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Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
NeedleSTYLUS6Across1 CabTAXI4Across1 Is bound to have a net return if you hurryHASTEN6Across1 ChartMAP3Across4 GenuineREAL4Across6 Baker's dozenTHIRTEEN8Across7 Happened to be the person commanding a dog, like a setterOCCURRED8Across7 CutlerySILVER6Across8 Perfidious producer of pork piesLIAR4Across8 Not at homeAWAY4Across8 PassionateARDENT6Across9 MooseELK3Across10 Compete with a backward girl for a placeVIENNA6Across10 Cold dessertTRIFLE6Across10 Work upEXCITE6Across11 As seen by the couple about to back usVISUAL6Across11 SpriteGENIE5Across12 OwingDUE3Across14 Heavenly end for many a RussianSKY3Across14 LaxLOOSE5Across14 WaterwayCANAL5Across15 HostelHOTEL5Across16 Like the doubtful activities of a sharkFISHY5Across16 Crazy contribution to diet?NUTS4Across17 ChristmasNOEL4Across17 EraseDELETE6Across18 Lily-like creature?TIGER5Across19 RefundREPAY5Across19 TrialORDEAL6Across20 One eating a piece of celery with too much noiseDINER5Across21 TribunalFORUM5Across21 The bulletin's incomplete, you'll admitLETIN5Across22 BroadenWIDEN5Across22 Assist in crimeABET4Across23 Driven crazy by the EnglishMADE4Across23 IrrigateWATER5Across24 NutPECAN5Across26 StopCEASE5Across26 To mature, a bit of a writer needs a penRIPEN5Across26 Bird fabled to devastate much cornROC3Across28 CelebrationPARTY5Across28 FalsehoodLIE3Across28 Really trying to get the opposition dismissedALLOUT6Across29 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Across29 Pig-penSTY3Across30 ComparesLIKENS6Across30 Prepared to be featheredTARRED6Across30 Go back again with a man-eaterOGRE4Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across31 Be inclined to rely rashly on going carefully!TENDERLY8Across32 UselessFUTILE6Across32 TyrantAUTOCRAT8Across32 Joining up the southeastern flankSEWING6Across33 ShrewdASTUTE6Across33 SoldiersTROOPS6Across33 ShoutYELL4Across34 FranticMAD3Across35 GangCREW4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Exactly correctSPOTON6Down1 Lovely place, this port out EastHEAVEN6Down1 LivingALIVE5Down2 Considers the endless requirements in printingTHINKS6Down2 LegalLAWFUL6Down2 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Down3 BillINVOICE7Down3 Batty TV character?NORA4Down3 If cruel, could be the devil!LUCIFER7Down4 AdditionalMORE4Down4 Welsh townWREXHAM7Down4 SummitPEAK4Down5 DeserveMERIT5Down5 Giant visibly very different from Cyclops!ARGUS5Down5 WirelessRADIO5Down6 Not even fully finished, strangely enoughODDLY5Down6 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Down6 Memory-lossAMNESIA7Down7 AssistantAIDE4Down8 In a terrible struggle, it's for fearLEST4Down8 Alcoholic drinkALE3Down9 Some article on New YorkANY3Down9 MeadowLEA3Down11 Title of various IraniansSIR3Down12 DeityGOD3Down12 ShyCOY3Down12 Steam needed to get forwardAHEAD5Down13 ConsumeEAT3Down13 TautTENSE5Down13 Brimless capBERET5Down15 A car for James Bond's boss, noteMINIM5Down15 NovelNEW3Down16 FateLOT3Down17 Possibly unlit beforeUNTIL5Down18 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down18 Great, maybe, but still a small birdTIT3Down19 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 StickROD3Down19 Genetic information?GEN3Down20 Play on wordsPUN3Down20 Study an eccentric dude getting strippedDENUDED7Down21 MaterialREP3Down21 FundFINANCE7Down21 SevereDRASTIC7Down22 ConflictWAR3Down22 The French love this forenameLEO3Down22 Self-defenceAIKIDO6Down23 Next day, a more shortened lineMORROW6Down23 BalladLAY3Down23 Sugar plantBEET4Down24 In one unit of land, see another!ACRE4Down24 SamplesTASTES6Down25 Ultimately a happy one?ENDING6Down25 AsternAFT3Down25 Displeased, being infested?RATTY5Down26 HeathenPAGAN5Down26 MotionlessSTILL5Down27 PricesCOSTS5Down27 A sound, if cheap, drinkPLONK5Down27 CoverLID3Down28 Cloth or paperRAG3Down28 CaptionTITLE5Down29 Little things of Toyah's? Ah, no!TOYS4Down30 AppearSEEM4Down30 LatvianLETT4Down30 LengthYARD4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. 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.