Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2025 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 2 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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Academy Award53 AcrossReveal answer → Missile53 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally she can only just beat dad53 AcrossReveal answer → Greyfriars boy?58 AcrossReveal answer → Dead language58 AcrossReveal answer → Fight69 AcrossReveal answer → Edge along510 AcrossReveal answer → Come610 AcrossReveal answer → Trophy worth some cash, essentially?510 AcrossReveal answer → Much talk of getting asleep311 AcrossReveal answer → Mine311 AcrossReveal answer → Void511 AcrossReveal answer → Writers making a fortune around Mile End512 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese412 AcrossReveal answer → Searches for prey512 AcrossReveal answer → It's a matter of keeping cool even when disheartened713 AcrossReveal answer → Ten-sided figure713 AcrossReveal answer → Front415 AcrossReveal answer → Royal515 AcrossReveal answer → Tough, hot-headed, possibly mean fellow515 AcrossReveal answer → Illness717 AcrossReveal answer → Slope downwards318 AcrossReveal answer → The mien of a broadcaster?318 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit619 AcrossReveal answer → Murphy gets to a top relocation619 AcrossReveal answer → Youth320 AcrossReveal answer → Common721 AcrossReveal answer → Guide521 AcrossReveal answer → Is their behaviour revolting?721 AcrossReveal answer → Little Tony's school422 AcrossReveal answer → Throw violently422 AcrossReveal answer → Colourful standard of goodness423 AcrossReveal answer → Strikes423 AcrossReveal answer → Revise423 AcrossReveal answer → One out of eight?724 AcrossReveal answer → Gold or silver in mass724 AcrossReveal answer → Nurse425 AcrossReveal answer → Perform a lovely piece solo626 AcrossReveal answer → Stoat-like mammal626 AcrossReveal answer → Soar526 AcrossReveal answer → Employ328 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing blade329 AcrossReveal answer → Just the chap to play it again?329 AcrossReveal answer → Train730 AcrossReveal answer → It means more to a dead-wrong dunderhead531 AcrossReveal answer → Satisfies531 AcrossReveal answer → The toff suffered when prevented from winning732 AcrossReveal answer → Lizard type732 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine433 AcrossReveal answer → Broaden534 AcrossReveal answer → After the year's end, a pine can mature534 AcrossReveal answer → In a race, can it get you nowhere?335 AcrossReveal answer → Gull435 AcrossReveal answer → Fastening device335 AcrossReveal answer → Lose blood536 AcrossReveal answer → Presage536 AcrossReveal answer → Causes some heat by writing on fighting536 AcrossReveal answer → Pick-me-up537 AcrossReveal answer → Originally, points for successfully finishing537 AcrossReveal answer → Stinks538 AcrossReveal answer → Do big ones possess more fire-power?538 AcrossReveal answer → Free638 AcrossReveal answer → Conquer639 AcrossReveal answer → Principle540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Writing material51 DownReveal answer → Receded51 DownReveal answer → Turn and leave one learning to be a writer51 DownReveal answer → Fortified building72 DownReveal answer → Refrain from giving a seaman a bad mark72 DownReveal answer → Map book52 DownReveal answer → Beer33 DownReveal answer → Avoid deliberately44 DownReveal answer → Careless64 DownReveal answer → Figure one gets half a dollar44 DownReveal answer → Curse45 DownReveal answer → Pitiable quality65 DownReveal answer → Of the stars65 DownReveal answer → Crooked36 DownReveal answer → Restored from death56 DownReveal answer → The advantage of turning up with a girl56 DownReveal answer → Emulate57 DownReveal answer → Free from dirt57 DownReveal answer → Manage to reach a degree of vegetation57 DownReveal answer → Stitched58 DownReveal answer → Facial twitch39 DownReveal answer → Prohibit bank robbery!39 DownReveal answer → Picture maybe in ropy art712 DownReveal answer → Optimistic712 DownReveal answer → Varied713 DownReveal answer → Little city in the central Loire, maybe314 DownReveal answer → Deserve514 DownReveal answer → Spirit314 DownReveal answer → Man of stone?516 DownReveal answer → Street urchin516 DownReveal answer → Frankness716 DownReveal answer → Round-up rope517 DownReveal answer → Movingly agreeable looking children's character517 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic518 DownReveal answer → Inflatable rubber bag719 DownReveal answer → Obtain319 DownReveal answer → Avoid delay, as do journalists getting ahead719 DownReveal answer → Melts520 DownReveal answer → Money put into one could have been an asset520 DownReveal answer → A bit of a fight521 DownReveal answer → Big521 DownReveal answer → Send522 DownReveal answer → Skyline723 DownReveal answer → He'll back a good horse723 DownReveal answer → Ageing, but with an unusually solid head of hair624 DownReveal answer → Summit324 DownReveal answer → Next to624 DownReveal answer → The part of Mabel, as queen325 DownReveal answer → Boy's name325 DownReveal answer → Decline627 DownReveal answer → Premature527 DownReveal answer → The one bit of business that's best527 DownReveal answer → Encouraged528 DownReveal answer → Underground drain528 DownReveal answer → Little things that can have ill effects528 DownReveal answer → Consumed529 DownReveal answer → Depend on getting a soft-hearted response530 DownReveal answer → Theme530 DownReveal answer → Penniless531 DownReveal answer → Humble432 DownReveal answer → Finished532 DownReveal answer → Very close to ten in a trap432 DownReveal answer → As a rule, it's half walled up333 DownReveal answer → Metallic element333 DownReveal answer → Dumb434 DownReveal answer → Inclined336 DownReveal answer → Groove337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 2, 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.