excellent outside leftALI3Across15 Frozen waterICE3Across15 Girl's nameELLA4Across17 It's as far as we've got in higher educationHERE4Across17 ManagedRAN3Across17 Said to be a governmental deputy-headSTATED6Across18 SixpenceTANNER6Across18 HeapPILE4Across18 Continental quiltDUVET5Across19 Doesn't go to the highest level among saintsSTOPS5Across19 IntelligentCLEVER6Across20 Drink with a Caledonian companionSCOTCH6Across20 HandleTREAT5Across20 Delicate strandWISP4Across22 Flog half a case for fifty quidSELL4Across22 TransparentCLEAR5Across22 FitSEIZURE7Across23 Servants of Ximenes?MEN3Across24 NumberSEVEN5Across24 That womanHER3Across24 Draw towardsATTRACT7Across25 It has a sharply pointed end, duckPINTAIL7Across25 Nutty writer embracing a useless causePECAN5Across26 SailboatYACHT5Across26 CowlsHOODS5Across26 Detection systemRADAR5Across27 A leader in evil waysSINEW5Across27 Misguidedly begin a jollificationBINGE5Across28 Make amendsATONE5Across28 Foreign boys' namesRUSSIAN7Across29 BaggageLUGGAGE7Across29 PokePROD4Across29 A remission to allow you to riseLETUP5Across30 Snake poisonVENOM5Across30 MarriedWED3Across30 Put upERECT5Across31 They can be mended at various ratesTEARS5Across31 CaribouDEER4Across32 HellHADES5Across33 CreptINCHED6Across35 AbscondedBOLTED6Across36 RoyalREGAL5Across37 FurnishedENDUED6Across38 EbbRECEDE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ViewASPECT6Down1 UnrollUNFURL6Down2 DeceiveDELUDE6Down2 It's easy to get half a mile in frontFACILE6Down2 I dream foolishly, loveADMIRE6Down3 HarvestCROP4Down3 Ideal societyUTOPIA6Down3 SoarTOWER5Down4 Cut short a large musical workLOP3Down4 Consume foodEAT3Down4 StartedBEGAN5Down5 Once more, at some stage, there's a certain amount of painAGAIN5Down5 VendsSELLS5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Artists can be in dire onesSTRAITS7Down6 ImploreENTREAT7Down6 UnclothedBARE4Down7 SallySORTIE6Down7 Is a cloth cap any different when greenish blue?CYAN4Down7 What certain thieves do in Ulster?RUSTLE6Down8 ObservationNOTICE6Down8 CadROTTER6Down8 ThighboneFEMUR5Down12 Value attached to an isle on the ThamesWORTH5Down12 BlindedDAZZLED7Down13 Charles and Mike together fill the gapCHASM5Down13 TreeBEECH5Down13 Is it committed in the heat of the moment?ARSON5Down14 Open soreULCER5Down14 CommandORDER5Down15 Sailing east, perhaps, with a heavy heartATSEA5Down15 CountryINDIA5Down15 RelaxedEASED5Down16 Burst outERUPT5Down16 The untidy part left again? It's charming!IDYLL5Down16 BegPLEAD5Down18 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down18 Bridge crossing a line in the countrySPAIN5Down18 Bungle an attempt to get wages increasedSCREWUP7Down19 MachineLATHE5Down19 Seemly behaviourDECORUM7Down19 The colour will be higher on one side of the face!CERISE6Down21 NumberTEN3Down21 EnvoyLEGATE6Down21 AuthorWRITER6Down22 WeepCRY3Down22 Not the language of PomsSTRINE6Down22 PicturesqueSCENIC6Down23 Hang around, that is, in ladies' underwearLINGER6Down23 ElfSPRITE6Down24 ProverbADAGE5Down25 Wait for dad to get helpPAUSE5Down25 UtteredVOICED6Down25 Pure chaos in the countryPERU4Down26 Ring of lightHALO4Down26 MiddleCENTRE6Down27 Flying speed?BAT3Down28 PlodTRUDGE6Down28 GenerationAGE3Down28 PaddledWADED5Down30 PreventDEBAR5Down31 PresentHERE4Down33 OnlySOLE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. 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.