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Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 21 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Command53 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcasting music out of love?64 AcrossReveal answer → Shellfish64 AcrossReveal answer → Food of the gods87 AcrossReveal answer → Warning that comes with a new coat87 AcrossReveal answer → Afternoon nap68 AcrossReveal answer → Does he start batting cannily?68 AcrossReveal answer → Gambling house69 AcrossReveal answer → Bulk610 AcrossReveal answer → One's own little drug-store510 AcrossReveal answer → Illegal burning510 AcrossReveal answer → Receded511 AcrossReveal answer → Pour412 AcrossReveal answer → Locate413 AcrossReveal answer → Low, initially depressed state of mind413 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet414 AcrossReveal answer → He's on record as providing service414 AcrossReveal answer → Osculate415 AcrossReveal answer → Denomination415 AcrossReveal answer → Paper boy?415 AcrossReveal answer → Pig pen316 AcrossReveal answer → Be good at getting something for nothing?316 AcrossReveal answer → Where to egg the Surrey team on417 AcrossReveal answer → Stood717 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire417 AcrossReveal answer → Praise a youth about to start up419 AcrossReveal answer → Not false419 AcrossReveal answer → Parched320 AcrossReveal answer → Unending advice not to jump about so much921 AcrossReveal answer → Plant921 AcrossReveal answer → Emulate521 AcrossReveal answer → Jump423 AcrossReveal answer → Metallic element423 AcrossReveal answer → Occupied with being generous?423 AcrossReveal answer → Rave about a red-headed six-footer?424 AcrossReveal answer → Thin mud424 AcrossReveal answer → Story425 AcrossReveal answer → Father figure nowadays326 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoyed526 AcrossReveal answer → Beer barrel326 AcrossReveal answer → Work group given some reward by the company head427 AcrossReveal answer → Multitude427 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey328 AcrossReveal answer → There are black pupils in them429 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken429 AcrossReveal answer → Cell730 AcrossReveal answer → Traffic marker432 AcrossReveal answer → Provided money for one to be in a home432 AcrossReveal answer → Employed433 AcrossReveal answer → Having a bit of grub to eat is fine533 AcrossReveal answer → Box533 AcrossReveal answer → They may intercede between friends and countrymen634 AcrossReveal answer → Changes634 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch835 AcrossReveal answer → A bounder in court?835 AcrossReveal answer → Present435 AcrossReveal answer → A knotty old dear636 AcrossReveal answer → Choose536 AcrossReveal answer → Road636 AcrossReveal answer → Fur638 AcrossReveal answer → Straying639 AcrossReveal answer → God540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sharp51 DownReveal answer → Spanish snacks51 DownReveal answer → It's smart to suggest the southwest is the centre of fashion51 DownReveal answer → Enquired52 DownReveal answer → Maltreat52 DownReveal answer → Plagiarise tales?52 DownReveal answer → Individual33 DownReveal answer → Shortly43 DownReveal answer → The money Charlie has changed43 DownReveal answer → Thief64 DownReveal answer → Supporter not actually backing you up54 DownReveal answer → Fertile spot54 DownReveal answer → We edit it out as something unwanted45 DownReveal answer → Flat45 DownReveal answer → Plant ovule45 DownReveal answer → Landed property66 DownReveal answer → Wanted partly to atone for a bad deed66 DownReveal answer → Wand36 DownReveal answer → Enticed57 DownReveal answer → Muscular58 DownReveal answer → Organic flower fertiliser69 DownReveal answer → Implant69 DownReveal answer → Dried leaves311 DownReveal answer → Agent311 DownReveal answer → Keyboard instrument512 DownReveal answer → It rotates, forming loops512 DownReveal answer → Elegant skill713 DownReveal answer → She's no serious revolutionary713 DownReveal answer → Continual713 DownReveal answer → Wall-painting514 DownReveal answer → Exclude the big-headed one315 DownReveal answer → Young goat315 DownReveal answer → Maker716 DownReveal answer → Subscription raised for a people carrier316 DownReveal answer → Star316 DownReveal answer → Figure to turn left and see an imagined planet618 DownReveal answer → Plunged518 DownReveal answer → Moor618 DownReveal answer → Fuel319 DownReveal answer → Helicopter blade520 DownReveal answer → Are staggering around the street making a bloomer520 DownReveal answer → Use a spade321 DownReveal answer → Come out in the garden, friend!321 DownReveal answer → Illuminated322 DownReveal answer → Giggle522 DownReveal answer → Walk most of the way back, as a rule322 DownReveal answer → Fanatic623 DownReveal answer → Prefer a boundary around a civic centre623 DownReveal answer → Hog324 DownReveal answer → Grassy part of an arable area325 DownReveal answer → Feline325 DownReveal answer → Sweet627 DownReveal answer → Beginning528 DownReveal answer → To start riding something very high is dodgy528 DownReveal answer → Gimlet528 DownReveal answer → Sordid529 DownReveal answer → Detection system530 DownReveal answer → Listeners, having started young, have plenty of time530 DownReveal answer → Weird531 DownReveal answer → Put up with being a strap-hanger531 DownReveal answer → Prise531 DownReveal answer → Whinny532 DownReveal answer → Leave with uncle432 DownReveal answer → Yield432 DownReveal answer → Hypocritical speech433 DownReveal answer → Have such dancers twice the energy?433 DownReveal answer → Mirth434 DownReveal answer → Finish336 DownReveal answer → Attempt337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 21, 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.