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Evening Standard Crossword April 8 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 8 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Large prawnsSCAMPI6Across1 RecordDISC4Across1 The only job for which a person is absentONEOFF6Across1 TopCAP3Across4 ParchedARID4Across6 Hallway or passageCORRIDOR8Across7 I’m right in saying it’s wrongIMPROPER8Across7 SittingSEANCE6Across8 For fear of being in a humble stateLEST4Across8 Grain storeSILO4Across8 ShrewdASTUTE6Across9 PaleWAN3Across10 Islands having a full range of minerals?AZORES6Across10 Heavy and inertLEADEN6Across10 Turkish capitalANKARA6Across11 Expand the use of detailDILATE6Across11 UndressSTRIP5Across12 ObtainGET3Across14 Swear like a nun!VOW3Across14 IntoxicatedDRUNK5Across14 SordidSEAMY5Across15 LubricatedOILED5Across16 Possibly early coverLAYER5Across16 Still, it’s regularEVEN4Across17 AnonSOON4Across17 PowerfulPOTENT6Across18 Having eaten too many dates?SATED5Across19 Player’s first gameDEBUT5Across19 DeletedERASED6Across20 In a weird way, more comprehensiveWIDER5Across21 PigmeatBACON5Across21 Great he may be, but he gets some quantities wrongTITAN5Across22 Arm jointELBOW5Across22 Harsh grating noiseRASP4Across23 Got rid of a female deadheadSHED4Across23 Go inENTER5Across24 Love deeplyADORE5Across26 ImpressionSTAMP5Across26 Give everyone a share of the voteALLOT5Across26 Court an N.C.O. with loveWOO3Across28 TinePRONG5Across28 ContainerTUB3Across28 Moderately shrewd about the broadcasting mediumFAIRLY6Across29 Serious, glumSOLEMN6Across29 AgentSPY3Across30 ChooseSELECT6Across30 Be tall suitably for dancingBALLET6Across30 Like those old Johnnies in the stage door?AGED4Across31 Foot partHEEL4Across31 Showing what the photographer’s doing?EXPOSING8Across32 ComfortSOLACE6Across32 VisualiseENVISAGE8Across32 Fixed starting place in furniture productionSETTEE6Across33 DecoratedORNATE6Across33 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Across33 PlaguePEST4Across34 ExpireDIE3Across35 ResoundECHO4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Walking polesSTILTS6Down1 Only an eighth of a musical interval?OCTAVE6Down1 IncompetentINEPT5Down2 Order Ronald to be king, one imaginesOBERON6Down2 First everMAIDEN6Down2 Religious imageICON4Down3 ShortCONCISE7Down3 Is apt to make outbursts!FITS4Down3 That which follows when a retrial is ordered?TRAILER7Down4 GangCREW4Down4 Part of speechPRONOUN7Down4 SchemePLAN4Down5 PerfectIDEAL5Down5 A little squirt, perhapsSPRAY5Down5 FollowingAFTER5Down6 The judge of an essayist?TRIER5Down6 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down6 DeepINTENSE7Down7 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Down8 Not all benevolence may be affectionate!LOVE4Down8 PermitLET3Down9 Unite at three pointsSEW3Down9 LimbARM3Down11 Left notes for a young manLAD3Down12 WeakenSAP3Down12 EquipmentKIT3Down12 Strained at present?TENSE5Down13 EnclosurePEN3Down13 HarvestsREAPS5Down13 LureDECOY5Down15 Means of locating a girl in a carRADAR5Down15 ConsumedATE3Down16 StillYET3Down17 De Havilland’s house?VILLA5Down18 SurpassOUTDO5Down18 What MPs do in oppositionSIT3Down19 ResultOUTCOME7Down19 FlatfishDAB3Down19 How many are able to be defensible?TEN3Down20 BendBOW3Down20 Too empty-headed even to make a joke?WITLESS7Down21 MaterialREP3Down21 StainBLEMISH7Down21 DisposeARRANGE7Down22 BeforeERE3Down22 A hill in EstorilTOR3Down22 Measuring sticksRULERS6Down23 Stolen water?SOLENT6Down23 CurDOG3Down23 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 Keep making a hotel out of dateHOLD4Down24 Golf clubPUTTER6Down25 A state Dorothy takes years to get intoDOTAGE6Down25 PinchNIP3Down25 In search of the sound of some laughterAFTER5Down26 Fire remainsASHES5Down26 IntendedMEANT5Down27 Oily fruitOLIVE5Down27 Goes slowly, like a number of politiciansLIMPS5Down27 Golf pegTEE3Down28 The joker wants a wage cut!WAG3Down28 DentNOTCH5Down29 Possibly paper trousers?BAGS4Down30 RemitSEND4Down30 Cast offSHED4Down30 CoupleYOKE4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 8, 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.