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Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 20 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
SnakeMAMBA5Across1 VapourSTEAM5Across1 Initial source of much terrible strifeFIRST5Across1 WeptSOBBED6Across5 New heart for the worldEARTH5Across6 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across6 BeleaguerBESET5Across8 Greek letterEPSILON7Across9 What the fishwife may have on hand?HERRING7Across9 DiscussionDEBATE6Across10 PhantomGHOST5Across10 It's out of Gateshead the runner startedBEGAN5Across10 WayROUTE5Across11 Reach and grasp a tin openerGETAT5Across11 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 Said to have whirled, it's still rotatingWORLD5Across12 FruitLEMON5Across12 Vagrant fellow in the cityHOBOKEN7Across13 CraftsmanARTISAN7Across13 RushingRACING6Across14 Farm animalCOW3Across15 Blue or green areaSEA3Across15 PerplexedBEMUSED7Across15 EndureBEAR4Across17 Possibly wane afreshANEW4Across17 FavouritePET3Across18 Married Spanish womanSENORA6Across18 Slow voyages round the poleSNAILS6Across18 ColourRED3Across19 AbateREMIT5Across19 Allowed to be heardALOUD5Across19 Star who had a place in MerseysideCROSBY6Across20 NonsenseDRIVEL6Across20 ExpensiveDEAR4Across21 Turn us about, for certainSURE4Across22 CribsCOTS4Across22 AgueFEVER5Across23 AttentionEAR3Across24 WanderROAM4Across24 The way of a showmanHOW3Across24 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Across25 Does he ignore things in his log?SKIPPER7Across25 LawfulLEGAL5Across26 Chancy girl?BETTY5Across26 Big catTIGER5Across27 An "in car" variety of dog?CAIRN5Across27 NoiseDIN3Across27 Class or group of antelopes out EastGENUS5Across28 FlowerPOPPY5Across28 A club exploited by the alleged villainACCUSED7Across29 AssailASSAULT7Across29 TankVAT3Across29 Bit of a poser, generally, in material terms?SERGE5Across30 GleamSHINE5Across30 What a possessive father calls his son?MYBOY5Across31 Raising agentYEAST5Across31 LendingLOANING7Across31 DirtySOILED6Across32 EatDINE4Across34 LaceholeEYELET6Across35 LoadedLADEN5Across38 BurrowTUNNEL6Across39 StrictSTERN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StickADHERE6Down2 FastenTIE3Down2 In the Civil War, his anger carried weightIRETON6Down2 In the darkness, caught in a female's embraceSHADOW6Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 RouseBESTIR6Down3 Number of abstentionsTEN3Down4 EncounteredMET3Down4 AppropriateAPT3Down4 AsteriskSTAR4Down5 Where to play golf or not, as you chooseTROON5Down5 Female foxVIXEN5Down5 StrengthenedBRACED6Down6 Lion country!ENGLAND7Down6 CrownCORONET7Down6 PerilDANGER6Down7 SoonANON4Down7 Though old, managed without a valetAGED4Down7 Go, drunken varlet!TRAVEL6Down8 WriterAUTHOR6Down8 CutSEVERED7Down9 Jacket partLAPEL5Down12 CircuitLAP3Down12 Properly, one of a pairWELLY5Down12 LocationSITE4Down13 Thatcherite hole in the wall?HATCH5Down13 HomeABODE5Down13 Long-snouted mammalTAPIR5Down14 To be vulgar is beneath oneBELOW5Down14 Avoid early retirement!SITUP5Down15 Punctuation markCOLON5Down15 ThereforeERGO4Down16 Blooming awful rates!ASTER5Down16 MidriffWAIST5Down16 SatanDEVIL5Down17 Rope fibreSISAL5Down18 Showing displeasure with a vehicleSULKY5Down18 OppositeREVERSE7Down19 The missing quality that makes for conspicuousnessABSENCE7Down19 SignifiedDENOTED7Down20 Go round and list half the teamROTATE6Down21 Pungent rootRADISH6Down21 So be itAMEN4Down22 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Down22 Quick as the recovery of a boy in the river?SPEEDY6Down22 Hot number chosen by cook?REGULO6Down23 EnticesTEMPTS6Down23 DislikeRESENT6Down24 Such friends will always give you a drinkSTOUT5Down25 CommonplaceBANAL5Down25 GreedyAVID4Down25 Express pride in one's gameBRAG4Down26 ThinLEAN4Down26 SlanderMALIGN6Down26 A valued acquisition in managementGEM3Down28 PurposeINTENT6Down28 ThicknessPLY3Down28 NumberTEN3Down30 HollowDELL4Down33 AyeYES3Down36 StrayERR3Down37

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