Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2026 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 23 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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Spurn61 AcrossReveal answer → Roof edges53 AcrossReveal answer → They're pretty shapeless, ducks53 AcrossReveal answer → Bogus45 AcrossReveal answer → Utter58 AcrossReveal answer → Beneath the elbow, maybe58 AcrossReveal answer → Nectar58 AcrossReveal answer → Dog39 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle again gets the wrong sum510 AcrossReveal answer → Chief410 AcrossReveal answer → Oak fruit510 AcrossReveal answer → See nothing for a little time in bed311 AcrossReveal answer → Attack411 AcrossReveal answer → Roll311 AcrossReveal answer → Start rowing in a rotten lake!512 AcrossReveal answer → Following512 AcrossReveal answer → Thick512 AcrossReveal answer → Referee713 AcrossReveal answer → Enough money to get one carried away?713 AcrossReveal answer → Wreckage613 AcrossReveal answer → Cove515 AcrossReveal answer → Troubles that exist in the Civil Service515 AcrossReveal answer → Rip416 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name318 AcrossReveal answer → It's mined in Korea318 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise418 AcrossReveal answer → Deprive of cover619 AcrossReveal answer → Drowsy619 AcrossReveal answer → Tap320 AcrossReveal answer → Went round to put a name on the list721 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name721 AcrossReveal answer → Suffering422 AcrossReveal answer → Sound excessively thick-headed422 AcrossReveal answer → Point322 AcrossReveal answer → Church recess423 AcrossReveal answer → Guy with a counterfeit note423 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier323 AcrossReveal answer → Hark724 AcrossReveal answer → Favourite place to buy things you'll love724 AcrossReveal answer → Host424 AcrossReveal answer → Insect425 AcrossReveal answer → Motorist insisting on a hard bargain?626 AcrossReveal answer → Slanting type626 AcrossReveal answer → Monster628 AcrossReveal answer → What's in a name?329 AcrossReveal answer → Brown329 AcrossReveal answer → Dock530 AcrossReveal answer → Italian port531 AcrossReveal answer → Somehow nears a more sensible state531 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of case for a diplomat732 AcrossReveal answer → Threesome432 AcrossReveal answer → Replies732 AcrossReveal answer → Jot433 AcrossReveal answer → It's foolish to be foxy about just one pound534 AcrossReveal answer → Sick334 AcrossReveal answer → Drink534 AcrossReveal answer → Further, nearly a foot back335 AcrossReveal answer → Performing535 AcrossReveal answer → Still335 AcrossReveal answer → With which one might be given a pair of socks536 AcrossReveal answer → Valley436 AcrossReveal answer → Book of maps536 AcrossReveal answer → They labour, these writers about love537 AcrossReveal answer → Knife637 AcrossReveal answer → Ague537 AcrossReveal answer → Leading by a small margin538 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ebb61 DownReveal answer → Bad time touring the East Central district51 DownReveal answer → Snake51 DownReveal answer → Wine bottle82 DownReveal answer → Moving quickly a good distance72 DownReveal answer → Deer meat72 DownReveal answer → Consign63 DownReveal answer → Special knowledge of solo recording44 DownReveal answer → Ratified94 DownReveal answer → Assert44 DownReveal answer → Twisted75 DownReveal answer → Held up the car reversing into a garden plot65 DownReveal answer → Simply65 DownReveal answer → Location56 DownReveal answer → Learn46 DownReveal answer → A chair in the saloon56 DownReveal answer → Manufactured47 DownReveal answer → Crawl57 DownReveal answer → Fathead accustomed to being overloaded!57 DownReveal answer → By way of38 DownReveal answer → Gist39 DownReveal answer → It often leads to a smash39 DownReveal answer → A wave from a smasher!712 DownReveal answer → Fiendish712 DownReveal answer → Pitch314 DownReveal answer → Sailing914 DownReveal answer → Pictures, etc., in popular television314 DownReveal answer → Border315 DownReveal answer → Jumps516 DownReveal answer → Raise the flag at the cricket ground?516 DownReveal answer → Cut south at all times517 DownReveal answer → Trouble317 DownReveal answer → Sorts517 DownReveal answer → Hanging819 DownReveal answer → Break719 DownReveal answer → The thickness that makes you sit in and refuse to go out719 DownReveal answer → Misguidedly dusts certain projections520 DownReveal answer → Snoop320 DownReveal answer → Small twig520 DownReveal answer → Sofa521 DownReveal answer → Storm721 DownReveal answer → You'll find him in probing a book of birds521 DownReveal answer → Irritated723 DownReveal answer → Gave a chap the wrong date723 DownReveal answer → Communicate624 DownReveal answer → Be lost, like a former monarch in a shipwreck624 DownReveal answer → Tricky thing to wear?325 DownReveal answer → Consume325 DownReveal answer → Fleet626 DownReveal answer → Fisherman627 DownReveal answer → Swift and quiet in attack527 DownReveal answer → Trials527 DownReveal answer → Victor possibly eats with her528 DownReveal answer → Provincial528 DownReveal answer → Deer429 DownReveal answer → Complete530 DownReveal answer → Was brilliant enough to silence anybody530 DownReveal answer → Broad430 DownReveal answer → Mist331 DownReveal answer → Perform again432 DownReveal answer → Some old boy's mater?432 DownReveal answer → What to exclaim when you see double?333 DownReveal answer → Revolution333 DownReveal answer →

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