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Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 23 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
SpurnREJECT6Across1 Roof edgesEAVES5Across3 They're pretty shapeless, ducksBLOBS5Across3 BogusSHAM4Across5 UtterVOICE5Across8 Beneath the elbow, maybeBELOW5Across8 NectarHONEY5Across8 DogCUR3Across9 Uncle again gets the wrong sumREMUS5Across10 ChiefMAIN4Across10 Oak fruitACORN5Across10 See nothing for a little time in bedCOT3Across11 AttackRAID4Across11 RollBUN3Across11 Start rowing in a rotten lake!BROAD5Across12 FollowingAFTER5Across12 ThickDENSE5Across12 RefereeARBITER7Across13 Enough money to get one carried away?CABFARE7Across13 WreckageDEBRIS6Across13 CoveINLET5Across15 Troubles that exist in the Civil ServiceCARES5Across15 RipTEAR4Across16 Man's nameSAM3Across18 It's mined in KoreaORE3Across18 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 Deprive of coverDENUDE6Across19 DrowsySLEEPY6Across19 TapPAT3Across20 Went round to put a name on the listROTATED7Across21 Woman's nameDOROTHY7Across21 SufferingPAIN4Across22 Sound excessively thick-headedTOOT4Across22 PointAIM3Across22 Church recessAPSE4Across23 Guy with a counterfeit noteDUDE4Across23 BarrierDAM3Across23 HarkLISTENS7Across24 Favourite place to buy things you'll lovePETSHOP7Across24 HostARMY4Across24 InsectFLEA4Across25 Motorist insisting on a hard bargain?DRIVER6Across26 Slanting typeITALIC6Across26 MonsterDRAGON6Across28 What's in a name?IAN3Across29 BrownTAN3Across29 DockWHARF5Across30 Italian portGENOA5Across31 Somehow nears a more sensible stateSANER5Across31 Sort of case for a diplomatATTACHE7Across32 ThreesomeTRIO4Across32 RepliesRETORTS7Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 It's foolish to be foxy about just one poundSILLY5Across34 SickILL3Across34 DrinkCIDER5Across34 Further, nearly a foot backTOO3Across35 PerformingDOING5Across35 StillYET3Across35 With which one might be given a pair of socksFISTS5Across36 ValleyGLEN4Across36 Book of mapsATLAS5Across36 They labour, these writers about lovePEONS5Across37 KnifeDAGGER6Across37 AgueFEVER5Across37 Leading by a small marginAHEAD5Across38 FruitLEMON5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EbbRECEDE6Down1 Bad time touring the East Central districtDECAY5Down1 SnakeCOBRA5Down1 Wine bottleJEROBOAM8Down2 Moving quickly a good distanceHOTFOOT7Down2 Deer meatVENISON7Down2 ConsignCOMMIT6Down3 Special knowledge of solo recordingLORE4Down4 RatifiedCONFIRMED9Down4 AssertAVER4Down4 TwistedSCREWED7Down5 Held up the car reversing into a garden plotBRACED6Down5 SimplyEASILY6Down5 LocationSCENE5Down6 LearnHEAR4Down6 A chair in the saloonSEDAN5Down6 ManufacturedMADE4Down7 CrawlCREEP5Down7 Fathead accustomed to being overloaded!FUSED5Down7 By way ofVIA3Down8 GistNUB3Down9 It often leads to a smashLOB3Down9 A wave from a smasher!BREAKER7Down12 FiendishDEMONIC7Down12 PitchTAR3Down14 SailingSEAFARING9Down14 Pictures, etc., in popular televisionART3Down14 BorderHEM3Down15 JumpsLEAPS5Down16 Raise the flag at the cricket ground?RUNUP5Down16 Cut south at all timesSEVER5Down17 TroubleAIL3Down17 SortsTYPES5Down17 HangingDANGLING8Down19 BreakSHATTER7Down19 The thickness that makes you sit in and refuse to go outDENSITY7Down19 Misguidedly dusts certain projectionsSTUDS5Down20 SnoopPRY3Down20 Small twigSPRIG5Down20 SofaDIVAN5Down21 StormTYPHOON7Down21 You'll find him in probing a book of birdsROBIN5Down21 IrritatedANNOYED7Down23 Gave a chap the wrong dateDONATED7Down23 CommunicateLIAISE6Down24 Be lost, like a former monarch in a shipwreckPERISH6Down24 Tricky thing to wear?HAT3Down25 ConsumeEAT3Down25 FleetARMADA6Down26 FishermanANGLER6Down27 Swift and quiet in attackRAPID5Down27 TrialsTESTS5Down27 Victor possibly eats with herVESTA5Down28 ProvincialLOCAL5Down28 DeerSTAG4Down29 CompleteUTTER5Down30 Was brilliant enough to silence anybodySHONE5Down30 BroadWIDE4Down30 MistFOG3Down31 Perform againREDO4Down32 Some old boy's mater?ALMA4Down32 What to exclaim when you see double?COO3Down33 RevolutionREV3Down33

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