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Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
PositionPOST4Across1 ConspiraciesPLOTS5Across3 Sees drunkards embracing coppersSPOTS5Across3 Seed casePOD3Across4 CunningARCH4Across6 Of birthNATAL5Across8 ConcernAFFAIR6Across8 A large waterfowl on the NileASWAN5Across8 MenaceTHREAT6Across9 Book of mapsATLAS5Across10 Cries like certain birds when you breathe on themHOWLS5Across10 BeverageTEA3Across10 Close friendPAL3Across11 Thus written in Corsican dialectSIC3Across11 He's a card!JOKER5Across12 SimplisticNAIVE5Across12 VaultCRYPT5Across12 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across13 Having got to the fore by one's status, was resentedRANKLED7Across13 CombineUNITE5Across14 Gambling oddsEVENS5Across15 BeerLAGER5Across15 Improves one's ways for numerous reasonsMENDS5Across15 He started slowly one morningSAM3Across18 Animal doctorVET3Across18 When a boy is starting trouble, stop it!DESIST6Across19 Thick oilGREASE6Across19 CrashIMPACT6Across20 Deer meatVENISON7Across21 Pacifiers sold at TwickersDUMMIES7Across21 Head coveringHAIR4Across22 In the best position to mash some potatoes?ATOP4Across22 Tear for the right purposeREND4Across23 Informal photoSNAP4Across23 Examination of figures during dinner, maybeMEDICAL7Across24 BeneathUNDER5Across24 Goes back on one's wordRENEGES7Across24 ToleratesABIDES6Across26 HideCACHE5Across26 That tweedy fellow Lewis is withHARRIS6Across26 SoarTOWER5Across28 TupRAM3Across29 Is Pussy Galore a big one?CAT3Across29 ImitateAPE3Across30 She has her own ways of getting around AmericaSUSAN5Across31 EvaluatedRATED5Across31 Lacking tasteINSIPID7Across32 Odd garnets?STRANGE7Across32 AngelCHERUB6Across32 SeamanSAILOR6Across33 Footwear for animalsMULES5Across34 CheeseEDAM4Across34 ScorchesSEARS5Across34 Has it a growing likelihood of getting attached to you?BUR3Across35 AttemptTRY3Across35 Card gameNAP3Across35 Photograph a new branchSHOOT5Across36 FlatEVEN4Across36 Stopping deviceBRAKE5Across36 Change what a native takes from choiceALTER5Across37 DetestsHATES5Across37 Fresh borders for Surrey would be topicalNEWSY5Across38 Break violentlySMASH5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Jacket partLAPEL5Down1 Would you write one like a shot?ESSAY5Down1 Unnecessary fussPALAVER7Down2 Supports the idea defenders raisedBACKSUP7Down2 TenderOFFER5Down2 TreadTRAMPLE7Down3 SaucyPERT4Down4 Containing no fatLEAN4Down4 Poke softly with a polePROD4Down4 FactsDATA4Down5 With some subjects, the message is less wiseTHEMES6Down5 InnTAVERN6Down5 PinaforeAPRON5Down6 Boy's nameSTEVE5Down6 They hurt going south to the heart of the forestSORES5Down6 DisorderedCHAOTIC7Down7 CautionsWARNS5Down7 Stupid fellows with bad coldsCLODS5Down7 Don't point out a success!WIN3Down9 LevyTAX3Down9 StretchEKE3Down11 SeverCUT3Down12 Becomes aware ofNOTICES7Down12 Bars TV awards for JulietJEMMIES7Down12 SailorTAR3Down13 InformationGEN3Down14 Beat blamelessly?LAM3Down14 Chap with heavy heart leaving Ealing, maybeNIGEL5Down16 DeservesEARNS5Down16 AnimalGNU3Down16 Room for academic researchSTUDY5Down17 OozesSEEPS5Down17 FreeRID3Down17 AshamedABASHED7Down19 RulesGOVERNS7Down19 Portrays half dead old tribesmenDEPICTS7Down19 Figure studies?MATHS5Down20 Cut wool fromSHEAR5Down20 Call onVISIT5Down21 EncounteredMET3Down21 Could you do a bit worse than open them?DOORS5Down21 SupplyPROVIDE7Down22 HillTOR3Down23 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Down23 Houses have such value (when part furnished?)RATABLE7Down23 RegainREDEEM6Down24 Very little timeMINUTE6Down24 PinchNIP3Down25 Household fuelGAS3Down25 Bit of a scare on the roadCAR3Down25 Anything that might reform a thugAUGHT5Down27 Iraqi portBASRA5Down27 SeraglioHAREM5Down27 Furniture itemsDESKS5Down28 He's probably Spanish, possibly RomanRAMON5Down28 ArouseEVOKE5Down29 AdjoinABUT4Down30 Unusually eager to get on wellAGREE5Down30 Any animal with two feetBIPED5Down30 NoticeESPY4Down31 Makes sure to get a sound grasp of thingsSEES4Down32 PlantIRIS4Down32 You'll crack this one in less than a minuteNUT3Down33 Hit lightlyPAT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 23, 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.