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Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
PostponeDELAY5Across3 National songANTHEM6Across4 One may have kept a watch on himALBERT6Across4 To disturb the rest before you go, is an offenceTRESPASS8Across7 SanctionAPPROVAL8Across7 Grab a few eggsCLUTCH6Across8 Raising agentLEAVEN6Across8 DreadTERROR6Across9 Communion tableALTAR5Across10 RichesWEALTH6Across10 Shout for food and drinkCHEER5Across10 HugeGREAT5Across11 BirdIBIS4Across12 Chimney liningSOOT4Across13 Trappist e.g.MONK4Across13 Far downDEEP4Across14 What predators do in the CatskillsKILL4Across14 They're cossetted in carpet slippersPETS4Across15 ObsceneLEWD4Across15 GaelicERSE4Across15 Spray something black?JET3Across16 Pig penSTY3Across16 Many a dirty dog's expression of displeasureDRAT4Across17 DecayingROTTING7Across17 American ostrichRHEA4Across17 A blemish you'll noticeSPOT4Across19 EpochsERAS4Across19 EncounteredMET3Across20 Like the agonised cries father let outHEARTFELT9Across21 Prepare an ambushLIEINWAIT9Across21 TitanGIANT5Across21 Hawaiian danceHULA4Across23 Knox, for instanceFORT4Across23 OozeDRIP4Across23 Ali's girl?LISA4Across24 GrimeDIRT4Across24 ClumpTUFT4Across25 Floor coveringRUG3Across26 Handle in beastly fashionPAW3Across26 SubmitDEFER5Across26 At that time, one hotel in tenTHEN4Across27 At that timeTHEN4Across27 EraAGE3Across28 Catch an unwary rat on the pianoTRAP4Across29 HeroicEPIC4Across29 SpottedNOTICED7Across30 See a chap getting dressedCLAD4Across32 ProphetSEER4Across32 How can you make a feast merely on a bone?BEANO5Across33 WillowOSIER5Across33 LoanedLENT4Across33 It's the arrangement for paymentsTITHES6Across34 LudicrousABSURD6Across34 Considering one's family during a bad nightTHINKING8Across35 MunificentGENEROUS8Across35 CipherCODE4Across35 TranquilSERENE6Across36 Subtle, fishy invitation to have a bite?GENTLE6Across36 ConcentrateFOCUS5Across36 StayREMAIN6Across38 InherentNATIVE6Across39 PromptREADY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cold dishSALAD5Down1 Rod will be faithfulSTICK5Down1 StepSTAIR5Down1 MaliceSPITE5Down2 Flat from which a woman has been left out twice?LEVEL5Down2 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down2 Not richPOOR4Down3 One used by a rider in raising the stirrups?SPUR4Down3 CurDOG3Down3 PermitALLOW5Down4 StrayingERRING6Down4 A royal meeting calls for new coatsASCOT5Down4 AbsentAWAY4Down5 Type of woodTEAK4Down5 A fight, but about nothingBOUT4Down5 StillYET3Down6 HappeningsEVENTS6Down6 Music for an extraterrestrial, possibly in outer spaceROCKET6Down6 FrightenALARM5Down7 PaneSHEET5Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 Casualties, one of which may be termed deadLOSSES6Down9 MeadowLEA3Down11 Successful new thing, obviously not NGHIT3Down11 The senior of two fieldersELDER5Down12 MonthAPRIL5Down12 SlaveryBONDAGE7Down13 Calmed down and paid upSETTLED7Down13 Flow windinglyMEANDER7Down13 SoberSTAID5Down14 Figures on the golf coursePAR3Down15 GarlandLEI3Down15 Write a little bitJOT3Down16 SubsidedSETTLED7Down16 Was seatedSAT3Down16 DonatedGIVEN5Down18 Something shaky, we hearRATTLE6Down18 Radiator e.g.HEATER6Down18 InsectANT3Down19 China, silver, or possibly glassPLATE5Down20 CeremoniesRITES5Down20 HeaveLUG3Down21 The method of a showmanHOW3Down21 Be victoriousWIN3Down22 Flat plane piece used in surfingFIN3Down22 JacketTUNIC5Down22 MeekHUMBLE6Down23 If lace is woven this way, it's easyFACILE6Down23 EnclosurePEN3Down24 ContendVIE3Down25 Master coming to a mistaken conclusion?MAN3Down25 RoundROTUND6Down27 That which is more likely to reduce speedHASTE5Down28 VigilantALERT5Down28 Fence of bushesHEDGE5Down28 FoeENEMY5Down29 FlierPILOT5Down30 Quick and quiet in attackRAPID5Down30 FunnyCOMIC5Down31 Bread partCRUST5Down31 The not exactly podgy associate of BessPORGY5Down31 CertainSURE4Down32 DissuadeDETER5Down32 It goes to church, noteCHIT4Down32 James's contribution to ribbon developmentBOND4Down33 PortentOMEN4Down33 SolitaryLONE4Down34 ConiferFIR3Down36 UtterSAY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. 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.