Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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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TwineTWIST5Across1 ToilLABOUR6Across5 GluePASTE5Across8 Order around - the nerve!ABOUTFACE9Across9 CapriciousARBITRARY9Across9 YobsHOOLIGANS9Across10 PowerfulPOTENT6Across10 He tyrannises the poor working newspapermen in itOPPRESSOR9Across10 ShootFIRE4Across11 A little embarrassed to see what the girl’s wearingPINK4Across12 RetainKEEP4Across12 Girl's nameAGATHA6Across13 Trapped right in the melee, to one’s alarmFRIGHT6Across13 Mild red condimentPAPRIKA7Across14 LethargicTORPID6Across14 Participates in, as one promisesENGAGES7Across14 Someone carrying a fanSUPPORTER9Across15 VanityCONCEIT7Across15 GenuineAUTHENTIC9Across15 That’s how it will be, because the estate is tied upFORETASTE9Across17 Nerve painNEURALGIA9Across17 By the way, “series” is singularSTRANGE7Across18 BornNEE3Across18 Itinerant personDRIFTER7Across18 The fence is looking frightenedPALING6Across19 Travelling bagVALISE6Across19 Pen-pointNIB3Across19 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Across20 Home, having had a punctureFLAT4Across20 CloseNEAR4Across21 Pick up an index that’s within easy reachGETATABLE9Across23 Asian countryINDONESIA9Across23 SendREMIT5Across23 HemSEAM4Across24 Charges too muchOVERLOADS9Across25 RidiculousLUDICROUS9Across25 Bother! It’s a man-hole!TODO4Across26 AssistantAIDE4Across26 Painting on plasterFRESCO6Across27 DelveDIG3Across27 Went ahead and gave toPASSED6Across27 MeanAVERAGE7Across29 MorassBOG3Across29 They lay in ironsPUTTERS7Across29 SuspectedDOUBTED7Across31 TeemedPOURED6Across32 Fought over and got custody of the children?TOOKISSUE9Across32 BedcoverEIDERDOWN9Across32 CarryTOTE4Across34 Though ultra-efficient, can be betteredSUPERABLE9Across34 Type of nutPISTACHIO9Across34 SimplyEASILY6Across35 Fire he is putting out in the carCASHIER7Across35 Very manyUMPTEEN7Across35 Playing it with the band is hard workTIRING6Across36 Opera singersTENORS6Across36 Pakistani languageURDU4Across37 Which of you came to a stop?WHOA4Across37 Most expensiveCOSTLIEST9Across38 DepositLODGE5Across38 Establish it’s some kind of educational organisationINSTITUTE9Across38 DeformedMISSHAPEN9Across39 Dumped because of being licentious?ABANDONED9Across39 RevokeREPEAL6Across39 SidledEDGED5Across40

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The musicians are sharp - it’s terribleHARPISTS8Down1 Tennis strokeBACKHAND8Down1 ForgetfulABSENTMINDED12Down2 Working only for moneyCOINOPERATED12Down2 CourtWOO3Down2 Female offspringDAUGHTER8Down3 With a better cut and inserting the right hair ornamentBARRETTE8Down3 AddressSPEECH6Down3 OccultMYSTIC6Down4 Soap and food sent in for someone needyBEGGAR6Down4 BrownTAN3Down4 WentLEFT4Down5 Shell fragmentsSHRAPNEL8Down5 How much is swallowed at one time? That’s hard to sayMOUTHFUL8Down5 InfertileBARREN6Down6 How one looks when coming on stage?APPEARANCE10Down6 BaffledNONPLUSSED10Down6 Boat partRUDDER6Down7 Why I get terribly heavyWEIGHTY7Down7 ShowDISPLAY7Down7 Search, ourselves, for the pamphletPROSPECTUS10Down8 Moving staircasesESCALATORS10Down8 SulliedSTAINED7Down9 Sounds unhappy about the said magnitudeSIGHS5Down11 ImitatingAPING5Down11 ParticleION3Down12 SwordEPEE4Down13 With a tern flying round above, it’s decorativeORNATE6Down16 LengthenEXTEND6Down16 MonsterOGRE4Down16 ShyTIMID5Down17 By way ofVIA3Down19 What to have for dessert? That’s easy!PIE3Down19 IntolerantBIGOTED7Down20 Alternative medicineAROMATHERAPY12Down21 Doesn’t take the pages at the backLEAVESBEHIND12Down21 SpindleAXLE4Down22 Skin complaintECZEMA6Down22 He’s very critical of the building workerSLATER6Down22 DeficiencyINADEQUACY10Down23 Find you can go no further than “Help yourself”GETSTUCKIN10Down23 MealSUPPER6Down24 Only a person working in a Chinese restaurant could provide itBEANSPROUT10Down24 OvercameSURMOUNTED10Down24 Zodiac signLEO3Down25 Unmatched when it comes to eccentricity?ODD3Down25 AdjoinABUT4Down25 SullenMOROSE6Down26 ReviledABUSED6Down28 HolinessSANCTITY8Down28 A little peat’s scattered round the plantSWEETPEA8Down28 ObscureABSTRUSE8Down29 Pay a call on the man: a foppish typePOPINJAY8Down29 Silver-tonguedELOQUENT8Down30 ObtainGET3Down30 They’ll wait until you disembarkSTEWARDS8Down30 That’s the limit! I have to travel with a group of soldiers!MILITIA7Down31 Hospital workerORDERLY7Down31 Gets rid of us to move the son inOUSTS5Down33 ValleyDELL4Down33 DeceivesDUPES5Down33 Straw hatPANAMA6Down34 It’s funny about getting caught in the swindleSCREAM6Down34 EraAGE3Down36 UntruthLIE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 5, 2019. 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.