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Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
ConfessAVOW4Across1 CrowdMOB3Across4 OverPAST4Across6 DeedACT3Across9 Indicates it's unsheathedPOINTSOUT9Across9 Radioactive elementPLUTONIUM9Across9 EnhanceHEIGHTEN8Across10 Concession made by the permissive?ALLOWANCE9Across10 Army officerBRIGADIER9Across10 GenuineREAL4Across11 Leg partCALF4Across12 Go round to get something for the fishing tripREEL4Across12 Support, when one's introduced, or opposeRESIST6Across13 Run fastSPRINT6Across13 CooledCHILLED7Across14 It helps to brighten up a circus actSPANGLE7Across14 BowNOD3Across14 Collection of animalsMENAGERIE9Across15 Entering shiftily, grabs a fruitTANGERINE9Across15 TrembleSHAKE5Across16 University cityCAMBRIDGE9Across17 Thought about how it did credit to?REFLECTED9Across17 RemarkableNOTABLE7Across18 Flamboyant and always in a hurry?DASHING7Across18 Non-favouriteOUTSIDER8Across19 IntelligentCLEVER6Across19 Hand down, as do fathers to a childPASSON6Across19 ResonationECHO4Across20 Strike painfully against something protruding from the groundSTUB4Across20 PurpleLILAC5Across21 Hundredth anniversaryCENTENARY9Across23 There's clear water if you go beyond the peakOVERTRAIN9Across23 AirCAVATINA8Across23 CorrectRIGHT5Across24 Jazz danceJITTERBUG9Across25 Promise to photograph less?UNDERTAKE9Across25 Bird's homeNEST4Across26 Concerned with the hustle and bustleTODO4Across26 LongingYEN3Across27 Talkative person, informallyGASBAG6Across27 A bottle for the fellow you get along badly withFLAGON6Across27 BreastboneSTERNUM7Across29 What the sergeant major did, who took up dentistry?DRILLED7Across29 TwistWARP4Across31 Acts for which wind instruments provide suitable accompaniment?FANDANCES9Across32 Four-sided figureRECTANGLE9Across32 ClosedUNOPENED8Across33 SleepNAP3Across34 Lose an opportunity, we're told, through bad luckMISCHANCE9Across34 BrokenFRACTURED9Across34 Paper sizeDEMY4Across35 ProprietyDECORUM7Across35 Bolt when there's no longer need toOVEREAT7Across35 FuelGAS3Across36 StepsSTAIRS6Across36 Result of firing into the air?UPSHOT6Across36 Ballpoint penBIRO4Across37 TabletPILL4Across37 Gives permission to and I think we shouldLETS4Across37 QuackCHARLATAN9Across38 So the referee took the ball againTHEREFORE9Across38 PirateBUCCANEER9Across39 That will show just what you've got up to!ALTIMETER9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SampleSPECIMEN8Down1 Carried away, becomes thoroughly animatedSPIRITED8Down1 Hairstyling aidCURLINGTONGS12Down2 Put the cowl on and look ashamedHIDEONESHEAD12Down2 OpinionVIEW4Down2 ScatterDISPERSE8Down3 The fellow goes to the mob for protectionCOVERING8Down3 SalaryWAGE4Down3 SystematicMETHODIC8Down4 Sports officialUMPIRE6Down4 Enter one's mind to give up workSTRIKE6Down4 LinkBOND4Down5 HindranceOBSTACLE8Down5 Designs in the past involved a birdPATTERNS8Down5 DryPARCH5Down6 Get aroundCIRCUMVENT10Down6 Cloudburst that's accompanied by lightning?FLASHFLOOD10Down6 ExpertACE3Down7 DistinctionCALIBRE7Down7 The garment tears badly when we get into itSWEATER7Down7 StemSTALK5Down8 LullabyCRADLESONG10Down8 Trustworthy but could become a hanger-onDEPENDABLE10Down8 Near time, or time, to go to bedNIGHT5Down11 Took it easyIDLED5Down11 CringeCOWER5Down12 PrickSTING5Down13 NothingNIL3Down14 HesitateDELAY5Down15 Drinking vesselGOBLET6Down16 Is, for the sex change, first inEXISTS6Down16 AddAFFIX5Down17 CompositionESSAY5Down18 Affectedly shyCOY3Down19 A mug to criticisePAN3Down19 StarvingRAVENOUS8Down20 Motorboat with living accommodationCABINCRUISER12Down21 For campers without exception, virtuallyTOALLINTENTS12Down21 TinCAN3Down22 In accompanying the soldier, shows spiritWRAITH6Down22 ChooseSELECT6Down22 GainsayCONTRADICT10Down23 Poorly or ill equipped to offer a choiceOUTOFSORTS10Down23 CombineAMALGAMATE10Down24 Giving a number and the whereabouts toALLOCATION10Down24 SillyINANE5Down25 A receptacle for rain, uncoveredURN3Down25 NudgeJOG3Down25 ContentHAPPY5Down26 Signs that guests may be about to be receivedGESTURES8Down28 SuspendedHUNG4Down28 BenisonBLESSING8Down28 PileHEAP4Down29 Irish emblemSHAMROCK8Down29 Has fun and games with the little girlDISPORTS8Down29 DaleFELL4Down30 Run-of-the-millMEDIOCRE8Down30 Furniture for linersDRESSERS8Down30 Was uncertain though about, you say, to get marriedWAVERED7Down31 Oil containersBARRELS7Down31 ButtRAM3Down32 Pleasant about the Eastern member of the familyNIECE5Down33 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Down33 A girl-meets-boy bookMISSAL6Down34 FlaccidFLABBY6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 19, 2018. 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.