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Evening Standard Crossword April 21 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 21 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
DeviatesSTRAYS6Across1 CalmPLACID6Across1 Nasty creatures found in silver minesVERMIN6Across1 CoinedMINTED6Across5 Cave inCOLLAPSE8Across7 Again, the past rebuilding of RomeONCEMORE8Across7 Modes of tying the fronts of vesselsBOWS4Across8 Unconscious stateCOMA4Across8 YieldedCEDED5Across9 Are top players' fans thus eyed?STARRY6Across10 Food retailerGROCER6Across10 ThroatGULLET6Across10 On TV, there's one named AlbertSQUARE6Across11 ClothFABRIC6Across11 PlumpROTUND6Across11 DemonDEVIL5Across12 Such men may take turns as openersKEY3Across14 WatchedEYED4Across14 MeshNET3Across14 ShadeTINGE5Across16 Persuaded to take an exotic drug out EastURGED5Across16 RodentRAT3Across17 No way to play pianoLOUD4Across17 Let it standSTET4Across17 TrickRUSE4Across18 Cry of anguish from an Indian outright!GROAN5Across19 DetestedHATED5Across19 DruggedDOPED5Across20 Shrewd as Nancy could beCANNY5Across21 LiquidWATER5Across21 PonderedMUSED5Across22 TimorousTIMID5Across22 She'll say 'Dee', if anyone's listeningSADIE5Across22 It has a gripping purpose in fencingHILT4Across23 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across23 CalmCOOL4Across23 UntidyMESSY5Across24 For knights of old, a means of saving faceVISOR5Across26 RenovateRENEW5Across26 RefuteREBUT5Across26 Sailor without sin, but roguishBAD3Across28 SheepRAM3Across28 Clement earlATTLEE6Across29 InactiveIDLE4Across29 EatableEDIBLE6Across29 Picture houseCINEMA6Across30 In a way, a half of bitter is always dilutedWATERY6Across30 BeakerCUP3Across30 Norse godODIN4Across31 City with a certain amount of vagrancyAGRA4Across31 SaladCOLESLAW8Across32 Adoption by Poles wandering around the StatesESPOUSAL8Across32 TravelledRODE4Across32 SkinflintMISER5Across33 Chap with a red back, usually mountedLADDER6Across33 CountrySWEDEN6Across33 StubbornDOGGED6Across35 RantingRAVING6Across36 SendREMIT5Across37 TrembleDITHER6Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FixedPEGGED6Down1 PhasesSTAGES6Down1 Ship less back to the 'not nice' part of VeniceVESSEL6Down1 Tied up a low leftistMOORED6Down2 Shore birdAVOCET6Down2 SlumberingASLEEP6Down2 Investigative, rather than snootyNOSY4Down3 Wound markSCAR4Down3 FrozenICED4Down3 It sounds a fresh note in CornwallNEWQUAY7Down4 Smoked herringBLOATER7Down4 DissuadeDETER5Down4 RejectSPURN5Down5 DeserveMERIT5Down5 She has her own way of working with clothMORAG5Down5 HeroIDOL4Down6 Married to me, cried plaintivelyMEWED5Down6 ThereforeHENCE5Down6 The BullTAURUS6Down7 EvadedDODGED6Down8 Traffic markerCONE4Down8 Port from which a U.K. sailor returnsBAKU4Down8 EncounteredMET3Down9 Bent on going west on the railwayWRY3Down9 Vessel's incomplete journeyURN3Down12 OfferBID3Down12 Revolutionary brew of beer by a beginnerREBEL5Down13 EmptyVACUOUS7Down13 Snow houseIGLOO5Down13 LanguageLATIN5Down15 You're lucky if he gives you a prizeERNIE5Down15 CoupledYOKED5Down15 ThickDENSE5Down16 SovereignRULER5Down18 WearyTIRED5Down18 Make rings round?ORBIT5Down18 Gosh, what a blimpish exclamation!GAD3Down19 StitchedSEWED5Down19 MeatHAM3Down19 Anybody in the moneyONE3Down20 Boy's nameTED3Down20 Thrifty form of fuel for the carCAREFUL7Down21 StupidWITLESS7Down21 AgeDAY3Down21 SpoilMAR3Down22 Note some losses are risingSOL3Down22 ContainerTUB3Down22 DoglikeCANINE6Down23 Dislike tangling threadHATRED6Down23 PortentOMEN4Down24 CaredMINDED6Down24 A thoughtful intentionIDEA4Down24 SnubSLIGHT6Down25 Arrange some royalties for ElizabethTAYLOR6Down25 YeastLEAVEN6Down25 Virginia gets allowed a servantVALET5Down26 StretchREACH5Down26 ObserveNOTICE6Down27 Keeps the best in a large vesselSTOPS5Down27 Holy bookBIBLE5Down27 FreeRID3Down28 JammedWEDGED6Down28 Shoot the carrier!BAG3Down28 Point to everything that can impede progressWALL4Down30 AnimalsCOWS4Down30 DrinkCIDER5Down30 DangerPERIL5Down31 LakeMERE4Down33 SpeedRATE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 21, 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.