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Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
One place where the last word happens to be first!IDEAL5Across3 RaucousHARSH5Across4 AlcoveRECESS6Across7 You can see the artist in him!HIRAM5Across8 BedCOT3Across9 DomineeringIMPERIOUS9Across9 WeepSOB3Across10 Drink to my success in a card gameRUMMY5Across10 ScienceCHEMISTRY9Across10 Ginger boy?TOM3Across11 FlowerPOPPY5Across12 Article in a vehicle, of little weightCARAT5Across12 Leave outOMIT4Across12 AgreementASSENT6Across13 MoneyCOIN4Across13 Titanic object only partly visibleICEBERG7Across13 Reading deskLECTERN7Across14 StatelyDIGNIFIED9Across15 TagLABEL5Across15 Allude to the right to get free, possiblyREFER5Across15 AlreadyBEFORE6Across17 LenientINDULGENT9Across17 RifleRANSACK7Across18 What a cackling female may doLAY3Across18 ConvincingCOGENT6Across19 How you can get a piece of cakeEASILY6Across19 DecoyLURE4Across19 AbsoluteSHEER5Across20 DeedsACTS4Across20 Did one tempt Eve to unwrap a present?SERPENT7Across21 Listen to the chap who has a warm heartHEAR4Across22 RodentRAT3Across22 Jumper for which there may be a marketFLEA4Across23 Senior lecturerPROFESSOR9Across23 Bigwig's name for a stand-inVICEROY7Across24 WishedDESIRED7Across24 HiredCHARTERED9Across25 CorrosionRUST4Across26 Like steamy stuff of which to hesitate to take a bit of notice?EROTIC6Across26 SpasmTIC3Across27 EternallyALWAYS6Across27 BugLOUSE5Across28 He always has a kiss for mumMAX3Across29 FlowerBLOSSOM7Across29 OverlookMISS4Across31 Fearful state induced by a deity, I seePANIC5Across31 InvertebrateEARTHWORM9Across32 Half wild, ruggedly stern, they're usually coldWINTERS7Across32 MeasureGALLON6Across33 IntermediaryMIDDLEMAN9Across34 It's wrong, maybe, to put the cat out of the roomATTIC5Across34 Rider's foot supportSTIRRUP7Across35 Charger, perhaps, but no horseRAM3Across35 ConvenientHANDY5Across35 StockingsNYLONS6Across36 The underground, in Paris, gives me a bit of troubleMETRO5Across36 Norwegian capitalOSLO4Across37 No Edwardian is very well knownNOTED5Across37 MudMIRE4Across37 Brass instrumentsTROMBONES9Across38 PlumpBUXOM5Across38 Going round Land's End, you can get near this forestARDEN5Across38 EpochERA3Across39 Photographic imagesNEGATIVES9Across39 BowNOD3Across41 LastENDURE6Across42 SmoothSLEEK5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hazel's charming associateWITCH5Down1 ChaosDISORDER8Down1 FlowerCROCUS6Down1 WriterSCRIBE6Down2 Salad vegetablesSPRINGONIONS12Down2 He'll risk a stroll within the confines of GibraltarGAMBLER7Down2 Computer peripheralJOYSTICK8Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 Belgian portOSTEND6Down4 A haul the hunter may be after?DRAG4Down4 TrustHOPE4Down4 Coral isleATOLL5Down5 ScornfulSCATHING8Down5 Mountainous art form for an academicianARARAT6Down5 QuellSUPPRESS8Down6 Deadly nightshadeBELLADONNA10Down6 Let us free to make musical instrumentsLUTES5Down6 Wind instrumentPICCOLO7Down7 Drive roughly a mile out, where there's parkingIMPEL5Down7 MesmerisedHYPNOTISED10Down8 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Down8 Fishy source of venison?ROE3Down9 In that placeTHERE5Down11 BarrierBARRICADE9Down11 Like an esoteric cry by the wild PictCRYPTIC7Down12 RequireNEED4Down14 "The Archers", it seems, has at least one listener!EAR3Down14 She and I left to fly outFILLY5Down16 StandBEAR4Down16 PicturesIMAGES6Down16 Where, in Cumbria, a lady has to turn to the rightRYDAL5Down17 WorryFRET4Down18 VehicleCAR3Down19 Object to mice roaming in the localityENDEMIC7Down19 Mostly female animalsSHEEP5Down20 Where the hairdresser took Sarah onSALON5Down21 CustomaryHABITUAL8Down21 December 24CHRISTMASEVE12Down21 RambleSTROLL6Down22 It takes a wily fellow to run a danceFOXTROT7Down23 InformTELL4Down23 ContrarinessPERVERSITY10Down23 The nominal winnerVICTOR6Down24 ColourSALMONPINK10Down24 OmenSIGN4Down25 Managed a bit of fun for certain soldiersRAN3Down25 LettuceCOS3Down25 FateDOOM4Down26 The bird flew out one dayRAVEN5Down27 Something headily beautifulTIARA5Down28 ReproveADMONISH8Down28 UnequalledUNIQUE6Down29 BanterBADINAGE8Down29 LoopholeEYELET6Down30 Ready to fight for a fanciful dreamARMED5Down30 Meerkat, for exampleMONGOOSE8Down30 AngelsCHERUBS7Down31 GlowedSHONE5Down32 Communication of some lengthWIRE4Down32 Consume the greater partEAT3Down33 Large animalRHINO5Down33 Juicy fruitsMELONS6Down34 Musical instrumentLYRE4Down34 FrenziedlyAMOK4Down36 InsectANT3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 18, 2024. 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.