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Evening Standard Crossword October 28 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 28 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
Cuban cigarHAVANA6Across1 Songs arranged by CarlosCAROLS6Across1 ClimbSCALE5Across2 CorrespondingPARALLEL8Across7 ViewVISTA5Across7 Liked the ultimate success of a show jumper?EVENTUAL8Across7 Rather than imprisonment, it's great!FINE4Across8 AttemptedTRIED5Across8 Ticket moneyFARE4Across8 Forced to employ a chauffeur?DRIVEN6Across10 AudiblyALOUD5Across10 Counting frameABACUS6Across10 Source of timber for building forts out EastFOREST6Across11 Martial artKARATE6Across11 EpochERA3Across12 TrackTRAIL5Across13 Leased for some little timeLET3Across14 Be seatedSIT3Across14 SeeDIOCESE7Across15 Writer of a clever news piece?VERNE5Across16 UnfashionableDATED5Across16 Growing source of a bit of a smell, possibly?ELMS4Across17 InfoDATA4Across17 HaphazardRANDOM6Across17 What the fiddler did even before being applauded!BOWED5Across19 SquattedSAT3Across19 WarehouseDEPOT5Across19 SquandererWASTREL7Across20 As a broadcaster, maybe, could be worseSOWER5Across21 Electricity supplyPOWER5Across21 Cloth made of flaxLINEN5Across22 The set number fed outFIXED5Across22 ParePEEL4Across23 Home can be the first place to run!BASE4Across23 RindPEEL4Across23 TradeDEAL4Across25 RemainderREMAINS7Across26 Novel villain in association with drinkFAGIN5Across26 Cowboy showRODEO5Across26 Border of clothHEM3Across28 A drink to help in recuperationCUP3Across28 Claim it's a legal fiddle at closing timeALLEGE6Across29 ErringERRANT6Across29 RotterCAD3Across30 Such toil can bring you a house and homeHONEST6Across30 Dull, repetitiousBORING6Across30 Is stony, like me being out of money and cross!ONYX4Across31 RestraintDURESS6Across31 AdjoinABUT4Across31 Very nice, thanks to the way the flutes are playedTASTEFUL8Across32 Climbs downDESCENDS8Across32 Blue streamer?DANUBE6Across33 VeerSWERVE6Across33 DepictPORTRAY7Across34 RoostPERCH5Across37 Extra runBYE3Across38 PatternMODEL5Across39 ArdentFIERY5Across40 RecoverRALLY5Across41 Horse raceDERBY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is able to get led astray by a lightCANDLE6Down1 Expose to dangerHAZARD6Down1 Zodiac signLIBRA5Down1 Shrub or small treeACACIA6Down2 A duck subsists on fruit, it seemsOLIVES6Down2 SedateSTAID5Down2 MimicsAPES4Down3 Interviewed for observation?SEEN4Down3 InexperiencedCALLOW6Down3 PraiseLAUD4Down4 BullfighterMATADOR7Down4 One Channel port somewhere in HantsANDOVER7Down4 BuiltERECTED7Down5 It grows underground at mid-AprilTUBER5Down5 BaaBLEAT5Down5 HireLEASE5Down6 Lose bloodBLEED5Down6 Dish only half up - and tardily!PLATE5Down6 Not slowFAST4Down8 As entertainment, it could be somewhat flimsyFILM4Down8 GrooveRUT3Down9 AngerIRE3Down9 Bit of bone trouble possibly catchingNET3Down9 SwellDISTEND7Down11 About 500 are leftistRED3Down12 RodentRAT3Down12 Difficulties getting a horse aboard ship?SNAGS5Down13 TantaliseTEASE5Down13 RubbishTRIPE5Down13 RageANGER5Down14 If you can't spell too well, don't throw it in!TOWEL5Down15 GemJEWEL5Down15 ScullOAR3Down16 DetestABHOR5Down18 Road materialMACADAM7Down18 Where near beer is served?LOCAL5Down18 Put onDON3Down19 Fight a big-headed beastBOX3Down19 Write with thisPEN3Down20 On the first of December, we got marriedWED3Down20 Picked out a unique hardback!SINGLED7Down21 PriseLEVER5Down21 TrailblazerPIONEER7Down21 CollisionCLASH5Down22 MeadowLEA3Down22 Word of reproach for being noisy, that isFIE3Down22 StudyPERUSE6Down23 John, whose hairstyle could take any formBUNYAN6Down23 It's far from baseAPEX4Down24 Reading deskLECTERN7Down24 DischargeEMIT4Down24 Property of note, sayESTATE6Down25 EnvoyLEGATE6Down25 PreparedREADY5Down26 Could she be hopelessly uncharitable?FAITH5Down26 ClotheDRESS5Down27 SpoilMAR3Down27 Fancy slipper material, that's clear!GLASS5Down27 Cooker topHOB3Down28 Trick played by an NCO?CON3Down28 SplendidSUPERB6Down28 BirdROBIN5Down29 Male voiceBASS4Down30 Part of the ship said to be holedHOLD4Down30 Pass onRELAY5Down32 UpbraidSCOLD5Down33 CerealRYE3Down35 Wooden collarYOKE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 28, 2024. 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.