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Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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#
AbradeSCRAPE6Across1 Steering deviceWHEEL5Across3 For a change, slip into slacks!IDLES5Across3 DistributeDEAL4Across5 LocatedSITED5Across8 Nick isn't at churchNOTCH5Across8 Place of safetyHAVEN5Across8 WagerBET3Across9 I'm a long time getting the pictureIMAGE5Across10 DregsLEES4Across10 SalineSALTY5Across10 At the end of one's tether, there's always a womanHER3Across11 ChoosePICK4Across11 LevyTAX3Across11 The boards used for making gates?STAGE5Across12 AsunderAPART5Across12 Rugby forwardsPROPS5Across12 Hand overDELIVER7Across13 He's Tony, formulating an advisable policyHONESTY7Across13 UnjustUNFAIR6Across13 Happen againRECUR5Across15 Hold the last of the seamen in portHAVEN5Across15 ExpensiveDEAR4Across16 Male swanCOB3Across18 Wherein half the army is at the Western FrontWAR3Across18 RescueSAVE4Across18 Walked from DorsetSTRODE6Across19 CorsairPIRATE6Across19 MarryWED3Across20 Properly both a member and a friendLEGALLY7Across21 TugTOWBOAT7Across21 On top ofUPON4Across22 Like the Cyclops, singularlyEYED4Across22 By way ofVIA3Across22 Raven, sayBIRD4Across23 Posted some presentsSENT4Across23 AgentSPY3Across23 PaganHEATHEN7Across24 They may fly with shrill cries from the ship's cat!SEAMEWS7Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 BorderEDGE4Across25 Handily protected - but not immune to cold feet?GLOVED6Across26 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across26 GrowEXPAND6Across28 Braces holding underwearBRA3Across29 Belonging to himHIS3Across29 RevoltREBEL5Across30 Of the sunSOLAR5Across31 Not a single tango necessitates nine performersNONET5Across31 Such a driver needs to have the right angleLEARNER7Across32 TidyNEAT4Across32 Gives up workRETIRES7Across32 PleasantNICE4Across33 A drover could make it go the right waySTEER5Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 Bread makerBAKER5Across34 Apt to be bent over the sinkTAP3Across35 RespondREACT5Across35 Give a title toDUB3Across35 A Britten piece in a hackneyed arrangementTRITE5Across36 GeneratedBRED4Across36 In motionASTIR5Across36 How chuck would chat up the shrinking Violet?SHYLY5Across37 FigurineSTATUE6Across37 Picture puzzleREBUS5Across37 A couple of characters from Arsenal, possibly at WembleyARENA5Across38 End of lifeDEATH5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CowSUBDUE6Down1 Sound knowhow, but substandard EnglishNOHOW5Down1 AfterwardsLATER5Down1 ConfirmedRATIFIED8Down2 Fixed things with the driverSCREWED7Down2 Book of wordsLEXICON7Down2 PalePALLID6Down3 A job to do when it's dusty out?DUTY4Down4 DecryDISPARAGE9Down4 German manHERR4Down4 DisheartenDEPRESS7Down5 Old, perhaps, but still capable of making scoresEIGHTY6Down5 Spirit, livelinessESPRIT6Down5 Intense beam of lightLASER5Down6 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Denigrate wild mares?SMEAR5Down6 EnjoyLIKE4Down7 PortlySTOUT5Down7 Not quite golden, maybe, but visually admiredOGLED5Down7 OceanSEA3Down8 Boy or girl's nameVAL3Down9 Figure in the late newsTEN3Down9 Possibly Ted Ray's description of a lost dogSTRAYED7Down12 Small stonesPEBBLES7Down12 Solemn pledgeVOW3Down14 RespectREVERENCE9Down14 Not all press agents look tiredSAG3Down14 CreeperIVY3Down15 HutCABIN5Down16 Opts to wrap a torn vest round one's headVOTES5Down16 Place in an inferior position?NEATH5Down17 HelpAID3Down17 RipsRENDS5Down17 ObviousAPPARENT8Down19 LeopardPANTHER7Down19 Be unconscious of a slur about honourSLUMBER7Down19 We leave the weeding in order to show condescensionDEIGN5Down20 GainWIN3Down20 Honour and gloryKUDOS5Down20 Drying clothTOWEL5Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 The fruit of sterile monasticism?LEMON5Down21 Apart fromBESIDES7Down23 Dark-complexioned, but self-conscious about a wartSWARTHY7Down23 Capital of ZimbabweHARARE6Down24 Being Irish, is popularly called RedSETTER6Down24 Less than average timeERA3Down25 StrikeHIT3Down25 AnticipateEXPECT6Down26 StickADHERE6Down27 In France, water blended with oil with some careLOIRE5Down27 Sheriff's menPOSSE5Down27 She lights up strikinglyVESTA5Down28 Of rabiesRABID5Down28 SlightSNUB4Down29 RefuteREBUT5Down30 Answer concerning laminated woodREPLY5Down30 UnusualRARE4Down30 IlluminatedLIT3Down31 Tenant's paymentRENT4Down32 Having an inclination to be angular?LEAN4Down32 No beginning and end, naturallyNAY3Down33 ChafeRUB3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. 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.