Evening Standard Crossword October 13 2023 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 13 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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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WriterSCRIBE6Across1 DramaPLAY4Across5 CornerANGLE5Across8 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across8 Best work only half the time, motherOPTIMUM7Across8 LettuceCOS3Across9 WinsVICTORIES9Across9 Do you only have to pay it if you lose?SEARCHFEE9Across9 HypocrisyCANT4Across10 DeserveEARN4Across11 CouchDIVAN5Across12 RebelledRIOTED6Across13 Said it’s an incentive for a lightweightCARAT5Across13 Middle-EasternerIRAQI5Across13 In height, we are way aboveTOWER5Across14 Modelling woodBALSA5Across14 CondemnatoryDAMNING7Across15 They cut the wages of the shore workersDOCKERS7Across15 HairyHIRSUTE7Across16 I put in the new net, contriving to interweave itENTWINE7Across16 FishTUNA4Across16 She sounds optimisticROSIE5Across17 FarewellADIEU5Across17 French cityDIJON5Across18 There’s a vibration and a flashSHAKE5Across18 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 SolidifyGEL3Across20 A soft-hearted man popular with CanadiansMAPLE5Across20 HeathenPAGAN5Across20 WagerBET3Across22 This time one has one moreELEVEN6Across22 PitiableRUEFUL6Across22 Cook right through in plenty of waterSTREAM6Across23 ObscureDIM3Across23 MysteryENIGMA6Across23 MethodMODE4Across24 ServantFOOTMAN7Across25 DetailITEM4Across25 When the desktop is put in, there’s a rowDISPUTE7Across25 PlacidEQUABLE7Across27 Deny an increase to, for instanceGAINSAY7Across27 Cleaning-clothDUSTER6Across28 Supported while one lived withSTAYED6Across30 PheasantARGUS5Across30 EvilWICKED6Across30 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across31 It’s hard to cut the stringSEVERE6Across31 RingletsCURLS5Across32 Is introduced to me at the outsetMEETS5Across32 ChiefMAIN4Across32 MarketedSOLD4Across33 TavernINN3Across34 HibernianIRISH5Across35 Happening to have a key and openingEVENT5Across35 TradedDEALT5Across35 ActDEED4Across36 Steam bathSAUNA5Across36 Quick drink round about teatimeALIVE5Across36 HugeIMMENSE7Across37 At home glued to, then going out to have a drinkINDULGE7Across37 GuardSENTRY6Across37 He gives a nod and we’re off!ENDOWER7Across39 Finger jointKNUCKLE7Across39 DeduceINFER5Across41 An hour-long ride in somebody else’s carHITCH5Across41 SubjectTOPIC5Across42 The cockney, more in need of cooling down, swimsOTTER5Across42 TunefulMELODIOUS9Across43 The next one has supportersFOLLOWING9Across43 Group of fourQUARTET7Across44 Smoke, just to annoy youINCENSE7Across44

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Tears up the article on courageSPIRIT6Down1 MendREPAIR6Down1 ObtainSECURE6Down1 Like the petite winner of the Miss Beer competition?PINTSIZE8Down2 UncommunicativeTACITURN8Down2 RenovatedRESTORED8Down2 Only leaves what one is entitled toJUSTDESERTS11Down3 Dairy productDOUBLECREAM11Down3 PailBUCKET6Down3 AnnouncedINTIMATED9Down4 Very funnyHILARIOUS9Down4 Unhappy, urge into actionDEPRESSED9Down4 BeggedPLEADED7Down5 SportsgroundSTADIUM7Down5 Would the gun inside tend to go off if stepped on?TRODDEN7Down5 DivaPRIMADONNA10Down6 ThinLEAN4Down6 Resigns and has Charles deputise forCHUCKSITIN10Down6 PullYANK4Down7 Abominable snowmanYETI4Down7 Hey! Answer the roll call!HERE4Down7 PlusAND3Down8 AccidentMISHAP6Down10 With the Sunday best on, is really funnySCREAM6Down10 Cured fishBLOATER7Down11 Given a roll with red goo insideAWARDED7Down11 Order of businessAGENDA6Down12 Tees off before me coming back, having the honourESTEEM6Down12 DoubtfullyDUBIOUSLY9Down14 BorderHEM3Down15 EntrapNET3Down17 Neck veinJUGULAR7Down19 AreaDISTRICT8Down19 A woman taken up with fashion, like mostAVERAGE7Down19 DeityGOD3Down20 Small dumplingsGNOCCHI7Down21 EducatedLEARNED7Down21 Rank as confidentialPRIVATE7Down21 Feels, when one assumes control ofTAKESINHAND11Down24 Balanced stateEQUILIBRIUM11Down24 More or less how one must be before leaving hospitalPRETTYWELL10Down26 Get marriedTIETHEKNOT10Down26 MessMUDDLE6Down26 HysteriaFRENZY6Down27 Very attractiveBEAUTIFUL9Down28 Blasted freezing!PERISHING9Down28 BetweenAMID4Down29 Echoes the words of the agent out EastREPEATS7Down29 Long-necked animalGIRAFFE7Down29 Looked into bird nutrient myselfSEEMED6Down30 AssistantAIDE4Down30 Alcoholic drinkWHISKY6Down30 DrunkardSOT3Down31 Earned more than, when refurbishedMADEOVER8Down32 GraveyardCEMETERY8Down32 Fights and embeds the point in, or impalesSPEARS6Down33 Foul smellSTENCH6Down33 Anyhow, worms have a right to get into vegetables!MARROWS7Down34 AustereASCETIC7Down34 The newest is the worst timekeeperLATEST6Down38 Male relativeNEPHEW6Down38 Decline to give upDROP4Down40 Second-handUSED4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 13, 2023. 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.