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Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
NeedWANT4Across1 WhimFAD3Across4 PortionPART4Across6 FreezeICE3Across9 Advertising for the movementPROMOTION9Across9 Crescent-shaped rollCROISSANT9Across9 BobPENDULUM8Across10 The device for fruit chopping, I can put into itAPPLIANCE9Across10 Cinema employeeUSHERETTE9Across10 RipTEAR4Across11 Curved structureARCH4Across12 When a pin's dropped in, they slither about in their cageASPS4Across12 Hard to understand a clergyman's retiring in itSEVERE6Across13 DitchTRENCH6Across13 Even-temperedEQUABLE7Across14 When there are revolts, calls and one's put throughRISINGS7Across14 FishCOD3Across14 MassacreBLOODBATH9Across15 In future, somehow fear going in there, tremblingHEREAFTER9Across15 IgnominySHAME5Across16 Business expensesOVERHEADS9Across17 Expenses incurred due to strikes?OUTGOINGS9Across17 ChargedEMOTIVE7Across18 What you did with the bait the day you fished?DANGLED7Across18 IntimidatedOVERAWED8Across19 FightCOMBAT6Across19 The new maid's left, having been unhappyDISMAL6Across19 MopSWAB4Across20 She's not a day over thirty!JUNE4Across20 RevoltREBEL5Across21 Fall guySCAPEGOAT9Across23 Get blazing, attack and shootSETONFIRE9Across23 StarvingRAVENOUS8Across23 InletCREEK5Across24 ComplianceOBEDIENCE9Across25 He must leave here and now, to deputise forREPRESENT9Across25 ElderlyAGED4Across26 Plant of the hour?RUSH4Across26 FreeRID3Across27 Car fuelPETROL6Across27 Promise to drop a pal by the borderPLEDGE6Across27 GastronomeGOURMET7Across29 The soft-hearted find it unbearableRANCOUR7Across29 IrritateRILE4Across31 Not having a prayer in the Miss Elegance competition?GRACELESS9Across32 HosierySTOCKINGS9Across32 PauseINTERVAL8Across33 TransgressionSIN3Across34 Irrepressible, I get right in among the othersRESILIENT9Across34 Large churchCATHEDRAL9Across34 EncounterMEET4Across35 CurlRINGLET7Across35 Having an unusual bent for every gameNETBALL7Across35 MarryWED3Across36 DawdleLOITER6Across36 Kind, has the dope let offGENTLE6Across36 EschewSHUN4Across37 ChastePURE4Across37 Are little boys unhappy in it?BLUE4Across37 WizardsSORCERERS9Across38 Not a hand unencumbered to take the weaponFREELANCE9Across38 LazinessINDOLENCE9Across39 In a last trip round South Africa, he committed the attackASSAILANT9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Motocross raceSCRAMBLE8Down1 Spattered, the cat ran for shelterSPLASHED8Down1 Warm drinkHOTCHOCOLATE12Down2 What singers do to find what they have in common?COMPARENOTES12Down2 AidABET4Down2 WeddingMARRIAGE8Down3 Amused by how it was deflected?DIVERTED8Down3 NeatTIDY4Down3 DiscipleFOLLOWER8Down4 StinkSTENCH6Down4 Tip. Are out to get in well withENDEAR6Down4 MoistDAMP4Down5 Edible fungusMUSHROOM8Down5 Getting a nervous twitch when hungryRAVENOUS8Down5 TossPITCH5Down6 Rich tartCHEESECAKE10Down6 Is it always late when it's lit?SPIRITLAMP10Down6 ExpertACE3Down7 Water shortageDROUGHT7Down7 What a job it is to make the conversions?MISSION7Down7 KingdomREALM5Down8 TenableDEFENSIBLE10Down8 Determined to be first in, present all wrapped upPERSISTENT10Down8 Girl from the outback?NINON5Down11 ShinboneTIBIA5Down11 ReasoningLOGIC5Down12 SpriteGENIE5Down13 AutomobileCAR3Down14 ExcludeDEBAR5Down15 Golf clubDRIVER6Down16 Following after a short time, but not feeling wellAILING6Down16 VexANNOY5Down17 DeleteERASE5Down18 FelineCAT3Down19 A female with money, by all accountsDOE3Down19 SwervedDEVIATED8Down20 VintnerWINEMERCHANT12Down21 Acted sensibly and made sandwiches?USEDONESLOAF12Down21 GuidedLED3Down22 Know the man is back in the dog-houseKENNEL6Down22 Very smallMINUTE6Down22 NeedlewomanSEAMSTRESS10Down23 A beefy Russian?STROGANOFF10Down23 Each otherONEANOTHER10Down24 The queasiness is due to the spleenILLFEELING10Down24 UpliftRAISE5Down25 There's nothing about trapping the animalROE3Down25 Nocturnal birdOWL3Down25 IncidentEVENT5Down26 Meant to endorse the document enclosedDESIGNED8Down28 OpinionVIEW4Down28 FidgetyRESTLESS8Down28 StumbleTRIP4Down29 Prepare oneselfGETREADY8Down29 Be more active when uneasyRESTLESS8Down29 JustFAIR4Down30 GiftedTALENTED8Down30 Is unwilling to take any further action!RETREATS8Down30 Again, names one remembersRECALLS7Down31 Small frying panSKILLET7Down31 UntruthLIE3Down32 He's back in time to catch itARTIE5Down33 ProprietorOWNER5Down33 Payment demanded by the letterRENTAL6Down34 Health centreCLINIC6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 5, 2024. 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.