Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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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FlatLEVEL5Across1 MethodSYSTEM6Across5 EvadeDODGE5Across8 Could I be described as efficient and pleasant?AMIABLE7Across8 Four-sided shapeRHOMBUS7Across8 IdiosyncrasyMANNERISM9Across9 Not fighting growing oldGETTINGON9Across9 RehearseRECITE6Across10 DischargeEMIT4Across11 Legal defenceALIBI5Across13 A chap in kilts at the racecourseASCOT5Across13 TrunkTORSO5Across14 SpiteMALICE6Across14 A bad shot? Wrong!AMISS5Across14 TumblerACROBAT7Across15 Go off in step, anyhow, and marchPROTEST7Across15 Humble qualityMODESTY7Across15 Am exercising the rheumaticky dogMASTIFF7Across16 Act of censureREPROOF7Across16 Write to the church for moneyPENCE5Across17 PallidASHEN5Across17 Say yes, the time has come round again for itAGREE5Across18 LairDEN3Across18 Hours of darknessNIGHT5Across18 Golf-pegTEE3Across19 Active as a swindler?DOING5Across20 Hereditary Hindu classCASTE5Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Be miffed when the quarters get let outRESENT6Across22 Requiring speedy actionURGENT6Across22 Hint it could be rabbit furTIPPET6Across23 ReimburseREPAY5Across23 Figure of speechSIMILE6Across23 CloseSHUT4Across24 Left to the one that's getting on a bitPORTION7Across25 Broad heavy knifeMACHETE7Across25 FollowerACOLYTE7Across27 DelveDIG3Across27 Foolishly, I name a cathedral cityINANELY7Across27 OceanSEA3Across29 Stand on the journey back, just the sameTRIPOD6Across30 StupefyBENUMB6Across30 OustedDEPOSED7Across31 CakeGATEAU6Across31 Understand and obey the instructionsFOLLOW6Across31 A light meal is laid out at midnightGLEAM5Across32 StinkSTENCH6Across32 Woody perennial plantSHRUB5Across32 FactsDATA4Across34 Have some of the drink I'd brought back firstDIGIN5Across35 Gambling gameBINGO5Across35 ChoppedLOPPED6Across35 Is sorry about the number of regulationsRULES5Across36 MiserableDREAR5Across36 Very manyUMPTEEN7Across37 Flew, as he had, across inHOVERED7Across37 KinglyROYAL5Across38 Sound recording discACETATE7Across39 Caught by the rain, knocked outsideTRAPPED7Across39 RebelledRIOTED6Across39 PromptREADY5Across40 "The fellow in the white hat", I put in, "is the boss"CHIEF5Across41 Large bearlike mammalPANDA5Across41 With which one buys something bought for a song?NOTES5Across42 Throw with effortHEAVE5Across42 A letter from an amusing personCHARACTER9Across43 Thick-skinned mammalPACHYDERM9Across43 Bother the worried butler about nothingTROUBLE7Across44 CoarseBOARISH7Across44

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Marine crustaceanSHRIMP6Down1 Savours of craftSMACKS6Down1 Type of animalOMNIVORE8Down2 Coin you don't see because you're short-sighted?FARTHING8Down2 SheepEWE3Down2 Fruit ice creamTUTTIFRUTTI11Down3 Couldn't remember after being brain-washed?CLEANFORGOT11Down3 ReviserEDITOR6Down3 Harsh discordant soundCACOPHONY9Down4 Working out as one wanders into the arenaREASONING9Down4 FateLOT3Down4 AppearSEEM4Down5 Woodland plantANEMONE7Down5 Someone staying in Cork?STOPPER7Down5 DirtySOILED6Down6 Exercising good judgementPRUDENTIAL10Down6 Going the rounds, one after the otherINROTATION10Down6 DemureMODEST6Down7 Venomous snakesASPS4Down7 Got up in pinkROSE4Down7 DiscussedDEBATED7Down9 ClothFABRIC6Down10 The protege accepted me and started to like me betterWARMED6Down10 AccuseARRAIGN7Down11 Arrange to get a disguise, as spies doDISPOSE7Down11 FrenziedMAD3Down12 Evergreen treeMYRTLE6Down12 Into test-playing again, in a waySTREET6Down12 ProngTINE4Down13 BludgeonCOSH4Down16 LukewarmTEPID5Down17 SparkleGLITTER7Down19 Beat as before and drive backREPULSE7Down19 KeenlyEAGERLY7Down20 I call round on, in the eveningIRONING7Down21 Irish riverSHANNON7Down21 LiberateFREE4Down22 Recognise by silhouette and realise what's right to doKNOWTHEFORM11Down24 Type of betACCUMULATOR11Down24 RelativeSISTER6Down24 EmployedUSED4Down25 OccupantTENANT6Down26 Didn't side with anybody - didn't join in at allTOOKNOPART10Down26 Method of treating diseaseHOMEOPATHY10Down26 PairCOUPLE6Down28 Tall narrow deskDAVENPORT9Down28 Picked up, is calmCOLLECTED9Down28 RelevanceBEARING7Down29 In cracked ice, keep suppleELASTIC7Down29 DeedACT3Down30 So far, the man has taken tea outTODATE6Down30 North American predatorBOBCAT6Down30 Precious stoneSAPPHIRE8Down32 Renouncing and devoting oneself entirely toGIVINGUP8Down32 The retiring editor enters, very unassumingMODEST6Down33 DifficultHARD4Down33 Woman's hatBONNET6Down33 Forecast that pride will take a fall at courtPREDICT7Down34 AdditionsADDENDA7Down34 ScullOAR3Down36 FinishEND3Down37 Pass byELAPSE6Down38 Noise that will tell you there's a baby aboutRATTLE6Down38 Want very much to get round the hard masterACHE4Down40 TestEXAM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 24, 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.