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Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 17 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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#
ResoundECHO4Across1 Volley of gunfireSALVO5Across3 Container capable of expansionCHEST5Across3 AdageSAW3Across4 LeaseHIRE4Across6 GiantTITAN5Across8 CarelessCASUAL6Across8 They tell people when to be dutifulROTAS5Across8 DeposeREMOVE6Across9 Strong development in the west and southTHEWS5Across10 AttemptTRY3Across10 MessengerENVOY5Across10 The master, a college head, is a ScotMAC3Across11 So or thusSIC3Across11 AttackONSET5Across12 She's short of Bordeaux rougeCLARE5Across12 Perceives soundHEARS5Across12 BirdJACKDAW7Across13 As held up by a shady individual?PARASOL7Across13 RogueKNAVE5Across14 Wild animalBEAST5Across15 WhinnyNEIGH5Across15 Don't rush to apportion blame!AMBLE5Across15 InsulateLAG3Across18 The burden on part of the front axleTAX3Across18 WaverFALTER6Across18 AffairMATTER6Across19 Goes carefully with wild snakesSNEAKS6Across19 MaintainUPHOLD6Across20 Went for!FETCHED7Across21 GelCONGEAL7Across21 RuffianTHUG4Across22 Goodness, an aristocrat!LORD4Across22 Speck of sootSMUT4Across23 The lemonade ladyMONA4Across23 BirdEAGLE5Across24 NabsARRESTS7Across24 Great writer, but he makes me snoreEMERSON7Across24 AromaticSPICY5Across26 CombinedUNITED6Across26 Can bat, maybe, and get his blueCANTAB6Across26 SailboatYACHT5Across28 Listener with a noted warm heartEAR3Across29 EnemyFOE3Across29 EncounteredMET3Across30 Dogs with connections around central Barking!TIKES5Across31 Male voiceTENOR5Across31 This pencil's not for writingSTYPTIC7Across32 ConfoundNONPLUS7Across32 SacredDIVINE6Across32 ShrewdASTUTE6Across33 Thirty-nine of them could be novelSTEPS5Across34 CeaseSTOP4Across34 African riverNIGER5Across34 Sing a Schumann pieceHUM3Across35 ObserveSEE3Across35 PelvisHIP3Across35 Brief contribution to better serviceTERSE5Across36 InvalidNULL4Across36 The press, TV, etc.MEDIA5Across36 Dance associated with a low barLIMBO5Across37 LukewarmTEPID5Across37 Sandy area around the poleARENA5Across38 CoagulatesCLOTS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rope fibreSISAL5Down1 Has she almost won a husband?WOMAN5Down1 Arrears of workBACKLOG7Down2 What the empties have beenVACATED7Down2 FetterCHAIN5Down2 RichOPULENT7Down3 CondimentSALT4Down4 AfreshANEW4Down4 Initially a hospital for the sick (at Harrow?)HILL4Down4 CautiousWARY4Down5 Waterside London thoroughfareSTRAND6Down5 Of wordsVERBAL6Down5 MortalHUMAN5Down6 BeginningONSET5Down6 Subject of an article by meTHEME5Down6 ReawakeningREVIVAL7Down7 SteedHORSE5Down7 Shut up in a nice way, initiallySWALK5Down7 Jack's a bit of a starTAR3Down9 Facial twitchTIC3Down9 MatRUG3Down11 DoltOAF3Down12 An old-fashioned fopCOXCOMB7Down12 GauntHAGGARD7Down12 Golf pegTEE3Down13 Not being fully up to the task, had a restSAT3Down14 Karate expertDAN3Down14 Was he cured?BACON5Down16 AngerIRE3Down16 Minute particlesATOMS5Down16 EmbraceHUG3Down17 VeracityTRUTH5Down17 The writing of letters, for instanceESSAY5Down17 Once more, in religious groups, they're hush-hushSECRETS7Down19 NominateAPPOINT7Down19 Head towardsMAKEFOR7Down19 Chosen, though less than delectableELECT5Down20 SwaggerSTRUT5Down20 Nominally honestFRANK5Down21 FoldPLY3Down21 HerbCUMIN5Down21 CheerHEARTEN7Down22 Boy's nameSTEPHEN7Down23 Roam around having a broken hip, and you need a pain-killer!MORPHIA7Down23 SpeckDOT3Down23 AntennaAERIAL6Down24 Initially English flower (an annual)EASTER6Down24 WonderAWE3Down25 Think aloud?SAY3Down25 Male childSON3Down25 BrittleCRISP5Down27 Dried an excellent colourAIRED5Down27 At no timeNEVER5Down27 Name a countess always hasTESSA5Down28 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down28 InnHOTEL5Down29 MuddleMESS4Down30 Quartet used in climbsLIMBS5Down30 StudentPUPIL5Down30 StoryTALE4Down31 Go round to the doctor?SPIN4Down32 UndilutedNEAT4Down32 Childish place to put food and drinkTUM3Down33 Mouth partLIP3Down33

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