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Evening Standard Crossword April 9 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 9 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
Ballet skirtTUTU4Across1 ExchangesSWAPS5Across3 She was no end different from Bogart!GARBO5Across3 RotterCAD3Across4 FormerlyONCE4Across6 Smooth cotton threadLISLE5Across8 ObstructHINDER6Across8 More pleasant, albeit cold heartedNICER5Across8 HiddenLATENT6Across9 Not the weaver bird but a towel makerOWLET5Across10 WatchEYE3Across10 AssistantsAIDES5Across10 Top speed from Kensington?TON3Across11 So or thusSIC3Across11 CentreHEART5Across12 Is it committed in the heat of the moment?ARSON5Across12 Brings upREARS5Across12 Small crownCORONET7Across13 In fairness, it's merely hard waterJUSTICE7Across13 VerdantGREEN5Across14 QuickRAPID5Across15 BirdGOOSE5Across15 To stare can make your eyes water!TEARS5Across15 PelvisHIP3Across18 Toad's characteristic associate?RAT3Across18 FameRENOWN6Across18 CourteousPOLITE6Across19 So you went to school, dear man!OLDBOY6Across19 SturdyROBUST6Across20 Trumpet music is meat and drink to the enthusiast!FANFARE7Across21 Weasel-like mammalPOLECAT7Across21 NoblemanEARL4Across22 An adorable imageIDOL4Across22 HollowDENT4Across23 Many a politician is apt to flopLIMP4Across23 AvoidEVADE5Across24 TogsCLOTHES7Across24 It's good to hear there's a large container for fuel, maybeTUNEFUL7Across24 BerateSCOLD5Across26 UniverseCOSMOS6Across26 A heavenly twinCASTOR6Across26 KeenEAGER5Across28 Sheepish soldiers with a leader of menRAM3Across29 Signal agreementNOD3Across29 ConsumedATE3Across30 Take things quietlySTEAL5Across31 Prose compositionESSAY5Across31 Females desirable, formerly, in certain placesSEXPOTS7Across32 Goes backRETURNS7Across32 RutFURROW6Across32 ShrewdASTUTE6Across33 Measured out by me and EdwardMETED5Across34 RepairMEND4Across34 Boy's nameROGER5Across34 Sounds certain to start as a schoolteacherSIR3Across35 StillYET3Across35 Toothed wheelCOG3Across35 Nominally the father of about six?DAVID5Across36 StoryYARN4Across36 Vital organHEART5Across36 Soviet administration bringing some anguish to the convictGULAG5Across37 InsurgentREBEL5Across37 Highly disdainfulLOFTY5Across38 ScreamsYELLS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BuffaloBISON5Down1 Saint of the danceVITUS5Down1 BoozeALCOHOL7Down2 At heart, London's thin red line!CENTRAL7Down2 CombineUNITE5Down2 ExperienceUNDERGO7Down3 TroubleCARE4Down4 SharpenWHET4Down4 Sacred area?ACRE4Down4 ValleyDALE4Down5 Merseyside bootleggers' placeBOOTLE6Down5 Macaw, sayPARROT6Down5 ExteriorOUTER5Down6 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down6 Had nothing new, perhaps, for the grand finaleOWNED5Down6 AdmitCONFESS7Down7 DeserveMERIT5Down7 It has a moving effect on Parisians and MuscovitesMETRO5Down7 See an outsize lettuceCOS3Down9 Knight's titleSIR3Down9 AyeYES3Down11 PronounHER3Down12 Dramatic new fur coatACTFOUR7Down12 RevokesREPEALS7Down12 PullTOW3Down13 He has a line on oneIAN3Down14 NothingNIL3Down14 Simply seething like some boys in troubleABOIL5Down16 IndividualONE3Down16 HeapsPILES5Down16 EpochERA3Down17 Greek letterDELTA5Down17 She's classically slimSYLPH5Down17 Told to fashion a rod out of a reed, possiblyORDERED7Down19 OmitEXCLUDE7Down19 Ally, companionPARTNER7Down19 In revolution, perhaps, have they a braking effect?DISCS5Down20 Freedom from warPEACE5Down20 The Roman way of getting from Exeter to LincolnFOSSE5Down21 PoemODE3Down21 IronPRESS5Down21 NastyBEASTLY7Down22 InfersDEDUCES7Down23 Not just a little bit of moneyLUMPSUM7Down23 SailorTAR3Down23 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Down24 Whence Spaniards can move to DoleTOLEDO6Down24 TankVAT3Down25 A modern copyFAX3Down25 SpicyHOT3Down25 SensationalLURID5Down27 A much planned publication?ATLAS5Down27 WillowOSIER5Down27 Language of the mid-century mail sorterTAMIL5Down28 WedMARRY5Down28 Go inENTER5Down29 AbsentAWAY4Down30 It can also be played upside downSTRAD5Down30 RageANGER5Down30 Compass pointEAST4Down31 Wave to the Tory leader from one's place in ParliamentSEAT4Down32 GenuineREAL4Down32 It's needed for things to run smoothlyOIL3Down33 Steal fromROB3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, April 9, 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.