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Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2018 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
Chair on polesSEDAN5Across1 DrearyDISMAL6Across1 Cake munched at the back of the parsonageGENOA5Across1 ScampRASCAL6Across5 Rotund wild bees are too well fedOBESE5Across6 Street urchinGAMIN5Across6 FundamentalBASIC5Across9 Merely look on as a useful thing to have availableSTANDBY7Across9 GarlandFESTOON7Across9 CapBONNET6Across10 Fairy keeping a team in foodPIXIE5Across10 Stare angrilyGLARE5Across10 BeamGIRDER6Across11 BallotsVOTES5Across11 Poor fellow from a backward part around MineheadTRAMP5Across11 Warning deviceSIREN5Across12 LukewarmTEPID5Across12 It's religiously worn in a certain jointMITRE5Across12 One letter, in sorting mail, is not much!MINIMAL7Across13 Urban inhabitantCITIZEN7Across13 StoreSTOW4Across14 Joined the policeMET3Across15 DeityGOD3Across15 DryARID4Across17 Hypnotist's name?OTIS4Across17 FreeRID3Across17 Distractedly dream about one to worshipADMIRE6Across18 Supplementary buildingANNEXE6Across18 HintCLUE4Across18 Makes beerBREWS5Across19 Lord, he's no end of trouble!NOBLE5Across19 Illegal actsCRIMES6Across20 Its nominal contents are not inflammableASHCAN6Across20 MistakeERROR5Across20 ThereforeERGO4Across22 In public address, the dear old chap repeats himselfPAPA4Across22 MixBLEND5Across22 RemainsRESIDUE7Across23 Set alight during the BlitzLIT3Across24 RebukeSCOLD5Across24 PossessedHAD3Across24 Underground cellDUNGEON7Across25 Crime with a Middle Eastern motiveTREASON7Across25 Tabitha's thankless usual arrangement?HABIT5Across26 ClawTALON5Across26 ColourCORAL5Across26 Meat in rashersBACON5Across27 Ultimate piece of reproof in a long lectureFINAL5Across27 Those butcher boysHALAL5Across28 MuscularBEEFY5Across28 Corrected by the appropriate editorRIGHTED7Across29 Cough syrupLINCTUS7Across29 LoanLEND4Across29 Peruse a letter from a novelistREADE5Across30 Greek letterDELTA5Across30 BloomBUD3Across30 TyrantsTSARS5Across31 Liquid, methinks not inkMETHS5Across31 Not anyNONE4Across32 BlanchedPALED5Across33 TraderDEALER6Across35 SourBITTER6Across36 AnewAGAIN5Across37 LastENDURE6Across38 FearTERROR6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DegradeDEBASE6Down1 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down2 ElderSENIOR6Down2 Draw out what is notedly lawfulELICIT6Down2 Ancient god, or Isis, possiblyOSIRIS6Down3 HelpABET4Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 AfterLATER5Down4 Dined in a noble chateauATE3Down4 BornNEE3Down4 InflexibleRIGID5Down5 Smith's property in an East Anglian villageANVIL5Down5 TarnishSTAIN5Down5 TartACID4Down6 Stick out as a deviant doubterOBTRUDE7Down6 RulesGOVERNS7Down6 SoonANON4Down7 HugCUDDLE6Down7 Animal shelter one gets past againBYRE4Down7 Time and a quarterSUMMER6Down8 Fridge compartmentICEBOX6Down8 SkulkedLURKED6Down8 ScorchesSEARS5Down12 Wine for a fellow accommodating companyMACON5Down12 ContemptiblePITIFUL7Down13 Many have said it's ethicalMORAL5Down13 CaptureCATCH5Down13 Time for a jar with a birdNIGHT5Down14 TimorousTIMID5Down14 TrackTRACE5Down15 Dim as can be, he was touchingly giftedMIDAS5Down15 Kind, categoryGENRE5Down15 UniverseWORLD5Down16 FiendDEMON5Down16 Statesman like Lyndon JohnsonTEXAN5Down16 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down18 Very badAWFUL5Down18 Ready to see the beer doesn't get leftALERT5Down18 Upsetting her makes Ian lateNATALIE7Down19 CoalitionUNION5Down19 PlantBEGONIA7Down19 For comparison, is maybe over a mileSIMILE6Down21 ColourRED3Down21 PlunderRAVAGE6Down21 ExitEGRESS6Down22 ExceptBUT3Down22 Show off in a street of shopsPARADE6Down22 Sam Torrance, sayGOLFER6Down23 Dope tree fertiliser?POTASH6Down23 SleighSLEDGE6Down24 Move to musicDANCE5Down25 Being high, it rhymes with 'height'TIGHT5Down25 ForwardONWARD6Down25 It's tough, being deceived outrightHARD4Down26 Young horseCOLT4Down26 LingerLOITER6Down27 Border of the British Empire?HEM3Down28 CloserNEARER6Down28 HoweverBUT3Down28 ShoveBARGE5Down30 LossDEBIT5Down31 FruitPEAR4Down33 EatDINE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. 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.