Evening Standard Crossword October 16 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 16 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Initial51 AcrossReveal answer → Relish65 AcrossReveal answer → Giant58 AcrossReveal answer → Therefore, for assault could be incarcerated again99 AcrossReveal answer → Something temporary99 AcrossReveal answer → Kissing plant?910 AcrossReveal answer → Carrier610 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-bathing, mostly910 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → The fifth or sixth letter in "knowledge"412 AcrossReveal answer → Base of neck412 AcrossReveal answer → Vision613 AcrossReveal answer → Is, alas, preparing to attack613 AcrossReveal answer → Raise714 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair614 AcrossReveal answer → Raze the apartment between nine and eleven714 AcrossReveal answer → The one served by the butter-fingered waitress in the tea-room?915 AcrossReveal answer → Devilish715 AcrossReveal answer → Affliction of the eyes915 AcrossReveal answer → A large hall for study and lessons917 AcrossReveal answer → Discouraging weapon917 AcrossReveal answer → Ring through at a quarter past from work718 AcrossReveal answer → Through318 AcrossReveal answer → Intellectual718 AcrossReveal answer → The guard with the money got shot619 AcrossReveal answer → Self-effacing619 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit319 AcrossReveal answer → Long-eared mammal420 AcrossReveal answer → Long to take one round the hotel420 AcrossReveal answer → Adroit421 AcrossReveal answer → An early lead!923 AcrossReveal answer → Very hot923 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt523 AcrossReveal answer → Gather424 AcrossReveal answer → Takes care of, when one ushers the sailor to the door925 AcrossReveal answer → Person who disagrees925 AcrossReveal answer → Until by myself with a book426 AcrossReveal answer → Green vegetable426 AcrossReveal answer → Scold harshly627 AcrossReveal answer → Colour327 AcrossReveal answer → Gloomy when the half moon came up627 AcrossReveal answer → Not present729 AcrossReveal answer → Owns329 AcrossReveal answer → Measure the hair in need of cutting?729 AcrossReveal answer → Remote731 AcrossReveal answer → Flower632 AcrossReveal answer → Military wear is the antithesis of a baby's bonnet!932 AcrossReveal answer → Relative significance932 AcrossReveal answer → Cab434 AcrossReveal answer → A battle we need to fight934 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial sweetener934 AcrossReveal answer → Harmony635 AcrossReveal answer → Go on, lad. Push out the boat735 AcrossReveal answer → Team sport735 AcrossReveal answer → The papers he puts into groups636 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed goal636 AcrossReveal answer → Famous person437 AcrossReveal answer → The lady and the space man who's so intrepid437 AcrossReveal answer → Economic oppressor938 AcrossReveal answer → Skinflint538 AcrossReveal answer → Did it enable gold prospectors to see in the dark?938 AcrossReveal answer → Attractive person939 AcrossReveal answer → Does, stupidly, clown about and you suspend activities939 AcrossReveal answer → Breakwater639 AcrossReveal answer → Cogs540 AcrossReveal answer →

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When I floated off, didn't81 DownReveal answer → Open to suggestion81 DownReveal answer → Children's plaything122 DownReveal answer → "Between blonde and mouse" is not a bad description122 DownReveal answer → Wrath32 DownReveal answer → Bonus83 DownReveal answer → Was better than the other polishes?83 DownReveal answer → Current63 DownReveal answer → Unclaimed animals64 DownReveal answer → The way to overcome a foolish fear is to attack it64 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → Cut45 DownReveal answer → Deeply fixed85 DownReveal answer → Container nanny can't have?85 DownReveal answer → Swerved66 DownReveal answer → Does she wield the big stick over malingerers?106 DownReveal answer → Lung disease106 DownReveal answer → Spurn67 DownReveal answer → On return, Rose Brown got through to the politician77 DownReveal answer → At a fast tempo77 DownReveal answer → Regardless of which contest one's competing in?108 DownReveal answer → Bitterness108 DownReveal answer → Coach79 DownReveal answer → A commotion that gets you up511 DownReveal answer → Slight remainder511 DownReveal answer → Gratuity312 DownReveal answer → Horse413 DownReveal answer → For rises, still holds good616 DownReveal answer → Make very wet616 DownReveal answer → Atmosphere416 DownReveal answer → Diced517 DownReveal answer → Crockery item319 DownReveal answer → The gentleman who took part in the uprising319 DownReveal answer → Boring720 DownReveal answer → Improvement1221 DownReveal answer → Pretty appealing to a child, it is!1221 DownReveal answer → Cringe422 DownReveal answer → Tawdry art622 DownReveal answer → Silly rot! A man about to become a mother!622 DownReveal answer → Amphibian1023 DownReveal answer → Reduce the amount in order to create an impression1023 DownReveal answer → Touching624 DownReveal answer → Got loaded and became bossy1024 DownReveal answer → Unfair state1024 DownReveal answer → Female deer325 DownReveal answer → A small male or a female325 DownReveal answer → Attempt425 DownReveal answer → Wages626 DownReveal answer → Dress628 DownReveal answer → Opening828 DownReveal answer → Be against including it or just the converse828 DownReveal answer → Cutting tools829 DownReveal answer → What made the newlyweds so unhappy in the front seats?829 DownReveal answer → Create830 DownReveal answer → Male or female e.g.330 DownReveal answer → Cajole in order to circumvent?830 DownReveal answer → Mean to force Nigel to admit the old boy731 DownReveal answer → Deny knowledge of731 DownReveal answer → Surrounds the arenas533 DownReveal answer → Season433 DownReveal answer → Bizarre costume533 DownReveal answer → Long step634 DownReveal answer → Something you pull with difficulty from the tool bag?634 DownReveal answer → Entrap336 DownReveal answer → Abroad337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 16, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.