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Evening Standard Crossword October 23 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 23 2018 answers. The Tuesday 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#
TrustFAITH5Across1 SermonisePREACH6Across1 The region of religious writingTRACT5Across1 CharSCORCH6Across5 Is he less clever than Dick?BOBBY5Across6 Photo bookALBUM5Across6 TrueLOYAL5Across9 Desirous of managing the fuel to go to the danceHOPEFUL7Across9 HermitRECLUSE7Across9 BattleCOMBAT6Across10 Faint pretty quickly out WestSWOON5Across10 With reference toASFOR5Across10 CavalrymanLANCER6Across11 Chair on polesSEDAN5Across11 Amphibians in all directions taking tea!NEWTS5Across11 GodlyPIOUS5Across12 HickoryPECAN5Across12 Grown the mistaken wayWRONG5Across12 Broke off the conversation?SNAPPED7Across13 Practical jokeLEGPULL7Across13 LengthyLONG4Across14 This female had to get out of something shady!SOW3Across15 Floor coveringRUG3Across15 CupidEROS4Across17 Hard to see?UGLY4Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 Girl transported by aliensSELINA6Across18 StudyPERUSE6Across18 SportedWORE4Across18 Romantic appointmentsDATES5Across19 In league, they have unique pointsDRAWS5Across19 PamperCOSSET6Across20 Coming out of one part of Dover, cutters can sink!KNIVES6Across20 AllEVERY5Across20 Change directionVEER4Across22 Bother to embrace us in extremes of fondnessFUSS4Across22 SculledOARED5Across22 OrientalEASTERN7Across23 Desire for moneyYEN3Across24 BeltSTRAP5Across24 Shade of colourHUE3Across24 Unusual, weirdBIZARRE7Across25 A sticky wicket, maybeGLUEPOT7Across25 Latest thing in tiesFINAL5Across26 SuitBEFIT5Across26 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Across26 Of the eyeOPTIC5Across27 A little line calling for reductionMINUS5Across27 Half a tonFIFTY5Across28 PilferFILCH5Across28 The part one possibly noticesSECTION7Across29 Laughs nervouslyGIGGLES7Across29 FuelPEAT4Across29 Flung one into the shedSHIED5Across30 Feat of daringSTUNT5Across30 SkipHOP3Across30 ThickDENSE5Across31 In cars, they're mostly forwardGEARS5Across31 EatDINE4Across32 LastFINAL5Across33 FishermanANGLER6Across35 FeltSENSED6Across36 MockTEASE5Across37 BoardedLODGED6Across38 MissionERRAND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SousePICKLE6Down1 SolutionANSWER6Down2 FurERMINE6Down2 Squabbling in a boat?ROWING6Down2 The sort of sea to suit a cutter?CHOPPY6Down3 ApplaudCLAP4Down3 SoldiersTROOPS6Down3 InnHOTEL5Down4 A century, maybe, but it's not overTON3Down4 That womanHER3Down4 Cold dishSALAD5Down5 It's hard to hide a key, one learnedHEARD5Down5 Threshing implementFLAIL5Down5 TribeCLAN4Down6 Coach about nine new girlsBUNNIES7Down6 Takes for grantedASSUMES7Down6 SedimentLEES4Down7 ClergymanRECTOR6Down7 Russian name for a whole-hearted memberOLEG4Down7 Fastening of the mushroom varietyBUTTON6Down8 PlanetURANUS6Down8 DamagedHARMED6Down8 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Down12 Has an attritional effect on pointed earsWEARS5Down12 WarnCAUTION7Down13 It suits a solitary traveller to be untalkativeSULKY5Down13 BloodsuckerLEECH5Down13 He makes money in vain, maybeALVIN5Down14 Web-footed birdGOOSE5Down14 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down15 A little exercise to keep out of bed forSITUP5Down15 Measuring stickRULER5Down15 GrandGREAT5Down16 Kind, categoryGENRE5Down16 Surprisingly, it was the narrow part!WAIST5Down16 DiminishedWANED5Down18 Danger or jeopardyPERIL5Down18 It's fine being a toffSWELL5Down18 Created in sixes, indeed!DEVISED7Down19 LacRESIN5Down19 ShortageDEFICIT7Down19 The good condition has a bearing on what you wantNEWISH6Down21 YelpYAP3Down21 ProductionOUTPUT6Down21 Travelling caseVALISE6Down22 SphereORB3Down22 Being catty, feel upset about a bit of painFELINE6Down22 Puts upERECTS6Down23 One of the kinder mail handlers?SORTER6Down23 StraggleSPRAWL6Down24 Canal boatBARGE5Down25 Typically pedestrian ways of being progressiveGAITS5Down25 TatteredRAGGED6Down25 Wire with no piano purposeFUSE4Down26 IndicationSIGN4Down26 FestivalFIESTA6Down27 Fatheaded own goal due to bad visibilityFOG3Down28 NursedTENDED6Down28 Gave food toFED3Down28 RentedHIRED5Down30 Out-datedPASSE5Down31 GalaFETE4Down33 OgleLEER4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. 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.