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Evening Standard Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 16 2026. 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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Grasp41 AcrossReveal answer → Plead34 AcrossReveal answer → Thin46 AcrossReveal answer → Regulate68 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare69 AcrossReveal answer → It's humiliating to be ordered to alight89 AcrossReveal answer → Final89 AcrossReveal answer → Headgear310 AcrossReveal answer → The sun fish is tailless310 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage310 AcrossReveal answer → Pull a number backwards and forwards611 AcrossReveal answer → Began611 AcrossReveal answer → She's knocking drink back at "The Galloping Nag"612 AcrossReveal answer → Play512 AcrossReveal answer → Commands612 AcrossReveal answer → He's coming down - for the day!713 AcrossReveal answer → Asiatic713 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense! It's almost too quiet!414 AcrossReveal answer → Confess514 AcrossReveal answer → Notion414 AcrossReveal answer → A slight shake of the head in it will reveal something1015 AcrossReveal answer → Era515 AcrossReveal answer → Still1015 AcrossReveal answer → Dais817 AcrossReveal answer → Pretend to be in front? How could you!817 AcrossReveal answer → Water channel618 AcrossReveal answer → Songs718 AcrossReveal answer → Means to get the daughter into tennis-playing718 AcrossReveal answer → Stone419 AcrossReveal answer → Bringing the guns back, he hopes to make a quick profit419 AcrossReveal answer → Burning620 AcrossReveal answer → Beginning621 AcrossReveal answer → I met the crooked Denis in prison621 AcrossReveal answer → Acknowledging one was wrong to have taken the seat?1724 AcrossReveal answer → Broom524 AcrossReveal answer → Enthusing1724 AcrossReveal answer → Initial526 AcrossReveal answer → Concealed inside, the bird did damage627 AcrossReveal answer → Stop627 AcrossReveal answer → Titan528 AcrossReveal answer → Always429 AcrossReveal answer → It would be prudent to read the letters aloud429 AcrossReveal answer → Thin730 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual330 AcrossReveal answer → Cocktail ingredients730 AcrossReveal answer → Amorous632 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub633 AcrossReveal answer → Making speed from the stronghold833 AcrossReveal answer → Boon833 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge434 AcrossReveal answer → Only second-hand goods, but we're used to that1035 AcrossReveal answer → Moose335 AcrossReveal answer → Lullaby1035 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher436 AcrossReveal answer → Commotion436 AcrossReveal answer → The front and the base436 AcrossReveal answer → Farewell737 AcrossReveal answer → Cold, in a Gallic sort of way737 AcrossReveal answer → Bluff638 AcrossReveal answer → It takes an hour one way - truly638 AcrossReveal answer → Swallow640 AcrossReveal answer → It's sheer nonsense taking time off640 AcrossReveal answer → Sister341 AcrossReveal answer → I say! Look!341 AcrossReveal answer → Told842 AcrossReveal answer → Don't notice that you can see from above842 AcrossReveal answer →

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All101 DownReveal answer → Find out how many employees there are and how they're voting101 DownReveal answer → Formerly42 DownReveal answer → Jockey52 DownReveal answer → Said it's an irritation: the vet can treat it42 DownReveal answer → Eclipsed83 DownReveal answer → Added up to, when one had carried the whole lot inside83 DownReveal answer → Plunge73 DownReveal answer → Tub44 DownReveal answer → Illicit74 DownReveal answer → Acting the part of the Western traveller?74 DownReveal answer → Biting insect45 DownReveal answer → Larva115 DownReveal answer → Feminine lingerie - for the junior miss115 DownReveal answer → Meadow56 DownReveal answer → Circuitous106 DownReveal answer → Not many between three and six106 DownReveal answer → Feed77 DownReveal answer → Conviction67 DownReveal answer → Twig it's not your own hair67 DownReveal answer → Supposed to have been overbold88 DownReveal answer → Practise88 DownReveal answer → Hours at work that go very quickly510 DownReveal answer → Irritable510 DownReveal answer → Curve311 DownReveal answer → Cur312 DownReveal answer → Primate313 DownReveal answer → The reactionary I'd heard about716 DownReveal answer → Birds716 DownReveal answer → Sphere316 DownReveal answer → Owns317 DownReveal answer → Regular719 DownReveal answer → Liable520 DownReveal answer → Signs of parasites520 DownReveal answer → Record321 DownReveal answer → Copy722 DownReveal answer → Harangues722 DownReveal answer → Environment in which one's working as a hairdresser722 DownReveal answer → How you got both rattled quickly?1123 DownReveal answer → Child323 DownReveal answer → Subterranean1123 DownReveal answer → You're soon going to get fed up hearing it1025 DownReveal answer → Finish325 DownReveal answer → Alighting1025 DownReveal answer → The blue area on the weather map?1026 DownReveal answer → Reinforce1026 DownReveal answer → Speedy527 DownReveal answer → Telling828 DownReveal answer → Can I run into trouble working?828 DownReveal answer → Din529 DownReveal answer → Monster430 DownReveal answer → Unlit431 DownReveal answer → Fish831 DownReveal answer → Increase, breaking the hinge831 DownReveal answer → Show732 DownReveal answer → Isn't prepared to invest the lot, anyhow, in an English export732 DownReveal answer → Grow634 DownReveal answer → To begin with, mother has to provide food634 DownReveal answer → Hut535 DownReveal answer → It would be simple to put one in the hub535 DownReveal answer → Backing, put a pound on for her439 DownReveal answer → Off439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 16, 2026. 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.