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Evening Standard Crossword October 24 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 24 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Men's hairdresserBARBER6Across1 In total, it has its warmer sideSUMMER6Across1 ApartASIDE5Across3 Flowering shrub that meant nothing to a legendary swimmerOLEANDER8Across7 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Urban areaTOWN4Across8 She's all confused about loveLOLA4Across8 NeedleBODKIN6Across9 Allowed to live in a health resort, looking rosySPARED6Across10 Very happyELATED6Across10 SarcasticIRONIC6Across10 CorsairPIRATE6Across11 Keep in date, possiblyDETAIN6Across11 InsectMIDGE5Across11 Short tailSCUT4Across12 PermitLET3Across14 Joined the policeMET3Across14 SoilMARL4Across15 Of the sunSOLAR5Across16 Horse fly seen around the central NileFILLY5Across16 WrinkleSHRIVEL7Across17 StoryTALE4Across17 The necessity for a northeastern editionNEED4Across17 Parrot typeMACAW5Across19 A Shakespearian character needs it back by MondayTIMON5Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 It's refinedSUGAR5Across21 PurpleLILAC5Across21 Worker in stoneMASON5Across21 Should be heard during a string quartetOUGHT5Across22 SensationalLURID5Across22 ListROTA4Across23 A ministry's young men?MODS4Across23 PantGASP4Across23 FootwearSHOE4Across25 Turning-pointHINGE5Across26 Cancel clean outSCRUB5Across26 Restored from deathRISEN5Across26 Male catTOM3Across28 Teacher is turning rightSIR3Across28 PendulumBOB3Across28 MessyUNTIDY6Across29 Under strain, soundly taught for a scholarly endTAUTLY6Across29 LateOVERDUE7Across30 Club playerGOLFER6Across30 InnTAVERN6Across30 Being workshy, lied cunninglyIDLE4Across31 ParadiseEDEN4Across31 Clever personBRAINBOX8Across32 Discussing many a terrible beatingDEBATING8Across32 SurmountingATOP4Across33 SportTENNIS6Across33 Pay for a piece of furnitureSETTLE6Across33 BearingMIEN4Across35 LeapBOUND5Across36 Short-sightednessMYOPIA6Across38 HabitCUSTOM6Across39 ParchedDRIED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Salt, perhaps, or a sailor boy?SEASON6Down1 Divide into twoBISECT6Down1 ChasmABYSS5Down1 Tied up by a low reactionaryMOORED6Down2 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down2 SmellODOUR5Down2 Monetary unitRAND4Down3 The way to make an article stick outROAD4Down3 TargetAIM3Down3 CraftsmanARTISAN7Down4 Like Cora, wild about the man who blew the whistleCAREFOR7Down4 SniffleSNIVEL6Down4 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 LodgingsDIGS4Down5 It's very right that I do businessIDEAL5Down5 BeforeERE3Down6 Difficult questionPOSER5Down6 Getting on is something to shout about, mateCRONY5Down6 YearbookANNAL5Down7 HighTALL4Down8 Not fit to make a meal?LAME4Down8 ChastiseSCOLD5Down8 It's allowed in tennisLET3Down9 MoistenWET3Down9 Heating element?TIN3Down12 Noisy quarrelROW3Down12 Homeric work one mislaid?ILIAD5Down13 Carpet nailsTACKS5Down13 CarriageCHARIOT7Down13 CultivationTILTH5Down14 See just for a second, maybe?SIGHT5Down15 FundamentalBASIC5Down15 IncomeREVENUE7Down16 A girl called HeatherERICA5Down18 Once moreAGAIN5Down18 LanguageLINGO5Down18 FuelGAS3Down19 Draw a vesselTUG3Down19 SpoilMAR3Down19 Its welcome is silentMAT3Down20 Fish typeCOD3Down20 Is accommodating and bustles aroundSUBLETS7Down21 Ordinary, banalMUNDANE7Down21 Dismissed for being unavailable?OUT3Down22 EndearCHARM5Down22 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down22 RuleGOVERN6Down23 Budgie's favourite artistMILLET6Down23 TuneAIR3Down24 Prayer endingAMEN4Down24 In the aquarium, less than a major feature?ORFE4Down24 A blow with an oarSTROKE6Down25 Small horsesPONIES6Down25 Cuban danceRUMBA5Down26 A piece of learningSTUDY5Down26 Game for which you need a warm cover handyRUGBY5Down27 ShowEVINCE6Down27 Take unlawfullySTEAL5Down27 Half sodden turfSOD3Down28 MildBALMY5Down28 Small pieceTAD3Down28 BreastBOSOM5Down29 Written wordsTEXT4Down30 Singular bookings for playersGIGS4Down30 SoiledDIRTY5Down31 FoeENEMY5Down32 BellowROAR4Down34 OfferBID3Down36 CounterfeitDUD3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 24, 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.