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Evening Standard Crossword April 3 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 3 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
CofferCHEST5Across1 SweetmeatTOFFEE6Across5 IrritableTESTY5Across8 Leaves or eats the bit on the outsideBEATSIT7Across8 UnfortunateHAPLESS7Across8 Worker in woodCARPENTER9Across9 Sets up as rival to a successful body-building business?MUSCLESIN9Across9 PrivateSECRET6Across10 MeatPORK4Across11 LoftATTIC5Across13 Jack will be a breederRAISE5Across13 SimilarALIKE5Across14 UndertakeENGAGE6Across14 Ways to make moneyMEANS5Across14 InsulateISOLATE7Across15 Manage – to administer the anaesthetic to?MAKEOUT7Across15 Mounted troopsCAVALRY7Across15 Interrupt, but you start getting used to itBREAKIN7Across16 GroveCOPPICE7Across16 Find one must take a right turn firstTRACE5Across17 Asian countryINDIA5Across17 Give, as a tip, a ball-pointENDOW5Across18 FishEEL3Across18 Large black birdRAVEN5Across18 TavernINN3Across19 Took a chance and within days are caughtDARED5Across20 PreparedREADY5Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 A danger to the people ahead of oneMENACE6Across22 Horse's gaitGALLOP6Across22 Leaned over and told you what to bet onTIPPED6Across23 BuryINTER5Across23 OrganKIDNEY6Across23 InactiveIDLE4Across24 Said “A mere outward show,” which does offendAFFRONT7Across25 RestrictCONFINE7Across25 Process for further useRECYCLE7Across27 JewelGEM3Across27 That is among the various words meaning “hooligans”ROWDIES7Across27 SerpentASP3Across29 Maybe black marks, thanks to being caught in wrongdoingSTAINS6Across30 Surgical stitchSUTURE6Across30 ContritionREMORSE7Across31 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across31 Were all different, as a random drive round showedVARIED6Across31 Catches “They ain’t hadders!”HASPS5Across32 PercolateDISTIL6Across32 AngryIRATE5Across32 StorySAGA4Across34 Are too small to pick upPINCH5Across35 Extremely fatOBESE5Across35 DrinkIMBIBE6Across35 Is first to be locked in the big prisonOPENS5Across36 AdditionalEXTRA5Across36 Prove adequateSUFFICE7Across37 As soon as you see round, things are differentONSIGHT7Across37 SkinflintMISER5Across38 Titled widowDOWAGER7Across39 Renovate and stash away againRESTORE7Across39 EraseDELETE6Across39 TormentTEASE5Across40 A retiring person of little intelligence; a lonerALOOF5Across41 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across41 Animal of which there are many in the poundOUNCE5Across42 TreeMAPLE5Across42 Amazed by the speculator and the awful greedSTAGGERED9Across43 Exactly the sameIDENTICAL9Across43 The bird has flown, you understand from herBRIDGET7Across44 Coffee sedimentGROUNDS7Across44

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Portable computerLAPTOP6Down1 Want Father Edward to come back at firstDESIRE6Down1 PromptnessALACRITY8Down2 Shot in the nudeSTREAKED8Down2 ColourHUE3Down2 Property sellerESTATEAGENT11Down3 Are ice-picks used to work in it?DIAMONDMINE11Down3 AmbleSTROLL6Down3 Listen inEAVESDROP9Down4 Material wealthSUBSTANCE9Down4 Golf-pegTEE3Down4 SortTYPE4Down5 DistinguishedSPECIAL7Down5 Zip up coats the salesman came back withSCAMPER7Down5 CounterfeitedFORGED6Down6 Place of educationUNIVERSITY10Down6 Top time for successful mountaineering expeditions?PEAKPERIOD10Down6 AnticipateEXPECT6Down7 RepastMEAL4Down7 The name on the metal discTINO4Down7 SpeakingSTATING7Down9 Crockery itemSAUCER6Down10 Felt anti an all-night sitting?PROBED6Down10 LudicrousRISIBLE7Down11 A beating by father hurtPASTING7Down11 IndividualONE3Down12 Australian citySYDNEY6Down12 Brooded over when drunkSTEWED6Down12 CabbageKALE4Down13 RushedSPED4Down16 Go inENTER5Down17 Ice cream flavourVANILLA7Down19 Reduce the price of squashDEPRESS7Down19 RetributionNEMESIS7Down20 The notes you keep fromREFRAIN7Down21 DiscipleAPOSTLE7Down21 BotherFUSS4Down22 An electric blanket when you want central heating?COLDCOMFORT11Down24 Small fancy cakesPETITSFOURS11Down24 ReallyINDEED6Down24 GirlLASS4Down25 PropertyESTATE6Down26 Pervade the whole of the rehearsal?RUNTHROUGH10Down26 Emergency vehicleFIREENGINE10Down26 DismalSOMBRE6Down28 UndergarmentPETTICOAT9Down28 When unmasked, is brazenBAREFACED9Down28 Extraordinary eventMIRACLE7Down29 Girl getting the first rise in a jobMISSION7Down29 HogPIG3Down30 A really good note to end on. GreatSUPERB6Down30 InferiorSHODDY6Down30 NotoriousINFAMOUS8Down32 Argues it’s intended to be readHASWORDS8Down32 Put the plastic cup beside the seatSETTEE6Down33 CrippledLAME4Down33 Small holeEYELET6Down33 The fellow had got angry but concealed itCOVERED7Down34 ChorusREFRAIN7Down34 EncounteredMET3Down36 CoachBUS3Down37 ObstructIMPEDE6Down38 Look! The strawberry roan is rearing!GANDER6Down38 The locale, or spot, spoken ofSITE4Down40 BroadWIDE4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 3, 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.