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Evening Standard Crossword April 12 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 12 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 130 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#
DanceCHACHA6Across1 WreckageDEBRIS6Across1 Silly, but it has a twin, possiblyNITWIT6Across1 IdioticSTUPID6Across5 TargetBULLSEYE8Across7 Rude hack somehow ennobled!ARCHDUKE8Across7 Cultivate still lessTILL4Across8 AppealingCUTE4Across8 TrailSPOOR5Across9 To a beginner, dry wine is very rough!BRUTAL6Across10 ThriftyFRUGAL6Across10 Riff-raffRABBLE6Across10 Wherein shoppers can play games?ARCADE6Across11 UnitMODULE6Across11 CharacterLETTER6Across11 WeirdEERIE5Across12 Litter in the garden?BED3Across14 MarketedSOLD4Across14 SackBAG3Across14 PlanetWORLD5Across16 On the motorway, do they lead to country places?LANES5Across16 PerformedDID3Across17 Crowd noiseROAR4Across17 DrinkBEER4Across17 YieldCEDE4Across18 Excited by the dire chaos following a false startFIRED5Across19 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across19 JavelinSPEAR5Across20 Was a terribly evil figureLIVED5Across21 DestinedFATED5Across21 RentedHIRED5Across22 TendonSINEW5Across22 Made to pay for a kiss during a date, maybeTAXED5Across22 Men of the futureBOYS4Across23 ThrilledTINGLED7Across23 DeceasedDEAD4Across23 HeapedPILED5Across24 Hotel cabbage?SAVOY5Across26 DisproveREBUT5Across26 FabricSATIN5Across26 He may be patiently asked "What's up?"DOC3Across28 That womanHER3Across28 Actor or egg producer on the quietPLAYER6Across29 FrozenICED4Across29 CopiesCLONES6Across29 FindLOCATE6Across30 Mum, it seems, married someone else!MOTHER6Across30 MaterialREP3Across30 PrimatesAPES4Across31 Before putting central Hants right on the mapANTE4Across31 VehicleRICKSHAW8Across32 Has high regard for spurious spectres!RESPECTS8Across32 UnusualRARE4Across32 DeadlyFATAL5Across33 To put a fellow in the shade is perfectly decentHUMANE6Across33 InformNOTIFY6Across33 EavesdropLISTEN6Across35 BiggerLARGER6Across36 HeronEGRET5Across37 FesterRANKLE6Across38 CostlierDEARER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConstraintDURESS6Down1 ConversationCONFAB6Down1 A relatively insensitive group?NUMBER6Down1 Just the job for one who bides his time?WAITER6Down2 PumaCOUGAR6Down2 ChatteringBABBLE6Down2 Liable to be looked up to?TALL4Down3 Biblical characterABEL4Down3 IslandISLE4Down3 Went round the world, reportedlyWHIRLED7Down4 PermittedALLOWED7Down4 RateSPEED5Down4 Happen againRECUR5Down5 CompactSOLID5Down5 Lord, a Roman poet!LUCAN5Down5 ShrubTREE4Down6 Old people like me and Mr. O'ConnorMEDES5Down6 YieldedCEDED5Down6 Golf-clubPUTTER6Down7 DashedDARTED6Down8 BlockCUBE4Down8 But a broken instrumentTUBA4Down8 LabelTAG3Down9 He's making a Palladium appearanceLAD3Down9 A villainous Charlie for nearly 2000 years?CAD3Down12 SpeckDOT3Down12 An American bowlerDERBY5Down13 CurlRINGLET7Down13 Pack animalLLAMA5Down13 Flying toysKITES5Down15 Figures in a gameFIVES5Down15 Gin-measureOPTIC5Down15 Old-fashionedDATED5Down16 DrinkCIDER5Down18 IdenticalEQUAL5Down18 Vegetarians wouldn't take it from a mere noviceOFFAL5Down18 Get even with a fatheaded figureFIX3Down19 ObjectDEMUR5Down19 ProhibitBAN3Down19 Colourful cardinalRED3Down20 CondensationDEW3Down20 Covered in a possibly early editionLAYERED7Down21 SkillFINESSE7Down21 FreeRID3Down21 Woman'sHER3Down22 Something to start young withTOY3Down22 TransgressionSIN3Down22 FraudDECEIT6Down23 Lowest character in ShakespeareBOTTOM6Down23 EpochsERAS4Down24 ColumnPILLAR6Down24 At darts, there's a line to toeOCHE4Down24 DiminishLESSEN6Down25 Pace at which to shift dirt, in a waySTRIDE6Down25 DullDREARY6Down25 Wear ostentatiously, just for funSPORT5Down26 NeckwearSCARF5Down26 FireworkBANGER6Down27 Ravel's waltz? Perhaps not initiallyVALSE5Down27 FlashlightTORCH5Down27 JumpHOP3Down28 DreadTERROR6Down28 Assume he's from LondonDON3Down28 Sham food?MASH4Down30 TurfLAWN4Down30 ScopeRANGE5Down30 FadedPALED5Down31 SenseFEEL4Down33 TardyLATE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, April 12, 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.