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Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
SeriousGRAVE5Across1 Sudden activity, quietly, maybe during massSPASM5Across1 BrittleCRISP5Across2 Put up with being billed for the noise!BUILD5Across6 Bishop's headdressMITRE5Across6 SuppleLITHE5Across7 ContainerCRATE5Across8 Piano keysIVORIES7Across9 See a point, possibly, in a headingCAPTION7Across9 WrathANGER5Across10 FlavouringSPICE5Across10 Sing with credit, having nothing onCROON5Across10 AllyALIGN5Across11 Did the crocodiles swallow her?ODILE5Across11 StopCEASE5Across12 The maxim of many a GermanMOTTO5Across12 Be indebtedOWE3Across12 Of marriageMARITAL7Across13 Like the various ways to cut a cornerSEVERAL7Across13 BeginSTART5Across13 No sire, it's across the river!DAM3Across15 InterferedMEDDLED7Across15 Consume foodEAT3Across15 A test chemicalACID4Across17 HumanMORTAL6Across17 Minute particleATOM4Across17 Explain that you can't see all the fish in the riverDEFINE6Across18 RodentBEAVER6Across18 TurfSOD3Across19 Alias Jason, perhaps?JONAS5Across19 FootwearSHOES5Across19 One who'll give you an account at the bank?TELLER6Across20 RookCASTLE6Across20 RestrictedLIMITED7Across20 Mention many a new tieCITE4Across22 Dull painACHE4Across22 PipSEED4Across23 Healthy place for drinkersSPA3Across24 StrikeHIT3Across24 OozeDRIP4Across25 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Across25 Being a grandmaster, he's conceitedBIGHEAD7Across25 Trojan work!ILIAD5Across26 CutSEVERED7Across26 BypassAVOID5Across26 Holy bookBIBLE5Across27 Indian deer with upright tailHINDI5Across27 Cheerfully, Algy strays out of lineGAILY5Across28 Cake decorationICING5Across28 Showing clemency, let nine freeLENIENT7Across29 Paper foldingORIGAMI7Across29 Urged to have a bowl, being bandyEGGED5Across30 Eyes upOGLES5Across30 VehicleCAR3Across30 Christmas showPANTO5Across31 GiveDONATE6Across31 In which too much interest is takenUSURY5Across31 Weapon-storeARSENAL7Across34 ObjectDEMUR5Across37 NoiseDIN3Across38 HugeLARGE5Across39 SeatBENCH5Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across41 ShabbySEEDY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SameDITTO5Down1 ReiterateREPEAT6Down2 MapCHART5Down2 Standard division of time in astronomic measurementPARSEC6Down2 Obtained runs, notably with the cut?SCORED6Down3 Hire-chargeRENTAL6Down3 CasualtyVICTIM6Down3 AppearSEEM4Down4 Chap with a masterly wayMAN3Down4 Night beforeEVE3Down4 PokedPRODDED7Down5 Pigeon perch!STOOL5Down5 InhumanCRUEL5Down5 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down6 Can a kiddie kick them off?BOOTEES7Down6 DiseaseMEASLES7Down6 Being just partly found out can be one's downfall!UNDO4Down7 EyotISLE4Down7 She can make Ian ill!LILIAN6Down8 Style of musicREGGAE6Down8 Boring-toolAWL3Down9 LivedRESIDED7Down11 Officer in the Blues?MAJOR5Down12 Secret storeCACHE5Down12 ShatterSMASH5Down13 GameMATCH5Down13 Sailors going to EpsomSALTS5Down13 The RamARIES5Down14 Home teamVILLA5Down14 PerchROOST5Down14 Song of the SouthDIXIE5Down15 ExpelEVICT5Down15 SpotDOT3Down16 Persevering personTRIER5Down16 Measured out certain medicated amountsMETED5Down16 ProsaicLITERAL7Down18 Facial hairBEARD5Down18 He's no Goliath!DAVID5Down18 Such eels are of consuming interestJELLIED7Down19 SplintersSLIVERS7Down19 Note the soft sound in the forestEPPING6Down21 SicklyAILING6Down21 VisionDREAM5Down21 ShrubACACIA6Down22 Frauds causing anger in the Civil ServiceCHEATS6Down22 HigherUPPER5Down22 Large waspHORNET6Down23 Skilled man who renovated the RialtoTAILOR6Down23 ProprietyDECENCY7Down24 Slight colouringTINGE5Down25 Like an instinct for movie making?BASIC5Down25 Lied in a way that's simply uselessIDLE4Down26 African plantALOE4Down26 PantechniconVAN3Down27 Being hung up, breathless, is something beastly!GNU3Down28 DevilIMP3Down28 EvadedDODGED6Down28 CommandORDER5Down29 PennilessNEEDY5Down32 AdjustedTUNED5Down33 TransgressSIN3Down35 TardyLATE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. 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.