Evening Standard Crossword October 4 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 4 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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Prickly plant61 AcrossReveal answer → Private61 AcrossReveal answer → Mr Case, the punster?61 AcrossReveal answer → Improve65 AcrossReveal answer → Wide view87 AcrossReveal answer → Each person is quite unexceptional87 AcrossReveal answer → He may give you a toot48 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt48 AcrossReveal answer → Elected59 AcrossReveal answer → She doesn't look so cocky as her mate610 AcrossReveal answer → Fitting610 AcrossReveal answer → Bred610 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasise that a cricket club net is broken611 AcrossReveal answer → Thin down611 AcrossReveal answer → Reprove611 AcrossReveal answer → Black512 AcrossReveal answer → Observe and follow314 AcrossReveal answer → Declare414 AcrossReveal answer → Colour314 AcrossReveal answer → Desert animal516 AcrossReveal answer → High fliers showing Christopher points516 AcrossReveal answer → Still317 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent star turn417 AcrossReveal answer → Eyelid inflammation417 AcrossReveal answer → Urn418 AcrossReveal answer → Treated abrasively, I ran out519 AcrossReveal answer → Rot519 AcrossReveal answer → Pattern520 AcrossReveal answer → That artist fellow at the end of the street521 AcrossReveal answer → Provincial521 AcrossReveal answer → Declined522 AcrossReveal answer → Build522 AcrossReveal answer → To live among soldiers brings mockery522 AcrossReveal answer → Concert piece that never fails423 AcrossReveal answer → Refined723 AcrossReveal answer → Appointment423 AcrossReveal answer → Ostentation524 AcrossReveal answer → It's truly hard to say if you're drunk526 AcrossReveal answer → Plunged526 AcrossReveal answer → Small twig526 AcrossReveal answer → A burden to shoulder328 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain pass328 AcrossReveal answer → I'm too long making pictures629 AcrossReveal answer → Sense429 AcrossReveal answer → To loll629 AcrossReveal answer → Outer appearance630 AcrossReveal answer → Joan, or possibly Shannon Tweed630 AcrossReveal answer → Ovum330 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part431 AcrossReveal answer → Start to make love to a writer431 AcrossReveal answer → Sledge832 AcrossReveal answer → Being stretched, no longer nursed832 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge432 AcrossReveal answer → Best533 AcrossReveal answer → In distress, she's visibly upset633 AcrossReveal answer → Votes in633 AcrossReveal answer → Simpler635 AcrossReveal answer → Courteous636 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade537 AcrossReveal answer → Rotated638 AcrossReveal answer → Beat639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Shriek61 DownReveal answer → University grounds61 DownReveal answer → A bounder's garment?61 DownReveal answer → He's after a bird for contributions62 DownReveal answer → Hairpiece62 DownReveal answer → Desired62 DownReveal answer → A gas none may produce43 DownReveal answer → Incitement43 DownReveal answer → Always43 DownReveal answer → French game?74 DownReveal answer → Causing laughter74 DownReveal answer → Nowadays54 DownReveal answer → Fact55 DownReveal answer → Cap55 DownReveal answer → An artist like 21 Across55 DownReveal answer → Paradise46 DownReveal answer → Lamb? No, but minced steak56 DownReveal answer → Umbilicus56 DownReveal answer → Bird67 DownReveal answer → Staggered68 DownReveal answer → Conservative48 DownReveal answer → A bit of a boaster, presumably pretty hot48 DownReveal answer → Man's name39 DownReveal answer → Where to make a start in driving39 DownReveal answer → Incidentally, plain-clothes officers312 DownReveal answer → Produce eggs312 DownReveal answer → Point to the jug that's more modern513 DownReveal answer → Trace713 DownReveal answer → Belief513 DownReveal answer → Happen again515 DownReveal answer → A better judge?515 DownReveal answer → Utter515 DownReveal answer → Kingly516 DownReveal answer → Sound518 DownReveal answer → Musical speed518 DownReveal answer → The record book518 DownReveal answer → Heartily affable and extremely nice319 DownReveal answer → Drain519 DownReveal answer → Speck319 DownReveal answer → He goes by motorway for miles320 DownReveal answer → Head covering320 DownReveal answer → Some Londoners live there with shelter in mind721 DownReveal answer → Baggage721 DownReveal answer → Permit321 DownReveal answer → Marry322 DownReveal answer → Has two ways of ensuring silence?322 DownReveal answer → Narrow brooch322 DownReveal answer → Submissive623 DownReveal answer → Area of the cricket field useful when it rains?623 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately424 DownReveal answer → Result624 DownReveal answer → Unusual need for a garden424 DownReveal answer → Minor625 DownReveal answer → One trying to get a half of beer after the match?625 DownReveal answer → Kicks out625 DownReveal answer → Haggard motorcylist?526 DownReveal answer → Roofing tile526 DownReveal answer → Portmanteau627 DownReveal answer → Talks wildly of some strange disorder527 DownReveal answer → Cuban dance527 DownReveal answer → Vehicle328 DownReveal answer → Fraud628 DownReveal answer → Rose's joint?328 DownReveal answer → Having fishy connections, they're often bent430 DownReveal answer → Monetary penalty430 DownReveal answer → Strayed530 DownReveal answer → Yawned531 DownReveal answer → Yield433 DownReveal answer → Additional434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 4, 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.