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Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
Lasting a short timeBRIEF5Across3 EnquiredASKED5Across3 Abusive to a hothead, madly rashHARSH5Across3 On paper, perhaps, it's abrasiveEMERY5Across8 Punctuation markCOMMA5Across8 RecluseHERMIT6Across9 Raising agentYEAST5Across10 PassionateARDENT6Across10 A complaint at the apiary?HIVES5Across10 She has the master keyMAE3Across11 CircuitLAP3Across11 FlowerDAISY5Across11 Bad character or chicken-hearted flierCROOK5Across12 GenuineREAL4Across12 Extra playing cardJOKER5Across12 Michael took a girl round the AcademyFARADAY7Across13 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across13 RippedTORN4Across15 Loses colourFADES5Across15 Holidays spent touring resorts?RESTS5Across15 StoodENDURED7Across17 RodentRAT3Across18 Take the plunge with a girl on the quietDIP3Across18 StubbornMULISH6Across19 Broken romanceSERIAL6Across19 ColourRED3Across20 RegulateCONTROL7Across21 OutcomingDEBUT5Across21 Be thought tipsyBEMUSED7Across21 There's grain in this country areaWOOD4Across22 Cat noisePURR4Across22 Many ships (five in any case?)NAVY4Across23 ConsiderDEEM4Across23 Way outEXIT4Across23 Though light, means a great effort for the woman concernedFEATHER7Across24 RefereeARBITER7Across24 RecordDISC4Across25 Poem Tennyson had no heart to compose?SONNET6Across26 CureREMEDY6Across26 PostponeDEFER5Across26 FixedSET3Across28 Young foxCUB3Across29 Highball!LOB3Across29 DiscountedREBATED7Across30 Quietly take the available seat on the leftSTEAL5Across31 Vapour from hot waterSTEAM5Across31 Drive offREPULSE7Across32 CompetentCAPABLE7Across32 ParadiseEDEN4Across33 Boy's nameSIMON5Across34 Instinctive feelings, albeit briefVIBES5Across34 Came down and got the fire goingLIT3Across35 NakedNUDE4Across35 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Across35 Cut offSEVER5Across36 FiendGHOUL5Across36 Abroad, you'll find me in the moneyYEMEN5Across36 LawfulLEGAL5Across37 Cutthroat, maybeRAZOR5Across37 VegetablesLEEKS5Across38 Port can make you lithe!LEITH5Across38 OrdainDECREE6Across38 ReiterateREPEAT6Across39 StringTWINE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CavitiesHOLES5Down1 BeachSHORE5Down1 Home of Jordanian capitalistsAMMAN5Down1 Empire's rulerEMPEROR7Down2 Of such fish, for instance, you may read in bedBREADED7Down2 TrampleTREAD5Down2 HelpAID3Down3 TumultRIOT4Down4 SaidSTATED6Down4 Being so nonchalant sounds a bit scaryAIRY4Down4 SimpleEASY4Down5 Given strong support when stranded?SHORED6Down5 View or glanceEYEFUL6Down5 ParchedDRY3Down6 WildFERAL5Down6 A needlessly pedestrian personHIKER5Down6 SingerTENOR5Down7 Burnt remainsASHES5Down7 When struck, she's apt to flare upVESTA5Down7 EndureSTAND5Down8 Adult maleMAN3Down9 Listener twice in terrible arrearsEAR3Down9 Juliet's dad put Alec straightCAPULET7Down12 Nervous and anxiousJITTERY7Down12 PenetratedENTERED7Down13 Barely discernible Roman numeralsDIM3Down14 ClearLUCID5Down14 Football supporterFAN3Down14 It's played with effortless artistrySITAR5Down16 FrogmanDIVER5Down16 RespondedREACTED7Down16 Ignominy, disgraceSHAME5Down17 Impresses enormously with music centre songsSLAYS5Down17 DissuadeDETER5Down18 Punk hairstyleMOHICAN7Down19 ShootBUD3Down19 Comes down and pays upSETTLES7Down19 Practises boxingSPARS5Down20 Repetitively points out one for a foreignerSWISS5Down20 Carried a letter or twoBORNE5Down21 Illegal actCRIME5Down21 GiantTITAN5Down22 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Down23 In astronomy, unable to change a foregone conclusionNEBULAE7Down23 Possibly feeling no end cattyFELINE6Down24 BeverageTEA3Down24 Respect highlyADMIRE6Down24 To jump is hot workHOP3Down25 RamTUP3Down25 RevertRETURN6Down27 AnaestheticETHER5Down27 Beastly bit of polyglot terminologyOTTER5Down27 ShabbySEEDY5Down28 Artist's standEASEL5Down28 The kind of orange Adam never had?NAVEL5Down28 InstructTEACH5Down29 Villa site in GlastonburyASTON5Down30 Communion tableALTAR5Down30 AdjustedTUNED5Down31 ChefCOOK4Down32 DemiseDEATH5Down32 One's holiday in the balance?REST4Down32 Little lady from BelizeLIZ3Down33 InsectBUG3Down33 MasticateCHEW4Down34 ObtainGET3Down36 ShelterLEE3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. 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.