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Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
SausageSALAMI6Across1 LongshoremanDOCKER6Across4 Pay for the loud music Dora’s upset aboutAFFORD6Across4 DiverseVARIED6Across5 Cosmos, worldUNIVERSE8Across7 A machine on hire, perhaps, or inheritedHEIRLOOM8Across7 Garments for professional people?BRIEFS6Across8 FelonCRIMINAL8Across8 Spanish danceBOLERO6Across8 AbsentAWAY4Across9 In one short month, we do a clean jobSWEEP5Across10 AyeYES3Across10 Equine mammalHORSE5Across10 VisionDREAM5Across12 Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller?BEER4Across13 DatumFACT4Across13 CountryIRAQ4Across14 Sort of cat a chap gets cross with?MANX4Across14 KindSORT4Across15 There’s little point in removing it from rabbit stewBARB4Across15 FixedSET3Across15 It’s a very good seatPEW3Across16 That womanHER3Across16 Make an issue of somethingEMIT4Across17 OperatorUSER4Across17 AlsoTOO3Across17 NewtEFT3Across18 Is this river in some way mountainous?URAL4Across19 Very keenAVID4Across19 SelfEGO3Across19 SpeakUTTER5Across20 Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fatheadFRIGHTFUL9Across21 Cause troubleMAKEWAVES9Across21 DonkeyASS3Across21 MassageRUB3Across22 Pilots have plentyLOTS4Across23 FirearmGUN3Across23 Mechanical routineROTE4Across23 Man’s nameALEX4Across24 RabbitDOE3Across24 Connoisseur of colour?BUFF4Across24 TautTENSE5Across26 Drinking vesselCUP3Across26 She joins me at golfMEG3Across26 Remnant of brass tubingSTUB4Across27 Twist out of shapeWARP4Across27 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 Harsh criticism dangerous to airmenFLAK4Across29 ColouringDYE3Across29 Has he a chapter to himself?DEAN4Across32 Group of cattleHERD4Across32 Eleven on the shelf?ASIDE5Across33 BorderEDGE4Across33 ProverbADAGE5Across33 A gentle kiss from Mercedes?CARESS6Across34 CharmTALISMAN8Across34 PugilistsBOXERS6Across34 One not easy to knock the stuffing out ofTOUGHGUY8Across35 WoundTRAUMA6Across35 No longer in useOBSOLETE8Across35 Foolish mixture to wear?MOTLEY6Across36 MissionERRAND6Across36 JailPRISON6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Japanese dishSUSHI5Down1 At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible holeCHASM5Down1 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Down2 TallyAGREE5Down2 She figures ways to be foxyVIXEN5Down2 When there’s a panic, Alf turns quietFLAP4Down3 CharityALMS4Down3 This placeHERE4Down3 Bream colour?AMBER5Down4 InteriorINNER5Down4 ExcludeDEBAR5Down4 A noisy tune is reasonableFAIR4Down5 HouseVILLA5Down5 Young male horseCOLT4Down5 Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juiceREFUEL6Down6 GenuineREAL4Down6 DeservedEARNED6Down6 DeleteERASE5Down7 About to polish one’s rude answerREBUFF6Down9 Note groupOCTAVE6Down9 CedeYIELD5Down10 Soft, but it will get strongerWAX3Down11 StockSTORE5Down11 MineralORE3Down11 Put forth effort and figure to get up in a treeEXERT5Down12 Short and broadSQUAT5Down12 SuspectDOUBT5Down12 Something to eat after a clean-up?BATHBUN7Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down13 Attacking footballerFORWARD7Down13 CombineMERGE5Down14 It’s great to be back from Gibraltar!BIG3Down15 ObserveSEE3Down15 TolerateSTAND5Down15 FlavourTASTE5Down16 Wash up, matePAL3Down16 Belonging to himHIS3Down16 Girls one notices being absentMISSES6Down18 Kebab spikeSKEWER6Down18 As once worn by roughs, we hear?RUFFS5Down20 Annoyed, confusedVEXED5Down20 It doesn’t make for good viewingFOG3Down21 Cleaning itemMOP3Down21 Vessel returning with some halibutTUB3Down22 High mountainALP3Down22 Gossip, hearsayRUMOUR6Down23 Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the batLEGATO6Down23 CommandORDER5Down25 Caught in a shady dealHAD3Down25 BeseechBEG3Down25 AdditionalEXTRA5Down27 Illegal burningARSON5Down28 Thanks for the pen, it’s very niceTASTY5Down28 OintmentSALVE5Down28 StunsDAZES5Down30 LongYEARN5Down30 Language I long to learn?LINGO5Down30 At no timeNEVER5Down31 Food-listMENU4Down31 In Africa, get to know some YanksKENYA5Down31 Farmyard birdsHENS4Down32 A handy transactionDEAL4Down32 EmployerUSER4Down32 Ship with only half a yard to move?ARGO4Down33 Particle of matterATOM4Down33

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