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Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
TumbleFALL4Across1 TearRIP3Across4 BoulderROCK4Across6 Argued the cricketer must be seen in actionDEBATED7Across8 RelatedKINDRED7Across8 RepugnantOBNOXIOUS9Across9 EveryALL3Across9 When you’re being formal, doRECEPTION9Across9 FindDISCOVER8Across10 ThoughtIDEA4Across11 Turn the small mug roundTWIST5Across13 Stringed instrumentBANJO5Across13 European noblemanCOUNT5Across14 MineralORE3Across14 Am to blame for bringing back from N. ItalyPARMA5Across14 Body of citizen soldiersMILITIA7Across15 Make up for having overcharged?LIGHTEN7Across15 Say to the chaps to turn it overMENTION7Across16 ExistenceBEING5Across16 AntiquatedARCHAIC7Across16 ClergymanCANON5Across17 Gets level with and produces the gunDRAWS5Across17 WandererNOMAD5Across18 The police break it openFORCE5Across18 AbandonedDESERTED8Across19 A bit quiet; embarrassedSHRED5Across20 Female relativeNIECE5Across20 CapBERET5Across21 RewardBOUNTY6Across22 Give way and shut upBUCKLE6Across22 MurdererKILLER6Across23 IndustriousDILIGENT8Across23 To show in, I even produced a keyEVINCE6Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across24 FirearmSHOTGUN7Across25 Old soldier his superior officers discharge?COSSACK7Across25 Pub employeeBARMAID7Across27 Don’t stop to make a fuss aboutCARRYON7Across27 ConsumeEAT3Across27 Seasoned sausageSALAMI6Across30 Had I not trained myself to be never lateONTIME6Across30 JettyPIER4Across31 Thin on the groundSPARSE6Across31 He waded, foolishly, right inEDWARD6Across31 Has an impact on that leaves a lasting impressionDENTS5Across32 StratumLAYER5Across32 StirredAGITATED8Across33 Golf pegTEE3Across34 Determine what the joint share-out will beCARVE5Across35 WirelessRADIO5Across35 GraspedHELD4Across35 Sound one out when one’s come inNOISE5Across36 RestraintsCURBS5Across36 SilenceGAG3Across36 Took a time, being dead beat, to get dressedATTIRED7Across37 Dirt and filthSQUALOR7Across37 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across37 The balance of the new rise unpaid as yetRESIDUE7Across39 EndangerIMPERIL7Across39 Just a second - hang on! Don’t be so miserly!SPEND5Across41 PlanetPLUTO5Across41 Will sycophants who do so get nowhere fast?CRAWL5Across42 Blacksmith's blockANVIL5Across42 One you fiddle with to open and close?BOWWINDOW9Across43 AbundantPLENTIFUL9Across43 One way or another, ring me during the performanceSOMEHOW7Across44 Turn downDECLINE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Get out of callingRESIGN6Down1 Open-air mealPICNIC6Down1 RecommendADVOCATE8Down2 It was shivering in the end. That’s what made it coldEASTWIND8Down2 GreedyAVID4Down2 ColourPEACOCKBLUE11Down3 Not revealing that one’s slowing the progress ofKEEPINGBACK11Down3 ShortageLACK4Down3 StubbornOBSTINATE9Down4 Book in a restaurant that’s accessibleGETATABLE9Down4 ReturnedREVERTED8Down4 SaucyPERT4Down5 SleepingDORMANT7Down5 Are rearranging the roster - he’s not imagining itREALIST7Down5 ElevateRAISE5Down6 Period of 1000 yearsMILLENNIUM10Down6 What makes you so hot on acting?STAGEFEVER10Down6 ElderlyOLD3Down7 Flat-bottomed boatPUNT4Down7 Thunder “Run away!”BOLT4Down7 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down8 AcquireOBTAIN6Down10 Gets out the remnants left standingSTUMPS6Down10 ReliefSUCCOUR7Down11 Make a coloured holster for the gunPRODUCE7Down11 BorderedEDGED5Down12 That blessed thing!SNEEZE6Down12 PantryLARDER6Down12 AdvantageASSET5Down13 SphereORB3Down14 WeirdEERIE5Down15 BuryINTER5Down17 CircumferenceGIRTH5Down18 In need of a tonic, you findRUNDOWN7Down19 SootheMOLLIFY7Down19 PostponingDELAYING8Down20 Breathed outEXHALED7Down21 Bird table with a hole in itROOSTER7Down21 BirdTIT3Down22 Found, when one engaged staffLAIDHANDSON11Down24 ThirteenBAKERSDOZEN11Down24 ChosenELITE5Down25 Percussion instrumentTAMBOURINE10Down26 Be no longer boiling about, though still in a stew?SIMMERDOWN10Down26 StrayedERRED5Down26 Opening the door to a day jobADMISSION9Down28 Car engine partSPARKPLUG9Down28 SuspendHANG4Down28 Say when inside we had lost our resolveWAVERED7Down29 AbruptBRUSQUE7Down29 FrontFACE4Down29 UniteWELD4Down30 Happens to have upset the house dogsOCCURS6Down30 VileSORDID6Down30 PraiseworthyLAUDABLE8Down32 Noticed when one was playing the sleuth?DETECTED8Down32 FishEEL3Down32 Lumber from the seatSADDLE6Down33 SeldomRARELY6Down33 ApplaudACCLAIM7Down34 Shakily insert the N in “imprisons”INTERNS7Down34 AliveLIVING6Down38 An inducement to use your headREASON6Down38 Still trySHOT4Down40 TabletPILL4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 5, 2018. 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.