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Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2020 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#
DecanterCARAFE6Across1 Elects to change for the bestSELECT6Across4 Canvas shelterAWNING6Across4 BoxSPAR4Across5 Where there’s room, but it’s toughATTHETOP8Across7 HouseBUNGALOW8Across7 Not a leg side stroke? Well, just a bitOFFCUT6Across8 CharmAMULET6Across8 DrainSEWER5Across8 TreeASH3Across9 MeltsTHAWS5Across10 FrankOPEN4Across10 With military detachment, the doctor’s sternDRAFT5Across10 BallotVOTE4Across11 EnquiredASKED5Across12 Grain husksBRAN4Across13 Tom’s not in love with this garmentCOAT4Across13 FreeGRATIS6Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 Scream for the fifty quidYELL4Across14 Toilet product in a dental clinicTALC4Across15 AppearSEEM4Across15 BeerALE3Across16 Tantrum, just a bit of petulancePET3Across16 MonotonousDULL4Across16 Composition for a learner, but it’s still hardOPAL4Across17 ChiefMAIN4Across17 FlatEVEN4Across18 NakedBARE4Across19 Units forming a reserveARES4Across19 DonkeyASS3Across20 FranticDESPERATE9Across21 Used a bent ploy in betting?DOUBLEDUP9Across21 InsectBEE3Across22 ShadeTINT4Across23 Many a service the housewife can doDARN4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 Suffered in terrible distressBLED4Across24 PaceSTEP4Across24 Not slowFAST4Across24 JokeJEST4Across25 Major, often in a holeKEY3Across26 FemaleSHE3Across26 To approve what’s removedTOOK4Across27 DestroyRUIN4Across27 DogSETTER6Across28 Many a bird would see it as foodGRUB4Across29 Religious imageICON4Across29 PutPLACE5Across30 Only half delivery, it’s trueVERY4Across32 CondimentSALT4Across32 WickedEVIL4Across32 Make a feast of a boneBEANO5Across33 SnareTRAP4Across33 SharpACUTE5Across33 See red about a rotten ragREGARD6Across34 ManageRUN3Across34 OffendINSULT6Across34 The plane crash one never forgetsELEPHANT8Across35 BarLEVER5Across35 PistolREVOLVER8Across35 Mental dullness leads to much faulty postureSTUPOR6Across36 GraspHOLD4Across36 Brimmed hatFEDORA6Across36 SpanBRIDGE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AdjoinsABUTS5Down1 AlterCHANGE6Down1 Close enough to breathe on a chapHANDY5Down1 PractiseREHEARSE8Down2 ChronicleANNAL5Down2 Get free and go quietlySTEAL5Down2 One of a pair of socksLEFT4Down3 No votesNAYS4Down3 OrnateFLORID6Down3 There may be a film on itSPOOL5Down4 InformedAWARE5Down4 IdioticSENSELESS9Down4 CutSEVERED7Down5 Naming wordNOUN4Down5 Hit up a half century, frequentlyLOFT4Down5 PokePROD4Down6 Grounds that have a hundred and one usesCAUSES6Down6 StylusNEEDLE6Down6 RegrettedRUED4Down7 OceanSEA3Down8 SnakesMAMBAS6Down9 Front put up by a soccer rebel?FACADE6Down9 JumpHOP3Down11 Textile salesman?REP3Down11 Confound the girl - she gets nothing right!FLOOR5Down12 Adult femalesWOMEN5Down12 In the theatre, a chap with a vocation?CALLBOY7Down13 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down13 ExposedSUBJECTED9Down14 DrinkSIP3Down15 MalesMEN3Down15 Bill picked up in mistake for a bat!TAB3Down15 Plural of isARE3Down16 Go out of shape, possiblyPEP3Down16 ShelterLEE3Down17 Waterborne gambler?PUNTER6Down18 Of the starsASTRAL6Down18 DaredVENTURED8Down19 Barnaby’s a characterRUDGE5Down20 ConsumedATE3Down20 GarretATTIC5Down20 It gets an early breakDAY3Down21 Cease livingDIE3Down21 UpsetSPILLED7Down21 It has a camel’s tail and a kangaroo’s head!ELK3Down22 ManagedRAN3Down22 Kind of French coin!DECENT6Down23 From thereTHENCE6Down23 ToddlerTOT3Down25 Some tribunal at Chelsea, perhapsBUN3Down25 MoodTEMPER6Down26 CowerCRINGE6Down27 ExtremeULTRA5Down28 Mandatory method?ORDER5Down28 NetworkMESH4Down29 Navigational aid for a woman in a carRADAR5Down30 TabletPILL4Down30 ArcCURVE5Down30 ApproachesNEARS5Down31 StrayERR3Down31 Stolen property (like footwear?)BOOTY5Down31 Simply accompany a seductive womanVAMP4Down32 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Down32 As eaten by a bachelor as an afterthought?BAPS4Down33 SoonANON4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 29, 2020. 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.