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Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 16 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChasePURSUE6Across1 Where there's a steady job for a lad?STABLE6Across1 SphereGLOBE5Across2 UproarBROUHAHA8Across7 ScantySPARE5Across7 Cavalier poet's fondness for fine fabricLOVELACE8Across7 A Welshman's platform?DAIS4Across8 PerforatedHOLED5Across8 SearchCOMB4Across8 Evident cockiness in making a comebackBOUNCE6Across10 BirdEAGLE5Across10 InstrumentsVIOLAS6Across10 If pelf is redistributed, that's nonsense!PIFFLE6Across11 TillPLOUGH6Across11 Pen-pointNIB3Across12 BroadcastSOWED5Across13 Poem of the wooden horseODE3Across14 HelpAID3Across14 MixedBLENDED7Across15 Civic official who means nothing in the army, maybeMAYOR5Across16 HoodwinksDUPES5Across16 A London orchestra too!ALSO4Across17 NotifiedTOLD4Across17 AuthorWRITER6Across17 Where, in Italy, mail is sorted for the northMILAN5Across19 WonderAWE3Across19 Italian riverTIBER5Across19 RevereRESPECT7Across20 Necessary bit of tea in a little bottleVITAL5Across21 Detection systemRADAR5Across21 Two-footedBIPED5Across22 At a dead end, a new idea helpedAIDED5Across22 ShortlySOON4Across23 Went fast - yet at disheartening speed?SPED4Across23 TreatyPACT4Across23 DomesticatedTAME4Across25 GathererHOARDER7Across26 How Al and Ted got together and did businessDEALT5Across26 RapiersEPEES5Across26 HatCAP3Across28 As chairman, did he master the opposition leader?MAO3Across28 Hiding nothing, Claud's upset about the National FrontUNCLAD6Across29 Golf termBIRDIE6Across29 FreezeICE3Across30 Caper involving "27" possibly divided by 5CAVORT6Across30 ComfortSOLACE6Across30 The state a salt lake is inUTAH4Across31 StopDESIST6Across31 LabourTOIL4Across31 On the road, cautionary advice to pedestrians who appear abandonedLOOKLEFT8Across32 JewelleryNECKLACE8Across32 One quarter of the garden is foreign soilSWEDEN6Across33 PenetratePIERCE6Across33 StupidWITLESS7Across34 RudeSURLY5Across37 GarlandLEI3Across38 MarSPOIL5Across39 VoidBLANK5Across40 StuckGLUED5Across41 SarcasmIRONY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Where, abroad, rabies is regulatedSERBIA6Down1 ShrubPRIVET6Down1 TrackSPOOR5Down1 PhlegmaticSTOLID6Down2 Actor's chaff at a partyBRANDO6Down2 SaluteGREET5Down2 RecedesEBBS4Down3 She gives you the optionELSE4Down3 GuideLEADER6Down3 TuberBULB4Down4 Former currencyGUILDER7Down4 Can be claimed to have its pointDECIMAL7Down4 JoinCONNECT7Down5 It's silly making a lot of noise when the light goes outDAFFY5Down5 RelishLAPUP5Down5 RevoltREBEL5Down6 WalkwaysPATHS5Down6 He has to look out for the best conclusionPETER5Down6 Fossil fuelCOAL4Down8 Do they do us wrong in the doubles?DUOS4Down8 InsaneMAD3Down9 CoverLID3Down9 I see a key as something coldICE3Down9 PassedELAPSED7Down11 Fresh air devotee?FAN3Down12 Belonging to usOUR3Down12 Live in an old ruin at some stageLODGE5Down13 LizardGECKO5Down13 BrushedSWEPT5Down13 SorceressWITCH5Down14 Shaky times for tiny totsMITES5Down15 BroadenWIDEN5Down15 SheepEWE3Down16 African mammalOKAPI5Down18 SubdueREPRESS7Down18 Stir up evil, perhaps, on the wayLIVEN5Down18 FaucetTAP3Down19 This way for a Pacific atollMID3Down19 EvilBAD3Down20 The youth some girl adoresLAD3Down20 Essentially, get the girl to agreeVITALLY7Down21 AnimalTAPIR5Down21 LudicrousRISIBLE7Down21 TrivialPETTY5Down22 CradleBED3Down22 One has 50 left, that's the lotALL3Down22 SaltySALINE6Down23 Lily's wild!SAVAGE6Down23 Cry of disdain from WinniePOOH4Down24 LabouringTOILING7Down24 GemstoneOPAL4Down24 Keep in date, cleverlyDETAIN6Down25 StylusNEEDLE6Down25 WoodEBONY5Down26 Brightly contradictedDULLY5Down26 UprightERECT5Down27 ExpertACE3Down27 Player on a court getting nothing rightACTOR5Down27 Dove's callCOO3Down28 Might it welcome being trodden on?MAT3Down28 AbdicateRESIGN6Down28 InaneSILLY5Down29 PaceSTEP4Down30 Economies on meat?CUTS4Down30 DirtySULLY5Down32 PrecipitationSLEET5Down33 BeverageTEA3Down35 BoxSPAR4Down36

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