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Evening Standard Crossword April 21 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 21 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Play51 AcrossReveal answer → Stenographer65 AcrossReveal answer → Speak58 AcrossReveal answer → Type of plant99 AcrossReveal answer → What the illiterate butcher didn’t recognise?99 AcrossReveal answer → Plague610 AcrossReveal answer → “If not a change for the worse" one put in910 AcrossReveal answer → Salad vegetable810 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation412 AcrossReveal answer → Make an impact on that will leave a lasting impression412 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese garment613 AcrossReveal answer → They’re possibly Spanish, si? No, no: wrong613 AcrossReveal answer → Subjugate714 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair614 AcrossReveal answer → Opening for a chap in the sanitation department714 AcrossReveal answer → A minor luminary in Hollywood915 AcrossReveal answer → Passage715 AcrossReveal answer → Works of art915 AcrossReveal answer → It’s doling out things he can manage without917 AcrossReveal answer → Vests, briefs, etc.917 AcrossReveal answer → “Birds” were for a long time included among “Animals”718 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap318 AcrossReveal answer → Petty718 AcrossReveal answer → The dread of all governesses and nannies?619 AcrossReveal answer → And not319 AcrossReveal answer → Eat like lightning420 AcrossReveal answer → Playground item620 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish421 AcrossReveal answer → Adroit421 AcrossReveal answer → Bird that’s foolishly trapped, once having flown in923 AcrossReveal answer → Principle523 AcrossReveal answer → Soft drink824 AcrossReveal answer → Obscene424 AcrossReveal answer → Claimed to have fought with925 AcrossReveal answer → Impudence826 AcrossReveal answer → Was a looker, I had heard426 AcrossReveal answer → I require a day to go through it, certainly627 AcrossReveal answer → Noise327 AcrossReveal answer → Unsightly428 AcrossReveal answer → Sign as sender, having wrapped the ring in it729 AcrossReveal answer → Flee629 AcrossReveal answer → Manês329 AcrossReveal answer → Momentous731 AcrossReveal answer → Blame731 AcrossReveal answer → Laboured632 AcrossReveal answer → Reminding you of your transgressions is irritating932 AcrossReveal answer → University teacher934 AcrossReveal answer → Head434 AcrossReveal answer → Overlook the lack of respect934 AcrossReveal answer → Escaped635 AcrossReveal answer → Write in, having shot back, about the vacancy735 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine936 AcrossReveal answer → For the little creature carrying it, it’s a strain636 AcrossReveal answer → How many in favour of restraining the union?437 AcrossReveal answer → Tree538 AcrossReveal answer → U.S. state738 AcrossReveal answer → Terrific tuna cooked by one of the family938 AcrossReveal answer → Was about to get worried939 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch639 AcrossReveal answer → Jeer at639 AcrossReveal answer → English county440 AcrossReveal answer → Kind540 AcrossReveal answer → Slaughter841 AcrossReveal answer → Quack942 AcrossReveal answer →

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And the new chap I brought round is no help81 DownReveal answer → Infirm81 DownReveal answer → Zodiac sign62 DownReveal answer → The one about footing the bill we never tire of?122 DownReveal answer → Fish-eggs32 DownReveal answer → Means to study music83 DownReveal answer → Local83 DownReveal answer → Altered being63 DownReveal answer → Turn in, having wandered back to have a quick meal64 DownReveal answer → Edible bulbs64 DownReveal answer → Consumed34 DownReveal answer → Excursion45 DownReveal answer → Complete85 DownReveal answer → Think you regard as85 DownReveal answer → They mean no, you’re not trying to get a hitch106 DownReveal answer → Gazed66 DownReveal answer → Used106 DownReveal answer → And having raised the cover, put one’s initials on it77 DownReveal answer → Gift67 DownReveal answer → Make ready77 DownReveal answer → Commemorated by the famous108 DownReveal answer → Hold together68 DownReveal answer → Coached79 DownReveal answer → Flightless bird711 DownReveal answer → Is neither brought back in chains?511 DownReveal answer → Can312 DownReveal answer → Companion413 DownReveal answer → He has cattle with him, the little daughter and a dog616 DownReveal answer → Travelled416 DownReveal answer → Three-legged stand616 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up517 DownReveal answer → Perfect519 DownReveal answer → Have an addition - to the family?319 DownReveal answer → Observe320 DownReveal answer → Renovated720 DownReveal answer → Is bossy with, when one buys drinks from1221 DownReveal answer → Just422 DownReveal answer → “It’s an honour,” you say, “to involve myself in your business”622 DownReveal answer → Rabbit cage522 DownReveal answer → Copyist623 DownReveal answer → Are not fooled by: that’s transparent1023 DownReveal answer → Giving to an undomesticated dog in the shed1024 DownReveal answer → Small624 DownReveal answer → Help1025 DownReveal answer → The fish - a portion of haddock - is sent back325 DownReveal answer → Lash425 DownReveal answer → Expert326 DownReveal answer → Swell626 DownReveal answer → Person responsible727 DownReveal answer → Promise628 DownReveal answer → Beseeches when sent off, concealing a tear drop828 DownReveal answer → Taking to quarters wrapped in rugs, leaving nothing to chance829 DownReveal answer → Fixed330 DownReveal answer → Wildly adore old land of gold?830 DownReveal answer → Condensed830 DownReveal answer → When the ship first comes in, is helpful731 DownReveal answer → Remove831 DownReveal answer → Sailing832 DownReveal answer → Deceased433 DownReveal answer → When I have about half done, she appears533 DownReveal answer → Become ill again733 DownReveal answer → Change sides and it’s your fault634 DownReveal answer → Trying experience635 DownReveal answer → Limb336 DownReveal answer → Continent636 DownReveal answer → Stray337 DownReveal answer → Pact637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 21, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.