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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 April 2023 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 April 2023 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (21 April 2023) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

What the illiterate butcher didn’t recognise?
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“If not a change for the worse one put in
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Make an impact on that will leave a lasting impression
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They’re possibly Spanish si? No no: wrong
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Opening for a chap in the sanitation department
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A minor luminary in Hollywood
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It’s doling out things he can manage without
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“Birds” were for a long time included among “Animals”
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The dread of all governesses and nannies?
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Eat like lightning
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Bird that’s foolishly trapped once having flown in
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Claimed to have fought with
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Was a looker I had heard
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I require a day to go through it certainly
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Sign as sender having wrapped the ring in it
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Reminding you of your transgressions is irritating
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Overlook the lack of respect
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Write in having shot back about the vacancy
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For the little creature carrying it it’s a strain
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How many in favour of restraining the union?
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Terrific tuna cooked by one of the family
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Was about to get worried
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And the new chap I brought round is no help
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The one about footing the bill we never tire of?
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Means to study music
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Turn in having wandered back to have a quick meal
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Think you regard as
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They mean no you’re not trying to get a hitch
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And having raised the cover put one’s initials on it
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Commemorated by the famous
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Is neither brought back in chains?
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He has cattle with him the little daughter and a dog
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Have an addition - to the family?
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Is bossy with when one buys drinks from
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“It’s an honour” you say “to involve myself in your business”
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Are not fooled by: that’s transparent
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Giving to an undomesticated dog in the shed
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The fish - a portion of haddock - is sent back
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Beseeches when sent off concealing a tear drop
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Taking to quarters wrapped in rugs leaving nothing to chance
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Wildly adore old land of gold?
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When the ship first comes in is helpful
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When I have about half done she appears
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Change sides and it’s your fault
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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 21 April 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is TOT which contains 3 Characters.
  • Have an addition - to the family? is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is STANDINGJOKE which contains 12 Characters.
  • The one about footing the bill we never tire of? is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 21 April 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are Q,X,Z