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Evening Standard Crossword April 21 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 21 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
ProcrastinateDELAY5Across1 Former park with a turn on, including gym, etc.UPTON5Across1 ThickDENSE5Across2 Those pulled out for the best results?STOPS5Across6 VisionSIGHT5Across6 ObscureCLOUD5Across7 FilletedBONED5Across8 Ignore, disregardNEGLECT7Across9 It’s acid with no good usage in engravingVINEGAR7Across9 CallVISIT5Across10 RoughnecksTHUGS5Across10 Soak (with an overcharge?)STEEP5Across10 Paper quantitiesREAMS5Across11 Be an unoriginal essayistRETRY5Across11 Vapour from hot waterSTEAM5Across12 It’s muddy where the lad’s holding the horseBOGGY5Across12 ImmerseDIP3Across12 Star signSCORPIO7Across13 With scorn, possibly said to be in a racketDISDAIN7Across13 AdvantageASSET5Across13 Dry as some house claretSEC3Across15 ChildTODDLER7Across15 Body of waterSEA3Across15 Czechoslovakian city?OSLO4Across17 DivisionSECTOR6Across17 ContinentASIA4Across17 Take by the nose?SNITCH6Across18 AgreementACCORD6Across18 RegretRUE3Across19 On board, we have AutocueIDIOT5Across19 Cutting strokeSLASH5Across19 A letter in slang, one gathersGLEANS6Across20 Broad streetAVENUE6Across20 SubdueREPRESS7Across20 It’s in or out of the windowSILL4Across22 AlwaysEVER4Across22 ObstinateDOUR4Across23 Decision that’s always wrong!OUT3Across24 FatherDAD3Across24 CeaseSTOP4Across25 Horse operaWESTERN7Across25 Printing method that’s full of holesSTENCIL7Across25 A knotty little snagHITCH5Across26 RevokeRESCIND7Across26 Herb typeCUMIN5Across26 Aircraft detection systemRADAR5Across27 Went riding with Isaac in outer BrentfordBIKED5Across27 Chatter quietly at speedPRATE5Across28 Card gameWHIST5Across28 First person to think highly about in a dreamREVERIE7Across29 Football officialREFEREE7Across29 Old people with average waysMEDES5Across30 PilesHEAPS5Across30 TankVAT3Across30 Tyrants, autocratsTSARS5Across31 NeaterTIDIER6Across31 Moved the Edwards out of GatesheadEDGED5Across31 DeterminedDECIDED7Across34 PoetryVERSE5Across37 FriendPAL3Across38 MaterialDENIM5Across39 IrrigateWATER5Across40 WandererNOMAD5Across41 Line upALIGN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NearCLOSE5Down1 Moral principlesETHICS6Down2 QuiltDUVET5Down2 Lingo in which, out East, to re-order opiatesPATOIS6Down2 Belabour a claim to be an accomplished partyOVERDO6Down3 ReviserEDITOR6Down3 MohairANGORA6Down3 ApertureSLIT4Down4 A bite to drink?NIP3Down4 AffirmativeYES3Down4 DeityGODDESS7Down5 Most hornets, if disturbed, will go flying!HERON5Down5 Dwarf planetPLUTO5Down5 RepulseREPEL5Down6 Artist’s strange potentialSARGENT7Down6 Withdraw from a contestSCRATCH7Down6 A card or essay about England’s capitalTREY4Down7 ArticleITEM4Down7 The distance is simply astronomicalPARSEC6Down8 Hand toolHAMMER6Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 FloodTORRENT7Down11 Offers to go round the air terminal with the fliersBIRDS5Down12 Edge alongSIDLE5Down12 AwayASIDE5Down13 Cold dishSALAD5Down13 How to lie unnoticeablyDOGGO5Down13 ScrubSCOUR5Down14 Shelter in the street from the weatherSLEET5Down14 LubricatedOILED5Down14 Calm about the terrible cost of getting out of lineSTOIC5Down15 Work outSOLVE5Down15 OwingDUE3Down16 DecorateADORN5Down16 Companion with a bad coldCHILL5Down16 RespondedREACTED7Down18 PallidASHEN5Down18 Way downSOUTH5Down18 Fashionable teams have gutsINSIDES7Down19 StitchesSUTURES7Down19 Like the wolf, superior in breedingLUPINE6Down21 Leave emptyVACATE6Down21 StepSTAIR5Down21 EngravesETCHES6Down22 Caught when confusing directions get misread?SNARED6Down22 ScantySPARE5Down22 Pencil rubberERASER6Down23 Not much of a title, maybe, for the letter headingLITTLE6Down23 DeridedREVILED7Down24 BroadenWIDEN5Down25 The prison officer turned to go homeSCREW5Down25 For the present, put her at the back of the queueHERE4Down26 Food fishCARP4Down26 SorrowfulSAD3Down27 Crusty bird? Among the harpies, anywayPIE3Down28 Not dryWET3Down28 PlungingDIVING6Down28 ReimburseREPAY5Down29 DevilDEMON5Down32 CompositionESSAY5Down33 FelineCAT3Down35 TradeDEAL4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 21, 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.