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Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
Academy AwardOSCAR5Across3 MissileARROW5Across3 Nominally she can only just beat dadPIPPA5Across3 Greyfriars boy?BOBBY5Across8 Dead languageLATIN5Across8 FightBATTLE6Across9 Edge alongSIDLE5Across10 ComeARRIVE6Across10 Trophy worth some cash, essentially?ASHES5Across10 Much talk of getting asleepGAS3Across11 MinePIT3Across11 VoidEMPTY5Across11 Writers making a fortune around Mile EndPOETS5Across12 CheeseEDAM4Across12 Searches for preyHUNTS5Across12 It's a matter of keeping cool even when disheartenedCONTROL7Across13 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Across13 FrontFACE4Across15 RoyalREGAL5Across15 Tough, hot-headed, possibly mean fellowHEMAN5Across15 IllnessDISEASE7Across17 Slope downwardsDIP3Across18 The mien of a broadcaster?AIR3Across18 FruitBANANA6Across19 Murphy gets to a top relocationPOTATO6Across19 YouthLAD3Across20 CommonGENERAL7Across21 GuideSTEER5Across21 Is their behaviour revolting?RIOTERS7Across21 Little Tony's schoolETON4Across22 Throw violentlyHURL4Across22 Colourful standard of goodnessGOLD4Across23 StrikesHITS4Across23 ReviseEDIT4Across23 One out of eight?OARSMAN7Across24 Gold or silver in massBULLION7Across24 NurseTEND4Across25 Perform a lovely piece soloSINGLY6Across26 Stoat-like mammalWEASEL6Across26 SoarTOWER5Across26 EmployUSE3Across28 Rowing bladeOAR3Across29 Just the chap to play it again?SAM3Across29 TrainRETINUE7Across30 It means more to a dead-wrong dunderheadADDED5Across31 SatisfiesSATES5Across31 The toff suffered when prevented from winningNOBBLED7Across32 Lizard typeMONITOR7Across32 GenuineREAL4Across33 BroadenWIDEN5Across34 After the year's end, a pine can matureRIPEN5Across34 In a race, can it get you nowhere?LAP3Across35 GullTERN4Across35 Fastening deviceZIP3Across35 Lose bloodBLEED5Across36 PresageAUGUR5Across36 Causes some heat by writing on fightingWARMS5Across36 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across37 Originally, points for successfully finishingNEWLY5Across37 StinksREEKS5Across38 Do big ones possess more fire-power?SHOTS5Across38 FreeEXEMPT6Across38 ConquerSUBDUE6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Writing materialPAPER5Down1 RecededEBBED5Down1 Turn and leave one learning to be a writerGOGOL5Down1 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down2 Refrain from giving a seaman a bad markABSTAIN7Down2 Map bookATLAS5Down2 BeerALE3Down3 Avoid deliberatelySHUN4Down4 CarelessREMISS6Down4 Figure one gets half a dollarIDOL4Down4 CurseOATH4Down5 Pitiable qualityPATHOS6Down5 Of the starsASTRAL6Down5 CrookedWRY3Down6 Restored from deathRISEN5Down6 The advantage of turning up with a girlASSET5Down6 EmulateRIVAL5Down7 Free from dirtCLEAN5Down7 Manage to reach a degree of vegetationGETAT5Down7 StitchedSEWED5Down8 Facial twitchTIC3Down9 Prohibit bank robbery!BAN3Down9 Picture maybe in ropy artPORTRAY7Down12 OptimisticHOPEFUL7Down12 VariedDIVERSE7Down13 Little city in the central Loire, maybeRIO3Down14 DeserveMERIT5Down14 SpiritGIN3Down14 Man of stone?MASON5Down16 Street urchinGAMIN5Down16 FranknessCANDOUR7Down16 Round-up ropeLASSO5Down17 Movingly agreeable looking children's characterNODDY5Down17 AnaestheticETHER5Down18 Inflatable rubber bagBALLOON7Down19 ObtainGET3Down19 Avoid delay, as do journalists getting aheadPRESSON7Down19 MeltsTHAWS5Down20 Money put into one could have been an assetTESSA5Down20 A bit of a fightROUND5Down21 BigGREAT5Down21 SendREMIT5Down22 SkylineHORIZON7Down23 He'll back a good horseGAMBLER7Down23 Ageing, but with an unusually solid head of hairOLDISH6Down24 SummitTOP3Down24 Next toBESIDE6Down24 The part of Mabel, as queenMAB3Down25 Boy's nameIAN3Down25 DeclineREFUSE6Down27 PrematureEARLY5Down27 The one bit of business that's bestIDEAL5Down27 EncouragedURGED5Down28 Underground drainSEWER5Down28 Little things that can have ill effectsGERMS5Down28 ConsumedEATEN5Down29 Depend on getting a soft-hearted responseREPLY5Down30 ThemeTOPIC5Down30 PennilessNEEDY5Down31 HumbleMEEK4Down32 FinishedENDED5Down32 Very close to ten in a trapNEXT4Down32 As a rule, it's half walled upLAW3Down33 Metallic elementTIN3Down33 DumbMUTE4Down34 InclinedAPT3Down36 GrooveRUT3Down37

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