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Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2021 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#
One-roomed flatBEDSIT6Across1 Does he object to being a bodyguard?MINDER6Across1 EnquiredASKED5Across3 A club I do damage with, though not by intentACCIDENT8Across7 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across7 WailBAWL4Across8 Plans made by a master to put an end to cockups?MAPS4Across8 AbsenteeTRUANT6Across9 ErseGAELIC6Across10 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Across10 Cause embarrassment simply by arriving?SHOWUP6Across10 African desertSAHARA6Across11 CommerceTRADE5Across11 Maybe it's covered in spilt fuel, thus uselessFUTILE6Across11 CupidEROS4Across12 It's full of holesNET3Across14 Unit of weightTON3Across14 FormerlyONCE4Across15 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across16 About two or three ways to make a fresh startRENEW5Across16 EarnDESERVE7Across17 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across17 The spare-part boom?SPAR4Across17 Spanish manSENOR5Across19 To name as a mere gestureTOKEN5Across19 DeityGOD3Across20 Long-snouted mammalTAPIR5Across21 LikeENJOY5Across21 Figures in court?FIVES5Across21 RegalROYAL5Across22 Their charms get me won roundWOMEN5Across22 Familiar forename of Father Brown?HERB4Across23 PitcherEWER4Across23 Red meatBEEF4Across23 MailPOST4Across25 Many can take a rise out of this penny-pincherMISER5Across26 WandererROVER5Across26 Drinking tubeSTRAW5Across26 In a stern position, he presents a firm figureCOX3Across28 DepressedSAD3Across28 GreetingAVE3Across28 She makes one cry for a bit of helpISOBEL6Across29 Nutty sweetNOUGAT6Across29 A bad soldier seems a drawback to the commanding officerCOWARD6Across30 BoundaryBORDER6Across30 ProprietyDECENCY7Across30 First man to have a horseADAM4Across31 GemstoneRUBY4Across31 Working diligently is difficult for a diminutive flierHARDATIT8Across32 RemedyANTIDOTE8Across32 JailerWARDER6Across33 Too unfashionable to go to one's headOLDHAT6Across33 IntendMEAN4Across33 TardyLATE4Across35 RaidFORAY5Across36 Meat-pinSKEWER6Across38 CharacterLETTER6Across39 DistributedDEALT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ShoeBROGUE6Down1 The old woman wouldn't hit usMISSUS6Down1 War-horseSTEED5Down1 Skiing raceSLALOM6Down2 Reward raised by the chap who wrote the chequeDRAWER6Down2 GloryKUDOS5Down2 Body powderTALC4Down3 An artist's sharp-ended toolRASP4Down3 InsectANT3Down3 BullfighterMATADOR7Down4 VieSTRIVE6Down4 Makes sense of the prices, perhapsFIGURES7Down4 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down5 Misguidedly being open!BEGIN5Down5 OwingDUE3Down6 VapourSTEAM5Down6 Scatter some troops in various directionsSTREW5Down6 SmartSTING5Down7 Greek letterBETA4Down8 GenerateBREED5Down8 A mystery man keeps her loveMONA4Down8 Be victoriousWIN3Down9 Centre for computers, sayPUT3Down9 That womanHER3Down12 Group of cabaret entertainersTEN3Down12 ObtainRECEIVE7Down13 WashRINSE5Down13 Light headed, always, in the barLEVER5Down13 CutSEVER5Down14 Act very inconclusively in townDOVER5Down15 RefundREPAY5Down15 TouchCONTACT7Down16 StoppedENDED5Down18 Whence dad is about to start for Rouen?PARIS5Down18 The aforementionedDITTO5Down18 SummitTOP3Down19 SpeakSAY3Down19 It's up to Mike, little manTIM3Down19 Boy's name for a Hampstead "wood"KEN3Down20 NothingNIL3Down20 The gaffer gives a chap warningFOREMAN7Down21 In the direction ofTOWARDS7Down21 An entanglement, we noteWEB3Down22 Torn clothRAG3Down22 RusticYOKEL5Down22 HairdresserBARBER6Down23 The way a road has an admiral's nameHOWARD6Down23 DecayROT3Down24 Test no longer taking half a dayEXAM4Down24 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down24 Move at the end of August, cheapBUDGET6Down25 ErstwhileFORMER6Down25 SkulkSNEAK5Down26 All one's ability to get the right rhymeMIGHT5Down26 CorrodesRUSTS5Down27 Soothing thing to say, sadlySORRY5Down27 RememberRECALL6Down27 EntertainAMUSE5Down28 Former French coinSOU3Down28 As a swimmer, could start to do badly!COD3Down28 ConsumedEATEN5Down29 Ancient Roman's love for a petCATO4Down30 Make beerBREW4Down30 UnpleasantNASTY5Down31 LongYEARN5Down32 CentreCORE4Down34 NourishedFED3Down36 StillYET3Down37

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