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Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2020 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#
WorryFRET4Across1 WhimFAD3Across4 MuddleMESS4Across6 Tissue-decaying diseaseGANGRENE8Across9 ToolAWL3Across9 Mull over and reckon to be not at homeTHINKOUT8Across9 That's the fifteenth letter from France he's gotLEO3Across10 ScatterDISPERSE8Across10 UnwellILL3Across10 Only about half ripe, suddenlyOPENLY6Across11 StaggerREEL4Across11 ActuallyREALLY6Across11 Of course I would need to be trained in itINDEED6Across12 Heavy foodSTODGE6Across12 Movement of vehiclesTRAFFIC7Across13 Report on again when you get backRECOVER7Across13 Fish from the highest pointTOPE4Across14 SphereORB3Across14 Rich soil mixtureLOAM4Across14 With which, up to no good, one tripped over the camp-stool?FELLINTENT10Across15 ImpartialityNEUTRALITY10Across15 FormSHAPE5Across16 Bottle up the remainder of the waterRESTRAIN8Across17 Odd-job-personHANDYMAN8Across17 Make more denseTHICKEN7Across18 Remained when I left to wander offMEANDER7Across18 Open pastryFLAN4Across19 She's some ballerina making a comebackELLA4Across19 ShoesFOOTWEAR8Across19 CompositionESSAY5Across21 Mould a raised designEMBOSS6Across21 Make a Green, somehow, see redENRAGE6Across21 PartSEPARATE8Across23 Having been told it was wrong to sit down?STANDINGCORRECTED17Across24 Jane Austen novelPRIDEANDPREJUDICE17Across24 AssessedRATED5Across24 ImmerseDIP3Across27 She's put in the wrong seat againTERESA6Across27 Housefly larvaMAGGOT6Across27 Green vegetableLEEK4Across29 Claim to have in one's possessionHOLD4Across29 Extremely tough fight to get a bronzeSPARTAN7Across30 Disease affecting livestockANTHRAX7Across30 DingyDRAB4Across31 ProofEVIDENCE8Across33 Car lightHEADLAMP8Across33 Very quick in giving me the rice to cookMETEORIC8Across33 FreezeICE3Across34 Ran offFLED4Across35 Remain impassive when you shake your headGIVENOSIGN10Across35 RobbersHIGHWAYMEN10Across35 Is going into the mountain due to bad visibilityMIST4Across36 ParchedDRY3Across36 Coal minesPITS4Across36 PourTEEM4Across37 Can I mend the torn net? It is oldANCIENT7Across37 Character in children's taleALADDIN7Across37 Withdraw statementRECANT6Across38 It's good to give fish to the illAILING6Across38 Wildlife tourSAFARI6Across40 Rush to fill upCHARGE6Across40 UntruthLIE3Across41 They're back numbers, childSON3Across41 EmbarrassedSHEEPISH8Across42 In which there are more likely to be donkeys than horses grazing!OILFIELD8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Always the same - having an excuse for not tippingCHANGELESS10Down1 Military vesselBATTLESHIP10Down1 Grew oldAGED4Down2 Give her some anemones to arrangeANNE4Down2 AttackRAID4Down2 Love songSERENADE8Down3 Make it small as opposed to thickCONDENSE8Down3 RibbonTAPE4Down3 Long-haired personBEATNIK7Down4 Began, you said, right in the middleSTARTED7Down4 CitadelFORTRESS8Down4 IntenseDEEP4Down5 Tense movieCLIFFHANGER11Down5 Score with the cryptic clue for "tray"CONVERTATRY11Down5 BogMARSH5Down6 Larded, braised veal filletFRICANDEAU10Down6 People try to act in itCOURTSCENE10Down6 SheepEWE3Down7 Edible grainBARLEY6Down7 Outstrip when restored to healthBETTER6Down7 SlumberSLEEP5Down8 CalendarsALMANACS8Down8 Looking quickly through the so-and-so book?FLIPPING8Down8 Left in charge of it, is permissibleLICIT5Down10 European countryITALY5Down10 TenderOFFER5Down12 BragBOAST5Down13 Be indebtedOWE3Down14 FoundedBASED5Down15 Sailing techniqueTACKING7Down16 It gives the pedigree one row at a timeLINEAGE7Down16 HorrifyAPPAL5Down17 EjectEXPEL5Down18 Temporary drop in qualityLAPSE5Down20 See California not as a visitor to itLOCAL5Down20 SwiftnessRAPIDITY8Down20 YelpYAP3Down22 Proceeds to give the answersRETURNS7Down22 England, commonlyBLIGHTY7Down22 Should that be so, where is it packed?INWHICHCASE11Down23 Hard to upsetUNFLAPPABLE11Down23 You, my love, are playing against the GermanDEARREADER10Down25 MonthAPRIL5Down25 Mercy killingEUTHANASIA10Down25 Be nice and don't thump the cards down on the table!DEALGENTLY10Down26 RecededEBBED5Down26 Great happinessELATEDNESS10Down26 GraspedHELD4Down28 Yes, figure protecting it makes senseEYESIGHT8Down28 New Yorker, for exampleAMERICAN8Down28 DispatchedSENT4Down29 PainACHE4Down30 Fix and clean, with difficulty, the spirePINNACLE8Down31 Factual filmNEWSREEL8Down31 ExpertACE3Down32 Worry greatlyAGONISE7Down32 Vain, too; out to get applauseOVATION7Down32 ConsternationDISMAY6Down34 The whole ten are mad with angerENTIRE6Down34 About military intelligence, is naiveGREEN5Down35 Barrier of shrubsHEDGE5Down35 CloakCAPE4Down39 Set by the boy to trap oneLAID4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 9, 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.