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Evening Standard Crossword October 28 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 28 2021 answers. The Thursday 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#
ShyDEMURE6Across1 Broadcasting music out of love?SOWING6Across4 ShellfishOYSTER6Across4 DangerRISK4Across5 Warning that comes with a new coatWETPAINT8Across7 Food of the godsAMBROSIA8Across7 Does he start batting cannily?OPENER6Across8 Afternoon napSIESTA6Across8 ManagedCOPED5Across8 AntelopeGNU3Across9 Illegal burningARSON5Across10 FateDOOM4Across10 One's own little drug-storeSTASH5Across10 ElectVOTE4Across11 MarSPOIL5Across12 LocateFIND4Across13 Low, initially depressed state of mindMOOD4Across13 DogSETTER6Across13 ProphetSEER4Across14 He's on record as providing serviceHELP4Across14 Paper boy?BILL4Across15 OsculateKISS4Across15 Pig-penSTY3Across16 Be good at getting something for nothing?BEG3Across16 LakeMERE4Across16 Where to egg the Surrey team onOVAL4Across17 AcquireGAIN4Across17 AlwaysEVER4Across18 Not falseTRUE4Across19 Praise a youth about to start upLAUD4Across19 Man'sHIS3Across20 PlantDANDELION9Across21 Unending advice not to jump about so muchBOUNDLESS9Across21 FortuneLOT3Across22 Metallic elementZINC4Across23 Occupied with being generous?FULL4Across23 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Rave about a red-headed six-footer?RANT4Across24 ApertureVENT4Across24 Thin mudSILT4Across24 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 Father figure nowadaysDAD3Across26 Beer barrelKEG3Across26 Work group given some reward by the company headCREW4Across27 MultitudeHOST4Across27 FlowerDAHLIA6Across28 There are pupils in themEYES4Across29 SpokenORAL4Across29 HugeGREAT5Across30 Provided money for one to be in a homePAID4Across32 Traffic markerCONE4Across32 WarmthHEAT4Across32 Having a bit of grub to eat is fineGREAT5Across33 HeadlandNESS4Across33 BoxCRATE5Across33 They may intercede between friends and countrymenROMANS6Across34 BrownTAN3Across34 ChangesALTERS6Across34 A bounder in court?KANGAROO8Across35 CalmPEACE5Across35 StretchELONGATE8Across35 A knotty old dearGRANNY6Across36 RegrettedRUED4Across36 RoadSTREET6Across36 RoamWANDER6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down1 SummaryDIGEST6Down1 It's smart to suggest the southwest is the centre of fashionSWISH5Down1 PeakMOUNTAIN8Down2 MaltreatABUSE5Down2 Plagiarise tales?STEAL5Down2 The money Charlie has changedCASH4Down3 ShortlySOON4Down3 SaveREDEEM6Down3 Supporter not actually backing you upSTOOL5Down4 Fertile spotOASIS5Down4 FinishedCOMPLETED9Down4 ChangedREVISED7Down5 Plant ovuleSEED4Down5 We edit it out as something unwantedWEED4Down5 HeroIDOL4Down6 Wanted partly to atone for a bad deedNEEDED6Down6 Landed propertyESTATE6Down6 RetainKEEP4Down7 LettuceCOS3Down8 ImplantINSTIL6Down9 Organic flower fertiliserPOLLEN6Down9 AgentREP3Down11 Dried leavesTEA3Down11 It rotates, forming loopsSPOOL5Down12 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Down12 She's no serious revolutionaryMILDRED7Down13 Elegant skillFINESSE7Down13 PertinenceRELEVANCE9Down14 Young goatKID3Down15 MaterialREP3Down15 Exclude the big-headed oneBAN3Down15 StarSUN3Down16 Subscription raised for a people carrierBUS3Down16 WandROD3Down17 Figure to turn left and see an imagined planetVULCAN6Down18 MoorANCHOR6Down18 InfringedVIOLATED8Down19 Are staggering around the street making a bloomerASTER5Down20 CutHEW3Down20 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down20 Come out in the garden, friend!BUD3Down21 Use a spadeDIG3Down21 BeganSTARTED7Down21 Walk most of the way back, as a ruleLAW3Down22 IlluminatedLIT3Down22 Prefer a boundary around a civic centreFAVOUR6Down23 FanaticZEALOT6Down23 FelineCAT3Down25 Grassy part of an arable areaLEA3Down25 SicknessNAUSEA6Down26 MethodMANNER6Down27 BeginningONSET5Down28 To start riding something very high is dodgyRISKY5Down28 ScorchCHAR4Down29 Listeners, having started young, have plenty of timeYEARS5Down30 YawnGAPE4Down30 Detection systemRADAR5Down30 PriseLEVER5Down31 Golf pegTEE3Down31 Put up with being a strap-hangerSTOOD5Down31 Leave with unclePAWN4Down32 YieldCEDE4Down32 Have such dancers twice the energy?GOGO4Down33 Hypocritical speechCANT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 28, 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.