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Evening Standard Crossword April 7 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 7 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 127 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#
Population countCENSUS6Across1 Athlete's garment?JUMPER6Across1 BrittleCRISP5Across2 AlienateESTRANGE8Across7 SuppleLITHE5Across7 Does such a book give fitness advice?EXERCISE8Across7 BlastGUST4Across8 ContainerCRATE5Across8 Permit for a girl to go to South Africa?VISA4Across8 Union man?JOINER6Across10 WrathANGER5Across10 Kitchen itemTEAPOT6Across10 Character, I note, interrupting a gameFIGARO6Across11 Clinging molluscLIMPET6Across11 Be indebtedOWE3Across12 BeginSTART5Across13 Something fishy that won't hold waterNET3Across14 ThrowLOB3Across14 InterferedMEDDLED7Across15 The French start Monday with something juicyLEMON5Across16 IrritableTESTY5Across16 HumanMORTAL6Across17 DisfigurementSCAR4Across17 Was sorry to have sounded rudeRUED4Across17 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across19 She has a broken heel, by the wayHELEN5Across19 TurfSOD3Across19 RestrictedLIMITED7Across20 Hang around too much with a hotheadHOVER5Across21 DrinkCIDER5Across21 WandererNOMAD5Across22 Something afoot that may wreck boatsSABOT5Across22 RotateTURN4Across23 Federation's abundant shareBUND4Across23 OozeDRIP4Across25 CutSEVERED7Across26 James Bond's boss is royal, but a cheapskateMISER5Across26 ThemeTOPIC5Across26 Contractor's confirmation?TIS3Across28 MarshFEN3Across28 Former cricketer, nicknamed, but he has his irrational hatersATHERS6Across29 GunWEAPON6Across29 VehicleCAR3Across30 Find out by investigating Ted, etc.DETECT6Across30 ElementSODIUM6Across30 GiveDONATE6Across31 Food of love for the Auxiliary Territorial Service?OATS4Across31 EgressEXIT4Across31 Observes what may be seen, you'll agreeSEESENSE8Across32 AssessEVALUATE8Across32 Lecture given by moaners, who've somehow lost an articleSERMON6Across33 HarmDAMAGE6Across33 Weapon-storeARSENAL7Across34 ObjectDEMUR5Across37 NoiseDIN3Across38 HugeLARGE5Across39 SeatBENCH5Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across41 ShabbySEEDY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Container causing a traffic problem and a shockJAMJAR6Down1 Prickly plantCACTUS6Down1 SameDITTO5Down1 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Down2 Far from pleased when paid only about a quarterPAINED6Down2 MapCHART5Down2 Badger's burrowSETT4Down3 Behind the right-hand auricleREAR4Down3 Hire-chargeRENTAL6Down3 AppearSEEM4Down4 RefereeARBITER7Down4 Short film of a misdirected retrialTRAILER7Down4 PokedPRODDED7Down5 Historic title of the governor of Mainz?NIZAM5Down5 BreaksSNAPS5Down5 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down6 GodDEITY5Down6 Devilish Donald has got me wrong!DEMON5Down6 FestivalGALA4Down8 It bears fruit in a number of waysVINE4Down8 Boring-toolAWL3Down9 Ancient god of TV?SET3Down9 WeepSOB3Down9 LivedRESIDED7Down11 Short for MelvinMEL3Down12 Diminutive insurgent leaderGEN3Down12 ShatterSMASH5Down13 AnaestheticETHER5Down13 Norma's terrible ItalianROMAN5Down13 The RamARIES5Down14 Figure to have done wrong outside the areaDEVON5Down15 NowTODAY5Down15 SpotDOT3Down16 Light boatCANOE5Down18 ProsaicLITERAL7Down18 If struggling in cracking a nut, one must be so weak!UNFIT5Down18 DarkDIM3Down19 Where a goblin can keep warmHOB3Down19 MarryWED3Down20 Suffer in terrible troubleLET3Down20 Worries due to some risk of a faulty share-outHARRIES7Down21 VisionDREAM5Down21 TreeCOCONUT7Down21 HigherUPPER5Down22 PinchNIP3Down22 View from the bishop's windowSEE3Down22 MonotonyTEDIUM6Down23 Not happy with the beerBITTER6Down23 Operates buses that won't startUSES4Down24 ProprietyDECENCY7Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 Keep in date, possiblyDETAIN6Down25 SpryNIMBLE6Down25 ClothTWEED5Down26 A country area to spoil, on the quiet!MARSH5Down26 PantechniconVAN3Down27 HeathenPAGAN5Down27 Are such shanks legs of mutton?SHEEP5Down27 MammalFOX3Down28 Leaves on the clipper, perhaps?TEA3Down28 EvadedDODGED6Down28 CommandORDER5Down29 PipSEED4Down30 Females are not soft-hearted dopes!DOES4Down30 PennilessNEEDY5Down32 AdjustedTUNED5Down33 TransgressSIN3Down35 TardyLATE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, April 7, 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.