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Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2023 answers. The Tuesday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Inflatable mattressAIRBED6Across1 DisproveREFUTE6Across1 Port, a rich sweet wineMUSCAT6Across1 CoercionDURESS6Across5 Grating, roughABRASIVE8Across7 Hid lager cocktail from a top pupilHEADGIRL8Across7 Joe's double in a movieGIGI4Across8 HitleriteNAZI4Across8 Go inENTER5Across9 Father can never be quite the same!THAMES6Across10 FreeGRATIS6Across10 TwineTHREAD6Across10 Failures as schoolteachers?MISSES6Across11 FruitBANANA6Across11 LightIGNITE6Across11 ShelfLEDGE5Across12 Soft piece of velvet, nice to strokePET3Across14 So be itAMEN4Across14 EnergyPEP3Across14 Punctuation markCOLON5Across16 Appears on the way to townSEEMS5Across16 LairDEN3Across17 A girl to lie for, perhaps?ROSA4Across17 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 ArmyHOST4Across18 Airman concerned with ignition?PILOT5Across19 As yetSOFAR5Across19 SubsequentlyLATER5Across20 The Italian man about townMILAN5Across21 ConcentrateFOCUS5Across21 CelebrationPARTY5Across22 EngineMOTOR5Across22 Stiffened or not!BONED5Across22 A minor pointBARB4Across23 IrrigatedWATERED7Across23 Prisoner's roomCELL4Across23 PrecipitationSLEET5Across24 In art, imaginatively, it means to drawTRAIN5Across26 GemPEARL5Across26 PreviousPRIOR5Across26 It's better to be under it than below it!PAR3Across28 PitchTAR3Across28 Managed to do a lot in a haphazard wayRANDOM6Across29 RipTEAR4Across29 FameRENOWN6Across29 PlunderRAVAGE6Across30 The more successful punter?BETTER6Across30 Girl'sHER3Across30 Long timeAGES4Across31 Food products sorted at the postal centreOATS4Across31 CovenantCONTRACT8Across32 Make it clear one needs a period abroadSPELLOUT8Across32 LocationSITE4Across32 PaledFADED5Across33 Where boys are taught to wear boaters?HARROW6Across33 ThingENTITY6Across33 Suit-makerTAILOR6Across35 AlteredVARIED6Across36 ReadjustedRESET5Across37 CalledSTYLED6Across38 Account-bookLEDGER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CeremonyRITUAL6Down1 Slow, musicallyADAGIA6Down1 Morning rest for the bossMASTER6Down1 Peninsula forming a large part of AmericaCRIMEA6Down2 DefeatedBEATEN6Down2 PolecatFERRET6Down2 It's not that ancient history is incompleteTHIS4Down3 PodiumDAIS4Down3 DuckTEAL4Down3 Essayist and poet who seems to have had a diseaseADDISON7Down4 Rhythm instrumentMARACAS7Down4 FinishedENDED5Down4 EssentialVITAL5Down5 CondescendDEIGN5Down5 Clean and untangle the reinsRINSE5Down5 ImpelURGE4Down6 In which a female, at middle age, can see herselfGLASS5Down6 StartedBEGAN5Down6 ReviserEDITOR6Down7 PerspiringSWEATY6Down8 Neck partNAPE4Down8 Talk about finishing up in the open spacesGAPS4Down8 Fastening deviceZIP3Down9 Become a bit of a fidgetGET3Down9 Fixed the telly?SET3Down12 And notNOR3Down12 Are there such days at the end of three months?EMBER5Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down13 OriginalNOVEL5Down13 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Down15 Will he go far?MILES5Down15 TreeMAPLE5Down15 FresherNEWER5Down16 HellHADES5Down18 Unit of lengthMETRE5Down18 What a composer produces for a long time?OPERA5Down18 A number required for identificationPIN3Down19 BeginSTART5Down19 Chronic drunkardSOT3Down19 Youth left at the side of the road?LAD3Down20 Animal's coatFUR3Down20 A one-eyed means of correctionMONOCLE7Down21 Attacking footballerFORWARD7Down21 RodentRAT3Down21 VitalityPEP3Down22 Offer of a job, ideally?BID3Down22 Cow's cryMOO3Down22 WarningCAVEAT6Down23 A strikingly repetitive thing to doBATTER6Down23 EpochsERAS4Down24 RankSTATUS6Down24 The little chap's skillsARTS4Down24 SimplyEASILY6Down25 One wheeled by a boy?BARROW6Down25 Room for manoeuvreLEEWAY6Down25 Rubbish unwise to give to a troop leaderTRASH5Down26 CostPRICE5Down26 PointingAIMING6Down27 Take over, thus making a woman crossANNEX5Down27 SenselessINANE5Down27 LabelTAG3Down28 GuideLEADER6Down28 Is seedy, yet has some appealPEA3Down28 The couple from Talbot HouseBOTH4Down30 PaceRATE4Down30 RushedHARED5Down30 SpreeREVEL5Down31 FrontFORE4Down33 FruitDATE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. 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.