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Evening Standard Crossword April 1 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 1 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
ClansTRIBES6Across1 These people are a bad bet, sirTRIBES6Across1 ShyTIMID5Across3 Lengthy sojourn in the fieldLONGSTOP8Across7 Increase in degreeESCALATE8Across7 Long formal dressGOWN4Across8 Where eruptions may start to burst?PERU4Across8 PedestrianWALKER6Across9 Public relations, to me, may be just for nowPROTEM6Across10 Very happyELATED6Across10 DisperseDISPEL6Across10 Just aboutALMOST6Across11 Nullifies horrendous ultimate chaos!UNDOES6Across11 FamousNOTED5Across11 PleasantNICE4Across12 PermitLET3Across14 Polo ground record?LOG3Across14 InfantBABE4Across15 FoundationBASIS5Across16 Such charges may be droppedDEPTH5Across16 LuredENTICED7Across17 Roof slabTILE4Across17 After that, the National FrontTHEN4Across17 Powerful businessmanBARON5Across19 Started to live with a killerBEGUN5Across19 AttemptTRY3Across20 Material I mend, maybeDENIM5Across21 SewerDRAIN5Across21 RotDECAY5Across21 Do well to become advancedGETON5Across22 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across22 AlwaysEVER4Across23 Friendly with a woolly-headed memberWARM4Across23 QuarryPREY4Across23 RosterROTA4Across25 RegalROYAL5Across26 Half and half housing?SEMIS5Across26 ShamBOGUS5Across26 Drawn matchTIE3Across28 A childish story?FIB3Across28 EnquireASK3Across28 Makes amendsATONES6Across29 It’s sad when a soldier’s in the cart, perhapsTRAGIC6Across29 PostponedDELAYED7Across30 Just the bird to attract an alien?PULLET6Across30 Serving dishTUREEN6Across30 But commonly reducedONLY4Across31 GemstoneOPAL4Across31 DiligenceINDUSTRY8Across32 Thankful for fat mixed with gruelGRATEFUL8Across32 JumpLEAP4Across33 BrochetteSKEWER6Across33 Fox, maybe, or a teddyEDWARD6Across33 FinishedDONE4Across35 ForwardALONG5Across36 FruitORANGE6Across38 FestivalEASTER6Across39 AccessENTRY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A vessel to keep cosy?TEAPOT6Down1 Above average abilityTALENT6Down1 PigsSWINE5Down1 Being foreign, he’s not exactly a BritonBRETON6Down2 Baby’s soft shoeBOOTEE6Down2 ChooseELECT5Down2 DispatchSEND4Down3 Wherein the poor total is about a pound?SLUM4Down3 NumberTEN3Down3 Chest-on-chestTALLBOY7Down4 Program item where Maud madly embraces an officerAGENDUM7Down4 PressedIRONED6Down4 Nigerian cityLAGOS5Down5 ThoughtIDEA4Down5 A bit of catastrophe increases keenness!STROP5Down5 PerformedDID3Down6 DefeatsBEATS5Down6 A ship wrecked in beastly styleAPISH5Down6 FishSPRAT5Down7 Impudence, informallyGALL4Down8 He and “30 Down” are aptly said to be “apart”POLE4Down8 PassageALLEY5Down8 Registered nameREG3Down9 Opposite of dryWET3Down9 The end room?DEN3Down12 BlokeMAN3Down12 Three could put you outETHER5Down13 Edge alongSIDLE5Down13 DeepINTENSE7Down13 Sea-duckEIDER5Down14 Singer in white, normallyTENOR5Down15 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down15 WidenBROADEN7Down16 Hang around the hotel too muchHOVER5Down18 Bar of goldINGOT5Down18 FearDREAD5Down18 ConiferFIR3Down19 Elizabeth’s gambleBET3Down19 Sleeping placeBED3Down19 A marginal intoxicant?GIN3Down20 Long-tailed rodentRAT3Down20 Girl wantedDESIREE7Down21 MaladyDISEASE7Down21 A short engagementGIG3Down22 WandererNOMAD5Down22 Bread rollBUN3Down22 CorsairPIRATE6Down23 Tree full of bats, potentially?WILLOW6Down23 LineROW3Down24 SpoolREEL4Down24 Cleverly leading a seaman to a silly conclusionABLY4Down24 With this system, the police have a burden to shoulderMETHOD6Down25 Over thereYONDER6Down25 HerbBASIL5Down26 The boards used in making gatesSTAGE5Down26 She accepts backup just the sameMADAM5Down27 ThinnerLEANER6Down27 Dutch cheeseGOUDA5Down27 There’s a fair place for itFUN3Down28 PermitALLOW5Down28 RamTUP3Down28 CanoeKAYAK5Down29 PlaythingsTOYS4Down30 Foreigner held in a vaultPOLE4Down30 YoungsterYOUTH5Down31 DisparageDECRY5Down32 ValleyGLEN4Down34 EraAGE3Down36 BlitheGAY3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 1, 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.