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Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 132 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#
SwearCURSE5Across2 Girl taking ages, perhaps, to make up her faceVISAGE6Across4 Set uponATTACK6Across4 Minor planetASTEROID8Across7 BrightCLEAR5Across7 Tubes of pasteMACARONI8Across7 Flight in which one's surrounded by celebritiesSTAIRS6Across8 Strange thingODDITY6Across8 ErrSTRAY5Across8 Rub awayERASE5Across10 ScourSCRUB5Across10 RomanyGYPSY5Across10 ConsumeEAT3Across12 It's at the stern, even when going backwardsPOOP4Across13 DemiseDEATH5Across13 ColourGREY4Across13 DirectionEAST4Across14 Transported in partRAPT4Across14 CurvedBENT4Across15 EntranceDOORWAY7Across15 Make for MaidenheadFORM4Across15 ContainerBOX3Across16 Source of oil for an articulated truckRIG3Across16 Wet weatherRAIN4Across17 In the rough sea a good long timeAGES4Across17 RevealUNVEIL6Across17 VaseURN3Across19 Boy's nameALAN4Across19 Cat's-paw of the extremist Left?TOOL4Across19 AtomicNUCLEAR7Across20 Wild plantDANDELION9Across21 River crossing, one side of LondonBRENTFORD9Across21 RetainedKEPT4Across23 A landing place outside PinnerPIER4Across23 HeroicEPIC4Across23 Mother of masterly little ones?MAMA4Across24 BombastRANT4Across24 OgleLEER4Across25 VehicleVAN3Across26 In the dress trade, but not all the rageRAG3Across26 SuspendedDANGLED7Across26 Heavy metalLEAD4Across27 Partly open for a drinkAJAR4Across27 Car you can get in ultramarineTRAM4Across29 SnareTRAP4Across29 MeadowLEA3Across30 Go backRETURN6Across31 Abode of SatanHELL4Across32 In general, central Ireland (but it's Great in Scotland)GLEN4Across32 Heinrich? He gets in with a keyHEINE5Across33 ComposurePOISE5Across33 Goose countryCANADA6Across34 Grown-upMATURE6Across34 AcademyCOLLEGE7Across34 Imperialist game?NAPOLEON8Across35 Knitted garmentCARDIGAN8Across35 ChooseSELECT6Across36 Figures the odds finish level!SEVENS6Across36 ExaminedPORED5Across37 AlsoTOO3Across38 MessengerENVOY5Across39 IndistinctVAGUE5Across40 DrainSEWER5Across41 PrintedTYPED5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Canal boatBARGE5Down1 Are such days at the end of three months?EMBER5Down1 ForeignALIEN5Down1 HaltsSTOPS5Down2 A bit of a fracasSCRAP5Down2 ClassCASTE5Down2 HeehawBRAY4Down3 Cheese a fly will not be on for long!BRIE4Down3 GaminURCHIN6Down3 BossSTUD4Down4 DecorateADORN5Down4 It afforded vision and helped to save faceVISOR5Down4 EndlessETERNAL7Down5 NeatTIDY4Down5 Playful response to duplicity?SNAP4Down5 DeadlyFATAL5Down6 Soft white downy fibreCOTTON6Down6 Down-to-earth little thing in a fur coatGERBIL6Down6 Twin boys taking a lot of beatingTOMTOM6Down9 UncookedRAW3Down9 Hold in custodyDETAIN6Down9 RockBOULDER7Down11 Sweet potatoYAM3Down11 New to war, maybeRAW3Down11 Watch bandSTRAP5Down12 Look hardSTARE5Down12 His is not a job for a boyPOSTMAN7Down13 HoaxedDUPED5Down13 Army officerGENERAL7Down13 ShunAVOID5Down14 Low land, note, to the east and northFEN3Down15 OfferBID3Down15 ForbidBAN3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 One bent on catching a big fish?ROD3Down16 He glared wildlyGERALD6Down18 BaggageLUGGAGE7Down18 Branched hornANTLER6Down18 Give people one's addressORATE5Down20 BingoLOTTO5Down20 LairDEN3Down21 ReappearRECUR5Down21 Great amount of ambiguityBIG3Down21 StriplingLAD3Down22 SplendidGRAND5Down22 Much elevated in junior serviceFAR3Down22 A place rebuilt as an edificePALACE6Down23 Martial artKARATE6Down23 UnfeelingCALLOUS7Down24 FuelGAS3Down25 Has the ability to preserveCAN3Down25 BornNEE3Down27 Vote inELECT5Down28 OustDEPOSE6Down28 A girl's garments?JEANS5Down28 SumTOTAL5Down29 Vexed to find the highway's about three-quarters of a mileRILED5Down30 Long narrow hilltopRIDGE5Down30 Small coinPENNY5Down31 Intends to get the wherewithalMEANS5Down31 ImmenseHUGE4Down32 TrifledTOYED5Down32 Plucky in sportGAME4Down32 Robin had a house to do upHOOD4Down33 CarouseREVEL5Down33 SeedcasesPODS4Down33 RecordLOG3Down35 JealousyENVY4Down36

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