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Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Radioactive elementRADIUM6Across1 Master switch for the currentSTREAM6Across1 DepartLEAVE5Across3 Like Cinerama, possibly?AMERICAN8Across7 Absolute rulerAUTOCRAT8Across7 SacksBAGS4Across8 Is suitable only in spasmsFITS4Across8 WalkerAMBLER6Across9 Stage production where everything is in hazardBALLET6Across10 Routine tasksCHORES6Across10 WholeINTACT6Across10 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Across11 One flying north, perhaps, out East?HORNET6Across11 YawnedGAPED5Across11 HeroIDOL4Across12 TotalSUM3Across14 It can easily get out of handEEL3Across14 BreadLOAF4Across15 Delightful surpriseTREAT5Across16 Snooker crazy?POTTY5Across16 FortressCITADEL7Across17 GirlLASS4Across17 Being so low, can they really twinkle?TOES4Across17 Kind, categoryGENRE5Across19 Bent on looking humbleBOWED5Across19 SpriteELF3Across20 Sole place with substantial surplus?DOVER5Across21 KinglyREGAL5Across21 Cabbage varietySAVOY5Across21 Put right – and that’s definiteFIXED5Across22 HoodwinkedDUPED5Across22 ExcusePLEA4Across23 Food for disheartened pixiesPIES4Across23 Musical pitch indicatorCLEF4Across23 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across25 EmulateRIVAL5Across26 One periodically instrumental in public communication?ORGAN5Across26 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Across26 InsectBEE3Across28 Firewood?FIR3Across28 Pig penSTY3Across28 VagrantsTRAMPS6Across29 One possibly in dread of being attackedRAIDED6Across29 SitedLOCATED7Across30 Optimistic of swilling gin, perhaps, at the danceHOPING6Across30 Rummage aboutFORAGE6Across30 A political line?AXIS4Across31 PrecipitationRAIN4Across31 Make known publiclyANNOUNCE8Across32 A bad position to be left inTHELURCH8Across32 NoblemanPEER4Across33 DozenTWELVE6Across33 Month that always finishes windyAUGUST6Across33 Board gameLUDO4Across35 CogsTEETH5Across36 PantryLARDER6Across38 ConsumingEATING6Across39 Cut shortABORT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Be in a sort of cold confectionSORBET6Down1 RapscallionRASCAL6Down1 SorceryMAGIC5Down1 Outcasts’ former terrible liesEXILES6Down2 He flew too near the sunICARUS6Down2 Abbey headABBOT5Down2 Main part or majorityMASS4Down3 It’s apt to hold things upMAST4Down3 LimbLEG3Down3 NationCOUNTRY7Down4 Does he swear to be a good soldier?TROOPER7Down4 RubberERASER6Down4 Illegal actCRIME5Down5 OutlookVIEW4Down5 Effervescent perfume?SCENT5Down5 FinishEND3Down6 Walking poleSTILT5Down6 Her uniform may be tinyUNITY5Down6 BoatCANOE5Down7 GafferBOSS4Down8 Feel wrong as you run awayFLEE4Down8 EmployeesSTAFF5Down8 Let up, Terry!TEL3Down9 JewelGEM3Down9 In stage productions, used for castingROD3Down12 Land measureARE3Down12 Study in quietudeETUDE5Down13 Bird of preyEAGLE5Down13 ArgumentDISPUTE7Down13 StratumLAYER5Down14 How witches see a cookerCOVEN5Down15 HorizontalLEVEL5Down15 PermittedALLOWED7Down16 Music drama Ted worked onOPERA5Down18 AfootASTIR5Down18 LawfulLEGAL5Down18 OwnsHAS3Down19 Fight for the best seat?BOX3Down19 HiatusGAP3Down19 We figure to get unitedWED3Down20 Signal agreementNOD3Down20 Eat awayDINEOUT7Down21 Non-metallic elementSULPHUR7Down21 Endless daft style in vogueFAD3Down22 RegionalLOCAL5Down22 WeirDAM3Down22 ColourCERISE6Down23 Hot music?PIPING6Down23 SickenAIL3Down24 Having no fatLEAN4Down24 She’s a bit of an eyeful!IRIS4Down24 A small seal or baby swan, we hearSIGNET6Down25 FrailFEEBLE6Down25 Watch bandSTRAP5Down26 Speak about Erato?ORATE5Down26 Farmer of the bowling?GILES5Down27 LingerLOITER6Down27 Steam bathSAUNA5Down27 Cunning, masked marauder?FOX3Down28 UpsetSPILT5Down28 SnakeBOA3Down28 LongYEARN5Down29 WorryFRET4Down30 In Omaha, hardly a barrier?HAHA4Down30 JacketTUNIC5Down31 EvadeDODGE5Down32 PlantHERB4Down34 BeverageTEA3Down36 HeadgearHAT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. 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.