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Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2021 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
FactoryPLANT5Across2 CelebrationsGALAS5Across3 One place where the last word happens to be first!IDEAL5Across3 SecureSAFE4Across7 You can see the artist in him!HIRAM5Across8 TrialORDEAL6Across8 IndefiniteVAGUE5Across8 IrritableTESTY5Across9 Drink to my success in a card gameRUMMY5Across10 A premiumBONUS5Across10 Ginger boy?TOM3Across11 TurfSOD3Across11 PlacePUT3Across11 RoyalREGAL5Across12 Article in a vehicle, of little weightCARAT5Across12 Titanic object only partly visibleICEBERG7Across13 CapturesCATCHES7Across13 ProsecuteSUE3Across13 Highland games logCABER5Across15 Allude to the right to get free, possiblyREFER5Across15 RespectHEED4Across15 DroopSAG3Across16 TopAPEX4Across18 EmbraceHUG3Across18 What a cackling female may doLAY3Across18 Priest's assistantCURATE6Across19 How you can get a piece of cakeEASILY6Across19 SanctionAPPROVE7Across19 AppearLOOK4Across20 ReprimandsREBUKES7Across21 Did one tempt Eve to unwrap a present?SERPENT7Across21 NoblemanEARL4Across22 JettyPIER4Across22 Listen to the chap who has a warm heartHEAR4Across22 Acid fruitLIME4Across23 Jumper for which there may be a marketFLEA4Across23 AmusedTICKLED7Across23 Bigwig's name for a stand-inVICEROY7Across24 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across24 WatchedEYED4Across25 PumaCOUGAR6Across26 Like steamy stuff of which to hesitate to take a bit of notice?EROTIC6Across26 ConsumeEAT3Across27 RemitSEND4Across28 He always has a kiss for mumMAX3Across29 IntentionAIM3Across29 FreeRID3Across30 Fearful state induced by a deity, I seePANIC5Across31 Fish-eggsROE3Across31 GuideSTEER5Across31 NewsTIDINGS7Across32 Half wild, ruggedly stern, they're usually coldWINTERS7Across32 LongYEARN5Across33 It's wrong, maybe, to put the cat out of the roomATTIC5Across34 AscendedRISEN5Across34 Charger, perhaps, but no horseRAM3Across35 TowboatTUG3Across35 The underground, in Paris, gives me a bit of troubleMETRO5Across36 AppearsSEEMS5Across36 DelightPLEASE6Across36 No Edwardian is very well knownNOTED5Across37 Boy's nameHENRY5Across37 SpokenORAL4Across37 HurlTHROW5Across38 Going round Land's End, you can get near this forestARDEN5Across38 IgnominySHAME5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tokyo's countryJAPAN5Down1 BoatCANOE5Down1 Hazel's charming associateWITCH5Down1 Retailer of meatBUTCHER7Down2 He'll risk a stroll within the confines of GibraltarGAMBLER7Down2 FavouritePET3Down2 DonkeyASS3Down3 Yes votesAYES4Down4 PlaythingTOY3Down4 A haul the hunter may be after?DRAG4Down4 UnusualODD3Down5 Mountainous art form for an academicianARARAT6Down5 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 ObscureVAGUE5Down6 Of the sunSOLAR5Down6 Let us free to make musical instrumentsLUTES5Down6 Continental quiltDUVET5Down7 Drive roughly a mile out, where there's parkingIMPEL5Down7 IntestineGUT3Down9 Fishy source of venison?ROE3Down9 SnareTRAP4Down10 RefugeSHELTER7Down11 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down12 Like an esoteric cry by the wild PictCRYPTIC7Down12 NormalREGULAR7Down12 OratorSPEAKER7Down13 "The Archers", it seems, has at least one listener!EAR3Down14 BurstEXPLODE7Down14 CoreHUB3Down14 FundamentalBASIC5Down16 She and I left to fly outFILLY5Down16 ProngSPIKE5Down16 InsurgentREBEL5Down17 Where, in Cumbria, a lady has to turn to the rightRYDAL5Down17 SaluteGREET5Down17 HailAVE3Down18 Object to mice roaming in the localityENDEMIC7Down19 SureCERTAIN7Down19 Mostly female animalsSHEEP5Down20 GlassesSPECS5Down20 Where the hairdresser took Sarah onSALON5Down21 GoatKID3Down21 Theatrical entertainmentREVUE5Down21 RestrictedLIMITED7Down23 It takes a wily fellow to run a danceFOXTROT7Down23 GaudyGARISH6Down24 The nominal winnerVICTOR6Down24 ThoroughfareLANE4Down24 To freeRID3Down25 Managed a bit of fun for certain soldiersRAN3Down25 CedeYIELD5Down26 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down27 The bird flew out one dayRAVEN5Down27 MicrobesGERMS5Down28 Something headily beautifulTIARA5Down28 WandererNOMAD5Down29 AggressivenessAGGRO5Down30 Ready to fight for a fanciful dreamARMED5Down30 Group of playersTEAM4Down32 FrenziedMAD3Down32 Communication of some lengthWIRE4Down32 Consume the greater partEAT3Down33 StillYET3Down33 Religious sisterNUN3Down33 TuneAIR3Down34 PresentNOW3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 18, 2021. 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.