Evening Standard Crossword April 10 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 10 2026 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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LoftyTALL4Across1 RotterCAD3Across4 FuelCOAL4Across6 TeaseRAG3Across9 An ending to a meal - or it could be a preamblePEARMELBA9Across9 UnwaveringSTEADFAST9Across9 AssureCONVINCE8Across10 Mostly hit-men organised in a groupINTHEMAIN9Across10 European languageHUNGARIAN9Across10 SpokenORAL4Across11 AssistantAIDE4Across12 Lift the canNICK4Across12 The doctor did the same - just hung aboutDRAPED6Across13 MatterAFFAIR6Across13 Powerful personMAGNATE7Across14 A severe crack on the faceGRIMACE7Across14 TuneAIR3Across14 VivacityANIMATION9Across15 Arresting for importing contrabandRUNNINGIN9Across15 EmployingUSING5Across16 RestrainingDETERRENT9Across17 In putting the last tenders out, they do the wrong thingOFFENDERS9Across17 ImmoderateEXTREME7Across18 Didn't admit to the shack, leaving us to wander aboutSHUTOUT7Across18 GuardedDEFENDED8Across19 Kind of muskmelonCASABA6Across19 Why shift it back inside?MOTIVE6Across19 Indonesian islandBALI4Across20 Flag to which there is a long storySAGA4Across20 LukewarmTEPID5Across21 Most intelligentCLEVEREST9Across23 A blooming prize for the Dairy Queen?BUTTERCUP9Across23 OccupantRESIDENT8Across23 FlashlightTORCH5Across24 Mid-morning snackELEVENSES9Across25 Punished, as is rightCORRECTED9Across25 Organ of smellNOSE4Across26 Are at the far end, which is not customaryRARE4Across26 GuidedLED3Across27 Held backCURBED6Across27 Cello I play for dogCOLLIE6Across27 Broad straitCHANNEL7Across29 The doctor had put too much water in the whiskyDROWNED7Across29 WiseSAGE4Across31 Then forced into doing what is rightDONETHING9Across32 Long slender cigarPANATELLA9Across32 ExampleINSTANCE8Across33 BeverageTEA3Across34 At work, he has to subdue his prideLIONTAMER9Across34 Political leaderSTATESMAN9Across34 AssistanceHELP4Across35 EmitRADIATE7Across35 Putting two and two together and looking in the dustbinTOTTING7Across35 YouthLAD3Across36 Swiss wooden houseCHALET6Across36 Will have it that sins are absolved in itINSIST6Across36 Unit of lengthINCH4Across37 VatTANK4Across37 Found a ring was missing from the collectionFUND4Across37 Register of eventsCHRONICLE9Across38 Coming out and scowling at the fellowFLOWERING9Across38 PirateBUCCANEER9Across39 Away three months when business is slackOFFSEASON9Across39

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Wild adventureESCAPADE8Down1 Well versed in guns, is peevedUPINARMS8Down1 Female teacherHEADMISTRESS12Down2 Why the players don't give an electrifying performance?BADCONDUCTOR12Down2 SoonANON4Down2 StimulantCAFFEINE8Down3 Totally one-sided, but that's OKALLRIGHT8Down3 AdoreLOVE4Down3 ContemplateCONSIDER8Down4 Stretch tightSTRAIN6Down4 Uncle had a sleep coming back in the boatSAMPAN6Down4 IntenseDEEP4Down5 Party gameCHARADES8Down5 Discovers, when one comes upon unconsciousFINDSOUT8Down5 TraverseCROSS5Down6 UniqueINIMITABLE10Down6 Sickness you have to act quickly to cure?STAGEFEVER10Down6 ScullOAR3Down7 PestersBADGERS7Down7 The rain is gone, having moved from the areasREGIONS7Down7 AnewAGAIN5Down8 Shows hospitality toENTERTAINS10Down8 Don't pay for enough rounds, if you get meUNDERSTAND10Down8 Knowing there will be a fight to gain the pointAWARE5Down11 SenselessINANE5Down11 ConfessADMIT5Down12 BidOFFER5Down13 InsectANT3Down14 RepulseREPEL5Down15 Extinct primatesAPEMEN6Down16 The end of the third round - one is flattenedIRONED6Down16 BuryINTER5Down17 CircumferenceGIRTH5Down18 Child's bedCOT3Down19 The hair of the dog is coming up!MOP3Down19 SickDISEASED8Down20 PreoccupiedABSENTMINDED12Down21 Go on stage because you have a sudden desire to?ACTONIMPULSE12Down21 PerformedDID3Down22 Again left after the newsREPORT6Down22 Grew intoBECAME6Down22 PlotCONSPIRACY10Down23 Fed up with the rheumatism?BOREDSTIFF10Down23 ExuberanceEBULLIENCE10Down24 If you've made it, that's your lot!CLOSINGBID10Down24 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down25 People waiting, we're told, for a signalCUE3Down25 ConcludeEND3Down25 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down26 A fish's egg found in the protective wearLEGGINGS8Down28 MurderKILL4Down28 FadedBLANCHED8Down28 DividePART4Down29 MergeCOALESCE8Down29 Takes one to one's destination or declinesDROPSOFF8Down29 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down30 Breed of cattleLONGHORN8Down30 Making fun of Ingrid and Ed unfairlyDERIDING8Down30 He refuses to work and becomes violentSTRIKER7Down31 AccomplishesATTAINS7Down31 SolidifyGEL3Down32 To a lesser degree, you're wrongNOTSO5Down33 DepthsNADIR5Down33 That will teach you to have a smaller wager!LESSON6Down34 ThreadbareSHABBY6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 10, 2026. 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.