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Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2019 answers. The Tuesday 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#
WildFERAL5Across1 If you need a stiffener, have a coupleBRACE5Across1 StoreSTOCK5Across2 Whale food to kill outrightKRILL5Across6 Motive or reasonCAUSE5Across6 HouseVILLA5Across7 VisionDREAM5Across8 MiddleCENTRAL7Across9 The merchant of Venice, heavy heartedANTONIO7Across9 SimilarALIKE5Across10 Sharp, severeACUTE5Across10 Piano for the finale?GRAND5Across10 PrisonsJAILS5Across11 Nick's not at churchNOTCH5Across11 BuffaloBISON5Across12 Is the new term for a robberyHEIST5Across12 ConsumeEAT3Across12 AustereSPARTAN7Across13 The baker's blunder?BLOOMER7Across13 DangerPERIL5Across13 Trumpeter's favourite piecePET3Across15 PenetratedENTERED7Across15 Little devilIMP3Across15 One islet or eight, we hearEYOT4Across17 PressedIRONED6Across17 MinusLESS4Across17 Very little timeMINUTE6Across18 RuptureHERNIA6Across18 DrunkardSOT3Across19 Rise and dressGETUP5Across19 ShamBOGUS5Across19 Spielberg at street levelSTEVEN6Across20 NumberELEVEN6Across20 DisprovedREFUTED7Across20 In Old English, is the French departmentOISE4Across22 Is obliged toMUST4Across22 GangCREW4Across23 One's own Mr SloanTOD3Across24 Narrow broochPIN3Across24 Prima donnaDIVA4Across25 BeforePRIORTO7Across25 Ruddy fishy cartels!SCARLET7Across25 Boy flying a kite at SouthendKEITH5Across26 HarmedDAMAGED7Across26 StupidityFOLLY5Across26 Stamp bookALBUM5Across27 In prison, an article one may tread onSTAIR5Across27 Triangular-shaped letterDELTA5Across28 Explosive devicesBOMBS5Across28 A not entirely illuminating guyLAMPOON7Across29 Thoughtful, solemnSERIOUS7Across29 Mixed dish a silly girl leftGRILL5Across30 Of SwitzerlandSWISS5Across30 TankVAT3Across30 DNA unitsGENES5Across31 SwellDILATE6Across31 Study in quietudeETUDE5Across31 MaturedRIPENED7Across34 PoisonVENOM5Across37 ScullOAR3Across38 MaterialDENIM5Across39 ChangeALTER5Across40 TendNURSE5Across41 GuideSTEER5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SnakeVIPER5Down1 Get awayESCAPE6Down2 KilledSLAIN5Down2 An artist to depend on, but not oftenRARELY6Down2 Is unable to hide disappointmentCANNOT6Down3 HigherTALLER6Down3 ThespiansACTORS6Down3 SpongeCAKE4Down4 Finish in seven daysEND3Down4 Sheltered sideLEE3Down4 SalutedGREETED7Down5 He adores going across to LeatherheadLOVER5Down5 TarnishSTAIN5Down5 IrrigateWATER5Down6 Relative state of a sister vessel?KINSHIP7Down6 WheedlesCAJOLES7Down6 Possibly square part of a plant?ROOT4Down7 Boy's nameALAN4Down7 It's apt to have miniature contentsLOCKET6Down8 Type of sausageSALAMI6Down8 SpikeEAR3Down9 AscertainedENSURED7Down11 She's on the way to get a heel mendedHELEN5Down12 TruncheonBATON5Down12 ThrowPITCH5Down13 ShuteyeSLEEP5Down13 This blighter's no beauty!BEAST5Down13 WanderedROVED5Down14 Came through as nothing but a fuddled dozeOOZED5Down14 Poplar treeASPEN5Down14 Student's little window on the world?PUPIL5Down15 Bring upon oneselfINCUR5Down15 ChildTOT3Down16 Christmas showPANTO5Down16 Reversible doctrineTENET5Down16 DiscussedDEBATED7Down18 Make hasteHURRY5Down18 Eat lunch? Not exactlyMUNCH5Down18 Is he able to enlarge his forces?GENERAL7Down19 Develops intoBECOMES7Down19 Progress in the style of an adder?TOTTER6Down21 Keep quiet or unseenLIELOW6Down21 CouchDIVAN5Down21 SullenMOROSE6Down22 East sideORIENT6Down22 SeraglioHAREM5Down22 Steady, firmSTABLE6Down23 Astride a steed, possiblySEATED6Down23 HesitatedWAVERED7Down24 UnadornedPLAIN5Down25 Keeps best when held by saintsSTOPS5Down25 Execute or finished work badlyKILL4Down26 AdoFUSS4Down26 MaleMAN3Down27 Many a piece of poetry from a femaleDOE3Down28 InsectBUG3Down28 God-likeDIVINE6Down28 InstrumentVIOLA5Down29 AnimalLEMUR5Down32 TrunkTORSO5Down33 TapPAT3Down35 AdroitDEFT4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. 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.