Evening Standard Crossword April 27 2022 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 27 2022. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Short-sightedness61 AcrossReveal answer → Clever, but a bighead - yes?61 AcrossReveal answer → Make52 AcrossReveal answer → Disparage87 AcrossReveal answer → Tally57 AcrossReveal answer → Can you really be in this when on the carpet?87 AcrossReveal answer → Performance that's no good as a farewell?48 AcrossReveal answer → Scratch58 AcrossReveal answer → Tow48 AcrossReveal answer → Writer of the cheque for a reward, possibly returned610 AcrossReveal answer → Allude510 AcrossReveal answer → Party610 AcrossReveal answer → A back seat611 AcrossReveal answer → Vulgar611 AcrossReveal answer → Mat312 AcrossReveal answer → Glossy513 AcrossReveal answer → Become a bit fidgety314 AcrossReveal answer → Was seated314 AcrossReveal answer → Discussed715 AcrossReveal answer → Heavyweight out with some of the boys?516 AcrossReveal answer → Broaden516 AcrossReveal answer → Move hastily, thus damage417 AcrossReveal answer → Make watertight417 AcrossReveal answer → Character617 AcrossReveal answer → Recipient of income tax, note519 AcrossReveal answer → Top319 AcrossReveal answer → Cuba's Mr Castro519 AcrossReveal answer → Determined720 AcrossReveal answer → A girl and a boy had a meal together521 AcrossReveal answer → Light beam521 AcrossReveal answer → Giant522 AcrossReveal answer → Hastily leave a house that's just a disorderly tip522 AcrossReveal answer → Is obliged to423 AcrossReveal answer → Made haste, but with some lack of speed!423 AcrossReveal answer → Become423 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze425 AcrossReveal answer → Body726 AcrossReveal answer → Half of us had been lying, so were killed526 AcrossReveal answer → Allege526 AcrossReveal answer → Weapon328 AcrossReveal answer → A great river, it seems, cannot end in nothing!328 AcrossReveal answer → Called in an intermediary629 AcrossReveal answer → Rupture629 AcrossReveal answer → Son330 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein Alonso got drunk?630 AcrossReveal answer → Courteous630 AcrossReveal answer → To help such people could have been a charity431 AcrossReveal answer → Scorn631 AcrossReveal answer → Revise431 AcrossReveal answer → It's wrong to confuse Mike with Stan832 AcrossReveal answer → Memento832 AcrossReveal answer → It's good, say, as a water carrier633 AcrossReveal answer → Angora633 AcrossReveal answer → Sweat734 AcrossReveal answer → Rendezvous537 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder338 AcrossReveal answer → Material539 AcrossReveal answer → Trample540 AcrossReveal answer → Temptress541 AcrossReveal answer → Swift542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Possibly one-armed villain61 DownReveal answer → Fails to hit61 DownReveal answer → Nimble51 DownReveal answer → Not singular62 DownReveal answer → Scowl down upon a gangster leader62 DownReveal answer → Headgear52 DownReveal answer → Competent43 DownReveal answer → God of ancient horticulture?43 DownReveal answer → Smelled63 DownReveal answer → Require44 DownReveal answer → Authorise74 DownReveal answer → Worked hard to make a stewed concoction74 DownReveal answer → Abraded75 DownReveal answer → They can help a footballer not to fall down on the job55 DownReveal answer → Protect55 DownReveal answer → Incited56 DownReveal answer → Lustre56 DownReveal answer → Inexperienced and envious?56 DownReveal answer → Italian city48 DownReveal answer → It's an old story48 DownReveal answer → Allow39 DownReveal answer → Abroad39 DownReveal answer → Allowed out of jail, etc.39 DownReveal answer → Rehearsed711 DownReveal answer → If it runs, it's not particularly fast312 DownReveal answer → Afflict312 DownReveal answer → Mislay a ring inside when slack513 DownReveal answer → Vends513 DownReveal answer → Cut513 DownReveal answer → Moral514 DownReveal answer → You may fear to press this button515 DownReveal answer → Rope-making fibre515 DownReveal answer → Wicked316 DownReveal answer → Bird518 DownReveal answer → Passed on718 DownReveal answer → Send away what is no longer to lie around518 DownReveal answer → Not thin319 DownReveal answer → We hear it's of timely significance319 DownReveal answer → Lair320 DownReveal answer → Still the old-fashioned style of shirt320 DownReveal answer → Where the Irish are cheated with short measure?721 DownReveal answer → Sewer521 DownReveal answer → Confined721 DownReveal answer → Revel522 DownReveal answer → Metallic element322 DownReveal answer → After the end of March, I'm the fellow you want322 DownReveal answer → Stubborn623 DownReveal answer → Without a word, listen with attention623 DownReveal answer → Persevere at an old composition for the piano424 DownReveal answer → Scene724 DownReveal answer → Single entity424 DownReveal answer → Performer able to read out a couple of letters625 DownReveal answer → Minor earthquake625 DownReveal answer → Pursuit526 DownReveal answer → Stops holding up the flowers!526 DownReveal answer → Quarrel527 DownReveal answer → Spot327 DownReveal answer → A bit more income in spring527 DownReveal answer → Deity328 DownReveal answer → Start angrily, perhaps, to harangue328 DownReveal answer → Edit628 DownReveal answer → Grant529 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle430 DownReveal answer → Made musical sounds (or maybe squealed?)430 DownReveal answer → Send532 DownReveal answer → Cheated533 DownReveal answer → Sheep335 DownReveal answer → Genuine436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.