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Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2018 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#
DismayAPPAL5Across2 CommandORDER5Across3 Where, formerly, putting the finish before the start led to anger!ZAIRE5Across3 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across7 Something to do with interestREPAY5Across8 SuddenABRUPT6Across8 Romantic flowersROSES5Across8 RobustHARDY5Across9 She's of some help to a space visitantETHEL5Across10 SensationalLURID5Across10 Started the fire and left itLIT3Across11 TaxiCAB3Across11 AfflictAIL3Across11 PriseLEVER5Across12 Show how everyone gets a letterTEACH5Across12 When it's cool out, run!CONTROL7Across13 BoozeALCOHOL7Across13 CrowdMOB3Across13 Based on truthVALID5Across15 Tries to take a girl around central TootingTESTS5Across15 ExcludeOMIT4Across15 TinCAN3Across16 CertainSURE4Across18 Animal doctorVET3Across18 Have polo ponies such ears?LOP3Across18 Erase, expungeDELETE6Across19 Because established at Epping?FOREST6Across19 ComfortedSOLACED7Across19 VisageFACE4Across20 Say in passingMENTION7Across21 Half the side cried wildly for a golden goal!DECIDER7Across21 RimEDGE4Across22 Plant ovuleSEED4Across22 Those broken up mostly for scrap?CARS4Across22 Jumps on one footHOPS4Across23 Beat at golf, maybe?FLOG4Across23 ImpassiveUNMOVED7Across23 Playthings of a spoilt starlet?RATTLES7Across24 Gaseous elementKRYPTON7Across24 SlideSKID4Across25 In errorASTRAY6Across26 Of the people making a bad start in a testTRIBAL6Across26 HelpAID3Across27 FairyPERI4Across28 Father's girlHER3Across29 That manHIM3Across29 PoseSIT3Across30 Such boys aren't slowTONUP5Across31 SpotDOT3Across31 SkinflintMISER5Across31 Permission, permitLICENCE7Across32 Encourage to give attention to a broken netHEARTEN7Across32 ExcursionJAUNT5Across33 One presenting a soldier with a piece of silverGIVER5Across34 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Across34 Whence tea may run freelyURN3Across35 DecomposeROT3Across35 Fishy means of measuring?SCALE5Across36 Post offREMIT5Across36 AttitudeSTANCE6Across36 See 38ERROLFLYNN10Across37 Honour and gloryKUDOS5Across37 PortentOMEN4Across37 MaximTENET5Across38 Being right in a new role, had he to fly north again?ERROLFLYNN10Across38 RequiresNEEDS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MarsupialKOALA5Down1 GlintGLEAM5Down1 Fruit of some long endeavoursMELON5Down1 DearBELOVED7Down2 In major contests, let's bat cannilyBATTLES7Down2 TreeASH3Down2 EqualityPAR3Down3 SpoolREEL4Down4 BalladLAY3Down4 One of the first men to have a unitABEL4Down4 DistortedWRY3Down5 He does things in religiously correct orderRECTOR6Down5 NumberELEVEN6Down5 TrackSPOOR5Down6 RusticRURAL5Down6 Maybe three can put you to sleepETHER5Down6 Call onVISIT5Down7 Short menGENTS5Down7 So or thusSIC3Down9 From the pine, it's not a needlePIN3Down9 BargainDEAL4Down10 AdmitCONFESS7Down11 WaferBISCUIT7Down12 Shifty CIA plot of current interestTOPICAL7Down12 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down12 ConfusedMUDDLED7Down13 A fancied flierROC3Down14 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down14 Farmyard birdHEN3Down14 FruitLEMON5Down16 They swim in waters around the Docklands centreSEALS5Down16 BeverageCOCOA5Down16 ThickDENSE5Down17 Put on, dramaticallySTAGE5Down17 BareNAKED5Down17 ObserveSEE3Down18 It's used in flight (by the RAF out East?)FEATHER7Down19 Marine mammalDOLPHIN7Down19 That great explorerSCOTT5Down20 ReligionISLAM5Down20 It carries water in many thousands of dropsDRAIN5Down21 FinishEND3Down21 ThawsMELTS5Down21 Baseball termHOMERUN7Down23 Rod's jointFERRULE7Down23 Martial artKARATE6Down24 Weapon used by gunners at a landing placeRAPIER6Down24 PermitVISA4Down24 Facial twitchTIC3Down25 Part of an arable areaLEA3Down25 PoolKITTY5Down26 FlanksSIDES5Down27 It swims in an arch around a circleROACH5Down27 Tree sapRESIN5Down28 Instrument forming a bulgeBUGLE5Down28 NomadROVER5Down29 ThespianACTOR5Down30 In short, she has very little moneyPENNY5Down30 NoisyLOUD4Down32 TavernINN3Down32 Only a brave man will give her a ringHERO4Down32 It means a shot at goalTRY3Down33 SpurtJET3Down33 Signal agreementNOD3Down33 VaseURN3Down34 ChildTOT3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, April 23, 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.