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Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2026 answers. The Sunday 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#
InitialFIRST5Across1 InfantCHILD5Across3 A joint close at handWRIST5Across3 RelishSAVOUR6Across5 For royal tennis?COURT5Across8 GiantTITAN5Across8 TruncheonBATON5Across8 CarrierBEARER6Across10 They can also be fried by fission, it's saidCHIPS5Across10 Inert gasARGON5Across10 DetailITEM4Across11 A measure that's backwardAFT3Across11 Not highLOW3Across11 Furnishings, etc., giving dramatic effectDECOR5Across12 The aboveDITTO5Across12 RodentHAMSTER7Across13 Thus cooked, caused to absorb oil?BROILED7Across13 CorsairPIRATE6Across14 DwellingsHOMES5Across15 DevilishSATANIC7Across15 Tree or horse out WestROWAN5Across15 Like Jan, he's diminutiveSEP3Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 CircuitLAP3Across18 Discount for the new beaterREBATE6Across19 FruitNUT3Across19 PeaceREPOSE6Across19 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Across21 Vessel one has to steer around a lotSTEAMER7Across21 AdroitDEFT4Across21 It's crazy to tear at this speed!RATE4Across22 At the summitATOP4Across22 RevoltREBEL5Across23 SellVEND4Across23 It's grand for a boy to be musicalSONG4Across23 Chap joining the racket as deputySTANDIN7Across24 ExhibitDISPLAY7Across24 GatherMASS4Across24 Surgeon's knifeLANCET6Across26 A big wheel in the fairground businessFERRIS6Across26 ColourRED3Across27 OwnsHAS3Across29 Charged particleION3Across29 It's played centre stageTAG3Across29 RemoteDISTANT7Across31 ChairSEDAN5Across31 Are wrecked in the race to get something for nothingTREAT5Across31 Quietly points to a number forming a chainPENNINE7Across32 ImpassiveSTOICAL7Across32 FlowerVIOLET6Across32 Street music can be used to elevating effectSTAIR5Across34 CabTAXI4Across34 Military instrumentBUGLE5Across34 What one did after standing, perhapsSAT3Across35 HarmonyUNISON6Across35 DragLUG3Across35 German jaunt?SPREE5Across36 FilletedBONED5Across36 It can be played without safety precautionNONET5Across37 PrecipitationSLEET5Across37 Paper quantitiesREAMS5Across38 Practice that's bad for a doctorDRILL5Across38 SkinflintMISER5Across38 BreakwaterGROYNE6Across39 CogsTEETH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cold dishSALAD5Down1 The directors sound boredBOARD5Down1 PrimroseCOWSLIP7Down2 WrathIRE3Down2 Entertainer serving as a sitter?ARTISTE7Down2 CurrentSTREAM6Down3 SuccessorHEIR4Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 A letter in red for Oliver, sayREED4Down4 CutSNIP4Down5 He puts runs down to the chap who hit themSCORER6Down5 SudsLATHER6Down5 SwervedVEERED6Down6 SagDROOP5Down6 Beat regularlyTHROB5Down6 SpurnREJECT6Down7 SitsPOSES5Down7 Cunning traps for fishSPRAT5Down7 CatTOM3Down9 Heavenly, but nobody knows what it is!UFO3Down9 CoachTRAINER7Down9 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down12 Goes around a bit with DesmondDEPARTS7Down12 GratuityTIP3Down12 HorseMARE4Down13 In general, an eel wrigglesLEE3Down14 BitTAD3Down14 AtmosphereAURA4Down16 On which to drink waterWAGON5Down16 DoshMONEY5Down16 DicedCUBED5Down17 A horse's refusal?NEIGH5Down17 ShabbySEEDY5Down17 ReliefRESPITE7Down19 Soldiers start to make fresh inroadsREENTER7Down19 BucketsPAILS5Down20 BoringTEDIOUS7Down20 The cunning of a drifter, perhapsCRAFT5Down20 InjureWOUND5Down21 Look in tears, somehow?STARE5Down21 CringeFAWN4Down22 FlavourVANILLA7Down23 Shows nominal willingness to make one's mark as a memberSIGNSON7Down23 TouchingMOVING6Down24 An easy subject?SITTER6Down24 Make bareDENUDE6Down24 LavatoryLOO3Down25 AttemptSHOT4Down25 He's a bit of a dancerDAN3Down25 WagesSALARY6Down26 Greek authorAESOP5Down27 Explode, causing pure chaos at starting timeERUPT5Down27 BeamCABER5Down28 Raised, it's said, only to be demolishedRASED5Down28 DressATTIRE6Down28 Bury, playing in MilanINTER5Down30 Male or female e.g.SEX3Down30 RollBAGEL5Down30 The soft, silly part may be somewhat sugaryPILL4Down32 SlenderSLIM4Down32 Two versions of one nameIAN3Down33 SeasonTIME4Down33 SignalCUE3Down33 EntrapNET3Down36 AbroadOUT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, April 5, 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.