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Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
AttainREACH5Across3 An ending to a meal - or it could be a preamblePEARMELBA9Across9 FoundTRACED6Across9 UnwaveringSTEADFAST9Across9 European languageHUNGARIAN9Across10 TurnROTATE6Across10 Mostly hit-men organised in a groupINTHEMAIN9Across10 GuidePILOT5Across11 ExcludeOMIT4Across12 Lift the canNICK4Across12 AssistantAIDE4Across12 The doctor did the same - just hung aboutDRAPED6Across13 MatterAFFAIR6Across13 A severe crack on the faceGRIMACE7Across14 Powerful personMAGNATE7Across14 PleasantNICE4Across15 VivacityANIMATION9Across15 Arresting for importing contrabandRUNNINGIN9Across15 RestrainingDETERRENT9Across17 SwelledDILATED7Across17 In putting the last tenders out, they do the wrong thingOFFENDERS9Across17 Didn't admit to the shack, leaving us to wander aboutSHUTOUT7Across18 ImmoderateEXTREME7Across18 Kind of muskmelonCASABA6Across19 Why shift it back inside?MOTIVE6Across19 BedCOT3Across20 Indonesian islandBALI4Across20 Flag to which there is a long storySAGA4Across20 TrenchDITCH5Across21 Most intelligentCLEVEREST9Across23 A blooming prize for the Dairy Queen?BUTTERCUP9Across23 IncreasedGREW4Across23 Punished, as is rightCORRECTED9Across25 Mid-morning snackELEVENSES9Across25 DiplomacyTACT4Across25 Are at the far end, which is not customaryRARE4Across26 Organ of smellNOSE4Across26 EvadeDODGE5Across26 Held backCURBED6Across27 Cello I play for dogCOLLIE6Across27 MalesMEN3Across28 The doctor had put too much water in the whiskyDROWNED7Across29 Broad straitCHANNEL7Across29 FrugalityECONOMY7Across30 Long slender cigarPANATELLA9Across32 Then forced into doing what is rightDONETHING9Across32 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 Political leaderSTATESMAN9Across34 At work, he has to subdue his prideLIONTAMER9Across34 EmitRADIATE7Across35 Putting two and two together and looking in the dustbinTOTTING7Across35 SentimentalTWEE4Across35 KeenEAGER5Across36 Swiss wooden houseCHALET6Across36 Will have it that sins are absolved in itINSIST6Across36 Unit of lengthINCH4Across37 Found a ring was missing from the collectionFUND4Across37 CoinINVENT6Across38 Register of eventsCHRONICLE9Across38 Coming out and scowling at the fellowFLOWERING9Across38 PirateBUCCANEER9Across39 MethodMANNER6Across39 Away three months when business is slackOFFSEASON9Across39 RotDECAY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Well versed in guns, is peevedUPINARMS8Down1 Wild adventureESCAPADE8Down1 EnduredSTOOD5Down1 Female teacherHEADMISTRESS12Down2 Why the players don't give an electrifying performance?BADCONDUCTOR12Down2 CarpCAVIL5Down2 StimulantCAFFEINE8Down3 Totally one-sided, but that's OKALLRIGHT8Down3 MaterialREP3Down3 Stretch tightSTRAIN6Down4 Uncle had a sleep coming back in the boatSAMPAN6Down4 RevisedEDITED6Down4 YieldCROP4Down5 Party gameCHARADES8Down5 Discovers, when one comes upon unconsciousFINDSOUT8Down5 HeatedHOT3Down6 Sickness you have to act quickly to cure?STAGEFEVER10Down6 UniqueINIMITABLE10Down6 SorceryMAGIC5Down7 The rain is gone, having moved from the areasREGIONS7Down7 PestersBADGERS7Down7 CapBERET5Down8 Don't pay for enough rounds, if you get meUNDERSTAND10Down8 Shows hospitality toENTERTAINS10Down8 Knowing there will be a fight to gain the pointAWARE5Down11 SenselessINANE5Down11 MixedMINGLED7Down13 DomesticatedTAMED5Down14 DressCOSTUME7Down16 Extinct primatesAPEMEN6Down16 The end of the third round - one is flattenedIRONED6Down16 LamentDIRGE5Down18 The hair of the dog is coming up!MOP3Down19 DeedACT3Down19 Child's bedCOT3Down19 Go on stage because you have a sudden desire to?ACTONIMPULSE12Down21 PreoccupiedABSENTMINDED12Down21 RetreatHAUNT5Down22 Again left after the newsREPORT6Down22 Grew intoBECAME6Down22 PlotCONSPIRACY10Down23 Fed up with the rheumatism?BOREDSTIFF10Down23 If you've made it, that's your lot!CLOSINGBID10Down24 GainedWON3Down24 ExuberanceEBULLIENCE10Down24 People waiting, we're told, for a signalCUE3Down25 ConcludeEND3Down25 Skin-troubleECZEMA6Down27 ImitateMIMIC5Down28 FadedBLANCHED8Down28 A fish's egg found in the protective wearLEGGINGS8Down28 Takes one to one's destination or declinesDROPSOFF8Down29 CourageNERVE5Down29 MergeCOALESCE8Down29 Making fun of Ingrid and Ed unfairlyDERIDING8Down30 Breed of cattleLONGHORN8Down30 DueOWING5Down31 He refuses to work and becomes violentSTRIKER7Down31 AccomplishesATTAINS7Down31 LongYEARN5Down32 DepthsNADIR5Down33 To a lesser degree, you're wrongNOTSO5Down33 That will teach you to have a smaller wager!LESSON6Down34 ThreadbareSHABBY6Down34 EntranceGATE4Down34 FinishEND3Down36 BeamRAY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 2, 2021. 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.