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Evening Standard Crossword April 28 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 28 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
RescindREPEAL6Across1 BanquetFEAST5Across3 Beauty who's soft on everybody!PEACH5Across3 FieryTORRID6Across5 KillerASSASSIN8Across8 Where the islander lives for song?ISLAY5Across8 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Across8 IntendMEAN4Across9 Paul, it seems, may have nothing to hang around forHOGAN5Across10 TreeCEDAR5Across10 VitalityPEP3Across10 Sorry to be a bit sadisticSAD3Across11 PlacePUT3Across11 Imagine getting the paper for just one old penny!DREAM5Across12 EntrancesDOORS5Across12 StaidSOBER5Across12 Fights to get one's feet wet?WADESIN7Across13 ScoldsBERATES7Across13 Valuable thingASSET5Across15 DampWET3Across15 He quietly chops up a tree!PETER5Across15 SerpentASP3Across17 Mickey, we're told, is a bit fishyFIN3Across18 ConsumedATE3Across18 DarkDIM3Across18 As formerly worn by a peer wandering around the kingdom?PERUKE6Across19 DevilIMP3Across19 African countryRWANDA6Across19 EjectEVICT5Across20 CurDOG3Across21 PerformanceRECITAL7Across21 It can make one glad to be in IrelandDONEGAL7Across21 Finished making deliveriesOVER4Across22 Biblical characterABEL4Across22 EpochERA3Across22 SedimentSILT4Across23 Dressed like a chap with a cool headCLAD4Across23 OvumEGG3Across23 SpikeEAR3Across24 Apt to survive a drunken duel outside a bar, maybeDURABLE7Across24 FunnyCOMICAL7Across24 Girl's nameINGRID6Across26 StormedRAGED5Across26 Palestinian leader; could make an artist wealthyARAFAT6Across26 Some undies can fade!DIE3Across29 StrayERR3Across29 FelineCAT3Across29 Provide only a garbled versionLAYON5Across31 GiverDONOR5Across31 Universal remedyPANACEA7Across32 Denied any necessity to possess a gunNEGATED7Across32 LeerOGLE4Across33 Soundly sited where mentionedCITED5Across34 PervadePERMEATE8Across34 OarSCULL5Across34 Tease in outrageous fashionRAG3Across35 DrivePROPEL6Across35 PistachioNUT3Across35 Jason could make a nameJONAS5Across36 LinimentLOTION6Across36 GemJEWEL5Across36 A saint seemingly foreign to IanALBAN5Across37 ShinboneTIBIA5Across37 Chinese property one has in Los AngelesLHASA5Across38 PerceiveSENSE5Across38

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CloaksCAPES5Down1 Think you can write one? Have a go!ESSAY5Down1 FollowENSUE5Down2 Approached and forced to be supportiveMADEFOR7Down2 City fortressCITADEL7Down2 CheeseEDAM4Down3 Get paid some peanuts for a serviceEARN4Down4 CupidEROS4Down4 LariatLASSO5Down4 TautTENSE5Down5 Good place for '1 Across' to arrange to meet a noviceCHAPEL6Down5 ScribbleSCRAWL6Down5 InclineRAMP4Down6 A poet had the honour to take her outHOMER5Down6 Girl's nameTESSA5Down6 ExhaustedJADED5Down7 AngryIRATE5Down7 Lad back at the end of the week in Dr WhoDALEK5Down7 Animal hairFUR3Down9 A stable one?LAD3Down9 CostPRICE5Down10 ExaminationPAPER5Down11 Minor deityDEMIGOD7Down12 JavelinSPEAR5Down12 Eat away!DINEOUT7Down12 FetchBRING5Down13 Wicked bit of singingSIN3Down14 TwitchTIC3Down14 AssessedRATED5Down14 JamWEDGE5Down15 A fine netTULLE5Down16 EscargotSNAIL5Down16 AnimalTIGER5Down16 War ultimately finishes in tearsRENDS5Down17 AppetisingTASTY5Down17 Displayed by father with terrible dreadPARADED7Down19 FundamentalRADICAL7Down19 LegitimateVALID5Down20 Firmly attached with molten alloyLOYAL5Down20 Bad month to start a year!DECAY5Down21 RuleREIGN5Down21 DiabolicSATANIC7Down23 Many are in good time, obviouslyCLEARLY7Down23 ShapeCIRCLE6Down24 Like foreigners dashing endlessly around!DANISH6Down24 A little disagreement that's importantBIG3Down25 ContainerCAN3Down25 Boring-toolAUGER5Down25 OriginalNOVEL5Down27 Could it cut the bill off a bird?RAZOR5Down27 HorrifyAPPAL5Down27 FlowersROSES5Down28 Like a point of interest to a photographer?FOCAL5Down28 EnlistENROL5Down28 ProportionRATIO5Down30 A lawyer's leg man?LEGAL5Down30 StinkingFETID5Down30 OozeSEEP4Down31 In additionPLUS4Down32 It has a fresh bearingNEWS4Down32 TrialTEST4Down32 Flap in a stable doorTAB3Down33 Young foxCUB3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 28, 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.