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Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
FriendsMATES5Across1 Loud defeat for a tooth cleanerFLOSS5Across1 ExciteROUSE5Across2 Junior team capable of horseplay?COLTS5Across6 Browned breadTOAST5Across6 CrawlCREEP5Across7 EthicalMORAL5Across8 OratorSPEAKER7Across9 If Beckham went soft in the head, might he live here?PECKHAM7Across9 StitchedSEWED5Across10 AdiposeFATTY5Across10 Weight of a cart, possibly?CARAT5Across10 RoyalREGAL5Across11 I'm in the reserves for 'City'REIMS5Across11 Wound marksSCARS5Across12 Hill, perhaps, where most diamonds can be found or cutDAMON5Across12 MooLOW3Across12 BelowBENEATH7Across13 Is his military career all over?GENERAL7Across13 BirdROBIN5Across13 Lower on a farmCOW3Across15 Long-sufferingPATIENT7Across15 Legendary birdROC3Across15 She's four-fifths Hibernian!IRIS4Across17 PressedIRONED6Across17 First manADAM4Across17 Don, we take itASSUME6Across18 IllusionMIRAGE6Across18 FavouritePET3Across19 Be inclined to buzz offSLOPE5Across19 Female foxVIXEN5Across19 A number departed in extremes of timidityTWENTY6Across20 NumberELEVEN6Across20 DesperationDESPAIR7Across20 Medicine ballPILL4Across22 SummitACME4Across22 DetailITEM4Across23 At school, nobody would miss himSIR3Across24 StriplingLAD3Across24 QuoteCITE4Across25 ReddensBLUSHES7Across25 Having very firm ideas, I got into bedBIGOTED7Across25 When it's safe to move round the corner, they hop it!FLEAS5Across26 HarmedDAMAGED7Across26 ConcealsHIDES5Across26 Take awayMINUS5Across27 Solidly built due to drink?STOUT5Across27 Saucy hothead somewhere in ScotlandPERTH5Across28 Archery missileARROW5Across28 So the people accept the socially acceptable poetSOUTHEY7Across29 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Across29 It helps make the village colourfulGREEN5Across30 LustreSHEEN5Across30 PosedSAT3Across30 LamentELEGY5Across31 TraderDEALER6Across31 She hasn't a single apple left!PEARL5Across31 Gun-holderHOLSTER7Across34 LiberatedFREED5Across37 MeadowLEA3Across38 FrogmanDIVER5Across39 ShelfLEDGE5Across40 HutCABIN5Across41 TrivialPETTY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EarlierPRIOR5Down1 SubsidedABATED6Down2 LacRESIN5Down2 First person to use lead as an additive ingredient of dervLEADER6Down2 Doesn't shoot the extrasSPARES6Down3 BeganOPENED6Down3 High regardESTEEM6Down3 PaceSTEP4Down4 Horse trading group?SET3Down4 Secret agentSPY3Down4 PrudentPOLITIC7Down5 It means good health to a drinkerSKOAL5Down5 CaptureCATCH5Down5 Tan-colouredTAWNY5Down6 Revel in a car by the riverCAROUSE7Down6 GroundTERRAIN7Down6 Sign an order at two pointsOMEN4Down7 MineralsORES4Down7 One beaten with the cat again?TOMTOM6Down8 Old sailorSEADOG6Down8 Fish-eggROE3Down9 MottledDAPPLED7Down11 Like one's regular paper round?DAILY5Down12 Beer mugSTEIN5Down12 InflexibleRIGID5Down13 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Down13 Talents one has done nothing to earnGIFTS5Down13 DrilledBORED5Down14 More pleasant, albeit cold-hearted?NICER5Down14 NudeNAKED5Down14 A youngster takes it to be an obsolete measureCUBIT5Down15 Cattle farmRANCH5Down15 BeverageTEA3Down16 YieldsCEDES5Down16 The region of SE England (but it's at Harrow, surely?)WEALD5Down16 DiscussedDEBATED7Down18 RepastsMEALS5Down18 The pest that wrecked a shipAPHIS5Down18 Cheese possibly not on the revised listSTILTON7Down19 Deer meatVENISON7Down19 Time to get the better of one's better halfWINTER6Down21 AbundantLAVISH6Down21 FirearmRIFLE5Down21 Of the starsASTRAL6Down22 Whom dad will regard as a sailorPOPEYE6Down22 LearntHEARD5Down22 Asian riverMEKONG6Down23 Permissive missive?LETTER6Down23 RubMASSAGE7Down24 CurvesBENDS5Down25 Such awards can be fab, thanksBAFTA5Down25 Safety device in its own boxFUSE4Down26 GargantuanHUGE4Down26 RugMAT3Down27 Go in for pipe playingPEP3Down28 Alcoholic drinkALE3Down28 FlawDEFECT6Down28 PerforatedHOLED5Down29 DressARRAY5Down32 WeirdEERIE5Down33 GuidedLED3Down35 MatureRIPE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. 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.