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Evening Standard Crossword April 4 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 4 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Fishing basketCREEL5Across1 HeapingPILING6Across5 SpiritVODKA5Across8 What the horse that came second was called?PLACENAME9Across9 Australian cityMELBOURNE9Across9 VaccinateINOCULATE9Across10 DiscussionDEBATE6Across10 Tell us more about how intricate it is?ELABORATE9Across10 DispatchedSENT4Across11 It's food, clot!CAKE4Across12 Single entityUNIT4Across12 Soak upABSORB6Across13 He sees I get the order for drink I put inWAITER6Across13 Military manSOLDIER7Across14 SanenessSANITY6Across14 Gives a nod, turning, prepared to reverseDONATES7Across14 "Awfully smart" is about all you can hearFEARFULLY9Across15 LibertyFREEDOM7Across15 ColleagueASSOCIATE9Across15 Suggests it be for moneyPROPOUNDS9Across17 Blackberry-pickingBRAMBLING9Across17 Scolded when one overindulges, foolishlyCODDLES7Across18 ColourRED3Across18 Part of a serialEPISODE7Across18 "Open a tin" sufficedCANDID6Across19 ImpudentCHEEKY6Across19 SailorTAR3Across19 RepastMEAL4Across20 Jabber in French!EPEE4Across20 SortTYPE4Across21 Should, after getting them in trouble, I reckonedMETHOUGHT9Across23 Clothing itemWAISTCOAT9Across23 RotDECAY5Across23 FactsDATA4Across24 Cannot go out leaving the child inside - not ICONSONANT9Across25 Furniture itemSIDEBOARD9Across25 Pops and totsNIPS4Across26 Wild partyORGY4Across26 FloorSTOREY6Across27 FatherDAD3Across27 Do your utmost to get varietySTRAIN6Across27 Top prizeJACKPOT7Across29 SerpentASP3Across29 When the dog bounds round in, retreatsSPANIEL7Across29 CharmingWINSOME7Across31 SpokeTALKED6Across32 She's survived to make a comeback in "The Wicked Ladies"SHEDEVILS9Across32 PoorPENNILESS9Across32 AncestryLINE4Across34 For a start, concocted a lulu of a plan!STRATAGEM9Across34 Bottle-openerCORKSCREW9Across34 AstoundedAMAZED6Across35 Complaining about, though it's for your own protectionRAILING7Across35 French painterCEZANNE7Across35 Made to go back in time, Rex gets the jittersNERVES6Across36 HatTRILBY6Across36 CelebritySTAR4Across37 Trip as you turn roundSPIN4Across37 In another placeELSEWHERE9Across38 ApportionALLOT5Across38 "Number Ten, Hugo Turner" is incompleteNOTENOUGH9Across38 PerfumeFRAGRANCE9Across39 Having consulted with, gave toCONFERRED9Across39 PulledTUGGED6Across39 StartedBEGAN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Is it not used in general medicine?SPECIFIC8Down1 Cut offAMPUTATE8Down1 Easy progress, informallyPLAINSAILING12Down2 For pets, it's anything but progressiveBACKWARDSTEP12Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 Card gameCRIBBAGE8Down3 The men can be brought back in fettersMANACLES8Down3 AvoidedEVADED6Down3 Stand forDENOTE6Down4 A guard for the money? Go on!SENTRY6Down4 FateLOT3Down4 Go byPASS4Down5 African countryZIMBABWE8Down5 Blame one when a bird gets out and a reptileTERRAPIN8Down5 FinchLINNET6Down6 That's one way to keep the chaps away!HANDLOTION10Down6 Astounded, informallyGOBSMACKED10Down6 BreakwaterGROYNE6Down7 Attack in the ring?ROUNDON7Down7 Cradle songLULLABY7Down7 Going on and on about the mad sister being shut upPERSISTENT10Down8 UntidyBEDRAGGLED10Down8 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down9 The time soon comes round for him to appearANTON5Down11 Legal defenceALIBI5Down11 SpikeEAR3Down12 NeatTIDY4Down13 Have a keen interest in, you understandFOLLOW6Down16 Small farmsCROFTS6Down16 RosterROTA4Down16 ParrotMACAW5Down17 Feline animalCAT3Down19 Injury that puts an end to the shootingCUT3Down19 FundamentalRADICAL7Down20 Very annoyingEXASPERATING12Down21 Joining in or amusing oneself away from the othersPLAYINGAPART12Down21 PrecisePRIM4Down22 Counting frameABACUS6Down22 Like a clot, mixed black in with blueCOBALT6Down22 BirdWOODPECKER10Down23 I'm back home right at lunchtime, having soupMINESTRONE10Down23 LoatheDETEST6Down24 Managing with difficulty to say one's leavingGETTINGOUT10Down24 Genuine, informallyONTHELEVEL10Down24 Secret agentSPY3Down25 Do studyCON3Down25 LoftyTALL4Down25 EnquiringASKING6Down26 PropertyESTATE6Down28 Flowerlike badgesROSETTES8Down28 A sailor's in the drinkABSINTHE8Down28 Large bottleJEROBOAM8Down29 The soldier, filled with a terrible anger, is readySERGEANT8Down29 FrustratedTHWARTED8Down30 EnclosurePEN3Down30 From the large one made squash: a soft drinkLEMONADE8Down30 No less upset when I am brought in with injuriesLESIONS7Down31 Small fishMINNOWS7Down31 Are out of, at firstEXIST5Down33 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 German fascistsNAZIS5Down33 Rock facesCLIFFS6Down34 Impressed by how one controlled the ballSTRUCK6Down34 CrowdMOB3Down36 EpochERA3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, April 4, 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.