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Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Call offCANCEL6Across1 DandyBEAU4Across1 A double blow for the French?COUPLE6Across1 IntimidateCOW3Across4 TardyLATE4Across6 ObscureABSTRUSE8Across7 Possibly relaying by runnerYEARLING8Across7 SellMARKET6Across8 In confusion, I met fatherTIME4Across8 ContainersCANS4Across8 CharacterNATURE6Across9 NewtEFT3Across10 Phony American private eye?SHAMUS6Across10 ColourVIOLET6Across10 PicturesIMAGES6Across11 Rod accepts it as formally courteousPOLITE6Across11 SeatSTOOL5Across12 SmallWEE3Across14 A supporter of privilegeLEG3Across14 LukewarmTEPID5Across14 TiredWEARY5Across15 Valuable thingASSET5Across16 Made a heap, like the piper round the cornerPILED5Across16 Decided to keep the police out of the paperDEED4Across17 CondimentSALT4Across17 WrotePENNED6Across18 If wrong, Edward gets punishedFINED5Across19 TreeBEECH5Across19 NuclearATOMIC6Across20 Nerve broken? Certainly not!NEVER5Across21 Girl's nameSARAH5Across21 Intimidated by a cowboy?COWED5Across22 Adam's aleWATER5Across22 Lost bloodBLED4Across23 Mental state at the crack of doom?MOOD4Across23 DruggedDOPED5Across24 Meat in rashersBACON5Across26 SeaOCEAN5Across26 He flies with an awfully good bunch of chapsPILOT5Across26 Can you play it with your eyes closed?NAP3Across28 NewNOVEL5Across28 EnemyFOE3Across28 Not accustomed to us appearing in the nude, perhapsUNUSED6Across29 AssertALLEGE6Across29 ObtainGET3Across30 HuntFORAGE6Across30 Hamper the perfidious Goth, that isHOGTIE6Across30 Admits there are various ways to loveOWNS4Across31 DryARID4Across31 Prepare to fire a further flierCOCKATOO8Across32 ComaSTUPOR6Across32 InfirmaryHOSPITAL8Across32 Small man going to the city at an opportune momentTIMELY6Across33 AmatoryEROTIC6Across33 InheritanceLEGACY6Across33 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across34 WagerBET3Across35 LocationSITE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Coarse clothCANVAS6Down1 Stopped being cold and relaxedCEASED6Down1 PreciseEXACT5Down2 When ready, Mike snooped aroundPRIMED6Down2 Swiss wooden houseCHALET6Down2 UltimateLAST4Down3 AnonymousUNKNOWN7Down3 They can look to give noted encouragementEYES4Down3 He'll swear the porter's upset about nothing!TROOPER7Down4 QuoteCITE4Down4 Internal organSTOMACH7Down4 NeedWANT4Down5 StoppersBUNGS5Down5 Nice bit of cider for a villager having no beerCIVIL5Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Looked to have taken the lead by an own goalOGLED5Down6 LeavenYEAST5Down6 Bus-stationsTERMINI7Down7 HoodCOWL4Down8 Late change in a storyTALE4Down8 Born asNEE3Down9 A fool, but at least he can hold his drinkMUG3Down9 BecauseFOR3Down11 Sliding cover?LID3Down12 MouthfulSIP3Down12 Cigarette depositASH3Down12 How quickly to play the tango, compose a poemTEMPO5Down13 ShelterLEE3Down13 WeirdEERIE5Down13 Brimless capBERET5Down15 Plunges into low haunts?DIVES5Down15 AppendADD3Down16 YelpYAP3Down17 Being impish can bring a bit of fun to life, maybeELFIN5Down18 DismayAPPAL5Down18 Not many can be heard to express relief!FEW3Down19 ArousedEXCITED7Down19 ClubBAT3Down19 He goes northeast a lotNED3Down20 Wheat spikeEAR3Down20 On which there can be no cryptically taped messageNOTEPAD7Down21 NumberTEN3Down21 Spanish drinkSANGRIA7Down21 SmellyODOROUS7Down22 GriefWOE3Down22 See an outsize lettuceCOS3Down22 DullBORING6Down23 Mother's about to nag drunkenly - it's all that champagne!MAGNUM6Down23 PassCOL3Down23 GuideLEAD4Down24 Chooses the wrong spotOPTS4Down24 VagueDREAMY6Down25 It's dismally dull, back in the outskirts of DerbyDREARY6Down25 PoemODE3Down25 Make a hole in a sock?PUNCH5Down26 WashBATHE5Down26 AdministerAPPLY5Down27 ShutCLOSE5Down27 Middling meal?LUNCH5Down27 In favour ofFOR3Down28 No point at presentNOW3Down28 ExpelEVICT5Down29 Getting angry about nothing is a funny thingHOOT4Down30 ClutchGRAB4Down30 DropFALL4Down30 TrialTEST4Down31

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