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Evening Standard Crossword April 6 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 6 2018 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#
ContentedHAPPY5Across1 HolySACRED6Across5 EvenLEVEL5Across8 Money that's not in bonds?LOOSECASH9Across9 DitherVACILLATE9Across9 Perfume sprayATOMISER8Across10 PlacidSERENE6Across10 Discourses on the zero quotasORATIONS8Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 Is following back now, from the platformDAIS4Across12 PrecipitationRAIN4Across12 Scorches the cover of the time tablesCHARTS6Across13 Short-sightedMYOPIC6Across13 SpongyPOROUS6Across14 Hide out, later, the man hides inLEATHER7Across14 RubbishTWADDLE7Across14 PerseverePERSIST7Across15 Like the wig that proved not to be fireproof?ASHBLONDE9Across15 BlastEXPLOSION9Across15 They're fighting about the still to be resolved subscriptionsDUELLISTS9Across17 Plant containerFLOWERPOT9Across17 Tries hard, so the foolish investors will suffer no lossSTRIVES7Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 Drunk, informallySOZZLED7Across18 AngerIRE3Across19 InjuriousMALIGN6Across20 Stress the melodySTRAIN6Across20 InformTELL4Across21 Indian garmentSARI4Across21 Unlock the duck coopOPEN4Across21 TipPOINT5Across23 AidHELP4Across24 PlentifulABUNDANT8Across24 Not very bad - you can overlook itPASSABLE8Across24 SpiceCINNAMON8Across26 Only the cod I ordered in it was second-rateMEDIOCRE8Across26 ScoldNAG3Across27 SpokenORAL4Across28 Evaluate the speedRATE4Across28 DoltOAF3Across29 Cricket sticksSTUMPS6Across29 A warning shout before the plane crashes to the ground?TIMBER6Across29 A refuge when there's a recessionRETREAT7Across31 TheftLARCENY7Across31 SevereDRASTIC7Across31 DeceivedMISLED6Across32 Sleep-inducingSOPORIFIC9Across34 Figure this one's crooked, not straightDISHONEST9Across34 RationalSANE4Across34 LoopholeEYELET6Across35 ElatedCOCKAHOOP9Across36 How the final score came, thereforeASARESULT9Across36 Official in the museum where the dog upset the tableCURATOR7Across38 LoadedLADEN5Across38 DiabolicSATANIC7Across38 Suppose you'll work it out mathematicallyRECKON6Across39 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 RubberERASER6Across39 NeedlecaseETUI4Across40 The shade is downBLUE4Across40 ExpiateATONE5Across40 FragileDELICATE8Across41 The oil spilled round it is super-slippery and dangerousPERILOUS8Across41 InferiorTHIRDRATE9Across42 Wonder if you should take a risk with your moneySPECULATE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Finery the happy tramp is wearing?GLADRAGS8Down1 AbroadOVERSEAS8Down1 SkimpSCRIMP6Down2 An un-English suavityPOLISH6Down2 HatchetAXE3Down2 InsectLADYBIRD8Down3 Lots of floggings?LASHINGS8Down3 GratifyPLEASE6Down3 Fighting implementWEAPON6Down4 Fill up and put it on your accountCHARGE6Down4 LongingYEN3Down4 SmackSLAP4Down5 ImaginaryFANCIFUL8Down5 Regard as deliberateCONSIDER8Down5 WineCLARET6Down6 With winter here, lagFALLBEHIND10Down6 HarmonicaMOUTHORGAN10Down6 MaidenDAMSEL6Down7 At last about to nail, flailing about, the flyFINALLY7Down7 CorsairsPIRATES7Down7 Parts of the footINCHES6Down8 ParodySENDUP6Down8 RenderingVERSION7Down9 There now!PRESENT7Down11 SureCERTAIN7Down11 DockLOP3Down12 TenderSORE4Down13 RectangularOBLONG6Down16 Shower, then pour heavily, round about sixLAVISH6Down16 RimEDGE4Down16 TestTRIAL5Down17 Striped mammalZEBRA5Down19 Pan for cookROAST5Down19 EncounteredMET3Down20 A female or a small maleSHE3Down20 AffiancedENGAGED7Down20 ApproximatelyABOUT5Down22 SlenderLEAN4Down22 Prize the pickpocket hopes to get?PURSE5Down22 FruitBANANA6Down23 Suppress it? The nerve!BOTTLE6Down23 ImpedeHAMPER6Down24 SyntheticARTIFICIAL10Down25 What the janitor wouldn't go into with the cannibal?BOILERROOM10Down25 DefeatLOSS4Down25 Ruin three quarters of the planetMAR3Down26 TastePALATE6Down26 LettuceCOS3Down26 OwnPOSSESS7Down27 The vegetables, etc., stick in a red containerPRODUCE7Down27 StressACCENT6Down28 MarshlandFEN3Down30 FishMACKEREL8Down30 Sustain the objection to the lockBUTTRESS8Down30 When one got angry about, tried to talk sense intoREASONED8Down31 InfirmDECREPIT8Down31 OverturnedCAPSIZED8Down32 Tied, to deter escaping, the captiveTETHERED8Down32 FreneticFRANTIC7Down33 The one inside cannot possibly hold itCONTAIN7Down33 ValeDELL4Down33 Played the fast shot and it was good enoughSERVED6Down35 Golf clubPUTTER6Down35 TrulyYEA3Down36 Confront with the bill the price has been added toACCOST6Down36 TalkativeCHATTY6Down36 Make free of chargeUNLOAD6Down37 ExpenditureOUTLAY6Down37 AgeEON3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 6, 2018. 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.