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Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 9 2019. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Request forcibly61 AcrossReveal answer → Meat41 AcrossReveal answer → Dismissive thing to say to a tout, at some stage61 AcrossReveal answer → Enthusiast34 AcrossReveal answer → Mature46 AcrossReveal answer → Outer87 AcrossReveal answer → Short measure for Henry Bird87 AcrossReveal answer → Sleep68 AcrossReveal answer → On a fork, could it be only one in ten?48 AcrossReveal answer → Melody48 AcrossReveal answer → Movement69 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed310 AcrossReveal answer → Go to bed when, in town, the night has only started610 AcrossReveal answer → Tentacle610 AcrossReveal answer → Bluish-black element611 AcrossReveal answer → Clay model of a flying saucer?611 AcrossReveal answer → Shin-bone512 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name314 AcrossReveal answer → Free love is too much for this swimmer314 AcrossReveal answer → Shroud514 AcrossReveal answer → Track515 AcrossReveal answer → Cold dish516 AcrossReveal answer → Swear to devise cures516 AcrossReveal answer → Acts like females417 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment417 AcrossReveal answer → Imperial unit618 AcrossReveal answer → Arthur Doyle's other name519 AcrossReveal answer → Truncheon519 AcrossReveal answer → Between620 AcrossReveal answer → It's in China, in the south, unanimously agreed521 AcrossReveal answer → Faithful521 AcrossReveal answer → The man put out is angry and excited522 AcrossReveal answer → Anteroom522 AcrossReveal answer → Snooker rods423 AcrossReveal answer → It's only me again423 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned524 AcrossReveal answer → Severe abdominal pain526 AcrossReveal answer → Platform526 AcrossReveal answer → Showing a good deal of superiority526 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil a place by removing the gate?328 AcrossReveal answer → Taut528 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight328 AcrossReveal answer → Earth-shaking effect?629 AcrossReveal answer → Planet629 AcrossReveal answer → Tree330 AcrossReveal answer → Severe food shortage630 AcrossReveal answer → Split fruit?630 AcrossReveal answer → When following up, it's used as arrow poison431 AcrossReveal answer → Egress431 AcrossReveal answer → Makes nervous moves, perhaps, to join charmers at the Turk's Head832 AcrossReveal answer → Tallied632 AcrossReveal answer → State of being alone832 AcrossReveal answer → He amended the deed given attention633 AcrossReveal answer → Maintain633 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaning cloth633 AcrossReveal answer → Staunch434 AcrossReveal answer → Can335 AcrossReveal answer → Tale436 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Sketches61 DownReveal answer → Like an empty shell61 DownReveal answer → Boredom52 DownReveal answer → Supposes no pies are available62 DownReveal answer → A charm62 DownReveal answer → Ruminant mammal43 DownReveal answer → Stupid73 DownReveal answer → In Athens, but not now43 DownReveal answer → Like Violet perhaps, a movie queen?74 DownReveal answer → Insect44 DownReveal answer → Air spray74 DownReveal answer → Title45 DownReveal answer → Blacksmith's block55 DownReveal answer → The man who came to dinner55 DownReveal answer → Proportion56 DownReveal answer → Polished the shoe put out of the way56 DownReveal answer → Lose blood56 DownReveal answer → Operation77 DownReveal answer → Inform48 DownReveal answer → Of the Wood family, perhaps?48 DownReveal answer → Born39 DownReveal answer → There's nothing in backing a loser, initially39 DownReveal answer → Also311 DownReveal answer → As a weapon, a good one312 DownReveal answer → Tag312 DownReveal answer → Karate expert312 DownReveal answer → Rosie's willowy form513 DownReveal answer → Imitate313 DownReveal answer → Simplistic513 DownReveal answer → Stratum515 DownReveal answer → Extra pay is good for us515 DownReveal answer → Elderly316 DownReveal answer → Rodent317 DownReveal answer → This smell is nothing if not stubborn518 DownReveal answer → Detest vehemently518 DownReveal answer → In more ways than one, a scoring one?319 DownReveal answer → Irritable719 DownReveal answer → Young male319 DownReveal answer → A snooze on the carpet?320 DownReveal answer → Pitch320 DownReveal answer → Brave show of love amid fantastic riches721 DownReveal answer → Encountered321 DownReveal answer → Destructive insects721 DownReveal answer → Perfectly722 DownReveal answer → Flipper322 DownReveal answer → The moorland's border?322 DownReveal answer → Comedians623 DownReveal answer → Contrive to be a runner623 DownReveal answer → Fasten323 DownReveal answer → Single entity424 DownReveal answer → Their timely significance may come to our ears424 DownReveal answer → Kebab spike625 DownReveal answer → Being so excited, tipped ale over Edward625 DownReveal answer → Sicken325 DownReveal answer → Taste for exploring New York, for instance526 DownReveal answer → Oath526 DownReveal answer → Glimmer527 DownReveal answer → Serving spoon527 DownReveal answer → It's settled on a seat, this bird527 DownReveal answer → Levy328 DownReveal answer → Something to scale328 DownReveal answer → Sweetener529 DownReveal answer → Wild shrub lacking a centrepiece?430 DownReveal answer → Revise430 DownReveal answer → Give food to430 DownReveal answer → Chief431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.