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Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2020 answers. The Thursday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbradeSCRAPE6Across1 Tough guys maybe apt to do it inMUSCLE6Across4 Fluid part of bloodPLASMA6Across4 StaunchSTEM4Across5 For a considerable period, it’s funGOODTIME8Across7 A fewONEORTWO8Across7 It’s painful for a gent struggling to tour the West IndiesTWINGE6Across8 BeginsSTARTS6Across8 SoarTOWER5Across8 WhimFAD3Across9 MeltsTHAWS5Across10 DestroyRUIN4Across10 Rub awayERASE5Across10 DashDART4Across11 CompositionESSAY5Across12 Group of playersTEAM4Across13 Produce much, and many moreFARM4Across13 ClergymanRECTOR6Across13 Indian dressSARI4Across14 Disciplinary record?DISC4Across14 It’s equatable to a missMILE4Across15 Superlative of goodBEST4Across15 A felineCAT3Across16 She’s good to meMEG3Across16 GullTERN4Across16 A unique blow?ONER4Across17 EntranceDOOR4Across17 CheeseEDAM4Across18 ImplementTOOL4Across19 Singular soccer side’s incentiveSPUR4Across19 ElderlyOLD3Across20 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across21 Guarded by that expert sleuth EdwardPROTECTED9Across21 ChildTOT3Across22 AmphibianNEWT4Across23 Not stereo; but on its day, lovedMONO4Across23 ImmerseDIP3Across23 A bit wet? Emphatically not I!MOST4Across24 LiberateFREE4Across24 SoonANON4Across24 DetailITEM4Across25 Tricky thing to wear?HAT3Across26 CorpulentFAT3Across26 Close to the boundary of one’s comprehension?DEEP4Across27 CognateAKIN4Across27 ModestDEMURE6Across28 A bit of a catATOM4Across29 Professional cookCHEF4Across29 FrogmanDIVER5Across30 According to this, 50 all out!PLAN4Across32 WaterfowlSWAN4Across32 NoisyLOUD4Across32 A god in orbitPLUTO5Across33 NakedNUDE4Across33 Rental contractLEASE5Across33 Baker in Sherlock Holmes stories?STREET6Across34 ObtainedGOT3Across34 Stringed instrumentGUITAR6Across34 That suitable for “show” trial?EVIDENCE8Across35 CalmPEACE5Across35 Stationery itemENVELOPE8Across35 Damaged, but OK in a gunBROKEN6Across36 RequireNEED4Across36 Numb, dampenDEADEN6Across36 HeavySTODGY6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is priced atCOSTS5Down1 Animal-watching tripSAFARI6Down1 Having looked lascivious, I leave Goldie upsetOGLED5Down1 DerideRIDICULE8Down2 Tree typeCEDAR5Down2 Another name for Jason?JONAS5Down2 To a viewer, something inflammatorySTYE4Down3 CupidEROS4Down3 BirdPARROT6Down3 Not finished during a meal, it may well be hardMETAL5Down4 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down4 AgreedCONSENTED9Down4 CalmedSEDATED7Down5 First manADAM4Down5 Stick to that light dietSLIM4Down5 SalverTRAY4Down6 Vessel breaking a rule about a horseLUGGER6Down6 ReciprocalMUTUAL6Down6 CompanionMATE4Down7 FastenTIE3Down8 Military pageantTATTOO6Down9 Takes by force and strews aroundWRESTS6Down9 WitchHAG3Down11 A terrible tease?RIB3Down11 When poured, it’s like cold waterSCORN5Down12 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down12 Sack people – they can go to blazes!FIREMEN7Down13 GroundTERRAIN7Down13 ReserveRETICENCE9Down14 Express disapprovalBOO3Down15 KnockRAP3Down15 Encountered some home truthsMET3Down15 LettuceCOS3Down16 A dud rhyme is far from clearMUD3Down16 DecayROT3Down17 Old one, possibly a fatheadNOODLE6Down18 Canada’s capitalOTTAWA6Down18 RevealedDIVULGED8Down19 Not the only one in flowerPETAL5Down20 SphereORB3Down20 Unit of weightOUNCE5Down20 Shoot over the topPOT3Down21 MeshNET3Down21 DeterminedDECIDED7Down21 Bobby is firm, yet softCOP3Down22 TavernINN3Down22 Business will always be importantMATTER6Down23 TemperamentNATURE6Down23 AffirmativeYES3Down25 So thick-headed, this boozer?SOT3Down25 SlightestMEREST6Down26 TenderlyGENTLY6Down27 Girl’s nameKAREN5Down28 Broken bread, sayEATEN5Down28 FamilyCLAN4Down29 Acts of revolution?TURNS5Down30 CheatDUPE4Down30 DestructionHAVOC5Down30 AgueFEVER5Down31 RegretRUE3Down31 Fashion figure in computerised communicationMODEM5Down31 A little kiss from a bird?PECK4Down32 FastenerSTUD4Down32 Noteworthy protectorsPADS4Down33 FibsLIES4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, April 2, 2020. 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.