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Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2019 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Top of the milkCREAM5Across3 Perfect part for Adeline to playIDEAL5Across3 ContentedHAPPY5Across4 RoughRUGGED6Across7 Make mounting progress?GETON5Across8 SublimeNOBLE5Across8 PassCOL3Across9 FrenziedMAD3Across10 ConstructBUILD5Across10 Dashed forward and raised the flagRANUP5Across10 Tease a bit horribly?RIB3Across11 Express disapprovalBOO3Across11 Discovers no surplus of all-roundersDISCS5Across12 NudeNAKED5Across12 Ultimate, lastFINAL5Across12 HypocrisyCANT4Across13 What the family share in their own jointKINSHIP7Across13 Very badABYSMAL7Across13 The advantage you have when determinedASSET5Across15 StopCEASE5Across15 AnimalTIGER5Across15 DecanterCARAFE6Across17 A noticeable twitchinessTIC3Across18 Was seatedSAT3Across18 Like granny's problem perhaps?KNOTTY6Across19 MasculineMALE4Across19 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Across19 NeedlesSTYLI5Across20 ReasonsMOTIVES7Across21 Deity who had a way with soft musicNEPTUNE7Across21 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across22 Being indigent is no goodPOOR4Across22 WhimFAD3Across22 Anxious to know about England's capitalKEEN4Across23 Fish typeBASS4Across23 Arm boneHUMERUS7Across24 DroppedLOWERED7Across24 Say tata in a murmur?STUTTER7Across24 Organ of tasteTONGUE6Across26 Nice clean new seat at churchCHASTE6Across26 HillTOR3Across27 NewFRESH5Across28 RodentRAT3Across29 A legend afoot?TOE3Across29 Ida's impression of a duckEIDER5Across31 Vapour of boiling waterSTEAM5Across31 SideTEAM4Across31 Heady edifices?TEMPLES7Across32 Cough medicineLINCTUS7Across32 StoppedRESTED6Across33 ManservantVALET5Across34 The boys used a stopwatchTIMED5Across34 Outboard propellerOAR3Across35 Sing with closed lipsHUM3Across35 StadiumARENA5Across35 Being sober, said to consume only a little tea!STAID5Across36 Girl's nameHELEN5Across36 Beetle-like vehicle?BUGGY5Across37 StartBEGIN5Across37 TwistWIND4Across37 SayingADAGE5Across38 MinimumLEAST5Across38 Amphibians with modern, non-standard partsNEWTS5Across38 FastenTIE3Across39 Writing fluidINK3Across41 DedicateDEVOTE6Across42 UprightERECT5Across43

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The value of keeping a key part in trim, perhapsMERIT5Down1 PastimeHOBBY5Down1 BrawlFRACAS6Down1 In a terrible storm, be one of the gangMOBSTER7Down2 BloomBLOSSOM7Down2 MeansAGENCY6Down2 BorderHEM3Down3 Complain bitterlyRAIL4Down4 SharpenHONE4Down4 Doctor one patient, initially, with a transfusionDRIP4Down4 FrightenALARM5Down5 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 Are out of a tin, though it's not obviousARCANE6Down5 MatchlessPEERLESS8Down6 Ensnare a girl with loveLASSO5Down6 Backless shoesMULES5Down6 What the piano means to a playerQUIET5Down7 ShutCLOSE5Down7 FactsDATA4Down8 Young maleBOY3Down9 An element is just a tiny pieceTIN3Down9 UnlikeDIFFERENT9Down11 Give the writer no choiceDICTATE7Down12 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Down12 Floor coveringMAT3Down14 LoftyTALL4Down14 A trendy jointHIP3Down14 EquipmentGEAR4Down16 Keep on the roadSTEER5Down16 Book of mapsATLAS5Down16 Linking a tiny disorder with middle ageTYING5Down17 Rub outERASE5Down17 UproarRIOT4Down18 Like the broken leg of a jumper, say?KNITTED7Down19 Fault, disadvantageDEMERIT7Down19 Room for a rocketSPACE5Down20 DefeatsBEATS5Down20 Return of Damon, the wandererNOMAD5Down21 BullfighterTOREADOR8Down21 American stateMAINE5Down21 AdroitDEFT4Down23 Meat retailerBUTCHER7Down23 An exclusive noticeKEEPOUT7Down23 Walk about a yardSTRIDE6Down24 Kind, sympatheticHUMANE6Down24 SportedWORE4Down25 Is he catty?TOM3Down25 ManagedRAN3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Suggests it's hot in the outskirts of TunisHINTS5Down27 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down27 Get established as a stein makerSETIN5Down28 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down28 ReviserEDITOR6Down29 ConcealedHIDDEN6Down30 Hot and stickyHUMID5Down30 A border in silver, generallyVERGE5Down30 SorceryMAGIC5Down32 Temporary coverTENT4Down32 LimbsLEGS4Down32 Can he never be advanced as an honest citizen?LAG3Down33 TowboatTUG3Down33 SpokeSAID4Down34 TornRENT4Down36 FishEEL3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 21, 2019. 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.