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Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Water iceSORBET6Across1 Struggle to dissolve a tabletBATTLE6Across1 AdjustADAPT5Across3 Queen of plumsVICTORIA8Across7 TracheaWINDPIPE8Across7 Of sound mindSANE4Across8 Of moderate size in the south of FranceMIDI4Across8 ReferALLUDE6Across9 Drive in a manner not exactly proper?PROPEL6Across10 Pointed beardGOATEE6Across10 ScampRASCAL6Across10 Picture houseCINEMA6Across11 The love business?AFFAIR6Across11 SagDROOP5Across11 OozeSEEP4Across12 ObtainGET3Across14 Gosh, how backward can you get?WOW3Across14 GownROBE4Across15 Stair partRISER5Across16 Amusingly eccentric?FUNNY5Across16 DetonateEXPLODE7Across17 Wound markSCAR4Across17 Rip has the right objectiveREND4Across17 CompetitorRIVAL5Across19 Shelter at the Western front in an old warBOWER5Across19 SnoopPRY3Across20 Positioned to suit the flow of the tidesSITED5Across21 AdditionalEXTRA5Across21 Flower partPETAL5Across21 Though sozzled, not slackTIGHT5Across22 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across22 BurdenLOAD4Across23 It's in an army corps, this ceremonyRITE4Across23 Extending far downDEEP4Across23 AidABET4Across25 RendezvousTRYST5Across26 Special speech putting energy into skilful practiceARGOT5Across26 Chambermaid works hereHOTEL5Across26 Strike with an axeHEW3Across28 For each person with no heirPER3Across28 ImmerseDIP3Across28 In additionASWELL6Across29 Dad can get tins, perhaps, for decoratingPAINTS6Across29 BotherTROUBLE7Across30 Send abroad or into a minor departmentDEPORT6Across30 Muscle typeBICEPS6Across30 To be honest, there's nothing to writeOPEN4Across31 OperatorUSER4Across31 Edible snailESCARGOT8Across32 Fictitious affairs of the converted CameronsROMANCES8Across32 DetailITEM4Across33 Tie upTETHER6Across33 One in a revised text is still availableEXTANT6Across33 FastenedTIED4Across35 CliffBLUFF5Across36 IncreaseACCRUE6Across38 DetestLOATHE6Across39 BrushSWEEP5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Are such cars all in one piece?BUMPER6Down1 ScorchesSINGES6Down1 HesitatePAUSE5Down1 Stand or stumble over a piece of woodTRIPOD6Down2 Straw hatBOATER6Down2 SlumberSLEEP5Down2 Overly sentimentalTWEE4Down3 It's negative where brass monkeys are concernedEVIL4Down3 AppendADD3Down3 Naval commanderADMIRAL7Down4 Provided with personnel possibly fast fedSTAFFED7Down4 MockDERIDE6Down4 ConcealsHIDES5Down5 PokePROD4Down5 It's played a vital partORGAN5Down5 FaucetTAP3Down6 ExcludeDEBAR5Down6 Hang around waiting for the feathers?TARRY5Down6 LadleSCOOP5Down7 Long storySAGA4Down8 Many have to be cut shortMOWN4Down8 PassageALLEY5Down8 Water from a home-made wellDEW3Down9 MeshNET3Down9 Kind of coat for a noisy half hourFUR3Down12 NothingNIL3Down12 It supplements the big pictureINSET5Down13 To fuseMERGE5Down13 FeatEXPLOIT7Down13 FoldPLEAT5Down14 Do they come to light when people's breaths are on test?MOTHS5Down15 Sinks one's teeth intoBITES5Down15 CrispBRITTLE7Down16 Even more late, perhaps, with the news?EXTRA5Down18 Utter confusionCHAOS5Down18 LiveEXIST5Down18 EpochERA3Down19 This time is great for performersBIG3Down19 ColourRED3Down19 Under a cloud, perhaps, being ineffectual?WET3Down20 Container for liquidVAT3Down20 A session in the studioSITTING7Down21 Expose to ridiculePILLORY7Down21 A hundred not outTON3Down22 ConcerningABOUT5Down22 InsectBEE3Down22 Polite, respectableDECENT6Down23 Unoriginal programme about fuelREPEAT6Down23 AridDRY3Down24 Water jugEWER4Down24 Girondist club?IRON4Down24 Is to do so no longer an offence?EXTORT6Down25 Annoy continuallyPESTER6Down25 Place of safetyHAVEN5Down26 A harbour to the helmsman's leftAPORT5Down26 Informal request for something easyGIMME5Down27 ToyTRIFLE6Down27 Two timesTWICE5Down27 Go up just the samePEP3Down28 SofaDIVAN5Down28 Belonging to himHIS3Down28 RoostPERCH5Down29 The thick endBUTT4Down30 Does wrong in medicineDOSE4Down30 NativityBIRTH5Down31 SidledEDGED5Down32 KilledSLEW4Down34 CoachBUS3Down36 DandyFOP3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. 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.