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Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2022 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#
RoughCOARSE6Across1 RiseASCEND6Across5 NaughtyPERVERSE8Across8 BeatPALPITATE9Across9 VesselSHIP4Across9 Informed, we think wrongly, about the no entryINTHEKNOW9Across9 RemorsefulPENITENT8Across10 VitalityPEP3Across10 Then do arrange, coming back, to be punctualONTHEDOT8Across10 RoosterCOCK4Across12 FearDREAD5Across12 Settle in the countryLAND4Across12 SmallLITTLE6Across13 Sign carried by the demonstrators that he won’t allow?BANNER6Across13 ThoughtfulPENSIVE7Across14 Did the cleaner misinform him?CHARLIE7Across14 LanguorLASSITUDE9Across15 In which to sing sea shanties?DEEPVOICE9Across15 FixedSET3Across15 TuneAIR3Across17 GunDERRINGER9Across17 The stupid boss has a hangoverTHICKHEAD9Across17 SkillART3Across18 In a nosy sort of wayNASALLY7Across18 ScornDISDAIN7Across18 PaleWAN3Across19 Herb has drill and there’s silver in itBORAGE6Across20 PreciseEXACT5Across20 ColourINDIGO6Across20 SickenAIL3Across21 Coming back with “Nonsense!” surprise youSTUN4Across21 FrankOPEN4Across21 SpringSPA3Across22 SpikeEAR3Across23 Keep that quiet aloofnessPRESERVE8Across24 DisparageBELITTLE8Across24 BeamRAY3Across24 QuietenedMUTED5Across26 Records the score on the wallTAPESTRY8Across26 PerpetualCONSTANT8Across26 Frank is prepared to do businessOPEN4Across28 VowOATH4Across28 Made the fellow change the decorFORCED6Across29 PatternDESIGN6Across29 PlaythingTOY3Across29 ClothingRAIMENT7Across31 Slices of meat appearing within secondsSLIVERS7Across31 CeaseSTOP4Across33 The scheme is for a start, to cut the stoneSTRATAGEM9Across34 FlawedIMPERFECT9Across34 PersonalityIDENTITY8Across34 SpiritBRANDY6Across35 ShowyTAWDRY6Across36 Having been assembling the Luger in the shadeBLUEGREEN9Across36 AbleCOMPETENT9Across36 Cheerful person practising golf shots?CHIPPER7Across38 ChargedACCUSED7Across38 Caught entering, the padre went out and got a policemanREDCAP6Across39 KindNATURE6Across39 Try like mad to make a comebackSTAB4Across40 GratisFREE4Across40 Means to include the German translation, which is digressiveMEANDERS8Across41 HeightALTITUDE8Across41 When there’s danger, I go out with the Queen, as guardGRENADIER9Across42 ComplianceOBEDIENCE9Across42

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SpottedSPECKLED8Down1 Briefed, acted as substituteFILLEDIN8Down1 TrousersSLACKS6Down2 FatOBESE5Down2 The attitude of some of our earliest ancestorsSTANCE6Down2 UncommunicativeTACITURN8Down3 Anxiously? Hardly!UNEASILY8Down3 WanderROVE4Down3 MistakeERROR5Down4 WeedNETTLE6Down4 About the G-string - it’s a pain!TWINGE6Down4 StadiumARENA5Down5 AddedAPPENDED8Down5 It’s first class for us, travelling with JackFOURSTAR8Down5 ThrowCAST4Down6 FlowerSNAPDRAGON10Down6 Working as a bill-poster while being an armed robber?STICKINGUP10Down6 DoubleSTANDIN7Down7 InnocentNAIVE5Down7 Says something about grades given by examinersREMARKS7Down7 FinaleENDING6Down8 Dog found where railway leaves the mineCOLLIE6Down8 MightPOWER5Down10 The ornament is shut up and locked insidePENDANT7Down11 FlowerPANSY5Down11 FishHERRING7Down11 VisionDREAM5Down12 PraiseEXALT5Down13 Old-fashionedDATED5Down14 BeginSTART5Down15 AgreeTALLY5Down16 TypeITALIC6Down16 “In that case a freed slave”, one interposedVALISE6Down16 DulcetSWEET5Down19 Man made fabric!SERGE5Down19 Before, had forgone the buzzerBEE3Down20 WrathIRE3Down20 CoinsPENCE5Down22 About to enter the timeTHREE5Down22 HitSTRIKE6Down23 Issuing an invitation and expecting an answerASKING6Down23 MarvellousTREMENDOUS10Down25 It’s way above my attempts at horticulture!ROOFGARDEN10Down25 FollowingAFTER5Down25 As far as “a day boy”TOD3Down26 TinCAN3Down26 UniteUNIFY5Down27 The Russian firm’s got the bounce!COSSACK7Down27 FunnyCOMICAL7Down27 HappeningEVENT5Down28 MeantINTENDED8Down30 Include a number with exceptional promiseCOMPRISE8Down30 ExteriorOUTER5Down30 As a guess, mash and what it often accompaniesSAUSAGES8Down31 ObservedREMARKED8Down31 BridgeSPAN4Down31 So bring round the day after, for a lark?SONGBIRD8Down32 TiedTETHERED8Down32 StoreSTOW4Down32 SevereDRASTIC7Down33 Pay it’s wrong to hang on toSTIPEND7Down33 MessPICKLE6Down35 Complained about the rain one was sick ofRAILED6Down35 An old, old boy coming back from the wine shopBODEGA6Down36 MaterialCOTTON6Down36 MessageERRAND6Down37 Involve English and Latin compositionENTAIL6Down37

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