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Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 27 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
CollisionIMPACT6Across1 RotateTURN4Across5 PremiumBONUS5Across8 ModelEXEMPLARY9Across9 Seed-casePOD3Across9 A diversion meant for playing outside, you thinkAMUSEMENT9Across9 DoctorPHYSICIAN9Across10 How one sallied in the company of, immediately?FORTHWITH9Across10 ShortlySOON4Across10 TrialTEST4Across11 Fish that’s all but extinct?SOLE4Across12 Eye partIRIS4Across12 PerformerACTOR5Across12 Lock and leaveSTRAND6Across13 HeavenlyDIVINE6Across13 TatteredRAGGED6Across13 Having no time to wrap the presents for the poetSPENSER7Across14 Set offTRIGGER7Across14 Emphasises that one is the producerBRINGSOUT9Across15 StarCELEBRITY9Across15 CaribouDEER4Across16 SleepySOMNOLENT9Across17 Adamant the one with the gun isn’t breaking outINSISTENT9Across17 Readily apparentEVIDENT7Across18 CupidEROS4Across18 Participates in, as one promises toENGAGES7Across18 SereneSEDATE6Across19 A boy’s name I give to a girlAMELIA6Across19 Not a happy choice of cheese?BLUE4Across20 ObserveSEE3Across20 CookCHEF4Across20 TapPAT3Across22 UnwillingRELUCTANT9Across23 LairDEN3Across23 Impress upon, during the trip backDRIVEHOME9Across23 FrankOPEN4Across24 RegionAREA4Across25 Of forebearsANCESTRAL9Across25 Certain it will be bound to be complicatedINTRICATE9Across25 Part of a boat upturned in the vegetable gardenLEEK4Across26 CheekyPERT4Across26 DrawingSKETCH6Across27 Difficult to shake off, which is awkwardSTICKY6Across27 MonsterDRAGON6Across28 AdviceCOUNSEL7Across29 Secure and hand round the foodPASTIES7Across29 ViewVISTA5Across30 EncounterMEET4Across32 I swear to do itBLASPHEME9Across32 Nourishing materialNUTRIMENT9Across32 InactiveIDLE4Across33 PerilousDANGEROUS9Across34 AngerIRE3Across34 Is it strikingly sweet?CANESUGAR9Across34 AntelopeELAND5Across35 Musical directionALLEGRO7Across35 The second deliveryREBIRTH7Across35 RippedTORE4Across36 Calm the lady also capsized and trapped insideSOOTHE6Across36 Non-professionalLAYMAN6Across36 Put onSTAGED6Across37 ApplaudCLAP4Across37 Intend to get the English off the aircraftPLAN4Across37 JanitorCARETAKER9Across38 Protective covering for the man in the train crashTARPAULIN9Across38 Anxious to be involved inCONCERNED9Across39 Non-smellingODOURLESS9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not so bad you can’t hand it round?PASSABLE8Down1 Run-of-the-millMEDIOCRE8Down1 DivulgeIMPART6Down1 It means a lot to masonsBUILDINGSITE12Down2 MurdererSERIALKILLER12Down2 LineagePEDIGREE8Down2 The bits that are dry, is not cookingSECTIONS8Down3 Peace-loverPACIFIST8Down3 BludgeonedCOSHED6Down3 Direct verbally from the passageSTRAIT6Down4 CharacteriseTYPIFY6Down4 CombinedCONCERTED9Down4 A bad shot by the golfer playing cricket?OFFDRIVE8Down5 CalmedAPPEASED8Down5 TaughtTUTORED7Down5 EmployerUSER4Down6 What the female blowing the whistle was wearing?GRASSSKIRT10Down6 MethodicalSYSTEMATIC10Down6 RemarkNOTE4Down7 In China, for instance, he got into a terrible stateTHEEAST7Down7 CallerVISITOR7Down7 SnakeBOA3Down8 The again repeated words intended to calmTHERETHERE10Down8 ThanklessUNGRATEFUL10Down8 Put out, as a resultISSUE5Down11 FireplaceINGLE5Down11 LeavingDEPARTING9Down14 GainedWON3Down15 WhitenerBLEACH6Down16 Cracked unspeakable jokes?GAGGED6Down16 SpikeEAR3Down17 One first-classACE3Down19 RulingREIGNING8Down19 GroupSET3Down19 AgentSPY3Down20 Motorway stopping areaHARDSHOULDER12Down21 NameENTITLE7Down21 Not interfering when one’s making one’s solo takeoffLEAVINGALONE12Down21 ShrewdASTUTE6Down22 Fail to catch American wifeMISSUS6Down22 Think you’ll put back into captivity?DELIBERATE10Down23 PenitenceREPENTANCE10Down23 HosieryANKLESOCKS10Down24 In general, where the coverall goesONTHEWHOLE10Down24 “It’s very cold with rain out,” I cryICY3Down25 TreeASH3Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 MeanINTEND6Down27 GossipsTATTLERS8Down28 Getting crumpled when one’s reconnoitring outside againCREASING8Down28 DischargeEMIT4Down29 SpiceCINNAMON8Down29 Arresting for being tightPINCHING8Down29 SwerveVEER4Down30 Military bugle callLASTPOST8Down30 In the game of love, play to win!SERENADE8Down30 Fight back, man, and get tough!SPARTAN7Down31 FiddlesFIDGETS7Down31 AppendADD3Down31 DecoratorTILER5Down33 A light “A member? Not me”AMBER5Down33 Various ones from which to pick the flowerCHOICE6Down34 Timber decayDRYROT6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 27, 2023. 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.