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Evening Standard Crossword April 27 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 27 2018 answers. The Friday 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#
CreaseFOLD4Across1 DecayROT3Across4 BlemishSCAR4Across6 GainedWON3Across9 An irritable "I have come to see the doctor"IMPATIENT9Across9 HarmlessINNOCUOUS9Across9 DecapitatedBEHEADED8Across10 Feeling or evoking emotionTOUCHING8Across10 FragrantAROMATIC8Across10 EmployedUSED4Across11 Capturing a record in the comeback is one's aimGOAL4Across12 NearNIGH4Across12 Talk one into becoming a thiefPIRATE6Across13 Astrological diagramZODIAC6Across13 Something you'll want to polish off, on your plateTARNISH7Across14 Lion-likeLEONINE7Across14 GuidedLED3Across14 ClotCOAGULATE9Across15 And he swims in to land when you give assistanceLENDAHAND9Across15 ConcurAGREE5Across16 Awful big!MONSTROUS9Across17 DoctorPHYSICIAN9Across17 Not artificial eyes, we're told - they seeREALISE7Across18 Trade banEMBARGO7Across18 ScholasticACADEMIC8Across19 Set off carrying a gun: was on footSTRODE6Across20 HandbookMANUAL6Across20 PeruseSCAN4Across21 KindGENUS5Across21 Predicament the mouse is in?HOLE4Across21 RelationRELATIVE8Across23 Certainly not a huge reductionMUCHLESS8Across24 ImperilENDANGER8Across24 BoatYACHT5Across24 Supplanted and put in the shade byREPLACED8Across26 Hype, informallyBALLYHOO8Across26 ImmerseDIP3Across27 He's drawn from the bankTIER4Across28 Pakistani languageURDU4Across28 Drinking vesselGOBLET6Across29 Arranged and recorded bySCORED6Across29 RegulateCONTROL7Across31 CatalogueLIST4Across31 The heart of the countryMIDLAND7Across31 DaisPLATFORM8Across33 Perturbed to find it's not yet been paid?UNSETTLED9Across34 Card gameBLACKJACK9Across34 OwingDUE3Across34 RindPEEL4Across35 PlaythingTOY3Across36 Knee tendonHAMSTRING9Across36 How gradually the temperature warms upBYDEGREES9Across36 ReignRULE4Across37 Boisterous party, informallySHINDIG7Across38 The body, or framework, of the vehicleCARCASE7Across38 RichesWEALTH6Across39 Best of all, you have an optionCHOICE6Across39 Face coveringVEIL4Across40 Race rings round himOTTO4Across40 Having no inclination to travel, will move, I figure, intoVERTICAL8Across41 Exciting book or filmTHRILLER8Across41 Composed a nicer song in the gardenCINERARIA9Across42 IncorrectERRONEOUS9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Highest pointPINNACLE8Down1 One only is noteworthySINGULAR8Down1 MysteryENIGMA6Down2 Rick, from Paris, travelled northSPRAIN6Down2 FrankOPEN4Down2 US stateCOLORADO8Down3 Think the pal tied knots in itMEDITATE8Down3 ActDEED4Down3 SaviourREDEEMER8Down4 Have high hopesASPIRE6Down4 Leave for the seasideSTRAND6Down4 NeatTIDY4Down5 Cooking vesselSAUCEPAN8Down5 The master went out and caught, again, a bad coldSTREAMER8Down5 OscillatedSWUNG5Down6 SportVOLLEYBALL10Down6 Didn't say anything: only got in trim physicallyBUTTONEDUP10Down6 LettuceCOS3Down7 TerseLACONIC7Down7 Suspicious of accepting it as a handoutCHARITY7Down7 AnointANELE5Down8 SwimsuitBIKINI6Down8 The one doing cartwheels, in blueINDIGO6Down8 "It's cold, hurry up" does act as a curbCHASTEN7Down11 Part left overREMNANT7Down11 WedMARRY5Down12 FundamentalBASIC5Down13 LimbLEG3Down14 AteDINED5Down15 Imaginary, fancifulUNREAL6Down16 Get off! It's on fire!ALIGHT6Down16 ProportionRATIO5Down17 KeenEAGER5Down18 Be a diversion, and an inspiration toAMUSE5Down19 FilletedBONED5Down19 SpoilMAR3Down20 Of cookingCULINARY8Down20 Signal back, tooSOS3Down20 Group of singersCHOIR5Down22 JuiceSAP3Down22 The letter about me has since turned upOMEGA5Down22 Animal that will pad about in the wood?LAPDOG6Down23 Young swanCYGNET6Down23 Goodness, what do I say to the ambassador?EXCELLENCY10Down25 Perfectly well-behavedGOODASGOLD10Down25 ApartASIDE5Down25 InnHOTEL5Down26 WagerBET3Down26 The switch, man!ROD3Down26 RefuseRUBBISH7Down27 A firm "Stop"STAUNCH7Down27 EspySPOT4Down28 DistantAFAR4Down29 SpokenORAL4Down30 TepidLUKEWARM8Down30 Scoff at and get shot of one silly clueRIDICULE8Down30 GraveyardCEMETERY8Down31 The mixture, shaken, is nice. I'd swallowed it myselfMEDICINE8Down31 Is unfaithful. See the lady is getting the run-aroundDISLOYAL8Down32 ProsecuteSUE3Down32 Make lawfulLEGALISE8Down32 In difficulties, one jumps up to protectSTRAITS7Down33 Crash helmet, informallySKIDLID7Down33 BurningALIGHT6Down35 Played a first shot that was adequateSERVED6Down35 Bring up the subject of the said item of jewelleryBROACH6Down36 AngryHEATED6Down36 All there by about ten to one againENTIRE6Down37 Refrigerator compartmentICEBOX6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 27, 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.