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Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
WarehouseDEPOT5Across1 The outcome of the exerciseSWEAT5Across1 FeelingSENSE5Across2 For airmen, hopping on this is a low practiceHEDGE5Across6 FrolicsROMPS5Across6 HarmonyUNITY5Across7 RotDECAY5Across8 UproarRUCTION7Across9 Mother suffered from being badly spokenMUMBLED7Across9 WeirdEERIE5Across10 Post offREMIT5Across10 Sound the organ madeGROAN5Across10 BefitsSUITS5Across11 It's foolish to be very close to the batSILLY5Across11 MergesFUSES5Across12 Feel one has to check out conflicting directionsSENSE5Across12 MorassBOG3Across12 ShortageDEFICIT7Across13 Stories of explosionsREPORTS7Across13 ForceIMPEL5Across13 Look on the initial ball as a high one!LOB3Across15 GladPLEASED7Across15 Male swanCOB3Across15 Nothing but clamour in ValhallaODIN4Across17 HarvestedREAPED6Across17 SoonANON4Across17 Where the boats are, of course, nominally femaleMARINA6Across18 Leisurely walkSTROLL6Across18 AsternAFT3Across19 To me, half London can be at the waterside getting fruit!MELON5Across19 AnnoyedIRATE5Across19 Dog, red as the evening sun?SETTER6Across20 A dogsbodyDRUDGE6Across20 SatanTEMPTER7Across20 In making a pit, soil is disturbedSILO4Across22 Speed contestRACE4Across22 WearyTIRE4Across23 Actually it's longer than a summer afternoon!ERA3Across24 Sweet potatoYAM3Across24 EntranceDOOR4Across25 CultivateDEVELOP7Across25 Player in a dramatic substitutionSTANDIN7Across25 Maybe Tim's a hothead with this surnameSMITH5Across26 UncoveredEXPOSED7Across26 Card gamePOKER5Across26 Provide foodCATER5Across27 Bad organisationMAFIA5Across27 You can shift it out of satinSTAIN5Across28 Apt to cryWEEPY5Across28 Great movieTITANIC7Across29 Gymnast's costumeLEOTARD7Across29 Well-known in association with a mediumFAMED5Across30 NuisancesPESTS5Across30 BedCOT3Across30 ScreamsYELLS5Across31 InventDEVISE6Across31 Pulls out of a hotel because of the ruffiansTHUGS5Across31 BarredSTRIPED7Across34 CollierMINER5Across37 ChildTOT3Across38 OutcomingDEBUT5Across39 DissuadeDETER5Across40 ScopeRANGE5Across41 Fishing-basketCREEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GoblinGNOME5Down1 NumberELEVEN6Down2 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down2 The war at sea started to hot up!WARMED6Down2 Female deadlier than the maleAMAZON6Down3 LaceholeEYELET6Down3 SourceORIGIN6Down3 MistakeSLIP4Down4 Vessel used by stunt menTUN3Down4 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down4 DiscussedDEBATED7Down5 Might their music produce boos out East?OBOES5Down5 SwaggerSTRUT5Down5 BetWAGER5Down6 It's a bit like sacking a GermanHESSIAN7Down6 Flower-shaped badgeROSETTE7Down6 A fat free diet is too much for herEDIE4Down7 BurdenONUS4Down7 Quantity maybe nearly all goneGALLON6Down8 Car fuelPETROL6Down8 LettuceCOS3Down9 PassedELAPSED7Down11 Direct the short way at all timesSTEER5Down12 FilamentFIBRE5Down12 AngryIRATE5Down13 BeauDANDY5Down13 Agitate for the right to fresh running waterROUSE5Down13 ClergymanPADRE5Down14 Such bread lets you fill the hollow withinPITTA5Down14 AssemblyFORUM5Down14 Numerals in black and blueLIVID5Down15 Pinkish-orange colourCORAL5Down15 NewtEFT3Down16 Electronic soundBLEEP5Down16 One a policeman may have to nab, possibly?BATON5Down16 SignifiedDENOTED7Down18 GuideSTEER5Down18 Filling it may be a piece of cakeMOUTH5Down18 There's only a dimmer possibility that she exists!MERMAID7Down19 DisregardsIGNORES7Down19 Not a single mistake!ERRATA6Down21 PlunderRAVAGE6Down21 BirdROBIN5Down21 EbbRECEDE6Down22 Pinch one's noseSNITCH6Down22 CommandORDER5Down22 ForceCOMPEL6Down23 Quick to provide a cleric's needLIVING6Down23 ArousedEXCITED7Down24 DeceaseDEATH5Down25 Dried plant product, a treatment for wartsSTRAW5Down25 That of the building opposite?SITE4Down26 Animal skinPELT4Down26 BurstPOP3Down27 It's wrong to take a rest!SIT3Down28 Dryly humorousWRY3Down28 ModestDEMURE6Down28 SpeakUTTER5Down29 EssentialVITAL5Down32 MaterialSERGE5Down33 DecayROT3Down35 CaribouDEER4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. 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.