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Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Staff of lifeBREAD5Across1 In ordinary terms, right in positionPROSE5Across1 PoorNEEDY5Across2 Game for which a stick is usedMATCH5Across6 ParlanceIDIOM5Across6 SheetPANEL5Across7 UnfastenedUNDID5Across8 PastilleLOZENGE7Across9 As you'd expect, it's not exactly topicalTYPICAL7Across9 IrrigateWATER5Across10 NimbleAGILE5Across10 To take a rest this way can look hard!STARE5Across10 Lowest pointNADIR5Across11 Have another shot at reforming TerryRETRY5Across11 Worker in stoneMASON5Across12 An American accepted by a compere as wonderfulMAGIC5Across12 VehicleVAN3Across12 HaggleBARGAIN7Across13 Medication puts one on the back seatPILLION7Across13 PrecipitationSLEET5Across13 An arresting figure in many a musical workCOP3Across15 DeterminedDECIDED7Across15 Give a title toDUB3Across15 It contributes colourfully to an illusionANIL4Across17 ApproachedNEARED6Across17 FeverAGUE4Across17 The French wild goat, smooth in movementLEGATO6Across18 ColourCERISE6Across18 FateLOT3Across19 Colourful, sad musicBLUES5Across19 StinkingFETID5Across19 Ready to get upset about a piece of work being tediousDREARY6Across20 Kitchen utensilGRATER6Across20 DiscussedDEBATED7Across20 An opening in dermatology, I thinkPORE4Across22 WordTERM4Across22 AlwaysEVER4Across23 Capital of JapanYEN3Across24 FishEEL3Across24 Sand-hillDUNE4Across25 Apart fromBESIDES7Across25 Mark, about to take a bit of a holiday from school?SCHOLAR7Across25 A knotty snagHITCH5Across26 EasedRELAXED7Across26 AssertsAVERS5Across26 Party, informallyBEANO5Across27 It took a month for us to name this god!JANUS5Across27 Make amends before two o'clockATONE5Across28 Scatter liquidSPRAY5Across28 A sign with which to greet us?GESTURE7Across29 MelodiousTUNEFUL7Across29 Serviceman, possibly, using a rifleFLIER5Across30 EscortUSHER5Across30 UtterSAY3Across30 JocundMERRY5Across31 LoatheDETEST6Across31 A rough description of oilCRUDE5Across31 SaggedDROOPED7Across34 TrivialPETTY5Across37 Boring-toolAWL3Across38 FiendDEMON5Across39 RiddleSIEVE5Across40 CutSEVER5Across41 SaluteGREET5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WireCABLE5Down1 JumbleRAGBAG6Down2 FresherNEWER5Down2 Keep the Terriers in check!RETAIN6Down2 Walk a little way with sailorly gaitSTROLL6Down3 ExhilaratedELATED6Down3 State without proofALLEGE6Down3 ActDEED4Down4 It's got a blinking lid on it!EYE3Down4 Female deerDOE3Down4 AskedINVITED7Down5 City with a centre for animals having strayedMILAN5Down5 StartedBEGAN5Down5 ShipLINER5Down6 Strange seminar for servicemenMARINES7Down6 DisregardedIGNORED7Down6 Weaver of lace, nominallyALEC4Down7 University officialDEAN4Down7 It might be uprooted, but not with a stick!CARROT6Down8 OffensiveODIOUS6Down8 FatherDAD3Down9 ToldRELATED7Down11 Malone's girl?MOLLY5Down12 SkinflintMISER5Down12 ScoffSNEER5Down13 EmblemBADGE5Down13 He has only a penny to contribute, at the end of the dayPADDY5Down13 KeenEAGER5Down14 Stimulate at 54 pointsLIVEN5Down14 RusticRURAL5Down14 Girl with a car at finishing schoolCAROL5Down15 Cut into cubesDICED5Down15 BedCOT3Down16 SmilesBEAMS5Down16 Stiff game?POKER5Down16 PostponedDELAYED7Down18 QuotesCITES5Down18 Ancient doctor's assistant taking shelter at churchLEECH5Down18 His opponent, presumably, is a marked manBRUISER7Down19 ArdourFERVOUR7Down19 Sell a litre somehowRETAIL6Down21 AlcoveRECESS6Down21 QuiltDUVET5Down21 Alcoholic drinkTIPPLE6Down22 Stout hotel employee?PORTER6Down22 GodDEITY5Down22 MendREPAIR6Down23 Came down from heaven and reigned, we're toldRAINED6Down23 ResolutionRESOLVE7Down24 ShortBRIEF5Down25 His very greatness occasioned exclamationSCOTT5Down25 A great big embrace at the end of the raceHUGE4Down26 Poker stakeANTE4Down26 CircuitLAP3Down27 A clear-cut curveARC3Down28 TotalSUM3Down28 OustDEPOSE6Down28 SewerDRAIN5Down29 PrincipleTENET5Down32 War-horseSTEED5Down33 Be indebtedOWE3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. 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.