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Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2020 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#
Afghanistan’s capitalKABUL5Across1 WreckageDEBRIS6Across1 Step taken with heavy heart in prisonSTAIR5Across1 IdioticSTUPID6Across5 Is such grass nice to lie on?COUCH5Across6 Magic servantGENIE5Across6 TrailSPOOR5Across9 Exclude a law that’s wrongRULEOUT7Across9 TheoreticalNOMINAL7Across9 Riff-raffRABBLE6Across10 A growing source of second-class accommodationBROOM5Across10 PamphletTRACT5Across10 CharacterLETTER6Across11 EditionISSUE5Across11 In which the spectators have no seats?STAND5Across11 Male beeDRONE5Across12 WeirdEERIE5Across12 Do the sameDITTO5Across12 Mother with one baby at leastMINIMUM7Across13 ArmyMILITIA7Across13 MarketedSOLD4Across14 She helps hang out the washingPEG3Across15 WildebeestGNU3Across15 IconIDOL4Across17 Story of the pictureEPIC4Across17 PerformedDID3Across17 Grating the front of the car!GRILLE6Across18 ReciprocalMUTUAL6Across18 YieldCEDE4Across18 LethalFATAL5Across19 Many keen to make a nameDAVID5Across19 DrugHEROIN6Across20 Could it make a hole in a towel outright?TROWEL6Across20 JavelinSPEAR5Across20 Sea eagleERNE4Across22 Brilliant performer in spaceSTAR4Across22 RentedHIRED5Across22 ThrilledTINGLED7Across23 Crime of passing dud notes?SIN3Across24 HeapedPILED5Across24 Rugby scoreTRY3Across24 DefamationSLANDER7Across25 We figure to turn up at a receptionWELCOME7Across25 Not exactly sixes, nevertheless boundariesSIDES5Across26 DisproveREBUT5Across26 Dark woodEBONY5Across26 InterlaceWEAVE5Across27 Operatic character to see and copyMIMIC5Across27 Full of intestinal fortitudeGUTSY5Across28 FibreSISAL5Across28 A drink and a good thing to eat? That’s the stuff!GINGHAM7Across29 IrregularERRATIC7Across29 FrozenICED4Across29 Father leaves the pageant to be arranged by a deputyAGENT5Across30 BeginSTART5Across30 MaterialREP3Across30 AlludeREFER5Across31 Those bashed by the peelers?SPUDS5Across31 UnusualRARE4Across32 DeadlyFATAL5Across33 EavesdropLISTEN6Across35 BiggerLARGER6Across36 HeronEGRET5Across37 FesterRANKLE6Across38 CostlierDEARER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConstraintDURESS6Down1 FrightenedAFRAID6Down2 ChatteringBABBLE6Down2 Boiling could turn one softTURNIP6Down2 Being sarcastic gets one right ahead, I seeIRONIC6Down3 IslandISLE4Down3 UnwindUNCOIL6Down3 RateSPEED5Down4 The odd bit of crumpetRUM3Down4 Auction itemLOT3Down4 CompactSOLID5Down5 Bearing in mind, maybe, the overall requirementDENIM5Down5 HeaddressTIARA5Down5 ShrubTREE4Down6 Sweet letter for us, tucked inside a cardCUSTARD7Down6 ProfitableGAINFUL7Down6 OtherwiseELSE4Down7 Golf-clubPUTTER6Down7 Mr Cotton’s forename?OTTO4Down7 Scrub a can opener clean, perhapsCANCEL6Down8 LizardIGUANA6Down8 DashedDARTED6Down8 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down12 Said to be due to Calvin being nobleDUCAL5Down12 CurlRINGLET7Down13 Warms to me and some officersMELTS5Down13 Physical strengthMIGHT5Down13 Girl stuffNINON5Down14 TruckLORRY5Down14 Gin-measureOPTIC5Down15 Dog in orbitPLUTO5Down15 ProtectGUARD5Down15 Old-fashionedDATED5Down16 Open soreULCER5Down16 Such painting can be greenGENRE5Down16 DrinkCIDER5Down18 MasculineMANLY5Down18 Farmer, saint or soldier boyGILES5Down18 If cited wrongly, shows inadequacyDEFICIT7Down19 ObjectDEMUR5Down19 HazelnutFILBERT7Down19 Equestrianism in old YorkshireRIDING6Down21 FreeRID3Down21 Man’s nameERNEST6Down21 TemptENTICE6Down22 Woman'sHER3Down22 Start scoffing steak, and steal some fruitSCRUMP6Down22 NullifyNEGATE6Down23 Morning employed in being entertainedAMUSED6Down23 ColumnPILLAR6Down24 Move furtivelySNEAK5Down25 Jam and cake, perhapsWEDGE5Down25 DiminishLESSEN6Down25 Write something personalSIGN4Down26 AlwaysEVER4Down26 FireworkBANGER6Down27 Too much talk of a terror weaponGAS3Down28 DreadTERROR6Down28 Teacher's titleSIR3Down28 ScopeRANGE5Down30 FadedPALED5Down31 SenseFEEL4Down33 TardyLATE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. 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.