Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2025 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Lasting a short time53 AcrossReveal answer → Enquired53 AcrossReveal answer → Abusive to a hothead, madly rash53 AcrossReveal answer → On paper, perhaps, it's abrasive58 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark58 AcrossReveal answer → Recluse69 AcrossReveal answer → Raising agent510 AcrossReveal answer → Passionate610 AcrossReveal answer → A complaint at the apiary?510 AcrossReveal answer → She has the master key311 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit311 AcrossReveal answer → Flower511 AcrossReveal answer → Bad character or chicken-hearted flier512 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine412 AcrossReveal answer → Extra playing card512 AcrossReveal answer → Michael took a girl round the Academy713 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage713 AcrossReveal answer → Ripped415 AcrossReveal answer → Loses colour515 AcrossReveal answer → Holidays spent touring resorts?515 AcrossReveal answer → Stood717 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent318 AcrossReveal answer → Take the plunge with a girl on the quiet318 AcrossReveal answer → Stubborn619 AcrossReveal answer → Broken romance619 AcrossReveal answer → Colour320 AcrossReveal answer → Regulate721 AcrossReveal answer → Outcoming521 AcrossReveal answer → Be thought tipsy721 AcrossReveal answer → There's grain in this country area422 AcrossReveal answer → Cat noise422 AcrossReveal answer → Many ships (five in any case?)423 AcrossReveal answer → Consider423 AcrossReveal answer → Way out423 AcrossReveal answer → Though light, means a great effort for the woman concerned724 AcrossReveal answer → Referee724 AcrossReveal answer → Record425 AcrossReveal answer → Poem Tennyson had no heart to compose?626 AcrossReveal answer → Cure626 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone526 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed328 AcrossReveal answer → Young fox329 AcrossReveal answer → Highball!329 AcrossReveal answer → Discounted730 AcrossReveal answer → Quietly take the available seat on the left531 AcrossReveal answer → Vapour from hot water531 AcrossReveal answer → Drive off732 AcrossReveal answer → Competent732 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise433 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name534 AcrossReveal answer → Instinctive feelings, albeit brief534 AcrossReveal answer → Came down and got the fire going335 AcrossReveal answer → Naked435 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of annoyance335 AcrossReveal answer → Cut off536 AcrossReveal answer → Fiend536 AcrossReveal answer → Abroad, you'll find me in the money536 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful537 AcrossReveal answer → Cutthroat, maybe537 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetables538 AcrossReveal answer → Port can make you lithe!538 AcrossReveal answer → Ordain638 AcrossReveal answer → Reiterate639 AcrossReveal answer → String540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cavities51 DownReveal answer → Beach51 DownReveal answer → Home of Jordanian capitalists51 DownReveal answer → Empire's ruler72 DownReveal answer → Of such fish, for instance, you may read in bed72 DownReveal answer → Trample52 DownReveal answer → Help33 DownReveal answer → Tumult44 DownReveal answer → Said64 DownReveal answer → Being so nonchalant sounds a bit scary44 DownReveal answer → Simple45 DownReveal answer → Given strong support when stranded?65 DownReveal answer → View or glance65 DownReveal answer → Parched36 DownReveal answer → Wild56 DownReveal answer → A needlessly pedestrian person56 DownReveal answer → Singer57 DownReveal answer → Burnt remains57 DownReveal answer → When struck, she's apt to flare up57 DownReveal answer → Endure58 DownReveal answer → Adult male39 DownReveal answer → Listener twice in terrible arrears39 DownReveal answer → Juliet's dad put Alec straight712 DownReveal answer → Nervous and anxious712 DownReveal answer → Penetrated713 DownReveal answer → Barely discernible Roman numerals314 DownReveal answer → Clear514 DownReveal answer → Football supporter314 DownReveal answer → It's played with effortless artistry516 DownReveal answer → Frogman516 DownReveal answer → Responded716 DownReveal answer → Ignominy, disgrace517 DownReveal answer → Impresses enormously with music centre songs517 DownReveal answer → Dissuade518 DownReveal answer → Punk hairstyle719 DownReveal answer → Shoot319 DownReveal answer → Comes down and pays up719 DownReveal answer → Practises boxing520 DownReveal answer → Repetitively points out one for a foreigner520 DownReveal answer → Carried a letter or two521 DownReveal answer → Illegal act521 DownReveal answer → Giant522 DownReveal answer → Formal discussions723 DownReveal answer → In astronomy, unable to change a foregone conclusion723 DownReveal answer → Possibly feeling no end catty624 DownReveal answer → Beverage324 DownReveal answer → Respect highly624 DownReveal answer → To jump is hot work325 DownReveal answer → Ram325 DownReveal answer → Revert627 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic527 DownReveal answer → Beastly bit of polyglot terminology527 DownReveal answer → Shabby528 DownReveal answer → Artist's stand528 DownReveal answer → The kind of orange Adam never had?528 DownReveal answer → Instruct529 DownReveal answer → Villa site in Glastonbury530 DownReveal answer → Communion table530 DownReveal answer → Adjusted531 DownReveal answer → Chef432 DownReveal answer → Demise532 DownReveal answer → One's holiday in the balance?432 DownReveal answer → Little lady from Belize333 DownReveal answer → Insect333 DownReveal answer → Masticate434 DownReveal answer → Obtain336 DownReveal answer → Shelter337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.