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Evening Standard Crossword October 25 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 25 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
AdditionalEXTRA5Across2 EagerKEEN4Across7 IcyWINTRY6Across8 ThickDENSE5Across9 One's utmost to equalise with the championLEVELBEST9Across9 AttackerASSAILANT9Across9 He's calling the dog McNeillWHISTLER8Across10 OratoryRHETORIC8Across10 PastyPIE3Across11 Bag you find in the tool boxNAIL4Across12 Way outEXIT4Across12 Moisten everything, in caseWALLET6Across13 IntelligenceWIT3Across13 PlatformPODIUM6Across13 WhimCAPRICE7Across14 The dog, Harold, is carrying a ballPOINTER7Across14 ReposeREST4Across15 Pauses at "Is back among these convinced"HESITATES9Across15 Bad dreamNIGHTMARE9Across15 LettuceCOS3Across16 DecorateEMBELLISH9Across17 Males, I agree, can be a lot of beastsMENAGERIE9Across17 FreedomLIBERTY7Across18 RowLINE4Across18 Got Pip, the dog, to go insideSECURED7Across18 TannedBRONZED7Across19 Start to boo the act now playing?TURNON6Across20 TightTAUT4Across20 ScampRASCAL6Across20 File the brief communicationLINE4Across21 PaceSTEP4Across21 PitchTOSS4Across22 HarshAUSTERE7Across23 Face up toCONFRONT8Across24 Not watered down - honest!STRAIGHT8Across24 GrainCORN4Across25 WavesBREAKERS8Across26 Shot when away taking a holidayOFFBREAK8Across26 SheepEWE3Across27 Making a movement of fear, paleASHY4Across28 ResonationECHO4Across28 ForbidVETO4Across28 Throwing eventDISCUS6Across29 The question did somehow figure in againRIDDLE6Across29 AttemptTRY3Across30 LeopardPANTHER7Across31 A crushing remark you consign to paperPUTDOWN7Across31 LairDEN3Across31 MuscleBRAWN5Across33 A star, for instance, gets the best partHIGHLIGHT9Across34 Shocking surpriseBOMBSHELL9Across34 PurifyREFINE6Across36 The only lightweight hat left? This is too much!LASTSTRAW9Across36 UnnamedANONYMOUS9Across36 OtherwiseELSE4Across37 Track not kept in a good state of repairRUNDOWN7Across38 HurlTHROW5Across38 RulerEMPEROR7Across38 Dismisses as "Just platforms for politicians"STUMPS6Across39 DexterousADROIT6Across39 BucketPAIL4Across40 Drawing of a tree that's unfinishedPLAN4Across40 PantsKNICKERS8Across41 See, behaving oddly on the plane trip, a foreignerNEPALESE8Across41 GlibFRIVOLOUS9Across42 Medication for the heart is not to be compounded in itCORTISONE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MotherlyMATERNAL8Down1 WeirdEERIE5Down1 Is riveting in the love scenesCLINCHES8Down1 EnquiringASKING6Down2 Keeps away from the chasm, while about itAVOIDS6Down2 FinishEND3Down2 WoodMAHOGANY8Down3 Left lateDEPARTED8Down3 CanTIN3Down3 WonderAWE3Down4 DressATTIRE6Down4 Stops where there are goods on display for saleSTALLS6Down4 TavernINN3Down5 PercussionistsDRUMMERS8Down5 A cheat on more than one occasion?TWOTIMER8Down5 CoachTRAIN5Down6 VegetableREDCABBAGE10Down6 It's great to get away with overcharging!RIPPINGOFF10Down6 New Testament booksGOSPELS7Down7 Tough and mean right throughSTRINGY7Down7 Less inclined to run with the dogSETTER6Down8 SwimsuitBIKINI6Down8 BegoneSHOO4Down10 DefendPROTECT7Down11 MaybePERHAPS7Down11 Told to redo, changing the colourORDERED7Down11 River mouthESTUARY7Down12 BereavedWIDOWED7Down13 StressTENSION7Down14 About that mask - it's frighteningTHREAT6Down16 List of chargesTARIFF6Down16 CaseCRATE5Down16 TrapSNARE5Down17 PermitLET3Down18 SoupBROTH5Down19 Bag claspCATCH5Down19 DecayROT3Down20 Also raised the childTOT3Down20 CaskTUN3Down21 I had backed "The Love State"IDAHO5Down22 FlashlightTORCH5Down22 Free the deserter the soldiers capturedGRATIS6Down23 Very thinSKINNY6Down23 PitcherEWER4Down24 ColourOLIVEGREEN10Down25 Assuming as a name when one's business is collapsingGOINGUNDER10Down25 VehicleBUS3Down26 CommandORDER5Down26 United came out on top, you sayONE3Down26 Small stonesPEBBLES7Down27 Looked up "Lady's Rings"WASHERS7Down27 TautTENSE5Down29 Couldn't stand trial when caught in the actDETESTED8Down30 FounderCOLLAPSE8Down30 ForbidPROHIBIT8Down31 For Greg Norman's son, golf is the open sesamePASSPORT8Down31 ImpatientRESTLESS8Down32 MinePIT3Down32 Drown one out, as you'd expectNOWONDER8Down32 GambleBET3Down33 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down33 Didn't stand one's ground either and got nowhereALSORAN7Down33 TuneAIR3Down34 BroodingMOPING6Down35 NovelNEW3Down35 Look - just back the ruddy horse!GANDER6Down35 AstrayADRIFT6Down36 Taking a meal round in the boatLAUNCH6Down36 Hurry up! It's needed to correct a figureROLLON6Down37 Public speakerORATOR6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 25, 2024. 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.