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Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
BrutalSAVAGE6Across1 ProvideSUPPLY6Across5 QuarrelDISAGREE8Across8 But about to call round, you make it clearBRINGOUT8Across9 RippedTORN4Across9 FollowerDISCIPLE8Across9 BeakerMUG3Across10 Coin a name, so to speakSOU3Across10 TuneAIR3Across10 Duck and offal on showOLIVER6Across11 ObstacleHURDLE6Across11 Got weaving when I went off keyTWINED6Across12 Health centreCLINIC6Across12 InclineSLOPE5Across12 Aquatic mammalDOLPHIN7Across13 Got along swimmingly when one fawned onCRAWLED7Across13 Way outEXIT4Across14 Either way, is about to restore order toSORT4Across14 Confirming that one is the removal man?BEARINGOUT10Across15 PermitLET3Across15 Coin-operated machinesAMUSEMENTS10Across15 MeadowLEA3Across17 Unmarried manBACHELOR8Across17 He does like youIMITATOR8Across17 StriveVIE3Across18 Said it was awful when cookedROASTED7Across18 ReachesATTAINS7Across18 Having the audacity to confrontFACE4Across19 AlsoTOO3Across19 Horse's gaitTROT4Across19 SubjectTHEME5Across20 VigourVIM3Across21 MealREPAST6Across21 Looking very good, go roundGAPING6Across21 SpringSPA3Across22 RegretRUE3Across23 OwnsHAS3Across24 Going straight to where your sense tells you to goFOLLOWINGYOURNOSE17Across24 Farm vehiclesCOMBINEHARVESTERS17Across24 PoorNEEDY5Across26 Show a delight in concealingREVEAL6Across27 Himalayan guideSHERPA6Across27 CougarPUMA4Across29 Fright you got on a walk?TURN4Across29 ColourRED3Across29 ObviouslyPLAINLY7Across30 Lays it on with "ranches in America"SPREADS7Across30 AgitateSTIR4Across33 MagnificenceGRANDEUR8Across33 He surprises one with the news, the bounder!SPRINGER8Across33 ImpededHAMPERED8Across34 Cases - tea crates - badly damagedCHARACTERS10Across35 FootballerGOALKEEPER10Across35 DecentPROPER6Across35 TellRELATE6Across36 Their man then went off to get herIRMA4Across36 ElevatorLIFT4Across36 They pinch the childrenNIPPERS7Across37 Set of clothesUNIFORM7Across37 Giving one the business about, in a long discourseTIRADE6Across38 BroadestWIDEST6Across38 Having happened to be, dropped byBEFELL6Across40 Rainbow colourVIOLET6Across40 Do wrong or right, by the late sovereignERR3Across41 PlaythingTOY3Across41 A solitary fragment of a bathing suitONEPIECE8Across42 Piece of musicSERENADE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
How fed up Rusty is?BROWNEDOFF10Down1 TactfulDIPLOMATIC10Down1 PeruseSCAN4Down2 Soon after, I get on a vegetableANON4Down2 FarewellADIEU5Down2 SampleSPECIMEN8Down3 Make smaller homes in the once sprawling peripheryCONDENSE8Down3 AbsentAWAY4Down3 EnlistENROL5Down4 GreenVERDANT7Down4 Attracted by, is attached toSTUCKON7Down4 SlumberSLEEP5Down5 ForbiddingPROHIBITIVE11Down5 Work all the while one's in jail?FULLTIMEJOB11Down5 CompassionPITY4Down6 Horned animalRHINOCEROS10Down6 Unscrupulous partner employed in a mine?GOLDDIGGER10Down6 Day-break in SpainSIESTA6Down7 HugeLARGE5Down7 Light windBREEZE6Down7 US stateILLINOIS8Down8 Press on the hair - not falseBEARDOWN8Down8 A jerk, to begin with!START5Down10 TallyMATCH5Down10 Book of mapsATLAS5Down10 SheenGLOSS5Down11 DevilSATAN5Down12 FatOBESE5Down13 EachEVERY5Down14 BarLEVER5Down15 ShyTIMID5Down16 StutterSTAMMER7Down16 Make up your mind to show determinationRESOLVE7Down16 My leaving Germany out created indignationANGER5Down20 KingdomREALM5Down20 ExactPRECISE7Down22 The idea is to show it on a screenPROJECT7Down22 SweetsPEPPERMINTS11Down23 Sold to in its present formGIFTWRAPPED11Down23 InsufficientINADEQUATE10Down25 Agreeably, though using compulsion?OBLIGINGLY10Down25 ChangeALTER5Down25 Proof that you've made it at last!ENDPRODUCT10Down26 Cut of beefSILVERSIDE10Down26 AnaestheticETHER5Down27 In business, he no longer handles travel casesEXPORTER8Down28 ObjectDEMUR5Down28 FrighteningHORRIFIC8Down28 HappeningEVENT5Down30 What the parrot did when gently shaken?PRATTLED8Down31 TepidLUKEWARM8Down31 ExcursionTRIP4Down31 Love is the ragePASSION7Down32 Most tranquilCALMEST7Down32 ListHEEL4Down32 Snaps in half, inverting to get the silver withinIMAGES6Down34 Stinging plantNETTLE6Down34 ExaltationGLORY5Down35 For the bright, understandableCLEAR5Down35 RejectDENY4Down39 Squawk from a birdRAIL4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 20, 2023. 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.