Evening Standard Crossword April 4 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 4 2026 answers. The Saturday 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#
HelpASSIST6Across1 For this animal, a record's a piece of cake!ALPACA6Across4 SpatterSPLASH6Across4 NoticeSPOT4Across5 Where one gets ashore at the finish?LANDSEND8Across7 Borrowing chargeINTEREST8Across7 He's nothing if not a survivor!OLIVER6Across8 RegretfulRUEFUL6Across8 Ski-slopePISTE5Across8 VehicleCAR3Across9 ColourBROWN5Across10 DregsLEES4Across10 Incentives for footballersSPURS5Across10 NoblemanEARL4Across11 HorrifyAPPAL5Across12 FriendsPALS4Across13 Naval architect?WREN4Across13 MealSUPPER6Across13 CummerbundSASH4Across14 The ring of righteousnessHALO4Across14 Piece of sombre news in World War IIBREN4Across15 BarksYAPS4Across15 Bad actorHAM3Across16 Bit of a fidget, you understandGET3Across16 CaribouDEER4Across16 Bank of Scotland!BRAE4Across17 Precious stoneOPAL4Across17 CheeseEDAM4Across18 FollowTAIL4Across19 Linked with an out-of-line EdwardianTIED4Across19 AyeYES3Across20 InnocentBLAMELESS9Across21 Intoxicating nonsense!MOONSHINE9Across21 ExistedWAS3Across22 Ruminant mammalDEER4Across23 Bananas, oddly enoughNUTS4Across23 MaterialREP3Across23 You can tell it's just a yarnTALE4Across24 ManufacturedMADE4Across24 Open fruit pieTART4Across24 RegionAREA4Across25 Go with a girl to MineheadVIM3Across26 LargeBIG3Across26 Those at the end of term?THEM4Across27 Large townCITY4Across27 ShopkeeperDRAPER6Across28 It holds up some proposalPROP4Across29 Wading birdIBIS4Across29 ClassGRADE5Across30 Supply a hardback at a priceFEED4Across32 ValleyDENE4Across32 InactiveIDLE4Across32 Keep shopSTORE5Across33 FlagIRIS4Across33 Pickling solutionBRINE5Across33 Notes the bit to leaveDEPART6Across34 SummitTOP3Across34 Breathe inINHALE6Across34 Cricketer in a Graham Greene storyTHIRDMAN8Across35 ExpiateATONE5Across35 ApexPINNACLE8Across35 Acting on the sideBYPLAY6Across36 TeamSIDE4Across36 PassionateARDENT6Across36 CreptINCHED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ArmsLIMBS5Down1 ChargeACCUSE6Down1 Brief light showFLASH5Down1 DiscardedSCRAPPED8Down2 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down2 Cancel the order for a girl to turn leftANNUL5Down2 Employs us at the rest centreUSES4Down3 Broad smileGRIN4Down3 Worked outSOLVED6Down3 Are out to cheat, loveADORE5Down4 BandSTRAP5Down4 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down4 VesselSTEAMER7Down5 SedimentLEES4Down5 Dad's not out of troublePAIN4Down5 RingPEAL4Down6 Provided the manpower to make a crude copyCREWED6Down6 YelpSQUEAL6Down6 InformTELL4Down7 VegetablePEA3Down8 OvercoatULSTER6Down9 Sort of soup on which a chap can get lit up!LENTIL6Down9 BeamRAY3Down11 A Roman peacePAX3Down11 Coldly efficient, but he makes two rock bottom startsROBOT5Down12 CompleteWHOLE5Down12 We had to get out for a little break, obtained by effortWRESTED7Down13 Paint-mixing boardPALETTE7Down13 GratifyingREWARDING9Down14 Sweet potatoYAM3Down15 BeretCAP3Down15 Exclude a bachelor at the detention centreBAN3Down15 Belonging to himHIS3Down16 A bargee's exclamationGEE3Down16 SpikeEAR3Down17 It shows who's to work or rest, maybeROSTER6Down18 PackagePARCEL6Down18 HasteDESPATCH8Down19 Unskilled treatment of some pine treesINEPT5Down20 YelpYAP3Down20 In motionASTIR5Down20 Is there no word from her?MUM3Down21 BeseechBEG3Down21 HideSECRETE7Down21 West side of London?HAM3Down22 PlaceLAY3Down22 Figure to finish duty at an advanced ageNINETY6Down23 MealDINNER6Down23 RacketDIN3Down25 In favour of returning to the air terminalFOR3Down25 AscendedARISEN6Down26 FeltGROPED6Down27 IncompetentINEPT5Down28 She gives the new typist no fresh tips!HETTY5Down28 OverlookMISS4Down29 With ample space to tie up at the end of the jettyROOMY5Down30 PleasedGLAD4Down30 Female dogBITCH5Down30 Cut offSEVER5Down31 BeforeERE3Down31 Girl hardly worth picking up?PENNY5Down31 Drop everything for a fresh startFALL4Down32 StunDAZE4Down32 Bound to upset the userSURE4Down33 Former West German capitalBONN4Down33

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