Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 16 2026. 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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ClueLetters#Answer

Chase61 AcrossReveal answer → Where there's a steady job for a lad?61 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere52 AcrossReveal answer → Uproar87 AcrossReveal answer → Scanty57 AcrossReveal answer → Cavalier poet's fondness for fine fabric87 AcrossReveal answer → A Welshman's platform?48 AcrossReveal answer → Perforated58 AcrossReveal answer → Search48 AcrossReveal answer → Evident cockiness in making a comeback610 AcrossReveal answer → Bird510 AcrossReveal answer → Instruments610 AcrossReveal answer → If pelf is redistributed, that's nonsense!611 AcrossReveal answer → Till611 AcrossReveal answer → Pen-point312 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcast513 AcrossReveal answer → Poem of the wooden horse314 AcrossReveal answer → Help314 AcrossReveal answer → Mixed715 AcrossReveal answer → Civic official who means nothing in the army, maybe516 AcrossReveal answer → Hoodwinks516 AcrossReveal answer → A London orchestra too!417 AcrossReveal answer → Notified417 AcrossReveal answer → Author617 AcrossReveal answer → Where, in Italy, mail is sorted for the north519 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder319 AcrossReveal answer → Italian river519 AcrossReveal answer → Revere720 AcrossReveal answer → Necessary bit of tea in a little bottle521 AcrossReveal answer → Detection system521 AcrossReveal answer → Two-footed522 AcrossReveal answer → At a dead end, a new idea helped522 AcrossReveal answer → Shortly423 AcrossReveal answer → Went fast - yet at disheartening speed?423 AcrossReveal answer → Treaty423 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated425 AcrossReveal answer → Gatherer726 AcrossReveal answer → How Al and Ted got together and did business526 AcrossReveal answer → Rapiers526 AcrossReveal answer → Hat328 AcrossReveal answer → As chairman, did he master the opposition leader?328 AcrossReveal answer → Hiding nothing, Claud's upset about the National Front629 AcrossReveal answer → Golf term629 AcrossReveal answer → Freeze330 AcrossReveal answer → Caper involving "27" possibly divided by 5630 AcrossReveal answer → Comfort630 AcrossReveal answer → The state a salt lake is in431 AcrossReveal answer → Stop631 AcrossReveal answer → Labour431 AcrossReveal answer → On the road, cautionary advice to pedestrians who appear abandoned832 AcrossReveal answer → Jewellery832 AcrossReveal answer → One quarter of the garden is foreign soil633 AcrossReveal answer → Penetrate633 AcrossReveal answer → Stupid734 AcrossReveal answer → Rude537 AcrossReveal answer → Garland338 AcrossReveal answer → Mar539 AcrossReveal answer → Void540 AcrossReveal answer → Stuck541 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcasm542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Where, abroad, rabies is regulated61 DownReveal answer → Shrub61 DownReveal answer → Track51 DownReveal answer → Phlegmatic62 DownReveal answer → Actor's chaff at a party62 DownReveal answer → Salute52 DownReveal answer → Recedes43 DownReveal answer → She gives you the option43 DownReveal answer → Guide63 DownReveal answer → Tuber44 DownReveal answer → Former currency74 DownReveal answer → Can be claimed to have its point74 DownReveal answer → Join75 DownReveal answer → It's silly making a lot of noise when the light goes out55 DownReveal answer → Relish55 DownReveal answer → Revolt56 DownReveal answer → Walkways56 DownReveal answer → He has to look out for the best conclusion56 DownReveal answer → Fossil fuel48 DownReveal answer → Do they do us wrong in the doubles?48 DownReveal answer → Insane39 DownReveal answer → Cover39 DownReveal answer → I see a key as something cold39 DownReveal answer → Passed711 DownReveal answer → Fresh air devotee?312 DownReveal answer → Belonging to us312 DownReveal answer → Live in an old ruin at some stage513 DownReveal answer → Lizard513 DownReveal answer → Brushed513 DownReveal answer → Sorceress514 DownReveal answer → Shaky times for tiny tots515 DownReveal answer → Broaden515 DownReveal answer → Sheep316 DownReveal answer → African mammal518 DownReveal answer → Subdue718 DownReveal answer → Stir up evil, perhaps, on the way518 DownReveal answer → Faucet319 DownReveal answer → This way for a Pacific atoll319 DownReveal answer → Evil320 DownReveal answer → The youth some girl adores320 DownReveal answer → Essentially, get the girl to agree721 DownReveal answer → Animal521 DownReveal answer → Ludicrous721 DownReveal answer → Trivial522 DownReveal answer → Cradle322 DownReveal answer → One has 50 left, that's the lot322 DownReveal answer → Salty623 DownReveal answer → Lily's wild!623 DownReveal answer → Cry of disdain from Winnie424 DownReveal answer → Labouring724 DownReveal answer → Gemstone424 DownReveal answer → Keep in date, cleverly625 DownReveal answer → Stylus625 DownReveal answer → Wood526 DownReveal answer → Brightly contradicted526 DownReveal answer → Upright527 DownReveal answer → Expert327 DownReveal answer → Player on a court getting nothing right527 DownReveal answer → Dove's call328 DownReveal answer → Might it welcome being trodden on?328 DownReveal answer → Abdicate628 DownReveal answer → Inane529 DownReveal answer → Pace430 DownReveal answer → Economies on meat?430 DownReveal answer → Dirty532 DownReveal answer → Precipitation533 DownReveal answer → Beverage335 DownReveal answer → Box436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, April 16, 2026. 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.