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Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2021 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#
WaterwayCANAL5Across1 PoolPUDDLE6Across1 See a security device with a timing mechanismCLOCK5Across1 StockedSTORED6Across5 Grounds for an about turn, just in caseCAUSE5Across6 For this reasonHENCE5Across6 Go inENTER5Across9 Keeps going to maintain a relativeHOLDSON7Across9 ObstructionBARRIER7Across9 SwordRAPIER6Across10 Be too curious about a spoilt son going to workSNOOP5Across10 Cold dishSALAD5Across10 SeasonWINTER6Across11 EnrageANGER5Across11 There's a future in this emporiumSTORE5Across11 DerogatorySNIDE5Across12 Round-upRODEO5Across12 Poet's name for a fluttering heartDANTE5Across12 The point claimed to be misrepresented?DECIMAL7Across13 African republicLIBERIA7Across13 DispatchedSENT4Across14 He contradicts a gentlemanCAD3Across15 JewelGEM3Across15 SourACID4Across17 It has a flat face with a certain amount of hair onIRON4Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 Fox needing a bit of luck during a sportive deedDELUDE6Across18 Spanish danceBOLERO6Across18 CipherCODE4Across18 StoreyFLOOR5Across19 Journal of a father and a childless personPAPER5Across19 LatitudeLEEWAY6Across20 A scare, perhaps, for an ancient RomanCAESAR6Across20 HellHADES5Across20 RushDASH4Across22 Carefully examine a broken fistSIFT4Across22 Booby-trappedMINED5Across22 AdministeredAPPLIED7Across23 Big success in a Whitehall farceHIT3Across24 UntidyMESSY5Across24 NewtEFT3Across24 Girl's nameLETITIA7Across25 It was made years agoHISTORY7Across25 Old-fashioned engine driverSTEAM5Across26 LukewarmTEPID5Across26 DeviateSTRAY5Across26 SpecialityFORTE5Across27 Place two articles with only a short distance betweenAMMAN5Across27 Put off Sally, perhaps, having a dizzy headDAUNT5Across28 GangwayAISLE5Across28 Work out how to remain acceptable?KEEPFIT7Across29 Area of fruit treesORCHARD7Across29 InactiveIDLE4Across29 Draw a possibly finer conclusionINFER5Across30 PacesSTEPS5Across30 GuidedLED3Across30 TautTENSE5Across31 Figure studyMATHS5Across31 PartROLE4Across32 PaledFADED5Across33 ReiterateREPEAT6Across35 Hand-gunPISTOL6Across36 LesserMINOR5Across37 BlushREDDEN6Across38 DreadTERROR6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DiePERISH6Down1 LanguageARABIC6Down2 RelyDEPEND6Down2 One yearning for more inches?LONGER6Down2 Composer who made church music fashionableCHOPIN6Down3 OgleLEER4Down3 SubsidedABATED6Down3 EnlistENROL5Down4 Hill's a bit of a slick operatorKOP3Down4 StriplingLAD3Down4 StitchedSEWED5Down5 It's best one goes to townIDEAL5Down5 StadiumARENA5Down5 ThreesomeTRIO4Down6 Kevin could act the stern CO, possiblyCOSTNER7Down6 Go towardsHEADFOR7Down6 Sea eagleERNE4Down7 ShareRATION6Down7 For certain players, cash in advanceANTE4Down7 Open the drapes?SPREAD6Down8 IntelligentCLEVER6Down8 DashedDARTED6Down8 FoolishSILLY5Down12 A dark mystery somewhere in AfricaDAKAR5Down12 LingeredDALLIED7Down13 Dump at the roadside?DITCH5Down13 Soup serverLADLE5Down13 Want a customer for a tin openerCOVET5Down14 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down14 RelaxedEASED5Down15 A collectable dog one comes to loveCURIO5Down15 Mean or intendGETAT5Down15 TormentTEASE5Down16 Strong coffeeMOCHA5Down16 Celestial cause of the tide changing at the quarter-yearDEITY5Down16 DrinkCIDER5Down18 Golf termBOGEY5Down18 Figures out a piece of linen is strong materialDENIM5Down18 Someone to do business with?PARTNER7Down19 SatanDEVIL5Down19 WaversFALTERS7Down19 The flighty fellow's collecting Maria at mid-morningAIRMAN6Down21 AgentSPY3Down21 ExertionEFFORT6Down21 Split upDIVIDE6Down22 EncounteredMET3Down22 Rocky bedsSTRATA6Down22 Edges alongSIDLES6Down23 Dawn, admired by FrancophilesFRENCH6Down23 ReflectMIRROR6Down24 Turning toolLATHE5Down25 That plucky Marx Brother?HARPO5Down25 InclinedSLOPED6Down25 A drink of benefit or interestSAKE4Down26 HaltSTOP4Down26 PlacardPOSTER6Down27 Diagram having no place, being very faintDIM3Down28 TraderDEALER6Down28 SkillART3Down28 LanguageLATIN5Down30 StorehouseDEPOT5Down31 NotorietyFAME4Down33 DreadfulDIRE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. 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.