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Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 20 2021. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Call off61 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy41 AcrossReveal answer → A double blow for the French?61 AcrossReveal answer → Intimidate34 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy46 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure87 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly relaying by runner87 AcrossReveal answer → Sell68 AcrossReveal answer → In confusion, I met father48 AcrossReveal answer → Containers48 AcrossReveal answer → Character69 AcrossReveal answer → Newt310 AcrossReveal answer → Phony American private eye?610 AcrossReveal answer → Colour610 AcrossReveal answer → Pictures611 AcrossReveal answer → Rod accepts it as formally courteous611 AcrossReveal answer → Seat512 AcrossReveal answer → Small314 AcrossReveal answer → A supporter of privilege314 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm514 AcrossReveal answer → Tired515 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable thing516 AcrossReveal answer → Made a heap, like the piper round the corner516 AcrossReveal answer → Decided to keep the police out of the paper417 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment417 AcrossReveal answer → Wrote618 AcrossReveal answer → If wrong, Edward gets punished519 AcrossReveal answer → Tree519 AcrossReveal answer → Nuclear620 AcrossReveal answer → Nerve broken? Certainly not!521 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name521 AcrossReveal answer → Intimidated by a cowboy?522 AcrossReveal answer → Adam's ale522 AcrossReveal answer → Lost blood423 AcrossReveal answer → Mental state at the crack of doom?423 AcrossReveal answer → Drugged524 AcrossReveal answer → Meat in rashers526 AcrossReveal answer → Sea526 AcrossReveal answer → He flies with an awfully good bunch of chaps526 AcrossReveal answer → Can you play it with your eyes closed?328 AcrossReveal answer → New528 AcrossReveal answer → Enemy328 AcrossReveal answer → Not accustomed to us appearing in the nude, perhaps629 AcrossReveal answer → Assert629 AcrossReveal answer → Obtain330 AcrossReveal answer → Hunt630 AcrossReveal answer → Hamper the perfidious Goth, that is630 AcrossReveal answer → Admits there are various ways to love431 AcrossReveal answer → Dry431 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare to fire a further flier832 AcrossReveal answer → Coma632 AcrossReveal answer → Infirmary832 AcrossReveal answer → Small man going to the city at an opportune moment633 AcrossReveal answer → Amatory633 AcrossReveal answer → Inheritance633 AcrossReveal answer → Whirlpool434 AcrossReveal answer → Wager335 AcrossReveal answer → Location436 AcrossReveal answer →

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Coarse cloth61 DownReveal answer → Stopped being cold and relaxed61 DownReveal answer → Precise52 DownReveal answer → When ready, Mike snooped around62 DownReveal answer → Swiss wooden house62 DownReveal answer → Ultimate43 DownReveal answer → Anonymous73 DownReveal answer → They can look to give noted encouragement43 DownReveal answer → He'll swear the porter's upset about nothing!74 DownReveal answer → Quote44 DownReveal answer → Internal organ74 DownReveal answer → Need45 DownReveal answer → Stoppers55 DownReveal answer → Nice bit of cider for a villager having no beer55 DownReveal answer → Supple56 DownReveal answer → Looked to have taken the lead by an own goal56 DownReveal answer → Leaven56 DownReveal answer → Bus-stations77 DownReveal answer → Hood48 DownReveal answer → Late change in a story48 DownReveal answer → Born as39 DownReveal answer → A fool, but at least he can hold his drink39 DownReveal answer → Because311 DownReveal answer → Sliding cover?312 DownReveal answer → Mouthful312 DownReveal answer → Cigarette deposit312 DownReveal answer → How quickly to play the tango, compose a poem513 DownReveal answer → Shelter313 DownReveal answer → Weird513 DownReveal answer → Brimless cap515 DownReveal answer → Plunges into low haunts?515 DownReveal answer → Append316 DownReveal answer → Yelp317 DownReveal answer → Being impish can bring a bit of fun to life, maybe518 DownReveal answer → Dismay518 DownReveal answer → Not many can be heard to express relief!319 DownReveal answer → Aroused719 DownReveal answer → Club319 DownReveal answer → He goes northeast a lot320 DownReveal answer → Wheat spike320 DownReveal answer → On which there can be no cryptically taped message721 DownReveal answer → Number321 DownReveal answer → Spanish drink721 DownReveal answer → Smelly722 DownReveal answer → Grief322 DownReveal answer → See an outsize lettuce322 DownReveal answer → Dull623 DownReveal answer → Mother's about to nag drunkenly - it's all that champagne!623 DownReveal answer → Pass323 DownReveal answer → Guide424 DownReveal answer → Chooses the wrong spot424 DownReveal answer → Vague625 DownReveal answer → It's dismally dull, back in the outskirts of Derby625 DownReveal answer → Poem325 DownReveal answer → Make a hole in a sock?526 DownReveal answer → Wash526 DownReveal answer → Administer527 DownReveal answer → Shut527 DownReveal answer → Middling meal?527 DownReveal answer → In favour of328 DownReveal answer → No point at present328 DownReveal answer → Expel529 DownReveal answer → Getting angry about nothing is a funny thing430 DownReveal answer → Clutch430 DownReveal answer → Drop430 DownReveal answer → Trial431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. 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.