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Evening Standard Crossword October 3 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 3 2018. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Chewing gum ingredient61 AcrossReveal answer → Just41 AcrossReveal answer → Writhes breathlessly, as an author does61 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked34 AcrossReveal answer → Side46 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy fall of rain87 AcrossReveal answer → Shiftily lead me on with drink87 AcrossReveal answer → Dirty68 AcrossReveal answer → She goes to Rio in South America48 AcrossReveal answer → Panto character48 AcrossReveal answer → Vent69 AcrossReveal answer → Yelp310 AcrossReveal answer → Gosh - what the Yanks call a big-headed Britisher!610 AcrossReveal answer → Jail610 AcrossReveal answer → Throughout611 AcrossReveal answer → Cheats badly, pretending to be virginal?611 AcrossReveal answer → Seraglio512 AcrossReveal answer → Agent314 AcrossReveal answer → The Great Gatsby's gun?314 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful514 AcrossReveal answer → Poetry515 AcrossReveal answer → School punishment516 AcrossReveal answer → Just William's colour516 AcrossReveal answer → Blends from out East417 AcrossReveal answer → Neckwear items417 AcrossReveal answer → Erase618 AcrossReveal answer → Writer of notes on a piece of poetry519 AcrossReveal answer → Putrefy519 AcrossReveal answer → Sunbathed620 AcrossReveal answer → It's said to have an arresting effect on sailors521 AcrossReveal answer → Bread maker521 AcrossReveal answer → Tough guy, a bit of a bully522 AcrossReveal answer → Senior member522 AcrossReveal answer → Set of actors423 AcrossReveal answer → Find a market where there's said to be little room423 AcrossReveal answer → Liability524 AcrossReveal answer → Perpendicular526 AcrossReveal answer → Upset526 AcrossReveal answer → In cricket, we start to change the side526 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks to a dunderhead, this means little328 AcrossReveal answer → Language528 AcrossReveal answer → River328 AcrossReveal answer → Angry, he breaks a date!629 AcrossReveal answer → Swindled629 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow330 AcrossReveal answer → Writing desk630 AcrossReveal answer → Active in stirring up evil to a silly end630 AcrossReveal answer → False coin image431 AcrossReveal answer → Mimics431 AcrossReveal answer → Hesitated to change, having dined out832 AcrossReveal answer → Cave632 AcrossReveal answer → Oratory832 AcrossReveal answer → One way to be wise?633 AcrossReveal answer → Route633 AcrossReveal answer → Fate, destiny633 AcrossReveal answer → Loyal434 AcrossReveal answer → Deity335 AcrossReveal answer → Flat436 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Floor covering61 DownReveal answer → An Australian digger61 DownReveal answer → Fragrance52 DownReveal answer → A maker of hats, he accepts an order62 DownReveal answer → Stops62 DownReveal answer → Paradise43 DownReveal answer → Ease73 DownReveal answer → Dispatch, say, about 5043 DownReveal answer → Young thug, bashful about bungled bosh74 DownReveal answer → Cadaver44 DownReveal answer → Lean or bony74 DownReveal answer → Fall45 DownReveal answer → Songbird55 DownReveal answer → Ensnare the girl with the round bottom55 DownReveal answer → Name56 DownReveal answer → Figure to open a shop at the flat56 DownReveal answer → Narcotics, say56 DownReveal answer → Mean77 DownReveal answer → Dreadful48 DownReveal answer → Where frigates and brigantines have something in common48 DownReveal answer → Cleaning utensil39 DownReveal answer → Fix the telly?39 DownReveal answer → Donkey311 DownReveal answer → Obviously a unit of area312 DownReveal answer → Concealed312 DownReveal answer → Free312 DownReveal answer → Fabric, it won't be denied513 DownReveal answer → Encountered313 DownReveal answer → Approaches513 DownReveal answer → Extra playing card515 DownReveal answer → Shouts 'Yes!' accepting fifty quid515 DownReveal answer → Colour316 DownReveal answer → Recede317 DownReveal answer → A Sheffield girl518 DownReveal answer → American state518 DownReveal answer → Haunt of thieves in Mildenhall?319 DownReveal answer → Ruler719 DownReveal answer → Blithe319 DownReveal answer → She sounds fey320 DownReveal answer → Boy's name320 DownReveal answer → Low fellows in the field of American sport721 DownReveal answer → Sicken321 DownReveal answer → Tedium721 DownReveal answer → Height722 DownReveal answer → Lair322 DownReveal answer → Got together with me and the head322 DownReveal answer → Fondle623 DownReveal answer → Taste sour, outwardly?623 DownReveal answer → Noise323 DownReveal answer → Yes votes424 DownReveal answer → Water of average density424 DownReveal answer → One skipping school625 DownReveal answer → A stunning display?625 DownReveal answer → Watch325 DownReveal answer → Not much of a smoke?526 DownReveal answer → Group of twenty526 DownReveal answer → Supple527 DownReveal answer → Go in527 DownReveal answer → Flirt like everybody in extremes of depravity527 DownReveal answer → Ram328 DownReveal answer → A bit of a twitch, somehow328 DownReveal answer → Outcome529 DownReveal answer → Covers possibly slid into position430 DownReveal answer → Lengthy430 DownReveal answer → Support430 DownReveal answer → Tart431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.