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Evening Standard Crossword April 22 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 22 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
ExpressSTATE5Across2 New area, maybe, for a change of holiday?FOREST6Across4 Typewriter userTYPIST6Across4 Throw this at weddingsCONFETTI8Across7 Like a show jumper's career?EVENTFUL8Across7 ProportionRATIO5Across7 FactoryPLANT5Across8 Counting frameABACUS6Across8 Of which, the mayor may have a chainOFFICE6Across8 TeacherTUTOR5Across10 It's nothing for wild bees to be very plumpOBESE5Across10 In frontAHEAD5Across10 Be indebtedOWE3Across12 GuideSTEER5Across13 Short for FrancesFRAN4Across13 When out of uniform, to rest will do nicelySUIT4Across13 TabletPILL4Across14 Maybe she's less implacableRUTH4Across14 Fly highSOAR4Across15 Deserve attention on a certain pointEARN4Across15 Reading deskLECTERN7Across15 Shed tearsCRY3Across16 Trap set among pine treesNET3Across16 SoreTENDER6Across17 Group of threeTRIO4Across17 Being stony, gives nothing to a friendOPAL4Across17 BedCOT3Across19 Soon, apparently, Ann will be out of circulationANON4Across19 Floating markerBUOY4Across19 DecipheredDECODED7Across20 It's shorter when followed by a dogCURTAILED9Across21 Unkind, cruelHEARTLESS9Across21 PlanetMARS4Across23 Not a new acronymNATO4Across23 RequireNEED4Across23 Attracted many with a share of the rewardDREW4Across24 AdditionalMORE4Across24 BeatDRUM4Across25 Such a lot is so little!FAT3Across26 FreeDELIVER7Across26 CribCOT3Across26 Be about 40% right where cheese is concernedBRIE4Across27 Talk idlyCHAT4Across27 Single entityUNIT4Across29 In sweet wine, it's doubleTWIN4Across29 OfferBID3Across30 WithdrawRETIRE6Across31 Made sure of getting five out of sevenSEEN4Across32 PrincipalMAIN4Across32 Musical dramaOPERA5Across33 On the shelf in a seaside resortASIDE5Across33 Question of a woman's ability or long-established dominionCANADA6Across34 ProtectSHIELD6Across34 AbradedSCRAPED7Across34 Fearful lizard very upsetting in roads taking a bendDINOSAUR8Across35 MechanicENGINEER8Across35 EmergencyCRISIS6Across36 Use a tricky device that gets me upsetEMPLOY6Across36 WaterwayCANAL5Across37 GrooveRUT3Across38 SatanDEVIL5Across39 BetWAGER5Across40 SubjectTOPIC5Across41 VerdantGREEN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Points a hill out, if you get my driftTENOR5Down1 FragmentSCRAP5Down1 SquanderWASTE5Down1 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Down2 Release? Not really, but a landlord might do soRELET5Down2 LocatedSITED5Down2 VisitedTOURED6Down3 Form a curveBEND4Down3 Sort of thing to inflame a viewer?STYE4Down3 ImplementTOOL4Down4 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Down4 It's handy if you want to make some doughFLOUR5Down4 PlannedPLOTTED7Down5 SchemePLAN4Down5 It makes the lute less harmoniousRIFT4Down5 InactiveINERT5Down6 A piece of music, you know, can make you fed upSICKEN6Down6 Move about hurriedlySCURRY6Down6 In leaf, can be grand at lastFINALE6Down9 WonderAWE3Down9 Men's hairdresserBARBER6Down9 StrikeHIT3Down11 RegainRECOVER7Down11 Chelsea hairstyle?BUN3Down11 ChangeALTER5Down12 Cry when shut out of the job centreSHOUT5Down12 Male servantFOOTMAN7Down13 Obviously he wouldn't have put food out for CrusadersSALADIN7Down13 EndureSTAND5Down13 FinishedENDED5Down14 Knight's titleSIR3Down15 Do what's necessary in the atticEAT3Down15 FishCOD3Down16 One gesture of a number on the quarter deckNOD3Down16 LettuceCOS3Down16 LivedRESIDED7Down18 Searched a relations officer's sleeping placePROBED6Down18 RapscallionRASCAL6Down18 Creatures bringing news about trouble startingNEWTS5Down20 ExpendUSEUP5Down20 Trilby, sayHAT3Down21 SewerDRAIN5Down21 Primitive punishment befitting a burgler?CAT3Down21 Resentment of some unfair excessesIRE3Down22 Auction itemLOT3Down22 DriveIMPEL5Down22 Weapon used in the heat of the moment?NAPALM6Down23 Female parentMOTHER6Down23 DiscussedDEBATED7Down24 Glider cockpit cover?LID3Down25 TreeFIR3Down25 EdgeLIP3Down27 ConcealsHIDES5Down28 Prepared to study a key partREADY5Down28 RelateRECITE6Down28 Where to start work for doubtful gainWIGAN5Down30 Not everNEVER5Down30 Comes close to breaking out of a snareNEARS5Down31 To delayTARRY5Down31 ClawTALON5Down32 Untidy stateMESS4Down32 A trip around some islandsSAIL4Down32 A name meaning very littleATOM4Down33 SwiftRAPID5Down33 Norse godODIN4Down33 MatRUG3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 22, 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.