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Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2020 answers. The Monday 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#
PermitALLOW5Across2 Refrain from killingSPARE5Across3 At Gateshead, a defeat to smooth over as best possibleGLOSS5Across3 InformTELL4Across7 Scowl when demotedLOWER5Across8 SaveEXCEPT6Across8 Wading birdHERON5Across8 JumpedLEAPT5Across9 She gives her dad the pipPIPPA5Across10 Male relativeUNCLE5Across10 By a person being childlessPER3Across11 PerformedDID3Across11 RendRIP3Across11 PerchROOST5Across12 Grub moneyBREAD5Across12 Minor facts for working partiesDETAILS7Across13 Having restrictionsLIMITED7Across13 ThroughPER3Across13 Spanish manSENOR5Across15 To pull a lever back can be funREVEL5Across15 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 VegetablePEA3Across16 PedigreeTREE4Across18 Policeman, slangCOP3Across18 Anger at getting only half the next answerIRE3Across18 CorsairPIRATE6Across19 Name a streetcar if you wishDESIRE6Across19 BetrothedFIANCEE7Across19 SingerALTO4Across20 Cure for all illsPANACEA7Across21 As worn by good girls?GLASSES7Across21 WineASTI4Across22 Knitting stitchPURL4Across22 Cheats a chap out of loveDOES4Across22 Prisoner’s roomCELL4Across23 Hypocrisy? There’s no such word!CANT4Across23 AnimalRACCOON7Across23 In SE Milan, somehow seedy, in a senseSEMINAL7Across24 StrenuousARDUOUS7Across24 SeemLOOK4Across25 EvaluateASSESS6Across26 Being diverted made us excitedAMUSED6Across26 FodderHAY3Across27 FeverAGUE4Across28 Plenty of money to back withLOT3Across29 TotalSUM3Across29 PlaythingTOY3Across30 Splendid new purseSUPER5Across31 FinishEND3Across31 Romantic flowersROSES5Across31 Goes backRETURNS7Across32 Told there’s nothing on the road but wild deerORDERED7Across32 BeachSHORE5Across33 Silly boozer in New YorkNINNY5Across34 AscendsRISES5Across34 Red? How odd!RUM3Across35 Lower limbLEG3Across35 An aid for a huntress?DIANA5Across36 FoundationBASIS5Across36 EditREVISE6Across36 Moving picture of a little puppy’s tailWEEPY5Across37 HoodwinkedDUPED5Across37 PlacedLAID4Across37 RuinWRECK5Across38 Tree having a mast on?ALDER5Across38 Distinctive characterETHOS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DeserveMERIT5Down1 FoulFETID5Down1 Some of these scarcely exist!HOPES5Down1 Of current affairsTOPICAL7Down2 How a slider possibly slips off lineDERAILS7Down2 EachALL3Down2 MeadowLEA3Down3 PokePROD4Down4 DampWET3Down4 Some popular stories from Scandinavia?LARS4Down4 DeedACT3Down5 Forbears to kill with spearsSPARES6Down5 CountryRUSSIA6Down5 RevelSPREE5Down6 Go inENTER5Down6 On certain days, these teams are slow starters!SIDES5Down6 Give outALLOT5Down7 Exhausted by the more advanced classes?UPPER5Down7 Raised edgeRIM3Down9 Like a rainy day in SowetoWET3Down9 ExcusePLEA4Down10 Non-paymentDEFAULT7Down11 DemolishDESTROY7Down12 Mildly cursed!BLESSED7Down12 MendsREPAIRS7Down12 ForecastPRESAGE7Down13 He heartens HiramIRA3Down14 LivedRESIDED7Down14 Unit of weightTON3Down14 TitlesNAMES5Down16 Being critical is essentialVITAL5Down16 NipPINCH5Down16 RespondREPLY5Down17 Nickname for an abandoned Yankee?LEFTY5Down17 IrritateANNOY5Down17 BeverageTEA3Down18 Not good to dry out? That’s bad!DEVILRY7Down19 StudiesPERUSES7Down19 Possibly said to hold the key to inventiveness?IDEAS5Down20 JavelinSPEAR5Down20 How to make a slow horse fasterGEEUP5Down21 TreeOAK3Down21 IronPRESS5Down21 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Down23 Provision merchant’s car wrapped round a tree?CATERER7Down23 HelpASSIST6Down24 Story of the crooked rise of Capone?SERIAL6Down24 CurseOATH4Down24 Not inOUT3Down25 Number 500 looks agreeableNOD3Down25 SeepedOOZED5Down26 CouchesSOFAS5Down27 A charmer, we hearMUSIC5Down27 WeirdEERIE5Down28 Medicinal tea Anne’s brewedSENNA5Down28 UnfastenedUNDID5Down29 EnrageANGER5Down30 For speed, use them in top, perhapsTEMPO5Down30 Perform againREDO4Down32 OfferBID3Down32 How to accept a unique opportunityONCE4Down32 Have remorse about a piece of crueltyRUE3Down33 StitchSEW3Down33 AgentREP3Down33 PoemODE3Down34 MooseELK3Down35

About this puzzle

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