Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 20 2026. 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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One-roomed flat61 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasise61 AcrossReveal answer → Does he object to being a bodyguard?61 AcrossReveal answer → Penetrate65 AcrossReveal answer → Beekeeper87 AcrossReveal answer → A club I do damage with, though not by intent87 AcrossReveal answer → Plans made by a master to put an end to cockups?48 AcrossReveal answer → Wail48 AcrossReveal answer → Spirit measure59 AcrossReveal answer → Cause embarrassment simply by arriving?610 AcrossReveal answer → Erse610 AcrossReveal answer → Cows610 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe it's covered in spilt fuel, thus useless611 AcrossReveal answer → African desert611 AcrossReveal answer → Folk611 AcrossReveal answer → Challenged512 AcrossReveal answer → It's full of holes314 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher414 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight314 AcrossReveal answer → Jeans fabric516 AcrossReveal answer → About two or three ways to make a fresh start516 AcrossReveal answer → Free317 AcrossReveal answer → The spare-part boom?417 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch cheese417 AcrossReveal answer → Jot418 AcrossReveal answer → To name as a mere gesture519 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish man519 AcrossReveal answer → Weary520 AcrossReveal answer → Figures in court?521 AcrossReveal answer → Long-snouted mammal521 AcrossReveal answer → Cap522 AcrossReveal answer → Regal522 AcrossReveal answer → Their charms get me won round522 AcrossReveal answer → Familiar forename of Father Brown?423 AcrossReveal answer → Mixed723 AcrossReveal answer → Red meat423 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm524 AcrossReveal answer → Many can take a rise out of this penny-pincher526 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated526 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking tube526 AcrossReveal answer → In a stern position, he presents a firm figure328 AcrossReveal answer → Depressed328 AcrossReveal answer → She makes one cry for a bit of help629 AcrossReveal answer → Revise429 AcrossReveal answer → Nutty sweet629 AcrossReveal answer → Boundary630 AcrossReveal answer → A bad soldier seems a drawback to the commanding officer630 AcrossReveal answer → Colour330 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone431 AcrossReveal answer → First man to have a horse431 AcrossReveal answer → Remedy832 AcrossReveal answer → Working diligently is difficult for a diminutive flier832 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy432 AcrossReveal answer → Quoted533 AcrossReveal answer → Too unfashionable to go to one's head633 AcrossReveal answer → Jailer633 AcrossReveal answer → Considered635 AcrossReveal answer → Larger636 AcrossReveal answer → Object537 AcrossReveal answer → Give638 AcrossReveal answer → Ball game639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Private61 DownReveal answer → Shoe61 DownReveal answer → The old woman wouldn't hit us61 DownReveal answer → Reward raised by the chap who wrote the cheque62 DownReveal answer → Skiing race62 DownReveal answer → Sooner62 DownReveal answer → An artist's sharp-ended tool43 DownReveal answer → Body powder43 DownReveal answer → Peddled43 DownReveal answer → Makes sense of the prices, perhaps74 DownReveal answer → Bullfighter74 DownReveal answer → Javelin54 DownReveal answer → Backless sofa55 DownReveal answer → Warbled55 DownReveal answer → Misguidedly being open!55 DownReveal answer → Frozen46 DownReveal answer → Scatter some troops in various directions56 DownReveal answer → Vapour56 DownReveal answer → Mend67 DownReveal answer → Lacehole68 DownReveal answer → Greek letter48 DownReveal answer → A mystery man keeps her love48 DownReveal answer → Be victorious39 DownReveal answer → Centre for computers, say39 DownReveal answer → Group of cabaret entertainers312 DownReveal answer → That woman312 DownReveal answer → Light headed, always, in the bar513 DownReveal answer → Curl713 DownReveal answer → Wash513 DownReveal answer → Refund515 DownReveal answer → Act very inconclusively in town515 DownReveal answer → Cabled515 DownReveal answer → Send516 DownReveal answer → Decoration518 DownReveal answer → The aforementioned518 DownReveal answer → Whence dad is about to start for Rouen?518 DownReveal answer → It's up to Mike, little man319 DownReveal answer → Principle519 DownReveal answer → Speak319 DownReveal answer → Boy's name for a Hampstead "wood"320 DownReveal answer → Nothing320 DownReveal answer → The gaffer gives a chap warning721 DownReveal answer → In the direction of721 DownReveal answer → Performed321 DownReveal answer → Wager322 DownReveal answer → An entanglement, we note322 DownReveal answer → Torn cloth322 DownReveal answer → Hairdresser623 DownReveal answer → The way a road has an admiral's name623 DownReveal answer → Whirlpool424 DownReveal answer → Sore624 DownReveal answer → Test no longer taking half a day424 DownReveal answer → Bird625 DownReveal answer → Move at the end of August, cheap625 DownReveal answer → Erstwhile625 DownReveal answer → All one's ability to get the right rhyme526 DownReveal answer → Skulk526 DownReveal answer → Edge627 DownReveal answer → Soothing thing to say, sadly527 DownReveal answer → Corrodes527 DownReveal answer → Former French coin328 DownReveal answer → Wreckage628 DownReveal answer → As a swimmer, could start to do badly!328 DownReveal answer → Ancient Roman's love for a pet430 DownReveal answer → Make beer430 DownReveal answer → Jockey530 DownReveal answer → Outcoming531 DownReveal answer → Yield433 DownReveal answer → Dreadful434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. 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.