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Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2018 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#
ForeheadBROW4Across1 VaseURN3Across4 BoxSPAR4Across6 DesertedDESOLATE8Across9 CoverLID3Across9 One went into show business many, many years agoSTONEAGE8Across9 Overheard the figureTWO3Across10 SurroundENCIRCLE8Across10 BeverageTEA3Across10 Show it’s duck meatOLIVER6Across11 ParticleATOM4Across11 FairnessEQUITY6Across11 Try to get sun and plenty of itSAMPLE6Across12 NoiselessSILENT6Across12 Painter's mixing boardPALETTE7Across13 Give one a posting to headquartersSTATION7Across13 For wood, it’s a bargain!DEAL4Across14 InsectBUG3Across14 Slippery fishEELS4Across14 Enquired into, when one left the hotelCHECKEDOUT10Across15 Bad dreamsNIGHTMARES10Across15 EvenLEVEL5Across16 Does it have a lot to learn about being a pest?GREENFLY8Across17 AppraiseEVALUATE8Across17 ImperfectionBLEMISH7Across18 Gives one the job of getting the particulars?DETAILS7Across18 Wound markSCAR4Across19 She’s a c-cat!CLEO4Across19 ChasteVIRTUOUS8Across19 SetSUITE5Across21 Three timesTHRICE6Across21 The jacket with the label going to a Dr TurnerTABARD6Across21 DormantSLEEPING8Across23 Seizing the opportunity for imposing on one’s good natureTAKINGADVANTAGEOF17Across24 State social-security schemeNATIONALINSURANCE17Across24 TurnipSWEDE5Across24 SailorTAR3Across27 If you say it’s pretty, will it snap back “Phooey”?PARROT6Across27 In short supplySCARCE6Across27 TalonCLAW4Across29 Get cheques in the post?EARN4Across29 Wonderful workers in a bottling factory?CORKERS7Across30 SkillABILITY7Across30 FormerlyONCE4Across31 Way inENTRANCE8Across33 UnsophisticatedHOMESPUN8Across33 Sticking together, which is understandableCOHERENT8Across33 LettuceCOS3Across34 InformationNEWS4Across35 What you were baking when the oven fused?SHORTBREAD10Across35 DisparagingDEROGATORY10Across35 Prompt the starLEAD4Across36 AttemptTRY3Across36 OmitSKIP4Across36 UnusualRARE4Across37 Made out the sow had been let loose in the fieldsMEADOWS7Across37 MeantimeINTERIM7Across37 Essential characterNATURE6Across38 Saves from the mobs, it is statedHOARDS6Across38 Wall paintingFRESCO6Across40 Trees not found in the mountains, we’re toldPLANES6Across40 PoemODE3Across41 You know himKEN3Across41 CloudyOVERCAST8Across42 Says it isn’t on, anyhow, to meMENTIONS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The fondness you have for someone you’re stuck on?ATTACHMENT10Down1 Antibiotic drugPENICILLIN10Down1 Bird of peaceDOVE4Down2 A cheap cut?SNIP4Down2 TearREND4Down2 HobbiesPASTIMES8Down3 The last thing said is “We’re tumbling in an avalanche”FAREWELL8Down3 StrayWAIF4Down3 Big catLEOPARD7Down4 Writes back first from a boarding housePENSION7Down4 OilyUNCTUOUS8Down4 WantNEED4Down5 Soldier's ordinary uniformBATTLEDRESS11Down5 Calling on, for the next boutCOMINGROUND11Down5 MenialSLAVE5Down6 PatronBENEFACTOR10Down6 Do patients, mending, love one being brought in by visitors?POINSETTIA10Down6 MinePIT3Down7 DeskBUREAU6Down7 Asked to make an offer for the homeBIDDEN6Down7 WorshipADORE5Down8 Muscular or activeATHLETIC8Down8 A shopkeeper with whom no secret is safe?RETAILER8Down8 Land upright and turnTRACT5Down10 StoriesTALES5Down10 Fifty-fiftyEVENS5Down12 CourageousBRAVE5Down13 CoachBUS3Down14 CulpabilityGUILT5Down15 RodentHAMSTER7Down16 A “22” and a really good oneCRACKER7Down16 BrilliantVIVID5Down17 MassiveLARGE5Down18 PorcelainCHINA5Down20 Brought back, for the clergyman, one pound of meatLIVER5Down20 FurtiveSTEALTHY8Down20 Ever (poetical)EER3Down22 Somebody snapping the rough sea?BREAKER7Down22 CurlRINGLET7Down22 Leaves tyre marks behind as one heads towards?MAKESTRACKS11Down23 InoculationVACCINATION11Down23 The bottom ones earn her the greatest incomeNETHERMOST10Down25 FlinchWINCE5Down25 Penal establishmentOPENPRISON10Down25 Sending on to be used as a shield?FORWARDING10Down26 AttireDRESS5Down26 VentureENTERPRISE10Down26 ThawMELT4Down28 The highest of the high, in particularABOVEALL8Down28 Plates, cups, etc.CROCKERY8Down28 JustFAIR4Down29 BlemishSCAR4Down30 Had done better than the other stars?OUTSHONE8Down31 NoviceBEGINNER8Down31 IntimidateCOW3Down32 Shade of redCRIMSON7Down32 Tot taking an ice-cream out to eatCONSUME7Down32 RevealEXPOSE6Down34 Am first changing the finaleENDING6Down34 Canoodle in the woodSPOON5Down35 Mournful songDIRGE5Down35 DiplomacyTACT4Down39 To help, brought round a cold tartACID4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 4, 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.