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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 17 October 2023 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 17 October 2023 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (17 October 2023) has a total of 41 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Scholarly use of a crib would upset most teachers
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Is such a point pointless?
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L
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Snookered perhaps by the chap at one end of the table?
B
A
U
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K
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D
Boastful of standing high?
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D
Ivy will do so after many a gin cocktail
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G
Boy holding out heartlessly for ill-gotten gain
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Y
Toss an essayist a flower
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O
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E
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A
Did he deprive Charles of a cleaning lady?
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E
S
Still has to pay for the lowest share
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W
E
S
Interfere with the French in the greatest degree
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E
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T
Not pretty clear?
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N
As Chancellor did he remedy a money shortage?
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Y
First name in space
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Utter guess!
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A
Y
Cut the price of each pen
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A
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N
For a start many take the tube back
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E
B
U
T
A saintly seed it seems but it's animal!
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O
A
T
The shooting of some mosquitoes it's said
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T
This marine mammal makes me a neat anagram
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A
N
A
T
E
E
French ones are of consuming interest to Americans
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Part of the marquee next to the hotel
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H
Does being on the hill make it a high school?
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Is offensive in an article on public transport
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S
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S
Just a touch of quiet admiration
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A
D
In Scotland of course everyone gets a portion of oats
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L
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A
The Caesarian bit?
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E
C
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N
Busily denied
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D
L
Y
Old weapons one cleans anew?
L
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N
C
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S
Budding opera character (with a beard?)
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L
L
Y
For some scholars they're turbulent waters!
L
O
C
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S
An arresting thing to say to a sailor?
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L
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Y
Allow to rise as a remission
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U
P
Discolouration in satin
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T
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N
Power of an aircraft at height
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Many have been spent in Spain
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A
S
A noted bloomer in springtime
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A
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R
Is he strongly drawn as an American type?
Y
A
N
K
E
E
Yet another broadcast about soil conditioner
R
E
P
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A
T
Youngster making a bit of a name possibly in Havana?
C
U
B
A
N
Woman a man may play funnily enough
D
A
M
E
Horse trading clique?
S
E
T

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 41 clues in the 17 October 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is LES which contains 3 Characters.
  • Did he deprive Charles of a cleaning lady? is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is BAULKED which contains 7 Characters.
  • Snookered perhaps by the chap at one end of the table? is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 17 October 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are J,Q,V,X,Z