Evening Standard Crossword April 2 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 2 2026. 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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ClueLetters#Answer

Hat61 AcrossReveal answer → Grant61 AcrossReveal answer → Give mother a wry grin on the side61 AcrossReveal answer → Cold65 AcrossReveal answer → Man-eating human87 AcrossReveal answer → Match at maths87 AcrossReveal answer → Western girl left in bitterness48 AcrossReveal answer → Thailand, formerly48 AcrossReveal answer → Tree59 AcrossReveal answer → Turn southwest with lively heart610 AcrossReveal answer → Disregard610 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare610 AcrossReveal answer → Noted public property611 AcrossReveal answer → Debacle611 AcrossReveal answer → Simpler611 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher512 AcrossReveal answer → Embarrassed when seen as foxy?314 AcrossReveal answer → Consider414 AcrossReveal answer → Away314 AcrossReveal answer → Javelin516 AcrossReveal answer → To be heard as oral516 AcrossReveal answer → Decay317 AcrossReveal answer → Figure, after 'ditto', to get a duplication417 AcrossReveal answer → Cutting tools417 AcrossReveal answer → Repute418 AcrossReveal answer → Some foreign government519 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse519 AcrossReveal answer → Consumer520 AcrossReveal answer → Message airily taken by car521 AcrossReveal answer → Adam's ale521 AcrossReveal answer → Peeled522 AcrossReveal answer → Tree522 AcrossReveal answer → Dry suggestion that you can't spell too well?522 AcrossReveal answer → Reserve it at the library423 AcrossReveal answer → Turned723 AcrossReveal answer → Incline423 AcrossReveal answer → Colour524 AcrossReveal answer → Opening for a student526 AcrossReveal answer → Principle526 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage526 AcrossReveal answer → It's so quietly offered for the sake of peace328 AcrossReveal answer → Vigour328 AcrossReveal answer → Speaker using some words on a rota system?629 AcrossReveal answer → Border429 AcrossReveal answer → Enlists629 AcrossReveal answer → Scold630 AcrossReveal answer → Composed a serenade with notes missing630 AcrossReveal answer → Bombard330 AcrossReveal answer → Test431 AcrossReveal answer → Get paid for each service431 AcrossReveal answer → Large mammal832 AcrossReveal answer → When you apply undue pressure about minor measures, it means business832 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge432 AcrossReveal answer → Stratum533 AcrossReveal answer → Contents of an old keg?633 AcrossReveal answer → Alarms633 AcrossReveal answer → Reviser635 AcrossReveal answer → Aeroplane636 AcrossReveal answer → Begin537 AcrossReveal answer → Pact638 AcrossReveal answer → Required639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Against61 DownReveal answer → Thrashes61 DownReveal answer → Gathered in large numbers around the wild seas61 DownReveal answer → Sort of path taken by the serious student62 DownReveal answer → Offensive62 DownReveal answer → Water-ice62 DownReveal answer → She has her way of getting £5043 DownReveal answer → Summit43 DownReveal answer → Sign43 DownReveal answer → Physio's work, as during rough games74 DownReveal answer → Tooth74 DownReveal answer → Irrigate54 DownReveal answer → Maltreat55 DownReveal answer → Swift55 DownReveal answer → Leaves in the wrapper55 DownReveal answer → Breed46 DownReveal answer → Lower oneself to show subservience56 DownReveal answer → Storey56 DownReveal answer → Instrument67 DownReveal answer → Dashed68 DownReveal answer → Winter weather48 DownReveal answer → She isn't the whole world to an American soldier!48 DownReveal answer → Skill39 DownReveal answer → Was pre-eminent in double-dealing39 DownReveal answer → Vessel or nutcracker312 DownReveal answer → Appropriate312 DownReveal answer → Brown needs energy for this dance!513 DownReveal answer → Feminine713 DownReveal answer → Christmas song513 DownReveal answer → Iron515 DownReveal answer → The revolting fellow gets light-headed on bad beer!515 DownReveal answer → Relaxed515 DownReveal answer → Combine516 DownReveal answer → Paled518 DownReveal answer → Pinafore518 DownReveal answer → Happen to be the officer commanding a dog518 DownReveal answer → Could such recruits have changed the war?319 DownReveal answer → Measure519 DownReveal answer → Father319 DownReveal answer → No good ingredient of soilless composts320 DownReveal answer → For every320 DownReveal answer → Soldier said to be a bit of a nut721 DownReveal answer → Rich721 DownReveal answer → Fish-eggs321 DownReveal answer → Favourite322 DownReveal answer → In an island race, there's only one winger322 DownReveal answer → Dove's call322 DownReveal answer → Diatribe623 DownReveal answer → Get a loan from George623 DownReveal answer → Mosque prayer leader424 DownReveal answer → Deprived624 DownReveal answer → Frank has less than twopence424 DownReveal answer → Light625 DownReveal answer → Can't he lose his job?625 DownReveal answer → Topics625 DownReveal answer → With nothing inside him, the dog chews a chop526 DownReveal answer → Yields526 DownReveal answer → Seized627 DownReveal answer → Growing sources of new lamps527 DownReveal answer → Inhuman527 DownReveal answer → Annoy328 DownReveal answer → Tormented628 DownReveal answer → One is said to see such a view328 DownReveal answer → Go through slowly as you read a page430 DownReveal answer → Greek letter430 DownReveal answer → Celebration530 DownReveal answer → Long531 DownReveal answer → Mislaid433 DownReveal answer → Ceremony434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, April 2, 2026. 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.