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Evening Standard Crossword October 8 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 8 2021 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#
TrampledTROD4Across1 NoiseDIN3Across4 CutGASH4Across6 FragileDELICATE8Across9 EdgeLIP3Across9 It's humiliating to be ordered to alightCOMEDOWN8Across9 The sun fish is taillessSOL3Across10 PoisedBALANCED8Across10 AlsoTOO3Across10 Pull a number backwards and forwardsONWARD6Across11 BetweenAMID4Across11 CoylyARCHLY6Across11 She's knocking drink back at "The Galloping Nag"ANGELA6Across12 TakeACCEPT6Across12 FelineLEOPARD7Across13 He's coming down - for the day!TRIPPER7Across13 Nonsense! It's almost too quiet!TOSH4Across14 FrenziedMAD3Across14 WickedEVIL4Across14 A slight shake of the head in it will reveal somethingSHEDALIGHT10Across15 SkilledPROFICIENT10Across15 FlatLEVEL5Across16 Pretend to be in front? How could you!FORSHAME8Across17 PlantLARKSPUR8Across17 ContrivedMANAGED7Across18 Means to get the daughter into tennis-playingINTENDS7Across18 ThereforeERGO4Across19 Bringing the guns back, he hopes to make a quick profitSTAG4Across19 SickDISEASED8Across19 AlludeREFER5Across21 RottenADDLED6Across21 I met the crooked Denis in prisonINSIDE6Across21 DeputyDELEGATE8Across23 Acknowledging one was wrong to have taken the seat?STANDINGCORRECTED17Across24 FleeingTAKINGTOONESHEELS17Across24 EachEVERY5Across24 TearRIP3Across27 Concealed inside, the bird did damageHIDDEN6Across27 InfuriateMADDEN6Across27 FormerLATE4Across29 It would be prudent to read the letters aloudWISE4Across29 Cocktail ingredientsSHRIMPS7Across30 SupposePRESUME7Across30 Ran offFLED4Across31 UrgentPRESSING8Across33 ExaggeratedOVERDONE8Across33 Making speed from the strongholdFASTNESS8Across33 YouthLAD3Across34 CautiousWARY4Across35 Only second-hand goods, but we're used to thatNOTHINGNEW10Across35 EndCONCLUSION10Across35 The front and the baseSTEM4Across36 AttemptTRY3Across36 InsectsANTS4Across36 ObligationDUTY4Across37 Cold, in a Gallic sort of wayGLACIAL7Across37 StopPREVENT7Across37 MaterialVELVET6Across38 It takes an hour one way - trulyHONEST6Across38 ShedLEANTO6Across40 It's sheer nonsense taking time offROTTEN6Across40 ChildTOT3Across41 I say! Look!EYE3Across41 ShrinkCONTRACT8Across42 Don't notice that you can see from aboveOVERLOOK8Across42

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Find out how many employees there are and how they're votingCOUNTHANDS10Down1 FruitREDCURRANT10Down1 ConcealHIDE4Down2 Said it's an irritation: the vet can treat itPEKE4Down2 PeruseREAD4Down2 FragmentPARTICLE8Down3 Added up to, when one had carried the whole lot insideTOTALLED8Down3 HaulDRAG4Down3 AnsweredREPLIED7Down4 Acting the part of the Western traveller?ONSTAGE7Down4 DeadDECEASED8Down4 NakedNUDE4Down5 PubliclyFORALLTOSEE11Down5 Feminine lingerie - for the junior missSLIPOFAGIRL11Down5 ClearingGLADE5Down6 NonsenseBALDERDASH10Down6 Not many between three and sixFOURORFIVE10Down6 ObjectiveAIM3Down7 EntryACCESS6Down7 Twig it's not your own hairSWITCH6Down7 MaliceSPITE5Down8 HeightALTITUDE8Down8 Supposed to have been overboldPRESUMED8Down8 Hours at work that go very quicklySHIFT5Down10 FishTROUT5Down10 SayingADAGE5Down12 CustomUSAGE5Down13 SpoilMAR3Down14 PostponeDEFER5Down15 StampedFRANKED7Down16 The reactionary I'd heard aboutDIEHARD7Down16 ClergymanVICAR5Down17 BeauLOVER5Down18 PerchROOST5Down20 Signs of parasitesTICKS5Down20 LiberationDELIVERY8Down20 MaterialREP3Down22 Environment in which one's working as a hairdresserSETTING7Down22 AttiresDRESSES7Down22 How you got both rattled quickly?INTWOSHAKES11Down23 AnyhowATALLEVENTS11Down23 You're soon going to get fed up hearing itDINNERGONG10Down25 HouseVILLA5Down25 FoolNINCOMPOOP10Down25 The blue area on the weather map?DEPRESSION10Down26 RedRUDDY5Down26 SleepinessSOMNOLENCE10Down26 PlaceSPOT4Down28 Can I run into trouble working?INACTION8Down28 LentADVANCED8Down28 EmployedUSED4Down29 TangleKNOT4Down30 Increase, breaking the hingeHEIGHTEN8Down31 GermaneRELEVANT8Down31 SpikeEAR3Down32 Readily availableINSTOCK7Down32 Isn't prepared to invest the lot, anyhow, in an English exportSTILTON7Down32 RebellionRISING6Down34 To begin with, mother has to provide foodTOMATO6Down34 It would be simple to put one in the hubNAIVE5Down35 SwindleCHEAT5Down35 EnticeLURE4Down39 Backing, put a pound on for herNOLA4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 8, 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.