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Evening Standard Crossword October 14 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 14 2022 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ScantySPARSE6Across1 LeaderHEAD4Across5 ForwardAHEAD5Across8 UnfriendlyHOSTILE7Across8 Failure - to get rid of with waterWASHOUT7Across8 OddRUM3Across9 MaterialGEORGETTE9Across9 Was very successful in enlarging the thing?MADEITBIG9Across9 RosterROTA4Across10 CultivateTILL4Across11 UprightERECT5Across12 DecapitateBEHEAD6Across13 Saying it's a mix you beat up and put an egg inAXIOM5Across13 AstonishAMAZE5Across13 Try to get the dope to cookGRILL5Across14 ClumsyINEPT5Across14 FarewellGOODBYE7Across15 There's one H in "Haircut"!SHINGLE7Across15 CopesMANAGES7Across16 Being open, a tin gets sourCANDOUR7Across16 LakeMERE4Across16 Having done really well, was radiantSHONE5Across17 SendREMIT5Across17 FiendDEMON5Across18 Don't just lie there! Dress!GETUP5Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 ConiferFIR3Across20 Hair that will give you a thrill to touch?SHOCK5Across20 TrenchDITCH5Across20 FellowDON3Across22 About to get drinks for us allAROUND6Across22 BeginningOUTSET6Across22 Go off on the subject of the duoREPAIR6Across23 FaucetTAP3Across23 CreatureWALRUS6Across23 CharterHIRE4Across24 WanderedDRIFTED7Across25 ThoughtIDEA4Across25 Managed to get rid of and to carry out a searchRANSACK7Across25 BanalMUNDANE7Across27 For a springer, it means "heel"!BOUNDER7Across27 ImaginedDREAMT6Across28 Taking students in retirement is a mistakeSLIPUP6Across30 FragmentSCRAP5Across30 StepsSTAIRS6Across30 TrialORDEAL6Across31 Joining the firm at this point, form a unionCOHERE6Across31 InitiallyFIRST5Across32 By having the animal skirt the chasmABYSS5Across32 RotisserieSPIT4Across32 FishTUNA4Across33 WrathIRE3Across34 ConcerningABOUT5Across35 He sings a note for you to hearTENOR5Across35 ReadjustedRESET5Across35 ActDEED4Across36 FruitMANGO5Across36 What the car does when you push it?ROLLS5Across36 Take fromDETRACT7Across37 Lead to believe that you'll proposeSUGGEST7Across37 GiftTALENT6Across37 Continued to have a problem in the grass borderRESUMED7Across39 GlassTUMBLER7Across39 Wild dogDINGO5Across41 That's not a short, in any wayATALL5Across41 WoodGROVE5Across42 Oil the woodOLIVE5Across42 StaffPERSONNEL9Across43 An attack on the American female teamBROADSIDE9Across43 GreatINTENSE7Across44 Bet on and it's slowANDANTE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is it a non runner in the race?NATION6Down1 RealmDOMAIN6Down1 WriterSCRIBE6Down1 Artificial ice plantSHAMROCK8Down2 PotencySTRENGTH8Down2 SeatARMCHAIR8Down2 On which, lacking the fare, one walksHUNGERMARCH11Down3 BluntPLAINSPOKEN11Down3 CurrentSTREAM6Down3 HonedSHARPENED9Down4 MonthSEPTEMBER9Down4 Having fun training the pinto in the penBALLPOINT9Down4 AxeHATCHET7Down5 ShipFRIGATE7Down5 On line, he's involved in a crooked dealLEASHED7Down5 UsedSECONDHAND10Down6 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Does it help the greengrocer make a packet?STRINGBEAN10Down6 DrabDULL4Down7 AttemptSTAB4Down7 I'll get into it, prepared to flyWING4Down7 ConsumedATE3Down8 HeatedWARMED6Down10 Finds oneself moved by the music?DANCES6Down10 RuesREGRETS7Down11 The job is bungled twice in one dayMISSION7Down11 GameTENNIS6Down12 Could be an extreme show of anger or just moderateTEMPER6Down12 DevotedDEDICATED9Down14 EnergyZIP3Down15 WandROD3Down17 SailorMARINER7Down19 PeriodicalMAGAZINE8Down19 Shot the old held captive inside: it's very sadTRAGEDY7Down19 HealthyFIT3Down20 StormTORNADO7Down21 RespondedREACTED7Down21 After a trio performs, coming on to make a speechORATION7Down21 So it prevents you seeing and you fall?LOVEISBLIND11Down24 RecoveredPULLEDROUND11Down24 Peas, presumably, would not form part of itSQUAREMEAL10Down26 ExcellentFIRSTCLASS10Down26 FleetARMADA6Down26 ThoroughfareSTREET6Down27 GuardGRENADIER9Down28 That twit Thomas is rashFOOLHARDY9Down28 EmployedUSED4Down29 Foreigner who got back again into Spain, somehowPERSIAN7Down29 EchoRESOUND7Down29 Took the seat beside one again, which is ironicSATIRE6Down30 BegetSIRE4Down30 HutSHANTY6Down30 PlacePUT3Down31 Equally pious, almostASGOODAS8Down32 TiredFATIGUED8Down32 The person left holding the baby - and it won't be dropped!SITTER6Down33 TieTETHER6Down33 Prim, quiet and rather uncivilPRUDISH7Down34 ImpressionIMPRINT7Down34 Is, from the first, into deviant sexEXISTS6Down38 AwakenAROUSE6Down38 Angered by, being sensitiveSORE4Down40 EncounterMEET4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 14, 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.