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Evening Standard Crossword April 27 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 27 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Short-sightednessMYOPIA6Across1 Clever, but a bighead - yes?BRIGHT6Across1 MakeBRAND5Across2 DisparageBADMOUTH8Across7 TallyAGREE5Across7 Can you really be in this when on the carpet?HOTWATER8Across7 Performance that's no good as a farewell?SOLO4Across8 ScratchSCORE5Across8 TowPULL4Across8 Writer of the cheque for a reward, possibly returnedDRAWER6Across10 AlludeREFER5Across10 PartySOIREE6Across10 A back seatSADDLE6Across11 VulgarCOARSE6Across11 MatRUG3Across12 GlossySLEEK5Across13 Become a bit fidgetyGET3Across14 Was seatedSAT3Across14 DiscussedDEBATED7Across15 Heavyweight out with some of the boys?TYSON5Across16 BroadenWIDEN5Across16 Move hastily, thus damageTEAR4Across17 Make watertightSEAL4Across17 CharacterLETTER6Across17 Recipient of income tax, notePAYEE5Across19 TopCAP3Across19 Cuba's Mr CastroFIDEL5Across19 DeterminedDECIDED7Across20 A girl and a boy had a meal togetherDINED5Across21 Light beamLASER5Across21 GiantTITAN5Across22 Hastily leave a house that's just a disorderly tipHOPIT5Across22 Is obliged toMUST4Across23 Made haste, but with some lack of speed!SPED4Across23 BecomeSUIT4Across23 OozeDRIP4Across25 BodyCADAVER7Across26 Half of us had been lying, so were killedSLAIN5Across26 AllegeCLAIM5Across26 WeaponGUN3Across28 A great river, it seems, cannot end in nothing!NIL3Across28 Called in an intermediaryTERMED6Across29 RuptureHERNIA6Across29 SonBOY3Across30 Wherein Alonso got drunk?SALOON6Across30 CourteousPOLITE6Across30 To help such people could have been a charityAGED4Across31 ScornDERIDE6Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across31 It's wrong to confuse Mike with StanMISTAKEN8Across32 MementoSOUVENIR8Across32 It's good, say, as a water carrierGUTTER6Across33 AngoraMOHAIR6Across33 SweatSWELTER7Across34 RendezvousVENUE5Across37 WonderAWE3Across38 MaterialDENIM5Across39 TrampleTREAD5Across40 TemptressSIREN5Across41 SwiftFLEET5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Possibly one-armed villainBANDIT6Down1 Fails to hitMISSES6Down1 NimbleAGILE5Down1 Not singularPLURAL6Down2 Scowl down upon a gangster leaderGLOWER6Down2 HeadgearBERET5Down2 CompetentABLE4Down3 God of ancient horticulture?THOR4Down3 SmelledREEKED6Down3 RequireNEED4Down4 AuthoriseEMPOWER7Down4 Worked hard to make a stewed concoctionSWEATED7Down4 AbradedSCRAPED7Down5 They can help a footballer not to fall down on the jobSTUDS5Down5 ProtectGUARD5Down5 IncitedURGED5Down6 LustreSHEEN5Down6 Inexperienced and envious?GREEN5Down6 Italian cityPISA4Down8 It's an old storySAGA4Down8 AllowLET3Down9 AbroadOUT3Down9 Allowed out of jail, etc.LET3Down9 RehearsedRECITED7Down11 If it runs, it's not particularly fastDYE3Down12 AfflictAIL3Down12 Mislay a ring inside when slackLOOSE5Down13 VendsSELLS5Down13 CutSLASH5Down13 MoralETHIC5Down14 You may fear to press this buttonPANIC5Down15 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down15 WickedBAD3Down16 BirdEAGLE5Down18 Passed onRELAYED7Down18 Send away what is no longer to lie aroundEXILE5Down18 Not thinFAT3Down19 We hear it's of timely significancePIP3Down19 LairDEN3Down20 Still the old-fashioned style of shirtYET3Down20 Where the Irish are cheated with short measure?DONEGAL7Down21 SewerDRAIN5Down21 ConfinedLIMITED7Down21 RevelSPREE5Down22 Metallic elementTIN3Down22 After the end of March, I'm the fellow you wantHIM3Down22 StubbornMULISH6Down23 Without a word, listen with attentionSILENT6Down23 Persevere at an old composition for the pianoPLOD4Down24 SceneTABLEAU7Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 Performer able to read out a couple of lettersDANCER6Down25 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Down25 PursuitCHASE5Down26 Stops holding up the flowers!STEMS5Down26 QuarrelARGUE5Down27 SpotDOT3Down27 A bit more income in springARISE5Down27 DeityGOD3Down28 Start angrily, perhaps, to harangueNAG3Down28 EditREVISE6Down28 GrantAWARD5Down29 HairstylePERM4Down30 Made musical sounds (or maybe squealed?)SANG4Down30 SendREMIT5Down32 CheatedDUPED5Down33 SheepEWE3Down35 GenuineREAL4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. 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.