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Evening Standard Crossword April 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 22 2026 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#
PrecipitousSTEEP5Across3 StirsROUSES6Across4 Split a religious group led by some bigotBISECT6Across4 An old-fashioned boozerALEHOUSE8Across7 Until nowHITHERTO8Across7 No place to monkey with the bees!APIARY6Across8 OesophagusGULLET6Across8 TenantLESSEE6Across9 LamentELEGY5Across10 RushedDASHED6Across10 Put on the coachSTAGE5Across10 CompositionESSAY5Across11 DueOWED4Across12 Due to French cheese lacking maturityFROM4Across13 FeeblePUNY4Across13 VotingPOLL4Across14 Rushed to the right-hand sideTORE4Across14 Stray dogs in the galleryGODS4Across15 RowTIER4Across15 TravelRIDE4Across15 Lust for moneyYEN3Across16 AgentREP3Across16 Maybe it's run down with a certain sign of regretTEAR4Across17 LingeredTARRIED7Across17 Slightly openAJAR4Across17 River meandering round the outskirts of Arras?SAAR4Across19 ImageICON4Across19 ColourRED3Across20 Diminishing fortune, more's the pityWORSELUCK9Across21 Sour fruitCRABAPPLE9Across21 MaterialDENIM5Across21 Active personDOER4Across23 A well known Turner, popularly admiredTINA4Across23 RegrettedRUED4Across23 She mentions me repeatedlyMIMI4Across24 PlantTREE4Across24 CabTAXI4Across25 SeedcasePOD3Across26 Islander?MAN3Across26 CouchDIVAN5Across26 When not all waste is recycled, it's a blowSWAT4Across27 ColourGREY4Across27 InsectANT3Across28 The result of being backward?DRAW4Across29 HorizontalFLAT4Across29 TurnedROTATED7Across30 Looking hungry like some jungle animalLEAN4Across32 EnemiesFOES4Across32 One aspect of stage deliveryASIDE5Across33 ConditionSTATE5Across33 CeaseSTOP4Across33 Calls urgently for piano wiresPLEADS6Across34 Greek capitalATHENS6Across34 Longed to be set adrift, in partTHIRSTED8Across35 InsolentIMPUDENT8Across35 CableWIRE4Across35 JailPRISON6Across36 Steady those wobbly tables!STABLE6Across36 IntellectBRAIN5Across36 TeamELEVEN6Across38 HiddenCOVERT6Across39 PostponeDEFER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AnimalSHEEP5Down1 Was it possibly where one went in waspishly?WAIST5Down1 ApportionALLOT5Down1 Iron alloySTEEL5Down2 Don't allow bread to crumbleDEBAR5Down2 FlowerASTER5Down2 DisclaimDENY4Down3 Like greatly to be in cloverLOVE4Down3 ObserveSEE3Down3 ScoundrelROGUE5Down4 TriedTESTED6Down4 Would trimming it be a bit hard in bed?BEARD5Down4 CheeseEDAM4Down5 UnsightlyUGLY4Down5 Slip along like a runner with a letterSKIM4Down5 WagesPAY3Down6 NumberELEVEN6Down6 The boxer's angleCORNER6Down6 SeatCHAIR5Down7 AppendedADDED5Down8 ImmatureUNRIPE6Down9 What an Aussie might play for us poms?POSSUM6Down9 ThrowLOB3Down11 He goes to the end of the roomTOM3Down11 Achieve mounting progress?GETON5Down12 GlowerGLARE5Down12 AuthorisationWARRANT7Down13 Golfer or gafferFOREMAN7Down13 CorsairsPIRATES7Down13 ParchedDRIED5Down14 The Nagasaki terror weaponGAS3Down15 Small flapTAB3Down15 Talk back to a womanYAK3Down16 LiberateDELIVER7Down16 Fish eggsROE3Down16 ExcludeDEBAR5Down18 Taken off the paperERASED6Down18 VocabularyJARGON6Down18 MinePIT3Down19 Flameless burnersACIDS5Down20 FissureCLEFT5Down20 FishCOD3Down21 Success in rowingWIN3Down21 SnoopPRY3Down22 Left the thing burningLIT3Down22 ParrotMACAW5Down22 MedicoDOCTOR6Down23 It might commemorate a terrible battleTABLET6Down23 ObscureDIM3Down24 CapHAT3Down25 A little 'thank you' letterTAD3Down25 BeginnerNOVICE6Down27 A throwaway copy of '1 Down'WASTE5Down28 PaleASHEN5Down28 Tree sapRESIN5Down28 SoarTOWER5Down29 StratumLAYER5Down30 Possibly first breaks in friendly relationsRIFTS5Down30 WearyTIRED5Down31 SheltersTENTS5Down31 We get a comedy part that's pretty thin or weakWEEDY5Down31 ChargesFEES4Down32 GodDEITY5Down32 Poet, young and innocentLAMB4Down32 God's is a churchyardACRE4Down33 DrossSCUM4Down33 Sea-eagleERNE4Down34 CotBED3Down36 And notNOR3Down37

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