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Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2018 answers. The Friday 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#
HarshGRUFF5Across1 FlowerORCHID6Across5 RelaxedEASED5Across8 Say neither will be returning in springPRONOUNCE9Across9 RandomHAPHAZARD9Across9 QuackCHARLATAN9Across10 TellRELATE6Across10 The quirk of fate that made the bug pick you?ILLCHANCE9Across10 DribbleDRIP4Across11 They're paid to move the junk awayCREW4Across12 AgesEONS4Across12 HeavenlyDIVINE6Across13 Having been got at inside, is defeatedBEATEN6Across13 Italian wineCHIANTI7Across14 GreetSALUTE6Across14 Show I meant to have a break pointMATINEE7Across14 Does she breeze onto the stage to perform?FANDANCER9Across15 PlotterSCHEMER7Across15 Poker handFULLHOUSE9Across15 Not prepared to put into a nicer, carved receptacleCONTAINER9Across17 WorldwideUNIVERSAL9Across17 It's most sharply contested, though one doesn't win in courtCLOSEST7Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 Gymnast's garmentLEOTARD7Across18 Believe in giving commendationCREDIT6Across19 CommendationCREDIT6Across19 EdgeRIM3Across19 Moderately hotWARM4Across20 The bit where they split up?PART4Across20 ExpiredDEAD4Across21 Silly if it's not decimalised?POINTLESS9Across23 InnumerableCOUNTLESS9Across23 RantedRAVED5Across23 NetMESH4Across24 The president was irritated by being introduced toPRESENTED9Across25 CountyMIDDLESEX9Across25 Cut, one noticed, to a pointSAWN4Across26 Charged particlesIONS4Across26 Favourable regardESTEEM6Across27 BoyLAD3Across27 Appalled to find the inside of the bag has tornAGHAST6Across27 Loaf of breadBLOOMER7Across29 SummitTOP3Across29 The female at the rear, waving, is a farm workerSHEARER7Across29 ConnectionLIAISON7Across31 ToweredLOOMED6Across32 Should have followed them out, I reckonedMETHOUGHT9Across32 Every otherALTERNATE9Across32 DeclineWANE4Across34 Almost, almost sensible and down-to-earth!PRACTICAL9Across34 HiddenCONCEALED9Across34 Suit-makerTAILOR6Across35 No, it's back outside Army headquartersSTATION7Across35 In successionRUNNING7Across35 Lock horns and snarlTANGLE6Across36 Asian countryTAIWAN6Across36 Group of countriesBLOC4Across37 Merely being fairJUST4Across37 Eastern EuropeanUKRAINIAN9Across38 PraiseBLESS5Across38 Wearing a shiny coat made Ellen look grotesqueENAMELLED9Across38 Revealing strong feelingsEMOTIONAL9Across39 A declaration of the intent to have a clear roundMANIFESTO9Across39 AptitudeTALENT6Across39 BriefSHORT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is it not prescribed by a general physician?SPECIFIC8Down1 In good spiritsCHEERFUL8Down1 BackboneSPINALCOLUMN12Down2 Get within range of the TV cameras?COMEINTOVIEW12Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 TiredFATIGUED8Down3 Make your prices lower than, but don't take off enough?UNDERCUT8Down3 DreadedFEARED6Down3 Think highly ofADMIRE6Down4 He advises people to go to high groundMENTOR6Down4 ObeseFAT3Down4 ChancesODDS4Down5 TimetableSCHEDULE8Down5 Tiptop place to build a pub inPINNACLE8Down5 WoundCOILED6Down6 Fruit found where it's mild, in the East?CLEMENTINE10Down6 Made holySANCTIFIED10Down6 RelyDEPEND6Down7 Rabbit meat from somewhere in KentCHATHAM7Down7 AllegedCLAIMED7Down7 Painted the town red on becoming famous?CELEBRATED10Down8 Disappointing conclusionANTICLIMAX10Down8 VariousSEVERAL7Down9 Material that's not trendy making a comebackNINON5Down11 Grasping toolTONGS5Down11 KnockRAP3Down12 ChastePURE4Down13 Say the street is up and one avoids itAVERTS6Down16 FiresideHEARTH6Down16 HeartCORE4Down16 EmulateRIVAL5Down17 LettuceCOS3Down19 Cut-price vegetarian foodCOS3Down19 RefereeMEDIATE7Down20 Mass production systemASSEMBLYLINE12Down21 Goes on a different tack when planning the menu?ALTERSCOURSE12Down21 TooALSO4Down22 RecessALCOVE6Down22 Tell you again and again to get fuelREPEAT6Down22 GallantCHIVALROUS10Down23 The previous owner of the dog was a wizardPASTMASTER10Down23 HammerMALLET6Down24 How charmingly you proposed and were accepted?ENGAGINGLY10Down24 English regionEASTANGLIA10Down24 MotherMUM3Down25 Shoot for the trophyPOT3Down25 PackSTOW4Down25 TributeHOMAGE6Down26 CompleteFINISH6Down28 Equestrian sportEVENTING8Down28 That will show just how much of a rise you've hadALTITUDE8Down28 One-storey houseBUNGALOW8Down29 Accommodating or not accommodating the questionerSTALLING8Down29 DerideRIDICULE8Down30 EnclosurePEN3Down30 With reference to the tellingRELATION8Down30 Stirs it back in for these reasonsMOTIVES7Down31 N American plainPRAIRIE7Down31 Rocks glimpsed among the waves!TIARA5Down33 LiabilityDEBT4Down33 Singing voiceTENOR5Down33 OffencesCRIMES6Down34 A chap standing beside father, with a hatPANAMA6Down34 DonkeyASS3Down36 ScullOAR3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 20, 2018. 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.