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Evening Standard Crossword October 6 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 6 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
Asian riverGANGES6Across1 It has a gentle wriggleMAGGOT6Across1 FeelGROPE5Across2 Wide viewPANORAMA8Across7 SnakeCOBRA5Across7 Not an RAF weapon, though it's built into the planeAEROFOIL8Across7 Highly regarded part of CaerphillyHILL4Across8 RestrictLIMIT5Across8 CouchSOFA4Across8 We may take the seal to be another animal altogetherWEASEL6Across10 Go inENTER5Across10 BanishDEPORT6Across10 Be emphatic about the pressureSTRESS6Across11 TinyMINUTE6Across11 VehicleVAN3Across12 QuiltDUVET5Across13 Very hot and bothered at lastRED3Across14 Girl's nameAMY3Across14 LivedRESIDED7Across15 In more or less chaotic stage parts!ROLES5Across16 HerbCUMIN5Across16 Pays unfairly and cries!YAPS4Across17 ActiveSPRY4Across17 PeruserREADER6Across17 He partners '12 Down' in the BibleHEROD5Across19 RotterCAD3Across19 Oval nutPECAN5Across19 DecipheredDECODED7Across20 Historic air liner still possibly seen in the skyCOMET5Across21 DeadlyFATAL5Across21 FilletedBONED5Across22 To a youngster it can mean something extraTOPUP5Across22 ManufacturedMADE4Across23 Figure the short answer to be 'trucks'VANS4Across23 CouplePAIR4Across23 FaceDIAL4Across25 DedicatedDEVOTED7Across26 A cry, little lady, a cry of pain!MIAOW5Across26 Wall paintingMURAL5Across26 ThusSIC3Across28 Ask humbly to avoid answering a question?BEG3Across28 The former fellow's probably retiredOLDMAN6Across29 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 ConiferFIR3Across30 It's a case of 'when you win, you lose'MISERE6Across30 ThroughoutDURING6Across30 Social crawlers robbing peasants of foodANTS4Across31 EbbRECEDE6Across31 InterpretREAD4Across31 It's done when there's a blast of fresh air in an open vehicleSWINDLED8Across32 Badges of officeINSIGNIA8Across32 Be a recruit in the possibly silent serviceENLIST6Across33 Noisy breathingWHEEZE6Across33 DisheartenDEPRESS7Across34 WagonLORRY5Across37 VegetablePEA3Across38 KeenEAGER5Across39 MadnessMANIA5Across40 ListTABLE5Across41 SpreeREVEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Island at the point of no returnMIDWAY6Down1 Move smoothlyGLIDES6Down1 RascalROGUE5Down1 DismalGLOOMY6Down2 Appearances can be deceptive, I guessGUISES6Down2 AvariceGREED5Down2 QuarrelSPAT4Down3 Thanks for the fifty quid - I can hardly believe it!TALL4Down3 RavedRANTED6Down3 NoblemanPEER4Down4 FunnyCOMICAL7Down4 Dance led by a hunted animal at an easy paceFOXTROT7Down4 PartedDIVIDED7Down5 New way to make love (by the book)NOVEL5Down5 FactDATUM5Down5 CollierMINER5Down6 RefugeHAVEN5Down6 Something 'see through'GLASS5Down6 Box, in trainingSPAR4Down8 Keep talking pluckily?HARP4Down8 Cook in oilFRY3Down9 FrenziedMAD3Down9 Was in front for less than the whole distanceLED3Down9 RegainRECOVER7Down11 Had he the right to do wrong?ROD3Down12 Religious sisterNUN3Down12 Young girl between six and nine initiallySEVEN5Down13 TimorousTIMID5Down13 HangDRAPE5Down13 InsipidVAPID5Down14 Uncle's about to sum upREMUS5Down15 DiscourageDETER5Down15 UnhappySAD3Down16 HaughtyPROUD5Down18 ContritionREMORSE7Down18 She just has time for a showerAPRIL5Down18 Cooking vesselPAN3Down19 Beethoven's fifth opus is a dance!HOP3Down19 BounderCAD3Down20 A salesman of fireplaces?REP3Down20 They're too afraid of the farm animals at the sides of a roadCOWARDS7Down21 EaterDINER5Down21 LeafageFOLIAGE7Down21 PassageALLEY5Down22 ForbidBAN3Down22 The man from the Ministry of Transport?TOM3Down22 IllusionMIRAGE6Down23 Did such virgins employ valets?VESTAL6Down23 Not all the ravages are due to time!AGES4Down24 ChorusREFRAIN7Down24 Corrosive substanceACID4Down24 Chaste sort of animal unlike '22 Down'SHECAT6Down25 Railway locomotiveENGINE6Down25 SorceryMAGIC5Down26 Quiet piece of computer equipmentMOUSE5Down26 PerchROOST5Down27 StriveVIE3Down27 Office work for the new maid at the Nag's HeadADMIN5Down27 ProsecuteSUE3Down28 It's been mispronounced, this containerBIN3Down28 EraseDELETE6Down28 ReimburseREPAY5Down29 TieDRAW4Down30 Driven crazy by closing time!MADE4Down30 ColourCORAL5Down32 AmusingDROLL5Down33 EnclosurePEN3Down35 SecureSAFE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 6, 2022. 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.