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Evening Standard Crossword October 17 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 17 2023. 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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Fish51 AcrossReveal answer → Scholarly use of a crib would upset most teachers51 AcrossReveal answer → Confusion52 AcrossReveal answer → Is such a point pointless?56 AcrossReveal answer → Stage56 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse47 AcrossReveal answer → Combined68 AcrossReveal answer → Lament59 AcrossReveal answer → Large ape79 AcrossReveal answer → Snookered, perhaps, by the chap at one end of the table?79 AcrossReveal answer → Prise510 AcrossReveal answer → Boastful of standing high?510 AcrossReveal answer → Wand311 AcrossReveal answer → Ivy will do so after many a gin cocktail511 AcrossReveal answer → Sea duck511 AcrossReveal answer → Boy holding out heartlessly for ill-gotten gain512 AcrossReveal answer → Of the sun512 AcrossReveal answer → Help313 AcrossReveal answer → Lower713 AcrossReveal answer → Toss an essayist a flower713 AcrossReveal answer → Harden315 AcrossReveal answer → Did he deprive Charles of a cleaning lady?315 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise415 AcrossReveal answer → Adhesive316 AcrossReveal answer → Region417 AcrossReveal answer → Still has to pay for the lowest share417 AcrossReveal answer → Interfere with the French in the greatest degree618 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet and ripe618 AcrossReveal answer → Mirth418 AcrossReveal answer → Not pretty clear?519 AcrossReveal answer → Titular719 AcrossReveal answer → Steps519 AcrossReveal answer → Chessman620 AcrossReveal answer → As Chancellor, did he remedy a money shortage?620 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid420 AcrossReveal answer → First name in space422 AcrossReveal answer → Experts422 AcrossReveal answer → Prod422 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted723 AcrossReveal answer → Utter guess!324 AcrossReveal answer → Not happy324 AcrossReveal answer → Cut the price of each pen725 AcrossReveal answer → Local language725 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecuted425 AcrossReveal answer → Utter angrily526 AcrossReveal answer → For a start, many take the tube back526 AcrossReveal answer → Spike327 AcrossReveal answer → A saintly seed, it seems, but it's animal!527 AcrossReveal answer → Portly527 AcrossReveal answer → The shooting of some mosquitoes, it's said528 AcrossReveal answer → Former gold coin528 AcrossReveal answer → Lake428 AcrossReveal answer → This marine mammal makes me a neat anagram729 AcrossReveal answer → TV screen729 AcrossReveal answer → French ones are of consuming interest to Americans530 AcrossReveal answer → Besom530 AcrossReveal answer → Finish330 AcrossReveal answer → Category531 AcrossReveal answer → Part of the marquee next to the hotel531 AcrossReveal answer → Performed331 AcrossReveal answer → Sordid533 AcrossReveal answer → God-like636 AcrossReveal answer → Revise437 AcrossReveal answer → Prickle538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Spate51 DownReveal answer → Favour62 DownReveal answer → Cushion32 DownReveal answer → Does being on the hill make it a high school?62 DownReveal answer → Is offensive in an article on public transport63 DownReveal answer → And not33 DownReveal answer → Schedule63 DownReveal answer → Hint34 DownReveal answer → Just a touch of quiet admiration34 DownReveal answer → Hill34 DownReveal answer → Intelligence35 DownReveal answer → In Scotland, of course, everyone gets a portion of oats55 DownReveal answer → Buffalo55 DownReveal answer → Contradict56 DownReveal answer → The Caesarian bit?76 DownReveal answer → Gratifies76 DownReveal answer → Head covering47 DownReveal answer → Busily denied47 DownReveal answer → Hi-fi68 DownReveal answer → Old weapons one cleans anew?68 DownReveal answer → Gloomy410 DownReveal answer → Back711 DownReveal answer → Dedicated712 DownReveal answer → Perspire512 DownReveal answer → Budding opera character (with a beard?)512 DownReveal answer → Permitted713 DownReveal answer → For some scholars, they're turbulent waters!513 DownReveal answer → Is deficient in513 DownReveal answer → Erased714 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm514 DownReveal answer → An arresting thing to say to a sailor?514 DownReveal answer → Allow to rise, as a remission515 DownReveal answer → Portion515 DownReveal answer → Discolouration in satin516 DownReveal answer → Coil, spin516 DownReveal answer → Ravine516 DownReveal answer → Collier517 DownReveal answer → Breach318 DownReveal answer → Power of an aircraft at height518 DownReveal answer → Deserve518 DownReveal answer → Spectre719 DownReveal answer → Many have been spent in Spain719 DownReveal answer → Sorrowful321 DownReveal answer → Chatter621 DownReveal answer → A noted bloomer in springtime621 DownReveal answer → Appeal622 DownReveal answer → Is he strongly drawn as an American type?622 DownReveal answer → Cream cake623 DownReveal answer → Yet another broadcast about soil conditioner623 DownReveal answer → Tardy424 DownReveal answer → Sewer525 DownReveal answer → Youngster making a bit of a name, possibly in Havana?525 DownReveal answer → Unfastened526 DownReveal answer → Japanese wrestling426 DownReveal answer → Woman a man may play, funnily enough426 DownReveal answer → Horse trading clique?328 DownReveal answer → Corgi, say328 DownReveal answer → Inflexible529 DownReveal answer → Mouthful332 DownReveal answer → Fixed333 DownReveal answer → Fuss334 DownReveal answer → Longing335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. 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.