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Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
ConditionSTATE5Across1 Those all pulled out with arresting effect?STOPS5Across1 RibaldBAWDY5Across2 A well balanced gameMATCH5Across6 RegalROYAL5Across6 PainACHE4Across7 IndicateEVINCE6Across8 ClotheDRESS5Across9 One moreANOTHER7Across9 The realistic viewer has no such illusions!OPTICAL7Across9 Trade nameBRAND5Across10 Without a happy woman, the thing doesn't workNOJOY5Across10 DogCUR3Across11 Bird-like fielder?GULLY5Across11 Ludicrous situationFARCE5Across11 Many a target will make demandsCLAIM5Across12 Desert animalCAMEL5Across12 DecayROT3Across13 LoathsomeHATEFUL7Across13 Money going inland?REVENUE7Across13 DeityGOD3Across15 Catch coming back from the bankNAB3Across15 ComplyOBEY4Across15 TuneAIR3Across16 ParticleATOM4Across17 Water with a pronounced odourODER4Across17 Ridicule makes one stare wildly around!SATIRE6Across18 StrictSEVERE6Across18 IdolHERO4Across18 A basis for footworkPEDAL5Across19 TumblerACROBAT7Across19 BeastBRUTE5Across19 DullDREARY6Across20 Was rude to a busman!ABUSED6Across20 NourishmentFOOD4Across20 Carry a note into a barBEAR4Across22 StrongboxSAFE4Across22 SoilDIRT4Across22 CallerVISITOR7Across23 Harlesden boy?LES3Across24 TotalSUM3Across24 Put down by a puzzler?FLOORED7Across25 Oval dishPLATTER7Across25 RushedSPED4Across25 Artist's standEASEL5Across26 She takes as much as she can hold on the Fourth of JulyFILLY5Across26 SpotDOT3Across27 This subject comes first, I seeTOPIC5Across27 Group of directorsBOARD5Across27 Secondary highway, but wideBROAD5Across28 HibernianIRISH5Across28 DreadFEAR4Across28 An old-fashined rotterDASTARD7Across29 SubmissiveSERVILE7Across29 Men consume half a loaf with fruitMELON5Across30 VerdantGREEN5Across30 SorrowfulSAD3Across30 SlackLOOSE5Across31 It grows shaky when there's a windASPEN5Across31 OwingDUE3Across31 QuenchSLAKE5Across33 RestaurantBISTRO6Across36 FeverAGUE4Across37 BeleaguerBESET5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ScourSCRUB5Down1 Source of dangerTHREAT6Down2 CouchBED3Down2 The flute player did so also, EdwardTOOTED6Down2 It's worse when the rope tangles round the back of tractorPOORER6Down3 TinyWEE3Down3 Bicycle for twoTANDEM6Down3 AyeYES3Down4 Look soppy without workSPY3Down4 FinishEND3Down4 SeedPIP3Down5 A passage in PaisleyAISLE5Down5 ThieveSTEAL5Down5 PerformerACTOR5Down6 Even without Al, it would still be wonderfulMAGICAL7Down6 Football officialREFEREE7Down6 SpokenORAL4Down7 Almost a lump of chemicalALUM4Down7 Mooring deviceANCHOR6Down8 Low place where some fellows go in a carCELLAR6Down8 AgitateSTIR4Down10 AdmitCONFESS7Down11 ExpelledREMOVED7Down12 Spicy dishCURRY5Down12 No longer terribly crude?CURED5Down12 WithdrewRETIRED7Down13 Sort of jelly for boysROYAL5Down13 PassesHANDS5Down13 TormentTORTURE7Down14 Tribal badgeTOTEM5Down14 The Romans imagined her to be heavenlyVENUS5Down14 Cold-hearted but getting betterNICER5Down15 Mean, intendGETAT5Down15 Hirsute poet out EastBEARD5Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 PungentACRID5Down16 AutomatonROBOT5Down17 OwnedHAD3Down18 She wants, say, about fifty quidSALLY5Down18 Play for timeSTALL5Down18 WidenBROADEN7Down19 A flier ("Big Bill") to help you across the roadPELICAN7Down19 PerformedDID3Down21 GossipRUMOUR6Down21 Earlier, minced beef containing a certain amount of porkBEFORE6Down21 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down22 Stays on the stage?BOARDS6Down22 BanquetsFEASTS6Down23 Give the water treatmentAERATE6Down23 RingTOLL4Down24 IrritatePEEVE5Down25 Loud musical instrument?FLUTE5Down25 ConfusionPANIC5Down26 GaelicERSE4Down26 If upset, act like a dog!FIDO4Down26 Big-headed artist many women have a use forBRA3Down28 UnwellILL3Down28 PresageAUGUR5Down29 Pig-penSTY3Down32 WeepSOB3Down33 DonkeyASS3Down34 ConsumeEAT3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, April 24, 2023. 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.