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Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 WickedBAD3Across4 DashDART4Across6 RotatedTURNED6Across8 EditREVISE6Across9 The branch denuded, stopsLEAVESOFF9Across9 UnablePOWERLESS9Across9 AnimalYAK3Across10 AlternativelyOTHERWISE9Across10 With love, then, one’s out to winONTHENOSE9Across10 Grasp the little branchTWIG4Across12 UnderBELOW5Across12 FlatEVEN4Across12 Fight against the sleep one’s engulfed byRESIST6Across13 InstantMOMENT6Across13 Increase when a relation, Meg, wanders inAUGMENT7Across14 AnsweredREPLIED7Across14 AdmissionENTRY5Across14 Make into a drawerMAGNETISE9Across15 LassoNOOSE5Across15 UtterDOWNRIGHT9Across15 Having lain crumpled right inside, from a minor fallLIGHTRAIN9Across17 GuardBEEFEATER9Across17 Let slip one had ceased to have anything to do withDROPPED7Across18 JoyDELIGHT7Across18 GuardDEFEND6Across18 AbundancePLENTY6Across19 Hut the retiring worker is accommodated inSHANTY6Across19 ThreadbareFRAYED6Across20 ResoundECHO4Across20 Get hitched, we’re told, to a foreignerTHAI4Across20 Turned out again to have been rectifiedREDRESSED9Across23 SteeplejackSPIDERMAN9Across23 Old-fashionedDATED5Across24 Position of control gained by the superior workerUPPERHAND9Across25 BeggarMENDICANT9Across25 MarSPOIL5Across26 Bordering on the miserlyNEAR4Across26 TreesELMS4Across26 The royal quartet are about to put in an appearanceARRIVE6Across27 RoadSTREET6Across27 DrabDINGY5Across28 GameCRICKET7Across29 Procrastinated, which is indeed unprofessionalDELAYED7Across29 MorassBOG3Across30 Had hallucinations, as carpenters are wont to doSAWTHINGS9Across32 LastingPERMANENT9Across32 EludeESCAPE6Across32 RebelRIOTER6Across33 BorderEDGE4Across34 RiddleCONUNDRUM9Across34 If the tree is barren, it’s no goodFRUITLESS9Across34 FeedNOURISH7Across35 BathTUB3Across35 More unhappy about the way you swagger and talk boastfullyBLUSTER7Across35 WaveROLLER6Across36 Sea-eagleERNE4Across36 Though having examined carefully, had been cheatedCONNED6Across36 Get cooler, but don’t freeze!STIR4Across37 ConcealHIDE4Across37 The joker who helped you get the boot off?LEGPULLER9Across38 DockerSTEVEDORE9Across38 The effect they have on cars is bafflingSILENCERS9Across39 MeddleINTERFERE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExcellentSPLENDID8Down1 Badly scheduled just for when you got the flu?ILLTIMED8Down1 FlowerSWEETWILLIAM12Down2 DwellingHOUSE5Down2 Being useless, but being quite unaware of itHAVINGNOIDEA12Down2 ForgiveCONDONE7Down3 ImploredBESOUGHT8Down3 With it, is there always romance in the air?LOVEBIRD8Down3 The position is bad: treacherous conditions underfootOFFICE6Down4 AgreementASSENT6Down4 CorpseBODY4Down4 GloomyDARK4Down5 After all, I scamper back to get something to eatTORTILLA8Down5 LightPORTABLE8Down5 CouchDIVAN5Down6 DanceCHARLESTON10Down6 A vertical ascent is, trulySTRAIGHTUP10Down6 ReticenceRESERVE7Down7 CaughtTRAPPED7Down7 Heavy wig they are adjustingWEIGHTY7Down7 RookieTENDERFOOT10Down8 Didn’t forget: Confined to the home to look afterKEPTINMIND10Down8 Margaret getting a first love letterOMEGA5Down11 DonkeyASS3Down11 FoolIDIOT5Down11 TenderBID3Down12 GainedWON3Down13 TornRAGGED6Down16 Saw the good seed was scattered all aboutESPIED6Down16 UnusualODD3Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 BroochPIN3Down19 UncoveredEXPOSED7Down19 Reputed, when I left, to be unhappySAD3Down19 SillyCRACKBRAINED12Down21 ColourRED3Down21 A song and dance about the closenessHEAVYWEATHER12Down21 A band concealed by the diminutive sleeve?ARMLET6Down22 HirelingMINION6Down22 FattyADIPOSE7Down22 Reminds one, in an alarming sort of way?RINGSABELL10Down23 SomnolenceSLEEPINESS10Down23 ParchedDRY3Down23 Bound to top the list of fare in a Chinese restaurantSPRINGROLL10Down24 MaternityMOTHERHOOD10Down24 FussADO3Down25 Pronouncing the vowels in “exercise”USE3Down25 RugMAT3Down25 SillyINANE5Down27 WrungEXTORTED8Down28 If you’re lacking confidence, it’s not safeINSECURE8Down28 VerdantGREEN5Down29 JoinsCONNECTS8Down29 Just two terribly?DEUCEDLY8Down29 ModeratedTEMPERED8Down30 In misery, first goes into put some clothes onDISTRESS8Down30 DefeatBEAT4Down30 Gags and keeps in confinementSHUTSUP7Down31 SailorMARINER7Down31 ClutchGRAB4Down31 Having called, we’re told, had managed to extract fromWRUNG5Down33 AwakenROUSE5Down33 In the end, delve about inFINISH6Down34 DogCOLLIE6Down34

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