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Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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#
SoberSTAID5Across3 Could I be described as efficient and pleasant?AMIABLE7Across8 RegainsREDEEMS7Across8 VolatileMERCURIAL9Across9 RushCAREER6Across9 Not fighting growing oldGETTINGON9Across9 SturdyROBUST6Across10 LorryWAGON5Across11 SummitACME4Across12 A chap in kilts at the racecourseASCOT5Across13 Make merryREVEL5Across13 AwkwardINEPT5Across14 A bad shot? Wrong!AMISS5Across14 FrontFACE4Across15 Go off in step, anyhow, and marchPROTEST7Across15 Cry outEXCLAIM7Across15 Am exercising the rheumaticky dogMASTIFF7Across16 Large deerCARIBOU7Across16 Write to the church for moneyPENCE5Across17 LamentationDIRGE5Across17 FoldedPLEATED7Across17 Say yes, the time has come round again for itAGREE5Across18 DeceivesDUPES5Across18 CutLOP3Across20 Active as a swindler?DOING5Across20 Indifferent gestureSHRUG5Across20 NumberDIGIT5Across21 Be miffed when the quarters get let outRESENT6Across22 Front of bootTOECAP6Across22 Hint it could be rabbit furTIPPET6Across23 FactoryMILL4Across23 FishedANGLED6Across23 Left to the one that's getting on a bitPORTION7Across25 ExcursionTRIP4Across25 YearnsASPIRES7Across25 RelaxedEASED5Across26 Foolishly, I name a cathedral cityINANELY7Across27 IntonationCADENCE7Across27 DampWET3Across28 In noisy mannerLOUDLY6Across30 Stand on the journey back, just the sameTRIPOD6Across30 RevelROISTER7Across30 ClergymanPASTOR6Across31 Understand and obey the instructionsFOLLOW6Across31 A light meal is laid out at midnightGLEAM5Across32 Hair dyeHENNA5Across32 SpokenORAL4Across33 Trainee officerCADET5Across35 Have some of the drink I'd brought back firstDIGIN5Across35 CabTAXI4Across35 TautTENSE5Across36 EntranceMOUTH5Across36 Is sorry about the number of regulationsRULES5Across36 Flew, as he had, across inHOVERED7Across37 SluggishLANGUID7Across37 CordTHREAD6Across38 Caught by the rain, knocked outsideTRAPPED7Across39 HellINFERNO7Across39 LoutishOAFISH6Across39 DisparageDECRY5Across40 "The fellow in the white hat", I put in, "is the boss"CHIEF5Across41 Period of historyTUDOR5Across41 With which one buys something bought for a song?NOTES5Across42 HabituateINURE5Across42 A letter from an amusing personCHARACTER9Across43 Carnivorous invertebrateCENTIPEDE9Across43 Bother the worried butler about nothingTROUBLE7Across44 Floor showCABARET7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Amphibious rodentBEAVER6Down1 Savours of craftSMACKS6Down1 FragmentSCRAP5Down1 Plant-eating insectMEALYBUG8Down2 Coin you don't see because you're short-sighted?FARTHING8Down2 DirtGRIME5Down2 Uncertainties of meaningAMBIGUITIES11Down3 Couldn't remember after being brain-washed?CLEANFORGOT11Down3 StitchSEW3Down3 Belonging to factionSECTARIAN9Down4 Working out as one wanders into the arenaREASONING9Down4 LocatedTRACED6Down4 PressIRON4Down5 AgreesACCEDES7Down5 Someone staying in Cork?STOPPER7Down5 FellowDON3Down6 Right to preferential treatmentPRECEDENCE10Down6 Going the rounds, one after the otherINROTATION10Down6 RusticRURAL5Down7 GoodbyeTATA4Down7 Got up in pinkROSE4Down7 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down8 BrawlFRACAS6Down10 The protege accepted me and started to like me betterWARMED6Down10 Interferes officiouslyMEDDLES7Down11 Arrange to get a disguise, as spies doDISPOSE7Down11 Into test-playing again, in a waySTREET6Down12 EntertainedAMUSED6Down12 MountaineerCLIMBER7Down13 BirdEAGLE5Down14 IntricateCOMPLEX7Down16 FrogmanDIVER5Down18 NippedBIT3Down19 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down19 Beat as before and drive backREPULSE7Down19 I call round on, in the eveningIRONING7Down21 SavedRESCUED7Down21 BelieveTRUST5Down22 Recognise by silhouette and realise what's right to doKNOWTHEFORM11Down24 Musical instrumentBARRELORGAN11Down24 StatuteLAW3Down24 Unable to readILLITERATE10Down26 Didn't side with anybody - didn't join in at allTOOKNOPART10Down26 PhysicianDOCTOR6Down27 SignificanceMAGNITUDE9Down28 Picked up, is calmCOLLECTED9Down28 ValueWORTH5Down28 In cracked ice, keep suppleELASTIC7Down29 LingerTARRY5Down29 MinistersATTENDS7Down29 So far, the man has taken tea outTODATE6Down30 Derived from milkLACTIC6Down30 ImplicitTACIT5Down31 Something that hindersHANDICAP8Down32 Renouncing and devoting oneself entirely toGIVINGUP8Down32 CorrectRIGHT5Down32 The retiring editor enters, very unassumingMODEST6Down33 ConfusedADDLED6Down33 Forecast that pride will take a fall at courtPREDICT7Down34 TravelledRODE4Down34 AngrySTROPPY7Down34 FrenziedMAD3Down36 FodderHAY3Down37 Noise that will tell you there's a baby aboutRATTLE6Down38 Out of actionUNUSED6Down38 Want very much to get round the hard masterACHE4Down40 WorryFRET4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 16, 2021. 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.