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Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2022 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#
SucculentCACTUS6Across1 PillarCOLUMN6Across5 DisusedOBSOLETE8Across8 Dejected and depressed when given the chuckDOWNCAST8Across9 SensibleSANE4Across9 InsideINTERIOR8Across9 ThroughPER3Across10 It hums a note for us to hearBEE3Across10 NumberTWO3Across10 The agreement is, one takes the childUNISON6Across11 PacketPARCEL6Across11 For the records, there are about fifty old coinsANNALS6Across12 MarinerSEAMAN6Across12 ConfineCRAMP5Across12 StruggleGRAPPLE7Across13 The clear round I would contestEVIDENT7Across13 SeizeGRAB4Across14 Only one of the denizens of the deepSOLE4Across14 A yellow jacket you slipped on?BANANASKIN10Across15 WeakenSAP3Across15 MeasureCENTIMETRE10Across15 EpochERA3Across17 StrangleTHROTTLE8Across17 Resign or take a demotionSTEPDOWN8Across17 FishEEL3Across18 Apart from the team that's finished battingOUTSIDE7Across18 MutinousDEFIANT7Across18 Due to ring the day afterOWED4Across19 OddRUM3Across19 PlaceSPOT4Across19 UnadornedPLAIN5Across20 MineralORE3Across21 PryingNOSING6Across21 Going ahead with the draw? No; backtrackingONWARD6Across21 WrathIRE3Across22 PinchNIP3Across23 StillYET3Across24 Thwarting the nail's desire not to be hammered home?KNOCKINGONTHEHEAD17Across24 VenturingTAKINGUPONONESELF17Across24 ShrillREEDY5Across26 Contract, perhaps, that engineers might find lucrativeBRIDGE6Across27 BehindASTERN6Across27 FinishedOVER4Across29 Sharpen the damaged point firstWHET4Across29 NewtEFT3Across29 ImitationMIMICRY7Across30 Wasn't fast in the water either and was not among the winnersALSORAN7Across30 BoroughTOWN4Across33 ConcludedFINISHED8Across33 Negotiates terms to achieve local profitsBARGAINS8Across33 PullingTRACTION8Across34 Look you give the bank statement showing you're broke?STONYSTARE10Across35 Ornamental light fittingCHANDELIER10Across35 PlaguePESTER6Across35 DieEXPIRE6Across36 Mix in a jugSTIR4Across36 DifficultHARD4Across36 By way of the tube, getting to the bridgeVIADUCT7Across37 ListlessLANGUID7Across37 The song is totally dreadful, all roundBALLAD6Across38 DecreaseREDUCE6Across38 How quietly a cat will spring on its preyPOUNCE6Across40 BottleFLAGON6Across40 Close, aimEND3Across41 ChildTOT3Across41 Seemed ill at ease and got all mixed upSHUFFLED8Across42 Flowering plantCYCLAMEN8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Working as a stewardess and jumping ship?DOINGABUNK10Down1 ForebearANTECEDENT10Down1 ExpressionTERM4Down2 She's retracted, tooANNA4Down2 StrollAMBLE5Down2 SpiceCINNAMON8Down3 Item of furniture that's to be repaired as wellHATSTAND8Down3 ImplementTOOL4Down3 PrecipitousSHEER5Down4 WarshipFRIGATE7Down4 Is unsuited for running fastSTREAKS7Down4 BestCREAM5Down5 ContestCOMPETITION11Down5 When the film "The Prisoner" will be on show?RELEASEDATE11Down5 DeficitLOSS4Down6 LookAPPEARANCE10Down6 Result of crossing a reptile with a bird?TURTLEDOVE10Down6 That's not fair, I like being in bedBIASED6Down7 MadnessMANIA5Down7 IntelligentBRIGHT6Down7 HappenedBEFALLEN8Down8 One's successor as a swain?FOLLOWER8Down8 Refuse to put one through to himBRIAN5Down10 FunctionPARTY5Down10 CommerceTRADE5Down10 SendREMIT5Down11 AnticCAPER5Down12 AstoundAMAZE5Down13 CoinPENNY5Down14 InclineSLOPE5Down15 FoldPLEAT5Down16 Thin, slow flowTRICKLE7Down16 The graduate joined the firm and is about to take flightABSCOND7Down16 All there for the opening, we're toldWHOLE5Down20 ProstratePRONE5Down20 ParticularSPECIAL7Down22 We have, due to trouble, to get rid ofWEEDOUT7Down22 InferiorSUBORDINATE11Down23 How quickly one prepares to roll both dice?INTWOSHAKES11Down23 CasualNONCHALANT10Down25 Remember you mustn't take cover?KEEPINVIEW10Down25 ElicitEVOKE5Down25 You being a highly paid member of the publisher's staffDEARREADER10Down26 ImprobableFARFETCHED10Down26 Go inENTER5Down27 Response to what the soldiers did?REACTION8Down28 HangDRAPE5Down28 AppropriateSUITABLE8Down28 BaffleFLOOR5Down30 Attack and knock the sailor unconsciousLAYABOUT8Down31 RoundaboutINDIRECT8Down31 TangleKNOT4Down31 A competition, as opposed to an examCONTEST7Down32 FishHADDOCK7Down32 CeaseSTOP4Down32 Attacking in an attempt to get a piece of jewelleryGORING6Down34 Blue dyeINDIGO6Down34 Foreign noblemanCOUNT5Down35 Pronounce fitSOUND5Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down39 That boost kleptomaniacs get when they steal?LIFT4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 21, 2022. 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.