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Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 29 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InstructSCHOOL6Across1 SpiteMALICE6Across4 Protection for Romeo in loveARMOUR6Across4 FreeGRATIS6Across5 In a fixed position, like a tankerATANCHOR8Across7 Calculate roughlyESTIMATE8Across7 Vulnerable, sensitiveTENDER6Across8 Has rhubarb such stalks?STICKY6Across8 ClergymanPADRE5Across9 In which one's position was outside right?SPORT5Across10 TalliedAGREED6Across10 ExplosionBLAST5Across10 DeservedEARNED6Across11 Not everNEVER5Across12 Ways to get out for a duck twice, and quickly!SOON4Across13 Single stepPACE4Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 StaunchSTEM4Across14 Charged rentTORE4Across14 DropFALL4Across15 Crooked lane to the riverLENA4Across15 AttemptTRY3Across16 The animal hung back, breathlessGNU3Across16 A down to earth measureFOOT4Across17 EntrapNET3Across17 DenLAIR4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Murphy's portion of Xmas puddingSPUD4Across19 Nautical cryAHOY4Across19 ConsumedEATEN5Across20 Pontoon, but no bridgeVINGTETUN9Across21 Vicious personBARBARIAN9Across21 ClawTALON5Across22 Observe that a broken net catches nothingNOTE4Across23 Cultivate landFARM4Across23 LivedRESIDED7Across23 Indian dressSARI4Across24 Keep going behind everybody's backLAST4Across24 ColourBEIGE5Across24 Use a spadeDIG3Across26 FresherNEWER5Across26 Was wrong, one noticedSAW3Across26 Rugby forwardPROP4Across27 Point the new way to sharpen upWHET4Across27 GenuineREAL4Across29 BorderEDGE4Across29 Ancient essay about loveTROY4Across29 ProwBOW3Across30 River, a South African farm centreSAAR4Across32 TenderSORE4Across32 Watch faceDIAL4Across32 Shift Sadie out of the wayASIDE5Across33 ConfusionPANIC5Across33 Wild animalHYENA5Across33 Alleviates everything on some daysALLAYS6Across34 NakednessNUDITY6Across34 Those playing bridge with a poker hand?TWOPAIRS8Across35 Friendly, sociableOUTGOING8Across35 FeltGROPED6Across35 DefeatedBEATEN6Across36 A strange unevennessODDITY6Across36 TinkerDABBLE6Across36 SeniorELDER5Across37 UniformlyEVENLY6Across38 SoftenRELENT6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Doing wordsVERBS5Down1 Character devilish quick to go out of turn?FAUST5Down1 ScantySPARSE6Down1 Take illegallySTEAL5Down2 Study specially to be an officerMAJOR5Down2 InsectHORNET6Down2 Speck of soot or dirtSMUT4Down3 Cast adrift for singing without wordsSCAT4Down3 FrankOPEN4Down3 Iron, sayMETAL5Down4 LoadedLADEN5Down4 Crime of a hard hearted young fellowARSON5Down4 SaluteGREET5Down5 Country roadLANE4Down5 Prime Minister hiding a heavy heartMAIN4Down5 BreedREAR4Down6 FruitCHERRY6Down6 Harsh, but in a genteel way considerate!UNKIND6Down6 BurrowTUNNEL6Down7 SoakedSODDEN6Down8 Warms up the drinks?TOASTS6Down9 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down9 Unhewn piece of timberLOG3Down11 Dad's kind of music?POP3Down11 Of the sunSOLAR5Down12 Repair the treatment centre after a bad fireREFIT5Down12 MeatVENISON7Down13 Immigrant's dog round the cornerSETTLER7Down13 SunshadePARASOL7Down13 Record timber production?LOG3Down15 DomesticatedTAMED5Down15 Petty lieFIB3Down15 Weapon, a key French oneGUN3Down16 MixMERGE5Down16 Unit of weightTON3Down16 HellHADES5Down18 Sole means of avoiding oncoming traffic?ONEWAY6Down18 AxillaARMPIT6Down18 WandererROVER5Down19 Three may well be one two manyPUTTS5Down20 PileousHAIRY5Down20 BornNEE3Down21 A sackBAG3Down21 Swear to be a nun, perhapsVOW3Down21 KnockRAP3Down22 One must do so or die in the attemptEAT3Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Down23 How Daniel got caughtNAILED6Down23 DogBEAGLE6Down24 Karate expertDAN3Down25 Slaughter or death in Berlin, sayTOD3Down25 DisregardIGNORE6Down25 WaverWOBBLE6Down27 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down28 ReturnREVERT6Down28 Needs to finish pretty quick!HASTY5Down28 WeirdEERIE5Down30 The formal outfit I hadRIGID5Down30 CarelesslyBADLY5Down30 As yet, may be working at the bakeryYEAST5Down31 BigLARGE5Down31 BroaderWIDER5Down31 GrimeDIRT4Down32 In which a woman, may give herself airs?SARI4Down32 A current abbreviationAMPS4Down33 RindPEEL4Down33 EmbracesHUGS4Down33 TroubleCARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 29, 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.