Evening Standard Crossword October 3 2023 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 3 2023. 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.

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Threaded fastener51 AcrossReveal answer → Asparagus, for instance, can kill you!51 AcrossReveal answer → Mild54 AcrossReveal answer → Condemn complicated cures56 AcrossReveal answer → Range56 AcrossReveal answer → Visitor67 AcrossReveal answer → Country79 AcrossReveal answer → A game of wits79 AcrossReveal answer → Garland39 AcrossReveal answer → Hang510 AcrossReveal answer → Be to the forefront as a Labour leader510 AcrossReveal answer → Shelter310 AcrossReveal answer → Fire remains511 AcrossReveal answer → They help people to hold their head high511 AcrossReveal answer → Ascend512 AcrossReveal answer → Many get sent astray, hence the damage512 AcrossReveal answer → Disparage512 AcrossReveal answer → Detail413 AcrossReveal answer → Surmount713 AcrossReveal answer → Though having his own lift, he could slide down a pole713 AcrossReveal answer → It's sharp, like a bent pin315 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes315 AcrossReveal answer → Unaccompanied515 AcrossReveal answer → Dispensed with by a cross editor?417 AcrossReveal answer → Horse-pace617 AcrossReveal answer → Askew417 AcrossReveal answer → Be on one's guard618 AcrossReveal answer → Dad gets a man back from somewhere abroad618 AcrossReveal answer → Burglars do so and go quietly519 AcrossReveal answer → Plaster419 AcrossReveal answer → Continental quilt519 AcrossReveal answer → Some trifles one consumes as special delights620 AcrossReveal answer → Ground squirrel620 AcrossReveal answer → Farm birds520 AcrossReveal answer → Seize322 AcrossReveal answer → Gold, maybe, from Hindustan422 AcrossReveal answer → Foundation422 AcrossReveal answer → He's so late starting!324 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted724 AcrossReveal answer → Before324 AcrossReveal answer → Large area of southern Spain and Portugal725 AcrossReveal answer → Bereaved husband725 AcrossReveal answer → Adult human female526 AcrossReveal answer → Half finished food can be seen as exceptional526 AcrossReveal answer → Of rabies527 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable327 AcrossReveal answer → Where a taxi back is costlier, maybe?527 AcrossReveal answer → Thought of the many getting exploited528 AcrossReveal answer → Banquet528 AcrossReveal answer → Fire-raising528 AcrossReveal answer → Given a nudge jointly729 AcrossReveal answer → Tanned hide729 AcrossReveal answer → Bellerophon's girl?530 AcrossReveal answer → Defeats530 AcrossReveal answer → Injure531 AcrossReveal answer → A wealthy JP531 AcrossReveal answer → Cut431 AcrossReveal answer → Nuclear633 AcrossReveal answer → Frequently535 AcrossReveal answer → Sheet437 AcrossReveal answer → Carp538 AcrossReveal answer → Name339 AcrossReveal answer → Weaken341 AcrossReveal answer → Subside642 AcrossReveal answer → Trivial543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Performing61 DownReveal answer → Wading bird62 DownReveal answer → Sub, maybe, or a pigheaded ref getting the team upset62 DownReveal answer → Maintain62 DownReveal answer → Confounded when a puzzle comes to a dead end!63 DownReveal answer → Use63 DownReveal answer → Solidify33 DownReveal answer → Managed to get an extract of uranium34 DownReveal answer → Pod44 DownReveal answer → Grief34 DownReveal answer → Ventilated55 DownReveal answer → Turret55 DownReveal answer → Writer due to finish surrounded by broken nibs!55 DownReveal answer → Vivid red76 DownReveal answer → Insect86 DownReveal answer → Principal tube line?76 DownReveal answer → Snug47 DownReveal answer → American ways have their advantages47 DownReveal answer → Genuine48 DownReveal answer → Favour68 DownReveal answer → Where, in India, a Kipling character took some wild risks?68 DownReveal answer → Stretched911 DownReveal answer → Strad possibly played locally512 DownReveal answer → Object512 DownReveal answer → Goes hungry, being tied up and so loveless513 DownReveal answer → Measure513 DownReveal answer → Rubbish, informally514 DownReveal answer → Flagpole414 DownReveal answer → Cleric needing a bit of help to have fun514 DownReveal answer → Parrot type515 DownReveal answer → Man turning up for half an hour in town515 DownReveal answer → Gemstone416 DownReveal answer → What to eat when it's later than midday?516 DownReveal answer → Not ever516 DownReveal answer → Where Continental capitalists take much soluble aspirin?518 DownReveal answer → Jump418 DownReveal answer → Start518 DownReveal answer → Deciphers719 DownReveal answer → Jack's opportunity to be a high churchman?719 DownReveal answer → Heavily decorated621 DownReveal answer → Go round arranging a treat out of love621 DownReveal answer → Increase821 DownReveal answer → Deceive a dandy about the Spanish622 DownReveal answer → Spanish dance622 DownReveal answer → Ray423 DownReveal answer → Add zest to623 DownReveal answer → Enlist, possibly (in naval service?)623 DownReveal answer → Tidy425 DownReveal answer → Leather article used by Rostropovich525 DownReveal answer → Squander525 DownReveal answer → It's used in tanks426 DownReveal answer → Wither426 DownReveal answer → Ooze426 DownReveal answer → Girl in a million?328 DownReveal answer → Hardly any328 DownReveal answer → Scarce629 DownReveal answer → Required630 DownReveal answer → Raise532 DownReveal answer → Responsibility434 DownReveal answer → Skin436 DownReveal answer → Wager340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. 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.