Evening Standard Crossword April 5 2026 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 5 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Initial51 AcrossReveal answer → Infant53 AcrossReveal answer → A joint close at hand53 AcrossReveal answer → Relish65 AcrossReveal answer → For royal tennis?58 AcrossReveal answer → Giant58 AcrossReveal answer → Truncheon58 AcrossReveal answer → Carrier610 AcrossReveal answer → They can also be fried by fission, it's said510 AcrossReveal answer → Inert gas510 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → A measure that's backward311 AcrossReveal answer → Not high311 AcrossReveal answer → Furnishings, etc., giving dramatic effect512 AcrossReveal answer → The above512 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent713 AcrossReveal answer → Thus cooked, caused to absorb oil?713 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair614 AcrossReveal answer → Dwellings515 AcrossReveal answer → Devilish715 AcrossReveal answer → Tree or horse out West515 AcrossReveal answer → Like Jan, he's diminutive318 AcrossReveal answer → Through318 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit318 AcrossReveal answer → Discount for the new beater619 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit319 AcrossReveal answer → Peace619 AcrossReveal answer → Bereaved husband721 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel one has to steer around a lot721 AcrossReveal answer → Adroit421 AcrossReveal answer → It's crazy to tear at this speed!422 AcrossReveal answer → At the summit422 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt523 AcrossReveal answer → Sell423 AcrossReveal answer → It's grand for a boy to be musical423 AcrossReveal answer → Chap joining the racket as deputy724 AcrossReveal answer → Exhibit724 AcrossReveal answer → Gather424 AcrossReveal answer → Surgeon's knife626 AcrossReveal answer → A big wheel in the fairground business626 AcrossReveal answer → Colour327 AcrossReveal answer → Owns329 AcrossReveal answer → Charged particle329 AcrossReveal answer → It's played centre stage329 AcrossReveal answer → Remote731 AcrossReveal answer → Chair531 AcrossReveal answer → Are wrecked in the race to get something for nothing531 AcrossReveal answer → Quietly points to a number forming a chain732 AcrossReveal answer → Impassive732 AcrossReveal answer → Flower632 AcrossReveal answer → Street music can be used to elevating effect534 AcrossReveal answer → Cab434 AcrossReveal answer → Military instrument534 AcrossReveal answer → What one did after standing, perhaps335 AcrossReveal answer → Harmony635 AcrossReveal answer → Drag335 AcrossReveal answer → German jaunt?536 AcrossReveal answer → Filleted536 AcrossReveal answer → It can be played without safety precaution537 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation537 AcrossReveal answer → Paper quantities538 AcrossReveal answer → Practice that's bad for a doctor538 AcrossReveal answer → Skinflint538 AcrossReveal answer → Breakwater639 AcrossReveal answer → Cogs540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cold dish51 DownReveal answer → The directors sound bored51 DownReveal answer → Primrose72 DownReveal answer → Wrath32 DownReveal answer → Entertainer serving as a sitter?72 DownReveal answer → Current63 DownReveal answer → Successor44 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → A letter in red for Oliver, say44 DownReveal answer → Cut45 DownReveal answer → He puts runs down to the chap who hit them65 DownReveal answer → Suds65 DownReveal answer → Swerved66 DownReveal answer → Sag56 DownReveal answer → Beat regularly56 DownReveal answer → Spurn67 DownReveal answer → Sits57 DownReveal answer → Cunning traps for fish57 DownReveal answer → Cat39 DownReveal answer → Heavenly, but nobody knows what it is!39 DownReveal answer → Coach79 DownReveal answer → Down payment712 DownReveal answer → Goes around a bit with Desmond712 DownReveal answer → Gratuity312 DownReveal answer → Horse413 DownReveal answer → In general, an eel wriggles314 DownReveal answer → Bit314 DownReveal answer → Atmosphere416 DownReveal answer → On which to drink water516 DownReveal answer → Dosh516 DownReveal answer → Diced517 DownReveal answer → A horse's refusal?517 DownReveal answer → Shabby517 DownReveal answer → Relief719 DownReveal answer → Soldiers start to make fresh inroads719 DownReveal answer → Buckets520 DownReveal answer → Boring720 DownReveal answer → The cunning of a drifter, perhaps520 DownReveal answer → Injure521 DownReveal answer → Look in tears, somehow?521 DownReveal answer → Cringe422 DownReveal answer → Flavour723 DownReveal answer → Shows nominal willingness to make one's mark as a member723 DownReveal answer → Touching624 DownReveal answer → An easy subject?624 DownReveal answer → Make bare624 DownReveal answer → Lavatory325 DownReveal answer → Attempt425 DownReveal answer → He's a bit of a dancer325 DownReveal answer → Wages626 DownReveal answer → Greek author527 DownReveal answer → Explode, causing pure chaos at starting time527 DownReveal answer → Beam528 DownReveal answer → Raised, it's said, only to be demolished528 DownReveal answer → Dress628 DownReveal answer → Bury, playing in Milan530 DownReveal answer → Male or female e.g.330 DownReveal answer → Roll530 DownReveal answer → The soft, silly part may be somewhat sugary432 DownReveal answer → Slender432 DownReveal answer → Two versions of one name333 DownReveal answer → Season433 DownReveal answer → Signal333 DownReveal answer → Entrap336 DownReveal answer → Abroad337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, April 5, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.