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Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
DifficultTOUGH5Across1 SaveEXCEPT6Across5 ShrillREEDY5Across8 Back on the list of the famousNOTABLE7Across8 Health checkMEDICAL7Across8 Turf accountantBOOKMAKER9Across9 Having holes he meant to sew upMOTHEATEN9Across9 GoatANGORA6Across10 AlwaysEVER4Across11 Narcotic drugOPIUM5Across13 A bang - it's a shotCRACK5Across13 ThickDENSE5Across14 AudaciousDARING6Across14 He's crotchety and has a bad cold in the headCRANK5Across14 RemoteDISTANT7Across15 It's to let the rain through when there's a lot of waterTORRENT7Across15 GiftPRESENT7Across15 The foreign and local fish caughtFINNISH7Across16 Mythical beastUNICORN7Across16 Drink a round at "The Nag"PINTO5Across17 WorthVALUE5Across17 Give a note to the down-and-outENDOW5Across18 GratuityTIP3Across18 LariatLASSO5Across18 ConsumeEAT3Across19 For the snow, an efficient but expensive warmth retainerSABLE5Across20 Male singerTENOR5Across20 YieldCEDE4Across21 Having knocked back drink after drink, speak indistinctlyMURMUR6Across22 GaudyGARISH6Across22 "Managed," I put in, "to have duplicated"COPIED6Across23 AwryASKEW5Across23 SmokestackFUNNEL6Across23 PourTEEM4Across24 Dressing, run after and join the othersCATCHUP7Across25 HoodlumRUFFIAN7Across25 Hidden awaySTASHED7Across27 NumberTEN3Across27 Take an alcoholic drink round to himANATOLE7Across27 PromiseVOW3Across29 A little time after, had become viciousBITTEN6Across30 Tight undergarmentGIRDLE6Across30 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across31 RoadSTREET6Across31 If you want to know about banking, he's your man!TELLER6Across31 "The King of Siam," cast many to appear inMIDAS5Across32 AuthorWRITER6Across32 ThighboneFEMUR5Across32 Swimming-poolLIDO4Across34 The cockney kept the female in captivity in the woodELDER5Across35 ManservantVALET5Across35 AwkwardCLUMSY6Across35 Sculpt the figure you have in mindCARVE5Across36 VigourOOMPH5Across36 TrucksLORRIES7Across37 "Could be colder," one observedNOTICED7Across37 SeamLAYER5Across38 JotterNOTEPAD7Across39 The case for having an advisory councilCABINET7Across39 ComaTRANCE6Across39 LureTEMPT5Across40 He'll have a stab at treating youLANCE5Across41 DeepnessDEPTH5Across41 Awaken to find ourselves surrounded by deerROUSE5Across42 SampleTASTE5Across42 No children, there's no way outISSUELESS9Across43 VarietyDIVERSITY9Across43 From stupidity, don't agree to sit inDENSITY7Across44 Sports officialsUMPIRES7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Zodiac signGEMINI6Down1 Assume I am up in this field of knowledgeDOMAIN6Down1 Movie styleFILMNOIR8Down2 The report will have unwelcome resultsBACKFIRE8Down2 PossessOWN3Down2 Aircraft's undercarriageLANDINGGEAR11Down3 Smutty jokes?BLACKHUMOUR11Down3 CaveGROTTO6Down3 ImpotentPOWERLESS9Down4 Referring to as "improving"LOOKINGUP9Down4 Girl’sHER3Down4 WatchedEYED4Down5 CaptainSKIPPER7Down5 Item of furniture that now is brokenWHATNOT7Down5 ClergymanCLERIC6Down6 Drunken hooligansLAGERLOUTS10Down6 Not allowed to walk away from, having implementedCARRIEDOUT10Down6 ThrillTINGLE6Down7 In this placeHERE4Down7 With "Hey, you!" following the man againHERE4Down7 SincereEARNEST7Down9 SturdyROBUST6Down10 Bolts when one laughs atSCOFFS6Down10 Dishonest conductKNAVERY7Down11 Understanding, mean to go back and have a drink withRAPPORT7Down11 TankVAT3Down12 SaunterSTROLL6Down12 Was drunk, though having been brewed for too longSTEWED6Down12 MatureRIPE4Down13 IslandISLE4Down16 AcceptedTAKEN5Down17 Ray of lightSUNBEAM7Down19 Riddled with bullets, was taught a lessonDRILLED7Down19 OccupancyTENANCY7Down20 Blown by the trumpeter, the note lingered onBLASTED7Down21 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down21 FactsDATA4Down22 Money that, by your own admission, you proved to have paidENTRANCEFEE11Down24 Large country residenceSTATELYHOME11Down24 FrustrateTHWART6Down24 WickedEVIL4Down25 MovementMOTION6Down26 Tidying things away, it's beginning to look fine againCLEARINGUP10Down26 Writing implementFELTTIPPEN10Down26 ForthcomingFUTURE6Down28 House purchase taxSTAMPDUTY9Down28 "Cold" without the "ol"?HEARTLESS9Down28 MaybePERHAPS7Down29 On the run, chuck the duplicate keys inFLEEING7Down29 MarryWED3Down30 Inserting right into the tree part of the armBREECH6Down30 GenerousGIVING6Down30 Emergency medical treatmentFIRSTAID8Down32 The rest, bustling, carried in rugs destined for the bedroomMATTRESS8Down32 About the twin daughters, one's ridiculously soppySODDEN6Down33 PartROLE4Down33 Slice of baconRASHER6Down33 Anagrammatic clues about a race runSCUTTLE7Down34 DeityGODDESS7Down34 PermitLET3Down36 WeakenSAP3Down37 Foot partINSTEP6Down38 Is important and one doesn't leave out of the reckoningCOUNTS6Down38 Punch, for the partyBASH4Down40 ExcursionTRIP4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 18, 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.