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Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 133 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#
TallyAGREE5Across1 SweetTOFFEE6Across5 MaterialSERGE5Across8 ExasperationANNOYANCE9Across9 Is it suitable for high tea?TIPSYCAKE9Across9 CommotionBUSTLE6Across10 Start to fray and become tiresomeWEARTHIN8Across10 KillerMURDERER8Across10 ImitatedAPED4Across11 Pavement edgeKERB4Across12 Are caught trespassing in the landACRE4Across12 RichesWEALTH6Across13 Tell you the winner will be the favourite: “Ladies’ Wear”TIPPET6Across13 GustoRELISH6Across14 Garment donned when going for a spin?TOPCOAT7Across14 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across14 ImprovisedMAKESHIFT9Across15 Rings and cajoles intoGETSROUND9Across15 AlternativelyINSTEAD7Across15 Take the place ofSUPERSEDE9Across17 Role played in “The Letter”?CHARACTER9Across17 ThroughPER3Across18 AtomicNUCLEAR7Across18 The twit dropped it? Rot! Absolute nonsense!TWADDLE7Across18 LongingYEN3Across19 Shoves the tom cat outsidePUSHES6Across20 GloomyDISMAL6Across20 DependRELY4Across21 Back from “The Green Man”EMIL4Across21 Self-satisfiedSMUG4Across21 SpreeREVEL5Across23 Cooking utensilSAUCEPAN8Across24 Was a stalker, one understoodFOLLOWED8Across24 JoinSEAM4Across24 Netting one’s jumping over successfullyCLEARING8Across26 AttireCLOTHING8Across26 ObscureDIM3Across27 Want to turn the key to enter the homeNEED4Across28 NotionIDEA4Across28 Quite honestlyFAIRLY6Across29 KnockRAP3Across29 A dozenTWELVE6Across29 PortentousOMINOUS7Across31 An indication, to a dogPOINTER7Across31 DepartingLEAVING7Across31 RevisedEDITED6Across32 FavouredPREFERRED9Across34 So then got hooked by the drug immediatelyONTHESPOT9Across34 Sand hillDUNE4Across34 LightIGNITE6Across35 Speaking personally, why I need the film scriptFORMYPART9Across36 LieFALSEHOOD9Across36 So well off with the quarter increase, gets all puffed upSWOLLEN7Across38 FundamentalBASIC5Across38 TwisterTORNADO7Across38 About fifty, getting his kinky enjoyment fromRELISH6Across39 TrustworthyHONEST6Across39 PurchasedBOUGHT6Across39 Have to do with trafficDEAL4Across40 WhinnyNEIGH5Across40 Strong windGALE4Across40 Decide, though it’s closeCONCLUDE8Across41 Sherry glassSCHOONER8Across41 Pulling out the phone numberEXTENSION9Across42 Graveyard monumentTOMBSTONE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Crack shotMARKSMAN8Down1 See there’s a knack in standing uprightSTRAIGHT8Down1 Warm jacketANORAK6Down2 AntelopeGNU3Down2 Pluck and steal off withSPIRIT6Down2 LowerINFERIOR8Down3 With the treatment for the main trouble, get a positive resultMANICURE8Down3 PropertyESTATE6Down3 FishEEL3Down4 Piece of small shotPELLET6Down4 Cried when one looked atPEEPED6Down4 RipTEAR4Down5 StressEMPHASIS8Down5 In no time, they show one to be doubly rightTWOTICKS8Down5 AntennaFEELER6Down6 Musical instrumentGRANDPIANO10Down6 Looks at the potentials for the role?CASTSANEYE10Down6 Four-scoreEIGHTY6Down7 PantherLEOPARD7Down7 Don’t allow a GP going off to get a locumSTOPGAP7Down7 BewilderBEMUSE6Down8 Attack one to get occupation of the shackHITOUT6Down8 Passed onRELAYED7Down9 Let off the lead, comes over to frighten oneSTARTLE7Down11 RetaliationREVENGE7Down11 VitalityPEP3Down12 DreadfulDIRE4Down13 StinkSTENCH6Down16 NakedNUDE4Down16 A mystery for the big screenRIDDLE6Down16 SatanDEVIL5Down17 FadCRAZE5Down19 Taking me out for a meal at lunchtime, on my ownALONE5Down19 Retribution agencyNEMESIS7Down20 NoiseDIN3Down20 Walk homePAD3Down20 FruitMANGO5Down22 ThinLEAN4Down22 Figure there’s a catch to being an artistMANET5Down22 FlourishTHRIVE6Down23 Bright, though with bad weather coming through nextBRAINY6Down23 Electrical socketPOWERPOINT10Down25 Keeping mum and keeping oneself warmWRAPPINGUP10Down25 ParchedARID4Down25 Call round on a palCRY3Down26 Snooker stickCUE3Down26 RipeMATURE6Down26 DebateDISPUTE7Down27 Give approval to at last, or half seem toENDORSE7Down27 IndicateEVINCE6Down28 EnclosurePEN3Down30 BeetleLADYBIRD8Down30 Put spin on again when one hit it backRETURNED8Down30 Holiness?POROSITY8Down31 US stateOKLAHOMA8Down31 DisappointedSADDENED8Down32 So very good it’s disconcerting?RATTLING8Down32 Piece of a dress, a strand of hair and poison?HEMLOCK7Down33 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Down33 LiabilityDEBT4Down33 AdornENRICH6Down35 Assumed, when one made a fussTOOKON6Down35 DefectiveFAULTY6Down36 TrapGIN3Down36 Had dropped everything into the marshFALLEN6Down36 After the drink, figure on going back with herALEXIS6Down37 LabelTAG3Down37 Public speakerORATOR6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 18, 2019. 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.