Evening Standard Crossword October 2 2023 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 2 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Fired41 AcrossReveal answer → Rescued53 AcrossReveal answer → Deride the fact that it's very noisy at the back of the disco53 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure34 AcrossReveal answer → Lure46 AcrossReveal answer → For a man, a nominal award?58 AcrossReveal answer → Conspiracy58 AcrossReveal answer → Edge39 AcrossReveal answer → Restrict510 AcrossReveal answer → Cage810 AcrossReveal answer → I call for a change of colour510 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly not a high speed?311 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher's title311 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken411 AcrossReveal answer → Turn and leave the rail terminus with a writer512 AcrossReveal answer → Sorcery512 AcrossReveal answer → Bullfighter713 AcrossReveal answer → Pay for a knockout finish to the bout713 AcrossReveal answer → Odd314 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument515 AcrossReveal answer → Flogs with strips of leather?515 AcrossReveal answer → Viper516 AcrossReveal answer → Silliest deception?318 AcrossReveal answer → Container318 AcrossReveal answer → Pretty average TV, for instance619 AcrossReveal answer → Exhausted819 AcrossReveal answer → Optical619 AcrossReveal answer → Furniture item721 AcrossReveal answer → Communications satellite that had the power to startle?721 AcrossReveal answer → Leaf521 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country422 AcrossReveal answer → Would sound like a xylophone, presumably422 AcrossReveal answer → Lake423 AcrossReveal answer → A little kiss for Gregory?423 AcrossReveal answer → Claimed823 AcrossReveal answer → He joins a publicity specialist as chief724 AcrossReveal answer → Apart from724 AcrossReveal answer → Lock524 AcrossReveal answer → Was frugal with the arrangement for a spread626 AcrossReveal answer → Deposit on teeth626 AcrossReveal answer → Tease327 AcrossReveal answer → Listener's noted warm heart329 AcrossReveal answer → Depressed329 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks to the French, they're associated with Canterbury531 AcrossReveal answer → Manage431 AcrossReveal answer → Become established531 AcrossReveal answer → Angered by an anagram732 AcrossReveal answer → Cedar, say732 AcrossReveal answer → Aped833 AcrossReveal answer → Moves the wrists with no initial point534 AcrossReveal answer → Hint334 AcrossReveal answer → Claw534 AcrossReveal answer → Mining union's weapon?335 AcrossReveal answer → Cast435 AcrossReveal answer → Incision335 AcrossReveal answer → A plot cooked up by an ancient Greek536 AcrossReveal answer → Silence336 AcrossReveal answer → Holy book536 AcrossReveal answer → Formal positions in fencing?537 AcrossReveal answer → Companion437 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial waterway537 AcrossReveal answer → Investigate two failures in the Scottish National Party538 AcrossReveal answer → Unclad538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Of the nose51 DownReveal answer → A villa in Birmingham51 DownReveal answer → Venezuelan capital72 DownReveal answer → Caused resentment when one's status was advanced72 DownReveal answer → Abode42 DownReveal answer → Ripped43 DownReveal answer → Way off44 DownReveal answer → Flier making love in bed44 DownReveal answer → Argued84 DownReveal answer → Evoke65 DownReveal answer → Pit45 DownReveal answer → Best of the bunch?65 DownReveal answer → Offspring56 DownReveal answer → Cuts into cubes56 DownReveal answer → Given a suitable place in the cabinet56 DownReveal answer → Tune37 DownReveal answer → Holiday home57 DownReveal answer → Language in which to proscribe a trade union?57 DownReveal answer → Likeness58 DownReveal answer → Piece39 DownReveal answer → Gosh - a French horn!39 DownReveal answer → Skilful512 DownReveal answer → Speculated as to what the guest said712 DownReveal answer → Nickname712 DownReveal answer → Room513 DownReveal answer → Material314 DownReveal answer → Being well drilled can make men rich314 DownReveal answer → Flatfish314 DownReveal answer → Measuring-device515 DownReveal answer → Rouse some mixed-up juveniles516 DownReveal answer → Entices516 DownReveal answer → Shabby517 DownReveal answer → It obscures some chaos around the weekend517 DownReveal answer → Of greater age517 DownReveal answer → Prompt518 DownReveal answer → Man dies, senselessly, for young women719 DownReveal answer → Deer meat719 DownReveal answer → Don't stick at pontoon!520 DownReveal answer → Coagulates520 DownReveal answer → Harmful820 DownReveal answer → All to give a child a name521 DownReveal answer → Woo521 DownReveal answer → Loiter322 DownReveal answer → Health-check723 DownReveal answer → Ideal, but it can make Pa groan!723 DownReveal answer → Fruit624 DownReveal answer → On the map of Greater London, is it next to Charlton?624 DownReveal answer → Karate expert325 DownReveal answer → Ruin in one short month325 DownReveal answer → Attain525 DownReveal answer → War-horse526 DownReveal answer → Friendly, soft-headed associate527 DownReveal answer → Greek author527 DownReveal answer → Lies in a forest stream528 DownReveal answer → Giant528 DownReveal answer → Fly428 DownReveal answer → Peaceful429 DownReveal answer → A certain amount of decimation530 DownReveal answer → Iron, say530 DownReveal answer → Chair430 DownReveal answer → Nucleus432 DownReveal answer → Regret332 DownReveal answer → Therefore contributing to the greater good432 DownReveal answer → Grand American name333 DownReveal answer → Merriment333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 2, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.