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Evening Standard Crossword October 15 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 15 2021 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ShatterSMASH5Across1 RecompenseREWARD6Across5 AdhesivePASTE5Across8 Like a schoolmaster on holiday - not at his bestOUTOFFORM9Across9 MalefactorWRONGDOER9Across9 MostlyINTHEMAIN9Across10 ThroatyHOARSE6Across10 With blurred vision, it is not very understandableHARDTOSEE9Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 Lap up wallopLICK4Across12 ShamFAKE4Across12 EachAPIECE6Across13 Made an effort, but the best end got overcookedSTROVE6Across13 CarriageGROWLER7Across14 PlungingDIVING6Across14 Justify one's desire to get hold of an expensive carWARRANT7Across14 Not whom you wish to escort and not whenWRONGDATE9Across15 LockjawTETANUS7Across15 ReptileCROCODILE9Across15 Writes in red "Is possibly a vending machine"DISPENSER9Across17 CherishedTREASURED9Across17 Tell to check the numbersRECOUNT7Across18 EnclosurePEN3Across18 FellDROPPED7Across18 When eleven was sounded, seemed tiredSIGHED6Across19 BuccaneerPIRATE6Across19 ColourRED3Across19 MetalZINC4Across20 Only fifty-oneLONE4Across20 ActDEED4Across21 Loud and just awfulFRIGHTFUL9Across23 CakeSWISSROLL9Across23 FlatLEVEL5Across23 EngageMESH4Across24 Exhausted, it is clear, by the bumpy rideOVERTIRED9Across25 FavouredPREFERRED9Across25 Buttonhole the girlROSE4Across26 LevelEVEN4Across26 Nomadic peopleROMANY6Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Slide over and quickly get intoSLIPON6Across27 GhostSPECTRE7Across29 ScullOAR3Across29 Witnesses the seizure and considers it right toSEESFIT7Across29 AffairROMANCE7Across31 FreeGRATIS6Across32 What silly butchers do at their conference?TALKTRIPE9Across32 WillTESTAMENT9Across32 TravelRIDE4Across34 It's ice on the peak, you fool!BLOCKHEAD9Across34 PleasantAGREEABLE9Across34 CoarseEARTHY6Across35 Reveals unintentionally that one does tailoring alterationsLETSOUT7Across35 SeriousEARNEST7Across35 Would show the niece to be possibly about fiveEVINCE6Across36 FatalDEADLY6Across36 FruitPLUM4Across37 Cracked back "Will flabbergast you"STUN4Across37 Act forREPRESENT9Across38 ElbowNUDGE5Across38 It ensures that the pan won't get burntSUNBONNET9Across38 MeetENCOUNTER9Across39 Won't have it the lad is slow, anyhowDISALLOWS9Across39 MingledMERGED6Across39 Go inENTER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
He's not the first to be an adherentFOLLOWER8Down1 InsincereTWOFACED8Down1 DisregardedTOOKNONOTICE12Down2 They don't represent a lot of money to a restaurateur!STACKOFCHIPS12Down2 LowMOO3Down2 Abided byCOMPLIED8Down3 Put right in to touch, shrink fromCONTRACT8Down3 ScatterSPREAD6Down3 CurrentBREEZE6Down4 Lay it on with "I am to act as model"IMPOSE6Down4 OwnsHAS3Down4 PeruseREAD4Down5 Board memberDIRECTOR8Down5 Will it bleat if you don't take it for a walk?SHEEPDOG8Down5 RelinquishedWAIVED6Down6 It means a mass shoutingCROWDSCENE10Down6 InsectSTAGBEETLE10Down6 DeterminedDOGGED6Down7 Was the first time and one took a good look round itSTARTED7Down7 CompunctionREMORSE7Down7 Be first, perhaps, to last the person you can most rely onBESTFRIEND10Down8 PresentedINTRODUCED10Down8 ObtainedSECURED7Down9 Doesn't go off to get the propsSTAYS5Down11 More competentABLER5Down11 TearRIP3Down12 EatDINE4Down13 Having no French polish!GAUCHE6Down16 ResistOPPOSE6Down16 RelaxEASE4Down16 CutSEVER5Down17 FriendPAL3Down19 Note that starts off the dawn chorusSOL3Down19 SignifiedDENOTED7Down20 PeevishnessIRRITABILITY12Down21 Now that I think about it, no!ONREFLECTION12Down21 HeroicEPIC4Down22 EbbRECEDE6Down22 Don't go for a decent run!STREAK6Down22 DarlingSWEETHEART10Down23 To start with be embarrassed by the early enthusiasmFIRSTFLUSH10Down23 Wine bottleMAGNUM6Down24 How the camper with the evil designs came to grief?FELLINTENT10Down24 AlertONONESTOES10Down24 WagesPAY3Down25 Have a quarter on holdOWN3Down25 TowerSOAR4Down25 LoathingHATING6Down26 SterileBARREN6Down28 RemedyANTIDOTE8Down28 Gives one about ten, all crumpled, to ironPRESENTS8Down28 VestmentSURPLICE8Down29 What was paid for the leopard?SPOTCASH8Down29 EternallyEVERMORE8Down30 FreeRID3Down30 Order it up when you have a meal on the shipTIDINESS8Down30 It's bearing your weight so do not shake itSTOODON7Down31 BetWAGERED7Down31 People no longer speak it, but Upman canLATIN5Down33 RemitSEND4Down33 FightSCRAP5Down33 AstonishedAMAZED6Down34 Complains about a number of the shadesBLINDS6Down34 EraAGE3Down36 ColourHUE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 15, 2021. 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.