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Evening Standard Crossword October 4 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 4 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Prickly plantCACTUS6Across1 PrivateSECRET6Across1 Mr Case, the punster?JUSTIN6Across1 ImproveBETTER6Across5 Wide viewPANORAMA8Across7 Each person is quite unexceptionalEVERYONE8Across7 He may give you a tootOTTO4Across8 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across8 ElectedVOTED5Across9 She doesn't look so cocky as her matePEAHEN6Across10 FittingPROPER6Across10 BredREARED6Across10 Emphasise that a cricket club net is brokenACCENT6Across11 Thin downDILUTE6Across11 ReproveREBUKE6Across11 BlackRAVEN5Across12 Observe and followSEE3Across14 DeclareAVER4Across14 ColourRED3Across14 Desert animalCAMEL5Across16 High fliers showing Christopher pointsKITES5Across16 StillYET3Across17 Rodent star turnRATS4Across17 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across17 UrnVASE4Across18 Treated abrasively, I ran outFILED5Across19 RotDECAY5Across19 PatternMODEL5Across20 That artist fellow at the end of the streetMANET5Across21 ProvincialLOCAL5Across21 DeclinedWANED5Across22 BuildPUTUP5Across22 To live among soldiers brings mockeryGIBES5Across22 Concert piece that never failsCERT4Across23 RefinedGENTEEL7Across23 AppointmentDATE4Across23 OstentationECLAT5Across24 It's truly hard to say if you're drunkRURAL5Across26 PlungedDIVED5Across26 Small twigSPRIG5Across26 A burden to shoulderHOD3Across28 Mountain passCOL3Across28 I'm too long making picturesIMAGES6Across29 SenseFEEL4Across29 To lollLOUNGE6Across29 Outer appearanceFACADE6Across30 Joan, or possibly Shannon TweedRIVERS6Across30 OvumEGG3Across30 Eye partIRIS4Across31 Start to make love to a writerOPEN4Across31 SledgeTOBOGGAN8Across32 Being stretched, no longer nursedEXTENDED8Across32 ChallengeDARE4Across32 BestCREAM5Across33 In distress, she's visibly upsetSISTER6Across33 Votes inELECTS6Across33 SimplerEASIER6Across35 CourteousPOLITE6Across36 DissuadeDETER5Across37 RotatedTURNED6Across38 BeatDEFEAT6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ShriekSCREAM6Down1 University groundsCAMPUS6Down1 A bounder's garment?JUMPER6Down1 He's after a bird for contributionsTITHES6Down2 HairpieceTOUPEE6Down2 DesiredCRAVED6Down2 A gas none may produceNEON4Down3 IncitementSPUR4Down3 AlwaysEVER4Down3 French game?CRICKET7Down4 Causing laughterCOMICAL7Down4 NowadaysTODAY5Down4 FactDATUM5Down5 CapBERET5Down5 An artist like 21 AcrossMONET5Down5 ParadiseEDEN4Down6 Lamb? No, but minced steakKEATS5Down6 UmbilicusNAVEL5Down6 BirdTOUCAN6Down7 StaggeredREELED6Down8 ConservativeTORY4Down8 A bit of a boaster, presumably pretty hotOAST4Down8 Man's nameTED3Down9 Where to make a start in drivingTEE3Down9 Incidentally, plain-clothes officersCID3Down12 Produce eggsLAY3Down12 Point to the jug that's more modernNEWER5Down13 TraceVESTIGE7Down13 BeliefTENET5Down13 Happen againRECUR5Down15 A better judge?FINER5Down15 UtterVOICE5Down15 KinglyREGAL5Down16 SoundVALID5Down18 Musical speedTEMPO5Down18 The record bookALBUM5Down18 Heartily affable and extremely niceFAB3Down19 DrainSEWER5Down19 SpeckDOT3Down19 He goes by motorway for milesLES3Down20 Head coveringCAP3Down20 Some Londoners live there with shelter in mindMILEEND7Down21 BaggageLUGGAGE7Down21 PermitLET3Down21 MarryWED3Down22 Has two ways of ensuring silence?GAG3Down22 Narrow broochPIN3Down22 SubmissiveDOCILE6Down23 Area of the cricket field useful when it rains?COVERS6Down23 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down24 ResultEFFECT6Down24 Unusual need for a gardenEDEN4Down24 MinorLESSER6Down25 One trying to get a half of beer after the match?TESTER6Down25 Kicks outEJECTS6Down25 Haggard motorcylist?RIDER5Down26 Roofing tileSLATE5Down26 PortmanteauVALISE6Down27 Talks wildly of some strange disorderRANTS5Down27 Cuban danceRUMBA5Down27 VehicleCAR3Down28 FraudDECEIT6Down28 Rose's joint?HIP3Down28 Having fishy connections, they're often bentRODS4Down30 Monetary penaltyFINE4Down30 StrayedERRED5Down30 YawnedGAPED5Down31 YieldCEDE4Down33 AdditionalMORE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. 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.