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Evening Standard Crossword April 12 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 12 2024 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#
SnakeCOBRA5Across1 ChessmanBISHOP6Across5 CompositionESSAY5Across8 Having a telephone conversation while the clothes are drying?ONTHELINE9Across9 CaricatureBURLESQUE9Across9 Male singerBARITONE8Across10 ReadyPROMPT6Across10 Found one tin out and I put it awayINITIATE8Across10 RantRAVE4Across11 Love birdDUCK4Across12 WoodTEAK4Across12 Conclude, when you delve about inFINISH6Across13 SwimsuitBIKINI6Across13 Loop-holeEYELET6Across14 Offer you continue to resistHOLDOUT7Across14 ParticularsDETAILS7Across14 AdjectiveEPITHET7Across15 Check the others have transport inRESTRAINT9Across15 DownfallOVERTHROW9Across15 Arresting for wearing on the track?RUNNINGIN9Across17 CertaintyASSURANCE9Across17 Isn't that just like a fellow!DONNISH7Across18 EpochERA3Across18 Soft toyRAGDOLL7Across18 VesselPAN3Across19 Playground itemSEESAW6Across20 Cook trifleFIDDLE6Across20 CovetENVY4Across21 HarbourPORT4Across21 For you it's hot, in a little cupTHEE4Across21 Arm jointELBOW5Across23 AbsorbedRAPT4Across24 SotDRUNKARD8Across24 Did open the door to, grantedADMITTED8Across24 GasHYDROGEN8Across26 What broke the antler? A bush?HAWTHORN8Across26 AgeEON3Across27 Smell stronglyREEK4Across28 He joins in the rowTIER4Across28 TuneAIR3Across29 PotentSTRONG6Across29 Further back, get in the way of?HINDER6Across29 Unexpectedly discloses the sourcesSPRINGS7Across31 ViewOPINION7Across31 ComparedLIKENED7Across31 Cattle-penCORRAL6Across32 Historical recordCHRONICLE9Across34 Thinks, amid friends, the tide is turningMEDITATES9Across34 DocileTAME4Across34 PowerlessUNABLE6Across35 Newlyweds' holidayHONEYMOON9Across36 It's an awful line - was that "in Hyde Park?"ROTTENROW9Across36 How you said "I've reached the top of the ladder"?LOFTILY7Across38 Fire-raisingARSON5Across38 ConjugalMARITAL7Across38 Would seem, to somebody like yourself, sayAPPEAR6Across39 StretchEXTEND6Across39 Political party factionCAUCUS6Across39 CelebritySTAR4Across40 Level on a bit too lowFLAT4Across40 PostponeDEFER5Across40 Climbing plantCLEMATIS8Across41 Mentioned the judge had slipped upREFERRED8Across41 IncredulityDISBELIEF9Across42 Run the water for the plantSPEEDWELL9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Thought the reed would flourish by the waterPONDERED8Down1 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Down1 SuaveURBANE6Down2 Refuses to move from the backwoodsSTICKS6Down2 ScullOAR3Down2 RodentSQUIRREL8Down3 Belittle the little beauty on the coverDIMINISH8Down3 DistantREMOTE6Down3 Write-upREVIEW6Down4 Show to be in charge in the departmentDEPICT6Down4 SerpentASP3Down4 Cattle shedBYRE4Down5 Formally renounceABDICATE8Down5 Having dried out the interior, shilly-shalliedDITHERED8Down5 StrictSEVERE6Down6 Everywhere, from penthouse to basement?HIGHANDLOW10Down6 Wedding attendantBRIDESMAID10Down6 AttractivePRETTY6Down7 Six, in all, were hacked to pieces by the scoundrelVILLAIN7Down7 HeightSTATURE7Down7 Going right up in the air, is powerfulSTRONG6Down8 FlagENSIGN6Down8 SpireSTEEPLE7Down9 Played tricks that made one look smallSTUNTED7Down11 FacetsASPECTS7Down11 AlwaysAYE3Down12 VivacityELAN4Down13 PricklesTHORNS6Down16 Bad weather outside, is inside having something to eatRAISIN6Down16 ExcusePLEA4Down16 ProhibitedTABOO5Down17 FurzeGORSE5Down19 That reminds me about the good tip: "Artist's Model"NUDGE5Down19 UnhappySAD3Down20 Celebrated, getting me into a rageFAD3Down20 PerplexNONPLUS7Down20 Large seaOCEAN5Down22 BanVETO4Down22 It flies with the female aboardHERON5Down22 RiderJOCKEY6Down23 Tax electricityCHARGE6Down23 FormulaRECIPE6Down24 EnunciateARTICULATE10Down25 Persuade me to point the gun in another directionTWISTMYARM10Down25 SectionPART4Down25 The woman and man run afterHER3Down26 DiatribeTIRADE6Down26 EmbraceHUG3Down26 Greek currency unitDRACHMA7Down27 Falter for a second, then fallSTUMBLE7Down27 MadINSANE6Down28 BatterRAM3Down30 CloudyOVERCAST8Down30 Cowards' sad return to darts organisationDASTARDS8Down30 Found out it's, most unusually, a duetSITUATED8Down31 Language expertLINGUIST8Down31 ScurfDANDRUFF8Down32 Understood everything, when one watched right throughSAWITALL8Down32 Physical structureANATOMY7Down33 Spotted as it ran towards the home turnSTAINED7Down33 GuideLEAD4Down33 A twit, very noisy and terribly rude to have aboutDUFFER6Down35 SeldomRARELY6Down35 BowNOD3Down36 Adopt a different attitude for restREPOSE6Down36 DogsHOUNDS6Down36 When counted on, misinformed againRELIED6Down37 CostumeOUTFIT6Down37 UntruthLIE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 12, 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.