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Evening Standard Crossword April 3 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 3 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
LeadLEASH5Across3 Children's gamePEEKABOO8Across9 EstablishedPROVEN6Across9 The animal, stake to a pole, foolishlyANTELOPE8Across9 FeverishHECTIC6Across10 Rod will give the signalCUE3Across10 Play on wordsPUN3Across10 It's egg and meat for himOLIVER6Across11 Tropical shrubACACIA6Across11 PaleASHEN5Across11 A small and a large shoeSANDAL6Across12 PutridROTTEN6Across12 ImpelURGE4Across12 Disgust you and you drive offREPULSE7Across13 Spotted horsePIEBALD7Across13 A clue that there's a dog about?LEAD4Across14 Leader of Muslim prayerIMAM4Across14 Warmly generousBIGHEARTED10Across15 Lack of reaction to the negative answerNORESPONSE10Across15 RodentsMICE4Across15 StepMEASURE7Across17 Attending only some? Never!NOTATALL8Across17 Precious stoneSAPPHIRE8Across17 Tees off munching sweetsTOFFEES7Across18 CunningSTEALTH7Across18 Tire and tell the driver to stopFLAG4Across19 Flesh hanging from jawJOWL4Across19 NovelNEW3Across20 CertainlyINDEED6Across21 Notify when attending classINFORM6Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 GrumbleCRAB4Across23 Four-yearly sports eventCOMMONWEALTHGAMES17Across24 Getting better personally at concealing discomfitureRECOVERINGONESELF17Across24 HazeMIST4Across25 ProduceYIELD5Across26 He's after you to get a second drinkCHASER6Across27 Complains peevishlyWHINES6Across27 InsectANT3Across28 So abandoned the son, in that caseTHEN4Across29 ProphetSEER4Across29 WanderingERRATIC7Across30 For lace, it's unusually stretchyELASTIC7Across30 Flightless marine birdPENGUIN7Across30 A man friend, usuallyNORMALLY8Across33 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 MagnificenceGRANDEUR8Across33 ThoroughfareLANE4Across35 Individual dates of birth of celebritiesPERSONAGES10Across35 Grotesquely unconventionalOUTLANDISH10Across35 Be inclined to rely on othersLEAN4Across36 DivideHALVE5Across36 InspectionVIEW4Across36 The attendants give nothing awayKEEPERS7Across37 Omnivorous mammalRACCOON7Across37 Cheap and showyTAWDRY6Across38 ContinuedLASTED6Across38 Also swinging on the barSALOON6Across38 ExhaustedEFFETE6Across39 IntendedMEANT5Across40 Unit of astronomical distancePARSEC6Across40 In a plot that's convoluted, is the potential killerPISTOL6Across40 Organ of balanceEAR3Across41 Agree the fellow must retireNOD3Across41 Football officialLINESMAN8Across42 The sounds of cow-bells with which boatmen are familiar?MOORINGS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pleasure-seekingHEDONISTIC10Down1 Unpopular for breeding skunks?INBADODOUR10Down1 DrugOPIUM5Down1 Brief theatrical sketchSKIT4Down2 A man now is bossHEAD4Down2 DanceCONGA5Down2 PlentifulABUNDANT8Down3 Having piled all the wood outside, slump on the groundCOLLAPSE8Down3 MeadowLEA3Down3 Stewed fruit dishCOMPOTE7Down4 It's having clothes on that's tiresomeWEARING7Down4 AscertainENSURE6Down4 CastSHED4Down5 CondenseENCAPSULATE11Down5 Neither sickly nor naughty, which is fine in its own wayWELLANDGOOD11Down5 ChickenHEN3Down6 Gymnastic featHANDSPRING10Down6 What made the plane burst into flames?FORESTFIRE10Down6 BlemishSTAIN5Down7 DissoluteRAKISH6Down7 A ticket to France and somewhere to stayBILLET6Down7 TwistSCREW5Down8 ConflictDISAGREE8Down8 He put a new ending to "The Shopkeeper"RETAILER8Down8 Manage to hide a second in the woodCOPSE5Down10 Appeal humblyPLEAD5Down10 RevokeRESCIND7Down13 CompositionESSAY5Down14 The consequences of having possessionsEFFECTS7Down16 ChiefHEADMAN7Down16 SomeCERTAIN7Down16 BirdEAGLE5Down18 JewelGEM3Down19 Does he get under one's skin?LANCE5Down20 SpeakORATE5Down20 Lesser deityDEMIGOD7Down22 See fair play in the nurseryFREESIA7Down22 EmulateRIVAL5Down22 Filled with admirationAWESTRICKEN11Down23 Good-looking girl with a lot of moneyPRETTYPENNY11Down23 LargeBIG3Down24 Branch of medicineOBSTETRICS10Down25 Most promising, no doubtVERYLIKELY10Down25 Flow of air behind moving objectSLIPSTREAM10Down26 All right, if it's not too darkFAIRENOUGH10Down26 ForcedDRIVEN6Down27 PassageAISLE5Down28 Scolding womanHARRIDAN8Down28 Having caught the fish, skedaddledHOOKEDIT8Down28 TautTENSE5Down29 AcceptedTAKEN5Down31 Making rigorous demandsEXACTING8Down31 Expects, when on tries to findLOOKSFOR8Down31 SurrenderedCEDED5Down32 HeartlesslySTONILY7Down32 Suppose the lost purse were found by me?PRESUME7Down32 Not speaking about in timeMINUTE6Down34 Fairly recently madeNEWISH6Down34 PaddleWADE4Down34 SmellODOUR5Down35 Appeal to you to get through an apple a dayPLEAD5Down35 BorderHEM3Down36 NewtEFT3Down37 Compass pointWEST4Down39 Put face upwardsLAID4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 3, 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.