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Evening Standard Crossword April 7 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 7 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
SmearsDAUBS5Across1 A rope trick stagedOPERA5Across1 CurseSWEAR5Across2 A gritty Scot?SANDY5Across6 Celebration, partyBEANO5Across6 SkinflintMISER5Across7 EssentialVITAL5Across8 Gather togetherROUNDUP7Across9 Unusually dilapidated hut, definitely roughUNCOUTH7Across9 FlinchWINCE5Across10 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across10 Confess to upsetting the maid at the end of the streetADMIT5Across10 Puts one’s feet upRESTS5Across11 A common swimmer, termed “coarse”ROACH5Across11 Messy liquid substanceGUNGE5Across12 Arrest some felon in timeDELAY5Across12 BoySON3Across12 ChivalrousGALLANT7Across13 Melodious lute fun, possiblyTUNEFUL7Across13 SaluteGREET5Across13 A leading spinnerTOP3Across15 KneelerHASSOCK7Across15 DowelPEG3Across15 At heart, many need to help outAMID4Across17 GuideLEADER6Across17 Eye upOGLE4Across17 In advance of beer productionBEFORE6Across18 HarmDAMAGE6Across18 RegretRUE3Across19 Weakened anew, perhaps, to a bad endWANED5Across19 Fossil resinAMBER5Across19 The trios Esther composedTHREES6Across20 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across20 MirrorREFLECT7Across20 Some say there’s no sauce, just the tableMESA4Across22 AssistantAIDE4Across22 GeneratedBRED4Across23 Girl appealSUE3Across24 EpochERA3Across24 AcidTART4Across25 Walks softlyTIPTOES7Across25 Negligible little MalcolmMINIMAL7Across25 The Spanish drink some might call ScotchELGIN5Across26 RegainRECOVER7Across26 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across26 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Across27 Sydney’s good little girl on the beachBONDI5Across27 It’s great to upset this hidebound fellow!BIGOT5Across28 FlierPILOT5Across28 Violet’s associate, that nice fellow IanGENTIAN7Across29 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Across29 French ones have tasteFRIES5Across30 SurrendersCEDES5Across30 LettuceCOS3Across30 ConsidersDEEMS5Across31 AbdicateRESIGN6Across31 To leave, in any case, can mean tormentAGONY5Across31 DiscussedDEBATED7Across34 LiquidisePUREE5Across37 BalladLAY3Across38 FrogmanDIVER5Across39 StratumLAYER5Across40 VigilantALERT5Across41 TrivialPETTY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StrandFIBRE5Down1 Car safety deviceAIRBAG6Down2 StitchedSEWED5Down2 Whereupon to see the back of the musical director?PODIUM6Down2 Wrecked in rude fashionRUINED6Down3 AuthorWRITER6Down3 Horse’s headgearBRIDLE6Down3 CunningARCH4Down4 Inconstant crawler?ANT3Down4 Chronic drunkardSOT3Down4 Cut upDISSECT7Down5 Poor place for a hothead to make loveHOVEL5Down5 Enter dataINPUT5Down5 WhimFANCY5Down6 Under attack, fared badly on the streetSTRAFED7Down6 HousebreakerBURGLAR7Down6 Cry “Ah” when joy is lacking!AHOY4Down7 Fencing swordEPEE4Down7 Medical expert’s door out of the courtDOCTOR6Down8 SpiceNUTMEG6Down8 AlsoTOO3Down9 SoonerEARLIER7Down11 Author possibly sad about a sum being reducedDUMAS5Down12 Garden figureGNOME5Down12 SphereGLOBE5Down13 FurzeGORSE5Down13 As eaten up in the stratosphere?TARTS5Down13 KeenEAGER5Down14 Chemical, a possible extract of wintergreenNITRE5Down14 South American mammalLLAMA5Down14 Symbolic variety of motetTOTEM5Down15 Paved areaPATIO5Down15 ProsecuteSUE3Down16 Hereditary unitsGENES5Down16 Something afoot for the cyclistPEDAL5Down16 RestedREPOSED7Down18 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down18 To start with, Ben embraces JoeBEGIN5Down18 Familiar footwear, that is, in the cityWELLIES7Down19 Listening carefullyALLEARS7Down19 A funny mood?HUMOUR6Down21 Secret, mysteriousARCANE6Down21 AnimalTAPIR5Down21 Clothes, garmentsATTIRE6Down22 Silently acting an operatic part is no goodMIMING6Down22 BoulderSTONE5Down22 DisfigureDEFORM6Down23 Car shortly occupied by a new driverSALOON6Down23 RottedDECAYED7Down24 FlashlightTORCH5Down25 Produces coin-shaped confectionery?MINTS5Down25 A side’s competitive keenness?EDGE4Down26 Sink one’s teeth intoBITE4Down26 BedCOT3Down27 The sound outer parts of a bananaBAA3Down28 SeedcasePOD3Down28 ReiterateREPEAT6Down28 Pass onRELAY5Down29 SnarlingSURLY5Down32 SortGENRE5Down33 BightBAY3Down35 DreadfulDIRE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 7, 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.