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Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
GreetingHELLO5Across1 Runs awayFLEES5Across3 They eat fish and are said to use skewersSKUAS5Across3 BabeINFANT6Across5 In a fearful state, father's not quite nicePANIC5Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 Cabbage varietySAVOY5Across8 ShopkeeperGROCER6Across10 Though notedly valuable, not the complete instrumentSTRAD5Across10 In that placeTHERE5Across10 ImageICON4Across11 In parenthesis, an assurance of correctnessSIC3Across11 VehicleVAN3Across11 Slow passage with many a wrong noteLENTO5Across12 Horseman's spearLANCE5Across12 Marine mammalDOLPHIN7Across13 Feeble fellow who extracts benefits at work?MILKSOP7Across13 ComfortSOLACE6Across14 RefugeHAVEN5Across15 CompetitionCONTEST7Across15 Rushes around causing a scareRACES5Across15 A name for the French window, initiallyLEW3Across18 JewelGEM3Across18 InsulateLAG3Across18 Roman god who was enthroned on a vesselSATURN6Across19 SorrowfulSAD3Across19 ColourCERISE6Across19 WritersAUTHORS7Across21 A climbing aid, naturallyTENDRIL7Across21 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Central lineAXIS4Across22 PossessesOWNS4Across22 RepulseREPEL5Across23 HeatherLING4Across23 The point is, it's a blemishMARK4Across23 Where the Dons could be out to win?SWINDON7Across24 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Across24 PeruseREAD4Across24 RubberERASER6Across26 Archibald Joseph, whose novels were expertly doctoredCRONIN6Across26 LairDEN3Across27 LargeBIG3Across29 EquipmentKIT3Across29 Put down some mousetrapsSET3Across29 GivenDONATED7Across31 Ancient artefactRELIC5Across31 To a brave person, a bit of fun with a birdHERON5Across31 Royal advocate of baby sharing?SOLOMON7Across32 RevokesREPEALS7Across32 VaultCELLAR6Across32 Could it put flavour into macaroni, once?ONION5Across34 RelaxEASE4Across34 FuriousLIVID5Across34 Desert from the regiment when trouble startsRAT3Across35 ExhilaratedELATED6Across35 Chest boneRIB3Across35 Only near the finish?CLOSE5Across36 ChideSCOLD5Across36 The problem about public transportREBUS5Across37 WorthVALUE5Across37 Raising agentYEAST5Across38 Wrong outcome of a trial?ERROR5Across38 FinishedENDED5Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39 TradedDEALT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChaosHAVOC5Down1 Bachelors, I see, are pretty fundamentalBASIC5Down1 ConfoundNONPLUS7Down2 StrayERR3Down2 Preserves the best for the FrenchPICKLES7Down2 SiteLOCATE6Down3 Act of lendingLOAN4Down4 MineralORE3Down4 What the castle defenders would not allow capturedKEEP4Down4 FlagIRIS4Down5 Do stars have such bodies?ASTRAL6Down5 EngravesETCHES6Down5 TrickedFOOLED6Down6 Cut wool fromSHEAR5Down6 The little beast couldn't really make toast!STOAT5Down6 GiftTALENT6Down7 ImpulsesURGES5Down7 Be in a car at the Highland gamesCABER5Down7 Man's nameVAL3Down9 The penniless have nothingNIL3Down9 ClothedDRESSED7Down9 Smoker's deviceLIGHTER7Down12 Very basic information?LOWDOWN7Down12 ToothCOG3Down12 TitleNAME4Down13 Points shown by a nurse?SEN3Down14 Fedora, sayHAT3Down14 FormerlyONCE4Down16 Bit of canned rhubarb from Havana, sayCUBAN5Down16 Call onVISIT5Down16 RecordedTAPED5Down17 Smooth mover with a nice skinSNAKE5Down17 WhinnyNEIGH5Down17 BentCROOKED7Down19 Joins up in order to sing some songs?SIGNSON7Down19 Let downLOWER5Down20 SignifiedDENOTED7Down20 Hunter, maybeWATCH5Down20 Yearly chronicleANNAL5Down21 Baltimore's island?TIMOR5Down21 BlazeFIRE4Down22 Word for wordLITERAL7Down23 Drove Ted Moor crazy!MOTORED7Down23 RememberRECALL6Down24 Offender getting faultless service out of a pubSINNER6Down24 DetermineDECIDE6Down24 Drink gingerlySIP3Down25 CompetentABLE4Down25 Boy led astrayDEL3Down25 SwellDILATE6Down26 RespondREACT5Down27 Staggers, giving drunken leersREELS5Down27 FoolishSILLY5Down28 Loop or ring in the noseNOOSE5Down28 ShowPARADE6Down28 To put, perhaps, or addTOTUP5Down30 FuelGAS3Down30 Photo bookALBUM5Down30 Thus has a house somewhere in LondonSOHO4Down32 RendsRIPS4Down32 To many a sailor, a queenMAB3Down33 RushREED4Down33 AfflictAIL3Down33 GuidedLED3Down36 FishEEL3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 9, 2023. 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.