Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2021 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 29 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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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BruteBEAST5Across1 MagnificentSUPERB6Across5 OathCURSE5Across8 With the exception of the local cliqueBARRING7Across8 AgitatePERTURB7Across8 PreparedMADEREADY9Across9 How the repairman settled the quarrel?PATCHEDUP9Across9 CompassionateHUMANE6Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 WandererROVER5Across13 Ray, at the end of the evening, has a meal outGLEAM5Across13 ClusterCLUMP5Across14 ExhaustingTIRING6Across14 Thin and weak-looking, unlike RoseWEEDY5Across14 WidespreadGENERAL7Across15 Try to appropriate all the biggestTALLEST7Across15 HavenRETREAT7Across15 On return, is not revising one's ideasNOTIONS7Across16 HobbyPASTIME7Across16 Danger through, I leftPERIL5Across17 NervousTENSE5Across17 Snap audibly "It's a bay!"BIGHT5Across18 LairDEN3Across18 PowerMIGHT5Across18 LongingYEN3Across19 The man in the suitSERGE5Across20 ShootSPRIG5Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Complaining right away of being sickAILING6Across22 LabouredTOILED6Across22 Criticised when I missed out detailsSLATED6Across23 StartedBEGUN5Across23 JoinATTACH6Across23 AudaciousBOLD4Across24 Strike in a clothes factoryCLOBBER7Across25 DepictPORTRAY7Across25 PlantCREEPER7Across27 BarrierDAM3Across27 On the one hand, denies spilling the oilLINSEED7Across27 FishEEL3Across29 Make young in spiritBRANDY6Across30 DogSETTER6Across30 MercifulLENIENT7Across31 NegligentREMISS6Across31 A green that's suitable for the pub decorBOTTLE6Across31 Be prepared to surroundBESET5Across32 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across32 JockeyRIDER5Across32 GalaFETE4Across34 The place in which we accommodated herWHERE5Across35 Before timeEARLY5Across35 EntertainedAMUSED6Across35 The voice is carrying one right backTENOR5Across36 AppearsSEEMS5Across36 FoolFATHEAD7Across37 What the birds do when he teases them?TWITTER7Across37 ApportionALLOT5Across38 GorgedREPLETE7Across39 Put a new wrapper on when you get backRECOVER7Across39 TriedTESTED6Across39 CapBERET5Across40 Not absent! Didn't I tell you so!THERE5Across41 EvenLEVEL5Across41 Question about the metal barriersGRILL5Across42 ShelfLEDGE5Across42 First class fish and porkCRACKLING9Across43 FlowerCARNATION9Across43 Greets the silly ass carrying the instrumentSALUTES7Across44 ThoughtfulPENSIVE7Across44

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DepartsLEAVES6Down1 Proprietary - that's very clearPATENT6Down1 BirdSTARLING8Down2 As is proper, stood up for the ladyPRIMROSE8Down2 BirdEMU3Down2 ElevenCRICKETTEAM11Down3 How you put pepper and salt on very quickly?INTWOSHAKES11Down3 ClimbedSCALED6Down3 CraftsmanCARPENTER9Down4 A new addition to the menage - a super pianoBABYGRAND9Down4 CaskTUN3Down4 ChairSEAT4Down5 StudentLEARNER7Down5 Dash! There's coal in it!SCUTTLE7Down5 CoupledPAIRED6Down6 MeasureCENTIMETRE10Down6 Good gracious, is that the damned alarm?HELLSBELLS10Down6 AllowanceBUDGET6Down7 RimEDGE4Down7 Get mixed up and overload the circuitFUSE4Down7 Passed onRELAYED7Down9 FruitGRAPES6Down10 While covering for the fellow spiesAGENTS6Down10 ShortenCURTAIL7Down11 As a joke, giving a little session on the rack to?LEGPULL7Down11 FreeRID3Down12 SewSTITCH6Down12 Said, by the way, the date had been alteredSTATED6Down12 EatDINE4Down13 ThereforeERGO4Down16 LawfulLEGAL5Down17 EnterprisingGOAHEAD7Down19 Understands it's a gun - a woman'sGATHERS7Down19 FigureNUMERAL7Down20 Free when the reel is broken by the rough seaRELEASE7Down21 CockROOSTER7Down21 CringeFAWN4Down22 Increase the rent when you get safely away fromWIDENTHEGAP11Down24 DejectedCRESTFALLEN11Down24 PailBUCKET6Down24 PetalLEAF4Down25 LoatheDETEST6Down26 It's rotten waiting for a ball that just goes into the netBADSERVICE10Down26 MinuteTEENYWEENY10Down26 WeakenDILUTE6Down28 RisingREBELLION9Down28 A gem that shines only at night?MOONSTONE9Down28 LetterMISSIVE7Down29 Got into a rage when chargedSTORMED7Down29 PermitLET3Down30 We stand exposed, clutching the warningBEWARE6Down30 DrinkSHERRY6Down30 CruelRUTHLESS8Down32 Reveal there's been a fight outside the ringBRINGOUT8Down32 How the waitress said "Only pie for dessert"?TARTLY6Down33 PeruseREAD4Down33 BlushREDDEN6Down33 Lest, perhaps, the hand coming through should frighten youSTARTLE7Down34 AgreesASSENTS7Down34 CrowdMOB3Down36 SheepEWE3Down37 VegetableENDIVE6Down38 Followed the girl back the time beforeTAILED6Down38 A club, perhaps, with characterCARD4Down40 FruitPEAR4Down40

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