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Evening Standard Crossword October 9 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 9 2026. 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.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Delete54 AcrossReveal answer → Tormentor67 AcrossReveal answer → Interrupt a burglary78 AcrossReveal answer → Belong78 AcrossReveal answer → Concerted99 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral39 AcrossReveal answer → With anticipation, warning, you see99 AcrossReveal answer → Weight310 AcrossReveal answer → Bid512 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom513 AcrossReveal answer → Hash413 AcrossReveal answer → By the previous wife, do right513 AcrossReveal answer → Having, myself, got fifty on "Tropical Fruit"514 AcrossReveal answer → Shine514 AcrossReveal answer → The non-attendance of Jack, the scene-shifter715 AcrossReveal answer → Usual715 AcrossReveal answer → Abrupt515 AcrossReveal answer → Lack of guile and love found in a dog716 AcrossReveal answer → Give716 AcrossReveal answer → Thought many had been exploited517 AcrossReveal answer → Plays517 AcrossReveal answer → Harm617 AcrossReveal answer → High but not squeaky!518 AcrossReveal answer → Wanderer518 AcrossReveal answer → Stagger419 AcrossReveal answer → Unaccompanied520 AcrossReveal answer → Fur520 AcrossReveal answer → Psychiatrist's answer to "Is he sane to keep wandering the world?"520 AcrossReveal answer → A bird's nest?622 AcrossReveal answer → Guided322 AcrossReveal answer → Lecture622 AcrossReveal answer → With an imitation cover, or awning623 AcrossReveal answer → Sound623 AcrossReveal answer → Scorned724 AcrossReveal answer → Rust in the centre of the gun725 AcrossReveal answer → Relation725 AcrossReveal answer → How's about "Everything in it is superficial"?727 AcrossReveal answer → Pull327 AcrossReveal answer → Nationality727 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium528 AcrossReveal answer → Wandered630 AcrossReveal answer → Hissing back when the cat's caught it630 AcrossReveal answer → Excursion631 AcrossReveal answer → Fever431 AcrossReveal answer → Decline to take the dog back, but have to631 AcrossReveal answer → Exhausted532 AcrossReveal answer → The snag about the haul?532 AcrossReveal answer → Scorched633 AcrossReveal answer → For her the cockney had jellied eel535 AcrossReveal answer → Imagine535 AcrossReveal answer → Passed535 AcrossReveal answer → Metes out the Dover sole, not over cooked536 AcrossReveal answer → Concerning536 AcrossReveal answer → Droop437 AcrossReveal answer → Quick to show what you feel737 AcrossReveal answer → Officer737 AcrossReveal answer → Lariat538 AcrossReveal answer → Summit339 AcrossReveal answer → He throws into jug739 AcrossReveal answer → Heartfelt739 AcrossReveal answer → As head cook, I am in the middle541 AcrossReveal answer → Beer341 AcrossReveal answer → Concur541 AcrossReveal answer → Yours is in the hold542 AcrossReveal answer → Demure642 AcrossReveal answer → Squander542 AcrossReveal answer → Provided with, fully equipped to live in943 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone543 AcrossReveal answer → Flower943 AcrossReveal answer → Within the house is the scoundrel744 AcrossReveal answer → Fugitive744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tell61 DownReveal answer → Sickness61 DownReveal answer → Decree otherwise and I fall out with61 DownReveal answer → Rush82 DownReveal answer → It's very fashionable is what I've just said82 DownReveal answer → Dinner jacket62 DownReveal answer → Dodged113 DownReveal answer → Business colleagues?113 DownReveal answer → Obtain33 DownReveal answer → Cupid44 DownReveal answer → Tact94 DownReveal answer → Team up with the children and take part in the controversy94 DownReveal answer → Allude55 DownReveal answer → Treasure75 DownReveal answer → Looks like "Best wishes"75 DownReveal answer → Framework86 DownReveal answer → Enormous106 DownReveal answer → If frost damaged everything to start with106 DownReveal answer → Inform47 DownReveal answer → It's said to stop a tot from growing47 DownReveal answer → Roster48 DownReveal answer → Would the light be a trick?610 DownReveal answer → Fruit610 DownReveal answer → By the colour, you'll see how old the feathers are711 DownReveal answer → Careless911 DownReveal answer → Red711 DownReveal answer → Card game612 DownReveal answer → Is committing murder such a sin?612 DownReveal answer → Rod414 DownReveal answer → Rush416 DownReveal answer → Encounter418 DownReveal answer → Find it's a warning719 DownReveal answer → Artist719 DownReveal answer → Tongue821 DownReveal answer → Snip721 DownReveal answer → A low gear, in some strange way, is making it fast721 DownReveal answer → Expensive423 DownReveal answer → Different look you get when you're on holiday1124 DownReveal answer → Scandalous1124 DownReveal answer → Trick425 DownReveal answer → Prepare to strike - vote for it1026 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Tiny1026 DownReveal answer → Robot928 DownReveal answer → Had been picked up, one gathered928 DownReveal answer → Revised629 DownReveal answer → Bird729 DownReveal answer → A jersey, perhaps, an item of underwear found in the meadow729 DownReveal answer → Decline630 DownReveal answer → For the dog, I got food from the fishmonger's630 DownReveal answer → Shrewd630 DownReveal answer → To provide the finishing touch, has money left to832 DownReveal answer → Rather832 DownReveal answer → Composition532 DownReveal answer → Spoke633 DownReveal answer → Since then, has bustled about to hurry up633 DownReveal answer → Now line up and speak to734 DownReveal answer → Particle434 DownReveal answer → Colour734 DownReveal answer → Election436 DownReveal answer → Find out lice are exterminated by it638 DownReveal answer → Scamp638 DownReveal answer → A trip and it's back in the old routine, love!440 DownReveal answer → Tankard340 DownReveal answer → Undiluted440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 9, 2026. 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.