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Evening Standard Crossword April 1 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 1 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
HandwritingSCRIPT6Across1 BlacklegSCAB4Across5 FlashlightTORCH5Across8 MassageRUB3Across9 SignatureAUTOGRAPH9Across9 Grumpiness as a result of some funny ailment?ILLHUMOUR9Across9 Timer at the ready, giving a warningWATCHOUT8Across10 AnimalLION4Across10 ImpededHINDERED8Across10 CeremonyRITE4Across11 Pass the cockney as wellHAND4Across12 FrequentlyOFTEN5Across12 PostMAIL4Across12 IrritatedPEEVED6Across13 UnjustUNFAIR6Across13 Look at the big end, man!GLANCE6Across13 SlowishANDANTE7Across14 Think the world of the child - the heirs are worriedCHERISH7Across14 TouristSIGHTSEER9Across15 Quietly having tea in the shadePEARLGREY9Across15 ExpensiveDEAR4Across16 Not having a score is sillyPOINTLESS9Across17 EddyWHIRLPOOL9Across17 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across18 Agreed everything in the diet is wrongTALLIED7Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 FixedSET3Across20 UnexpectedSUDDEN6Across20 Put electricity in, but make you pay for itCHARGE6Across20 SingerBASS4Across21 Move to the outskirtsEDGE4Across21 ObscureDIM3Across22 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Streaked on the street, nakedSTRIPPED8Across24 LinedWRINKLED8Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 UpsetDISTRESS8Across26 Having added a couple of pages, finished it offAPPENDED8Across26 DanceREEL4Across28 Concedes, at three points to nilOWNS4Across28 PartDIVIDE6Across28 MotiveREASON6Across29 Asked in, the man did unbendBIDDEN6Across29 UndressSTRIP5Across30 Did his cleaner make it all up?CHARLIE7Across31 ExcellentCAPITAL7Across31 PlaceLIEU4Across32 DeadenedNUMB4Across33 Gloomy about - is the second sackingDISMISSAL9Across34 HillTOR3Across34 GatheredCOLLECTED9Across34 CrawlCREEP5Across35 ObserveNOTE4Across36 They’ll reach the top first - in secondsRUNNERSUP9Across36 BleakCHEERLESS9Across36 ScoffedJEERED6Across37 Say yes, the son chucked money aroundCONSENT7Across38 ChorusREFRAIN7Across38 Cut the key a shade inaccuratelyGASHED6Across39 CharacteristicsTRAITS6Across39 It will have to be consulted before changing courseMENU4Across40 DropFALL4Across40 Put a limit on again, getting toughRESTRICT8Across41 GuardSENTINEL8Across41 Managed to circumvent, as one travelled a lotGOTAROUND9Across42 SillySENSELESS9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CheesePARMESAN8Down1 CoverSHROUD6Down1 Getting drunk, see as the best partHIGHSPOT8Down1 TwineSTRING6Down2 SnubbedREBUFFED8Down2 She has now returned to the valleyGLENDA6Down2 PalePALLID6Down3 FlowerHAREBELL8Down3 Caught a cold and real trouble set inCOLLARED8Down3 ShakeSHIVER6Down4 RatifiedCONFIRMED9Down4 In the end, do your best to ringTRENDY6Down4 FollowedSHADOWED8Down5 A pest crawling round the little flowerSWEETPEA8Down5 TwistedSCREWED7Down5 DisquietUNEASINESS10Down6 Defending the robbery at gunpointSTICKINGUP10Down6 FeatureCHIN4Down6 WillinglyREADILY7Down7 AleBEER4Down7 Attempts to frighten the soldier that’s guardingTHREATS7Down7 ShedLEANTO6Down8 AlsoTOO3Down8 “As a flute-player”, I put in, “is useless”FUTILE6Down8 UnderstandREALISE7Down11 Subdue with a cold “Hurry up!”CHASTEN7Down11 Re-interpretedREDEFINED9Down14 TearRIP3Down15 Bought a supply of, to be used as nestsLAIDIN6Down16 CrowdTHRONG6Down16 HelpAID3Down17 DispenseMINISTER8Down19 Figure the anti-revolutionary is not EnglishLATIN5Down19 NumberTHREE5Down19 MouthfulSIP3Down20 The house maid, Mai, went off to get fishCOD3Down20 UnhappySAD3Down20 ConsistencyTEXTURE7Down21 AdvantageASSET5Down22 Go on and on about how you’ll make a home in?DWELL5Down22 Protected by a cabinet, as a precautionINCASE6Down23 CorrectPROPER6Down23 The plant you put in a pot I prepared outsidePOINSETTIA10Down25 OfficerLIEUTENANT10Down25 So I’m building a mansion with herANN3Down26 NoiseDIN3Down26 ChewNIBBLE6Down26 DreadedFEARED6Down27 Behave yourself when you act as guideCONDUCT7Down27 GetPROCURE7Down27 SchemePLAN4Down29 DenominationSECT4Down30 About fifty are sighted flying, which makes one happyDELIGHTS8Down30 PrimlySEDATELY8Down30 Satisfies the constituentsCONTENTS8Down31 WhelpPUP3Down31 SwindlingCHEATING8Down31 Explains in detail about being out of moneyEXPOUNDS8Down32 ApatheticLISTLESS8Down32 For myself and the horse, brought out something to eatPIMENTO7Down33 LeavesDEPARTS7Down33 RaisedLIFTED6Down35 A melon requires heat and moistureSUNDEW6Down35 Point the rule out when you abdicateRESIGN6Down36 RoughCOARSE6Down36 RubberERASER6Down37 Intensify when there’s an invitation to boardSTEPUP6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 1, 2022. 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.