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Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 18 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 127 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ViewASPECT6Across1 UnfastenUNLOCK6Across4 Reasons for redistributing sugar out EastARGUES6Across4 Member of the clergyPRIEST6Across5 366 daysLEAPYEAR8Across7 Turn up with lb50 too much for a garmentPULLOVER8Across7 Are they what make porcupines vertebrates?SPINES6Across8 SoftenMODERATE8Across8 LoadBURDEN6Across8 AlwaysEVER4Across9 The work of creative navvies, forming a clanCANAL5Across10 SpringSPA3Across10 In abeyanceONICE5Across10 SheenGLOSS5Across12 One propelled with the speed of a shell?BOAT4Across13 Beach materialSAND4Across13 CleanWASH4Across14 Should this word have come before "10 across"?KIEL4Across14 CurvedBENT4Across15 At Chelsea, say, going north in a busBUNS4Across15 CunningSLY3Across15 That favourite trumpet piecePET3Across16 Egg cellsOVA3Across16 One with a partner at the wicket?BAIL4Across17 Boy's nameADAM4Across17 VehicleCAR3Across17 CaskTUN3Across18 It bridges the spring at Preston's North EndSPAN4Across19 UncommonRARE4Across19 FavouritePET3Across19 DeleteERASE5Across20 A gymnastic exercise performed in rotationCARTWHEEL9Across21 Strength of mindFORTITUDE9Across21 BeerALE3Across21 WatchEYE3Across22 StrayERR3Across23 She goes with LisaMONA4Across23 Travel permitVISA4Across23 Help with an article on operaAIDA4Across24 RequireNEED4Across24 HelpAID3Across24 A pile of canap'esNAP3Across26 TrampleTREAD5Across26 PolishWAX3Across26 A little thing requiring some danger moneyGERM4Across27 SchemePLAN4Across27 StyleELAN4Across29 The point of an arrestSTOP4Across29 FinishEND3Across29 You can eat with it at least two waysFORK4Across32 BelovedDEAR4Across32 Writer never editedVERNE5Across33 FactsDATA4Across33 Storage containerCRATE5Across33 I'm in an obscure nook making a garmentKIMONO6Across34 ShowINDICATE8Across34 SecretCOVERT6Across34 Line a certain areaDISTRICT8Across35 SpiritMETTLE6Across35 VisionEYESIGHT8Across35 She has a rhyme on the tellyNELLIE6Across36 StaggeredREELED6Across36 FittingPROPER6Across36

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JointELBOW5Down1 An 'eerie' character, misterSPOCK5Down1 FoundationBASIS5Down2 CrouchSTOOP5Down2 Fast machine on a quiet country roadPLANE5Down2 Something to go for, fellow!GOAL4Down3 FlatEVEN4Down3 Wheel surroundTYRE4Down3 Crime's a burning questionARSON5Down4 TrackTRAIL5Down4 Of a townURBAN5Down4 True, it's a John Wayne filmGRIT4Down5 IronPRESS5Down5 NoblemanLORD4Down5 The team's lateELEVEN6Down6 ThoughtIDEA4Down6 SplitCLEAVE6Down6 PurloinSTEAL5Down7 Handed a ticket for a bit of speedPASSED6Down9 FalseUNTRUE6Down9 CuttlefishSEPIA5Down10 It's so thin you can't see it!AIR3Down11 PerformedACTED5Down11 ArrestNAB3Down11 Possibly banal nameALBAN5Down12 DisorderCHAOS5Down12 SaluteGREET5Down12 Strong support for a weighty volume about the warBULWARK7Down13 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down13 ColloquiumSEMINAR7Down13 War-horseSTEED5Down14 The little that sank in?BIT3Down15 ClubBAT3Down15 TrapSNARE5Down15 CedeYIELD5Down16 The partner dad leftPAL3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 Did Catherine leave it with a groan, perhaps?ARAGON6Down18 Dealer in clothDRAPER6Down18 Can be eaten in pigheaded contentmentPEASE5Down20 ViperADDER5Down20 Bobby needs a cool head at workCOP3Down21 RepairFIX3Down21 That fellow in The ChimesHIM3Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 CourageVALOUR6Down23 Airmen crashed in the seaMARINE6Down23 AngryIRATE5Down25 To a Pole, it's a high speedTON3Down25 ChubbyFAT3Down25 ElevateRAISE5Down27 AfterwardsLATER5Down28 Destroy the note that was carriedERODE5Down28 BigLARGE5Down30 SaltpetreNITRE5Down30 Be behind, though the late batsmen are out for runsTRAIL5Down30 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down31 DividePART4Down31 Just the place for a saucy fashion centrePERTH5Down31 ProfoundDEEP4Down32 Fathead's food?FOOL4Down32 PainACHE4Down32 Vast containers?VATS4Down33 PriceCOST4Down33

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