Evening Standard Crossword April 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 22 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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Precipitous53 AcrossReveal answer → Stirs64 AcrossReveal answer → Split a religious group led by some bigot64 AcrossReveal answer → An old-fashioned boozer87 AcrossReveal answer → Until now87 AcrossReveal answer → No place to monkey with the bees!68 AcrossReveal answer → Oesophagus68 AcrossReveal answer → Tenant69 AcrossReveal answer → Lament510 AcrossReveal answer → Rushed610 AcrossReveal answer → Put on the coach510 AcrossReveal answer → Composition511 AcrossReveal answer → Due412 AcrossReveal answer → Due to French cheese lacking maturity413 AcrossReveal answer → Feeble413 AcrossReveal answer → Voting414 AcrossReveal answer → Rushed to the right-hand side414 AcrossReveal answer → Stray dogs in the gallery415 AcrossReveal answer → Row415 AcrossReveal answer → Travel415 AcrossReveal answer → Lust for money316 AcrossReveal answer → Agent316 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe it's run down with a certain sign of regret417 AcrossReveal answer → Lingered717 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly open417 AcrossReveal answer → River meandering round the outskirts of Arras?419 AcrossReveal answer → Image419 AcrossReveal answer → Colour320 AcrossReveal answer → Diminishing fortune, more's the pity921 AcrossReveal answer → Sour fruit921 AcrossReveal answer → Material521 AcrossReveal answer → Active person423 AcrossReveal answer → A well known Turner, popularly admired423 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted423 AcrossReveal answer → She mentions me repeatedly424 AcrossReveal answer → Plant424 AcrossReveal answer → Cab425 AcrossReveal answer → Seedcase326 AcrossReveal answer → Islander?326 AcrossReveal answer → Couch526 AcrossReveal answer → When not all waste is recycled, it's a blow427 AcrossReveal answer → Colour427 AcrossReveal answer → Insect328 AcrossReveal answer → The result of being backward?429 AcrossReveal answer → Horizontal429 AcrossReveal answer → Turned730 AcrossReveal answer → Looking hungry like some jungle animal432 AcrossReveal answer → Enemies432 AcrossReveal answer → One aspect of stage delivery533 AcrossReveal answer → Condition533 AcrossReveal answer → Cease433 AcrossReveal answer → Calls urgently for piano wires634 AcrossReveal answer → Greek capital634 AcrossReveal answer → Longed to be set adrift, in part835 AcrossReveal answer → Insolent835 AcrossReveal answer → Cable435 AcrossReveal answer → Jail636 AcrossReveal answer → Steady those wobbly tables!636 AcrossReveal answer → Intellect536 AcrossReveal answer → Team638 AcrossReveal answer → Hidden639 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Animal51 DownReveal answer → Was it possibly where one went in waspishly?51 DownReveal answer → Apportion51 DownReveal answer → Iron alloy52 DownReveal answer → Don't allow bread to crumble52 DownReveal answer → Flower52 DownReveal answer → Disclaim43 DownReveal answer → Like greatly to be in clover43 DownReveal answer → Observe33 DownReveal answer → Scoundrel54 DownReveal answer → Tried64 DownReveal answer → Would trimming it be a bit hard in bed?54 DownReveal answer → Cheese45 DownReveal answer → Unsightly45 DownReveal answer → Slip along like a runner with a letter45 DownReveal answer → Wages36 DownReveal answer → Number66 DownReveal answer → The boxer's angle66 DownReveal answer → Seat57 DownReveal answer → Appended58 DownReveal answer → Immature69 DownReveal answer → What an Aussie might play for us poms?69 DownReveal answer → Throw311 DownReveal answer → He goes to the end of the room311 DownReveal answer → Achieve mounting progress?512 DownReveal answer → Glower512 DownReveal answer → Authorisation713 DownReveal answer → Golfer or gaffer713 DownReveal answer → Corsairs713 DownReveal answer → Parched514 DownReveal answer → The Nagasaki terror weapon315 DownReveal answer → Small flap315 DownReveal answer → Talk back to a woman316 DownReveal answer → Liberate716 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs316 DownReveal answer → Exclude518 DownReveal answer → Taken off the paper618 DownReveal answer → Vocabulary618 DownReveal answer → Mine319 DownReveal answer → Flameless burners520 DownReveal answer → Fissure520 DownReveal answer → Fish321 DownReveal answer → Success in rowing321 DownReveal answer → Snoop322 DownReveal answer → Left the thing burning322 DownReveal answer → Parrot522 DownReveal answer → Medico623 DownReveal answer → It might commemorate a terrible battle623 DownReveal answer → Obscure324 DownReveal answer → Cap325 DownReveal answer → A little 'thank you' letter325 DownReveal answer → Beginner627 DownReveal answer → A throwaway copy of '1 Down'528 DownReveal answer → Pale528 DownReveal answer → Tree sap528 DownReveal answer → Soar529 DownReveal answer → Stratum530 DownReveal answer → Possibly first breaks in friendly relations530 DownReveal answer → Weary531 DownReveal answer → Shelters531 DownReveal answer → We get a comedy part that's pretty thin or weak531 DownReveal answer → Charges432 DownReveal answer → God532 DownReveal answer → Poet, young and innocent432 DownReveal answer → God's is a churchyard433 DownReveal answer → Dross433 DownReveal answer → Sea-eagle434 DownReveal answer → Cot336 DownReveal answer → And not337 DownReveal answer →

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