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Evening Standard Crossword October 17 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 17 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
FishSPRAT5Across1 Scholarly use of a crib would upset most teachersCHEAT5Across1 ConfusionPANIC5Across2 Is such a point pointless?SILLY5Across6 StagePHASE5Across6 ExcusePLEA4Across7 CombinedUNITED6Across8 LamentDIRGE5Across9 Large apeGORILLA7Across9 Snookered, perhaps, by the chap at one end of the table?BAULKED7Across9 PriseLEVER5Across10 Boastful of standing high?PROUD5Across10 WandROD3Across11 Ivy will do so after many a gin cocktailCLING5Across11 Sea duckEIDER5Across11 Boy holding out heartlessly for ill-gotten gainBOOTY5Across12 Of the sunSOLAR5Across12 HelpAID3Across13 LowerLETDOWN7Across13 Toss an essayist a flowerLOBELIA7Across13 HardenSET3Across15 Did he deprive Charles of a cleaning lady?LES3Across15 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 AdhesiveGUM3Across16 RegionAREA4Across17 Still has to pay for the lowest shareOWES4Across17 Interfere with the French in the greatest degreeMOLEST6Across18 Sweet and ripeMELLOW6Across18 MirthGLEE4Across18 Not pretty clear?PLAIN5Across19 TitularNOMINAL7Across19 StepsPACES5Across19 ChessmanKNIGHT6Across20 As Chancellor, did he remedy a money shortage?HEALEY6Across20 CupidEROS4Across20 First name in spaceYURI4Across22 ExpertsACES4Across22 ProdPOKE4Across22 TwistedTANGLED7Across23 Utter guess!SAY3Across24 Not happySAD3Across24 Cut the price of each penCHEAPEN7Across25 Local languageDIALECT7Across25 ProsecutedSUED4Across25 Utter angrilySNORT5Across26 For a start, many take the tube backDEBUT5Across26 SpikeEAR3Across27 A saintly seed, it seems, but it's animal!STOAT5Across27 PortlySTOUT5Across27 The shooting of some mosquitoes, it's saidSKEET5Across28 Former gold coinDUCAT5Across28 LakeMERE4Across28 This marine mammal makes me a neat anagramMANATEE7Across29 TV screenMONITOR7Across29 French ones are of consuming interest to AmericansFRIES5Across30 BesomBROOM5Across30 FinishEND3Across30 CategoryGENRE5Across31 Part of the marquee next to the hotelTENTH5Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 SordidSEAMY5Across33 God-likeDIVINE6Across36 ReviseEDIT4Across37 PrickleTHORN5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpateFLOOD5Down1 FavourPREFER6Down2 CushionPAD3Down2 Does being on the hill make it a high school?HARROW6Down2 Is offensive in an article on public transportABUSES6Down3 And notNOR3Down3 ScheduleAGENDA6Down3 HintCUE3Down4 Just a touch of quiet admirationTAD3Down4 HillTOR3Down4 IntelligenceWIT3Down5 In Scotland, of course, everyone gets a portion of oatsALLOA5Down5 BuffaloBISON5Down5 ContradictBELIE5Down6 The Caesarian bit?SECTION7Down6 GratifiesPLEASES7Down6 Head coveringHAIR4Down7 Busily deniedIDLY4Down7 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down8 Old weapons one cleans anew?LANCES6Down8 GloomyGLUM4Down10 BackREVERSE7Down11 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down12 PerspireSWEAT5Down12 Budding opera character (with a beard?)BILLY5Down12 PermittedALLOWED7Down13 For some scholars, they're turbulent waters!LOCHS5Down13 Is deficient inLACKS5Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 LukewarmTEPID5Down14 An arresting thing to say to a sailor?BELAY5Down14 Allow to rise, as a remissionLETUP5Down15 PortionSLICE5Down15 Discolouration in satinSTAIN5Down16 Coil, spinTWIST5Down16 RavineGORGE5Down16 CollierMINER5Down17 BreachGAP3Down18 Power of an aircraft at heightMIGHT5Down18 DeserveMERIT5Down18 SpectrePHANTOM7Down19 Many have been spent in SpainPESETAS7Down19 SorrowfulSAD3Down21 ChatterNATTER6Down21 A noted bloomer in springtimeEASTER6Down21 AppealALLURE6Down22 Is he strongly drawn as an American type?YANKEE6Down22 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down23 Yet another broadcast about soil conditionerREPEAT6Down23 TardyLATE4Down24 SewerDRAIN5Down25 Youngster making a bit of a name, possibly in Havana?CUBAN5Down25 UnfastenedUNDID5Down26 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Down26 Woman a man may play, funnily enoughDAME4Down26 Horse trading clique?SET3Down28 Corgi, sayDOG3Down28 InflexibleRIGID5Down29 MouthfulSIP3Down32 FixedSET3Down33 FussADO3Down34 LongingYEN3Down35

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