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Evening Standard Crossword April 8 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 8 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
JumpSPRING6Across1 ManlyVIRILE6Across5 BraveGALLANT7Across8 SilentTACITURN8Across8 Does a golfer never reach it by foul means?FAIRWAY7Across8 FortuneLUCK4Across9 Wants to help, as the twitching divining rod doesMEANSWELL9Across9 StressUNDERLINE9Across9 AntelopeGNU3Across10 ConfrontedFACED5Across12 MissileARROW5Across13 The reporters urge one toPRESS5Across13 SoilEARTH5Across14 Give to understand that the top comes off easilyIMPLY5Across14 As he arranged the cover upSHEATHE7Across15 ShakeTREMBLE7Across15 SickILL3Across15 AdmitCONFESS7Across16 Pouring as one’s tying upLASHING7Across16 FeelSENSE5Across17 NothingNIL3Across17 Again put out in the wayROUTE5Across17 SnakeADDER5Across18 TavernINN3Across18 Laugh a little at the attireHABIT5Across18 HelpAID3Across19 ExpectAWAIT5Across20 Name given to a girl as a jokeSALLY5Across20 JobsTASKS5Across20 YouthLAD3Across21 FigureNUMBER6Across22 Nibble at some vegetarian food as you readBROWSE6Across22 IrritateIRK3Across22 Bear, you say, with herCARRIE6Across23 HintCUE3Across23 MuteSILENT6Across23 DefectiveDUD3Across24 In short, anyhow, once caught is put insideCONCISE7Across25 ChatterPRATTLE7Across25 GroundEARTH5Across26 NationalityCHINESE7Across27 Driving out in it, is teachingTUITION7Across27 FastenTIE3Across29 ChauffeurDRIVER6Across30 Goes off nursing a cold and one searches everywhere forSCOURS6Across30 Something you’re trying hard to makeEFFORT6Across31 BlushCOLOUR6Across31 Ask humbly and gently to have something to write withPLEAD5Across32 TraineeCADET5Across32 CouplePAIR4Across33 TraderMERCHANT8Across34 With her around, he’s more jovialARTIE5Across35 JammedWEDGED6Across35 EachEVERY5Across35 ExactEXTORT6Across36 A legal right to the championshipTITLE5Across36 ApportionALLOT5Across36 Sing in French first and delight oneENCHANT7Across37 CautiousCAREFUL7Across37 It attacks the horseCHARGER7Across39 VieCOMPETE7Across39 He’s back from going round N IrelandERNIE5Across41 TempestSTORM5Across41 How to walk with it, from the butcher’s?MINCE5Across42 JoinUNITE5Across42 Letter from an oddballCHARACTER9Across43 FlowerCARNATION9Across43 HiredENGAGED7Across44 Way in which to defend a decision not to slim?STOUTLY7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
They try to attract one’s attention and one hesitatesWAVERS6Down1 BareBARREN6Down1 How the unwelcoming Jack spoke?FROSTILY8Down2 PerfectFLAWLESS8Down2 UnadornedPLAIN5Down2 UnceasinglyINCESSANTLY11Down3 Giving a party is tryingHAVINGABASH11Down3 BirdIBIS4Down3 BewitchedENCHANTED9Down4 CheeseGOUDA5Down4 Come and stay with me and do what you like!BEMYGUEST9Down4 RendezvousVENUE5Down5 Flavouring, I notice, the inside and the outsideANISEED7Down5 RefinedGENTEEL7Down5 AmendmentALTERATION10Down6 Love the various theatres that we appear inSWEETHEART10Down6 ReignRULE4Down6 Home, having a blow-outFLAT4Down7 Cold-shoulderSNUB4Down7 RegionalLOCAL5Down7 TalismanMASCOT6Down10 ImposingGRAND5Down10 Runs over and fallsSPILLS6Down10 SupposePRESUME7Down11 UnfastenedUNDID5Down11 A bird fight - the racket!SPARROW7Down11 RueREGRET6Down12 ScaleFLAKE5Down12 Land you make your home inSETTLE6Down12 SeatCHAIR5Down13 TrenchDITCH5Down14 CreekINLET5Down15 DepositLODGE5Down16 Every single outhouse has oneBARNONE7Down19 AttiredDRESSED7Down19 Seek to be carefulLOOKOUT7Down21 FishSARDINE7Down21 Only leaves what you deserve to getJUSTDESERTS11Down24 DefectSHORTCOMING11Down24 CustomUSAGE5Down25 MinuteTEENYWEENY10Down26 Miss going out to workCAREERGIRL10Down26 PointedAIMED5Down27 Like the coat you bought that’s not hanging upOFFTHEPEG9Down28 AbruptTERSE5Down28 CrashCOLLISION9Down28 So get me a single: I don’t care which of you!SOMEONE7Down29 PiecePORTION7Down29 InteriorINNER5Down30 SaturateDRENCH6Down30 The attitude is different in ascentSTANCE6Down30 HaulDRAG4Down31 Don’t leave me lying here on the pharmacy shelf!PICKMEUP8Down32 RoundCIRCULAR8Down32 FiredSHOT4Down32 Shilly-shally over their runaway daughterDITHER6Down33 SpokeTALKED6Down33 Draw a vehicle overturning in a raceATTRACT7Down34 ShadeMAGENTA7Down34 ThwartedFOILED6Down38 The pound enters into the foreign coin’s historyANNALS6Down38 Swallowing a hot one will hurtACHE4Down40 IntendMEAN4Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 8, 2022. 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.