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Evening Standard Crossword October 2 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 2 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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#
DitchTRENCH6Across1 Delicious drinkNECTAR6Across4 Egg timerEASTER6Across4 ScatterSPREAD6Across5 Great elationEUPHORIA8Across7 Legendary loser who got the goldATALANTA8Across7 Old-fashioned and formal about material mattersSTUFFY6Across8 GlueADHESIVE8Across8 Of DenmarkDANISH6Across8 SoonANON4Across9 Bind broken partsSTRAP5Across10 LettuceCOS3Across10 WronglyAMISS5Across10 EmployeesSTAFF5Across12 Familiar name for part of a motherboardHERB4Across13 AfflictsAILS4Across13 RosterROTA4Across14 No longer the financial centreTHEN4Across14 HairstylePERM4Across15 A game of pool, possiblyPOLO4Across15 ObeseFAT3Across15 Dry in next to no timeSEC3Across16 Metallic elementTIN3Across16 A piece of cake?SLAB4Across17 DenLAIR4Across17 BeakerCUP3Across17 BirdEMU3Across18 Yes, the Italian prison!JAIL4Across19 Spoken or verbalORAL4Across19 AlsoTOO3Across19 EjectEXPEL5Across20 Saintly contributor to military historyJOANOFARC9Across21 Drinking toastBOTTOMSUP9Across21 LoiterLAG3Across21 MeadowLEA3Across22 Resounded in the strangest wayRANG4Across23 LubricateOIL3Across23 Baptismal bowlFONT4Across23 DrunkardsSOTS4Across24 ConcealedHID3Across24 At draughts, he's twice the man he wasKING4Across24 MaterialRAYON5Across26 CunningSLY3Across26 Such pay wouldn't be enough for Michael OwenLOW3Across26 Completed deliveriesOVER4Across27 At the summitATOP4Across27 Horse's gaitTROT4Across29 Where to egg on the Surrey teamOVAL4Across29 StillYET3Across29 When a notion can seem heartlessNOON4Across32 Watch faceDIAL4Across32 It has a special door (for Johnny?)STAGE5Across33 RipTEAR4Across33 EmploymentUSAGE5Across33 Take a more clement view about being on loanRELENT6Across34 ReachedATTAINED8Across34 FaintsSWOONS6Across34 At the rest centre, journalists have nothing but coffeeESPRESSO8Across35 PesterPLAGUE6Across35 Time after sunsetTWILIGHT8Across35 Whence to arrange tours to Land's End?STROUD6Across36 DistantREMOTE6Across36 Monarch's sonPRINCE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExcludeDEBAR5Down1 Character of the American in rich surroundingsFAUST5Down1 CleaveSPLIT5Down2 WirelessRADIO5Down2 Large African river or middle-sized English oneZAIRE5Down2 Temporary fireplace!CAMP4Down3 RequireNEED4Down3 BereavementLOSS4Down3 Stand a trainee at easeEASEL5Down4 RaiseHOIST5Down4 Lowest pointNADIR5Down4 What' s left is maybe bustSTUB4Down5 BundleSHEAF5Down5 SwindlesCONS4Down5 He could have engineered a file out of a piece of ferrous metalEIFFEL6Down6 HarvestREAP4Down6 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down6 FragranceAROMA5Down7 One prepared to work like a horse?TROJAN6Down9 NearlyALMOST6Down9 CaptureCATCH5Down10 A southern English articleTHE3Down11 BerateSCOLD5Down11 Cow's cryMOO3Down11 So Ann's going around with an old sailor!ANSON5Down12 Hairdressing shopSALON5Down12 JavelinSPEAR5Down12 In Belgium or America, a tramp has a name for itHOBOKEN7Down13 AdministerAPPLY5Down13 Spray canAEROSOL7Down13 CriminalFELON5Down14 Is it for all-in cooking?PAN3Down15 MinePIT3Down15 CompletelyFULLY5Down15 TautTIGHT5Down16 Yes Charlie, that quotation is accurateSIC3Down16 Strike lightlyTAP3Down16 Go on past Los Angeles and you'll find it very wetLAGOON6Down18 AchieveATTAIN6Down18 Talk of a legendary ship lost at lastARGOT5Down20 CorrodesRUSTS5Down20 Toothy talk?JAW3Down21 Young maleBOY3Down21 It grows in some parts of IrelandFIR3Down22 Cleaning utensilMOP3Down22 BloomFLOWER6Down23 Maybe the rat took a ride to the theatre!RODENT6Down23 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 Old Carthaginian witch?HAG3Down25 Corgi, sayDOG3Down25 WatchfulAWAKE5Down27 FlavourTASTE5Down28 Showed preference as to whom to give a seatVOTED5Down28 ExteriorOUTER5Down28 ScopeRANGE5Down30 HappeningEVENT5Down30 Figure a London school to make French-style musicVALSE5Down30 Camping sheltersTENTS5Down31 HaulDRAG4Down31 The answer, perhaps, is distinctly sourLEMON5Down31 Fine soft feathersDOWN4Down32 Being emperor was somewhat onerousNERO4Down32 UnyieldingFIRM4Down32 Arks can sail around it, but no motor cars!SARK4Down33 UnsightlyUGLY4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 2, 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.