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Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
AbdicateRESIGN6Across1 Sneer at a chap as you pinch his bike?DERIDE6Across4 Hat typeFEDORA6Across4 ReposeREST4Across5 Gave beer as a drinkBEVERAGE8Across7 OuterEXTERNAL8Across7 Be said to be prejudicedBIASED6Across8 Bursts outERUPTS6Across8 PointedAIMED5Across8 OceanSEA3Across9 HibernianIRISH5Across10 DeficitLOSS4Across10 Children’s favourite sometimes said to cruiseSANTA5Across10 FeverAGUE4Across11 MustySTALE5Across12 Ruminant mammalDEER4Across13 Stick to whiskey, alsoWAND4Across13 HungDRAPED6Across13 List of dishesMENU4Across14 In jug, were reformedEWER4Across14 Bigheaded fellow with hereditary titleBART4Across15 WagersBETS4Across15 MeshNET3Across16 Hostelry where one is always said to be at homeINN3Across16 GullTERN4Across16 Be very close to an objectionABUT4Across17 MoveSTIR4Across17 PaceSTEP4Across18 Golf clubIRON4Across19 Source of cruel letters to the Football Association?UEFA4Across19 ThroughPER3Across20 ForerunnerHARBINGER9Across21 Undisciplined characters winningly handy at poker?WILDCARDS9Across21 CushionPAD3Across22 Sound qualityTONE4Across23 Only a ‘heap’, but it can be drivenPILE4Across23 ConsumeEAT3Across23 Held up in Chungking?HUNG4Across24 CentreCORE4Across24 Mound of drifted sandDUNE4Across24 FrankOPEN4Across25 So the new head is a relativeSON3Across26 SummitTOP3Across26 At the King’s Head, there’s very little timeWEEK4Across27 EncounterMEET4Across27 EraseDELETE6Across28 Like the desert air, perhaps, at the back of beyondARID4Across29 Make woollensKNIT4Across29 SendREMIT5Across30 A rotary tool used in burrowingBURR4Across32 Pulls with a ropeTOWS4Across32 NoisyLOUD4Across32 She’s loud yet may be dearFREDA5Across33 InformedTOLD4Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Does it involve mixing rice with some peas?RECIPE6Across34 GratuityTIP3Across34 TemperamentNATURE6Across34 Cows, Charles figuresCHASTENS8Across35 PostponeDEFER5Across35 NewspapermanREPORTER8Across35 Bear witness at the experimentATTEST6Across36 ActDEED4Across36 Light motorcyclesMOPEDS6Across36 OfferTENDER6Across37

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Jeans fabricDENIM5Down1 LiveRESIDE6Down1 Malpractice on a coach to the capital of EgyptABUSE5Down1 SailorSEAFARER8Down2 TarnishSTAIN5Down2 Sheepish individual, about sixOVINE5Down2 Part of the Goldberg VariationsARIA4Down3 Curved structureARCH4Down3 ThroatGULLET6Down3 Be exclusive in bread productionDEBAR5Down4 Nation’s warshipsFLEET5Down4 SwelledDISTENDED9Down4 UnderstandREALISE7Down5 SullenDOUR4Down5 Learn about modern timesREAD4Down5 BorderEDGE4Down6 Expected a girl to turn up with a governessDUENNA6Down6 DecomposingROTTEN6Down6 PourTEEM4Down7 DonkeyASS3Down8 Stand down from a jobRESIGN6Down9 One after another by a rotary system?INTURN6Down9 ColourRED3Down11 Deep fear of an extract of seaweed?AWE3Down11 The path to followTRAIL5Down12 Girl’s nameSUSAN5Down12 One keeping an eye on the time?WATCHER7Down13 Scoffs atDERIDES7Down13 LodgedDEPOSITED9Down14 Food fishBIB3Down15 WagerBET3Down15 Shoot, mateBUD3Down15 And notNOR3Down16 Waifs have them, suggesting possibilitiesIFS3Down16 KnockRAP3Down17 Enlarged on what the storm did?BLEWUP6Down18 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Down18 CleverTALENTED8Down19 Suitable name for a hired gardener?EDGAR5Down20 Seed-casePOD3Down20 StinksREEKS5Down20 Ways to tour India with successWIN3Down21 Jump on one footHOP3Down21 EbbedRECEDED7Down21 A kingdom termed avianAUK3Down22 Pistachio, for exampleNUT3Down22 Strong enough to make the top tenPOTENT6Down23 Love appleTOMATO6Down23 OfferBID3Down25 Get free of some harridanRID3Down25 IrritateNEEDLE6Down26 CustodianKEEPER6Down27 Water jugsEWERS5Down28 Build in the perpendicular styleERECT5Down28 ClothedCLAD4Down29 Consult the man with the whistle?REFER5Down30 DiscourteousRUDE4Down30 Quick, agileNIFTY5Down30 RipsTEARS5Down31 HillTOR3Down31 Is in time for Michaelmas, maybeDAISY5Down31 To eat, that piece at the end of the sausageBITE4Down32 MelodyTUNE4Down32 If dodgy on the quiet, may be in bad odourFISH4Down33 Nautical cryAHOY4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, April 16, 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.