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Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
EconomyTHRIFT6Across1 The idea that beef is about lb1BELIEF6Across4 EmbracedHUGGED6Across4 MuddleMESS4Across5 A town like Alice?FLORENCE8Across7 Very hot curryVINDALOO8Across7 European variety of mangerGERMAN6Across8 InsightACUMEN6Across8 AssaultONSET5Across8 UnevenODD3Across9 ApplaudsCLAPS5Across10 NakedBARE4Across10 Regal composer?ELGAR5Across10 ExamineSCAN4Across11 BroomBRUSH5Across12 Let fallDROP4Across13 Eat where there's a lot of noise at closing timeDINE4Across13 FeverishHECTIC6Across13 CommotionTODO4Across14 Something to do after sowingREAP4Across14 A notedly low priceSONG4Across15 LatherSUDS4Across15 InsectBEE3Across16 Shelter from a terrible earthquakeLEE3Across16 HeartCORE4Across16 Spoil just one in a seriesRUIN4Across17 Practice fightSPAR4Across17 SeizeGRIP4Across18 Boy's nameSEAN4Across19 Employer requiring superior and faultless serviceUSER4Across19 AgedOLD3Across20 Not temporaryPERMANENT9Across21 Given a hiding!CONCEALED9Across21 FruitNUT3Across22 Indian dressSARI4Across23 Sort of skirt mum gets, at leastMINI4Across23 FishEEL3Across23 Soldier on foot for the presentGIFT4Across24 ReleaseFREE4Across24 WagersBETS4Across24 MaskVEIL4Across25 Show willingNOD3Across26 Secret agentSPY3Across26 Jazz played just a little around mid-afternoonTRAD4Across27 Foot partSOLE4Across27 MiddleCENTRE6Across28 The state a hut may be inUTAH4Across29 Second-handUSED4Across29 FragranceSCENT5Across30 In the home, always, but you can have one outMEAL4Across32 PainfulSORE4Across32 CordageROPE4Across32 No deal, I guess!OPINE5Across33 WagonCART4Across33 DiscourageDETER5Across33 Forgetful about a girlREMISS6Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 ChumFRIEND6Across34 Such a worker hasn't got all dayPARTTIME8Across35 BuryINTER5Across35 Paint typeEMULSION8Across35 Uses fishy lines of approach?ANGLES6Across36 RodWAND4Across36 MissiveLETTER6Across36 LivelyFRISKY6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExpelEVICT5Down1 CupTROPHY6Down1 A bid from HM?OFFER5Down1 DerisionRIDICULE8Down2 Work doughKNEAD5Down2 Figure a girl is a cross-country runnerVOLGA5Down2 It costs a packet, darlingDEAR4Down3 PlanetMARS4Down3 MaterialFABRIC6Down3 Start to live on drinkBEGIN5Down4 StashHOARD5Down4 VigorousENERGETIC9Down4 MissiveMESSAGE7Down5 RiseGOUP4Down5 New role requiring special knowledgeLORE4Down5 EngraveETCH4Down6 In corrective use, it starts as it finishesERASER6Down6 NumberELEVEN6Down6 RationalSANE4Down7 SphereORB3Down8 PamperCOSSET6Down9 It's no good spilling fuel out that you want to take in!ENGULF6Down9 MooLOW3Down11 Grassy area in a clearingLEA3Down11 Source of protection (but with strings attached)APRON5Down12 Tricky questionPOSER5Down12 Irish lad gone wrongDONEGAL7Down13 Long-lastingDURABLE7Down13 PersuadedCONVINCED9Down14 Boy's nameSAM3Down15 LubricateOIL3Down15 Letter I see as truly quotedSIC3Down15 Flying mammalBAT3Down16 Persuaded Nora misguidedly to leave LeonardLED3Down16 RegretRUE3Down17 Joins in a bit of fun, knotting tiesUNITES6Down18 JailPRISON6Down18 UneasyRESTLESS8Down19 Determined to get a greater systemSETUP5Down20 MineralORE3Down20 FollowENSUE5Down20 Detectives in accident investigationCID3Down21 WagePAY3Down21 Go downDESCEND7Down21 Favour a first-class figureAID3Down22 BornNEE3Down22 Like a new drome at the North Pole!MODERN6Down23 ScantySPARSE6Down23 ObserveSEE3Down25 Lover of something electric?FAN3Down25 EpistleLETTER6Down26 CureREMEDY6Down27 CommandORDER5Down28 Gratingly utters abrasive thingsRASPS5Down28 ForeheadBROW4Down29 Like a little boy afraid to finish?TIMID5Down30 TurnSPIN4Down30 Beer mugSTEIN5Down30 InebriatedDRUNK5Down31 SailorTAR3Down31 Saintly, she has her own place in MerseysideHELEN5Down31 Machine used by learners on the motorwayMILL4Down32 CultSECT4Down32 Wild cereal?OATS4Down33 ToyDOLL4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. 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.