Evening Standard Crossword April 9 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for April 9 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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Web61 AcrossReveal answer → Conspiracy53 AcrossReveal answer → Move fast, causing confusion in the kitchen53 AcrossReveal answer → Cake65 AcrossReveal answer → Naughty88 AcrossReveal answer → Bad stain in cloth58 AcrossReveal answer → Helicopter blade58 AcrossReveal answer → Chamber49 AcrossReveal answer → Rot510 AcrossReveal answer → Make an application, or joke about it, possibly510 AcrossReveal answer → Pig-pen310 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed tool311 AcrossReveal answer → Every country inn has a Scottish one311 AcrossReveal answer → Under512 AcrossReveal answer → Traveller abroad very keen on Japanese theatre512 AcrossReveal answer → Structure512 AcrossReveal answer → Thrive713 AcrossReveal answer → In hairdressing, the best union713 AcrossReveal answer → Relative515 AcrossReveal answer → It's an honour to enter the Royal Society in such garments515 AcrossReveal answer → Sorrowful315 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricate317 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch318 AcrossReveal answer → Much, to the Left, is retrograde318 AcrossReveal answer → Pull318 AcrossReveal answer → The outcome in Ulster?619 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign619 AcrossReveal answer → Bird319 AcrossReveal answer → Overhead520 AcrossReveal answer → The way to town, for us, is difficult721 AcrossReveal answer → Lockjaw721 AcrossReveal answer → Sick321 AcrossReveal answer → And not322 AcrossReveal answer → Needy422 AcrossReveal answer → Sad remark by a girl at a hearing422 AcrossReveal answer → Jug of porridge423 AcrossReveal answer → Contest423 AcrossReveal answer → Delve324 AcrossReveal answer → Finish getting toes dry somehow724 AcrossReveal answer → Plunge724 AcrossReveal answer → Dashing young fellows from Sheffield?626 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-duck526 AcrossReveal answer → Exhilarates626 AcrossReveal answer → Shown the way out of troubled waters329 AcrossReveal answer → Fish329 AcrossReveal answer → Ballad329 AcrossReveal answer → Where the ancient Greeks got ten in a mess?531 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve531 AcrossReveal answer → No ex-hag could possibly have such a figure!732 AcrossReveal answer → Changed732 AcrossReveal answer → Formerly433 AcrossReveal answer → German essayist?534 AcrossReveal answer → Ease834 AcrossReveal answer → Breaks534 AcrossReveal answer → On which to write home?335 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb-hole635 AcrossReveal answer → Afflict335 AcrossReveal answer → Due to loss, was short of tea536 AcrossReveal answer → Indulgence636 AcrossReveal answer → Lariat536 AcrossReveal answer → As magistrates, they had their pet points537 AcrossReveal answer → Savoury jelly537 AcrossReveal answer → Speak of how some toreador got tossed!538 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly messenger538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Accumulate51 DownReveal answer → Official of county Roscommon, initially51 DownReveal answer → Unsuitable52 DownReveal answer → Coming out of their shell, they give the French a saucy look!72 DownReveal answer → Strengthen72 DownReveal answer → Rescue43 DownReveal answer → A funny noise?44 DownReveal answer → Assert44 DownReveal answer → Mistake54 DownReveal answer → Glimmer55 DownReveal answer → Replacements may be sparse65 DownReveal answer → Handsome young man65 DownReveal answer → Period46 DownReveal answer → The glory that was Greek56 DownReveal answer → Boy's name56 DownReveal answer → Comedy57 DownReveal answer → Fragrance57 DownReveal answer → Be ill disposed to commit an offence57 DownReveal answer → Number39 DownReveal answer → Show an inclination to be generous39 DownReveal answer → Pass510 DownReveal answer → Youthful511 DownReveal answer → Laments712 DownReveal answer → Not refreshments, one observes712 DownReveal answer → Blaze512 DownReveal answer → Dodge513 DownReveal answer → Neither number's right!314 DownReveal answer → Vessel314 DownReveal answer → Go in514 DownReveal answer → Tumble515 DownReveal answer → Showy display516 DownReveal answer → Postpone516 DownReveal answer → Outstandingly ladylike, a bit statuesque?516 DownReveal answer → One bringing new arrivals by air?517 DownReveal answer → County517 DownReveal answer → Beats719 DownReveal answer → One who steals, but not silently719 DownReveal answer → Disney character half the time in a new bib520 DownReveal answer → Rapidity520 DownReveal answer → Old Harry was enthroned on one521 DownReveal answer → Gemstone521 DownReveal answer → Figure in timeless soap operas as an American drink723 DownReveal answer → Let go723 DownReveal answer → Are in red, possibly, when costlier624 DownReveal answer → Flag624 DownReveal answer → Interior525 DownReveal answer → He's about to get cross325 DownReveal answer → Encountered325 DownReveal answer → Deduce527 DownReveal answer → Movie hero's favourite pub?527 DownReveal answer → Provincial527 DownReveal answer → Do fully, just the same528 DownReveal answer → Surpass528 DownReveal answer → Girl's name528 DownReveal answer → It's in fashion, a lot, for linking computers530 DownReveal answer → Performer530 DownReveal answer → Contradict530 DownReveal answer → Plague431 DownReveal answer → Church recess432 DownReveal answer → Bend432 DownReveal answer → In Panama, say, the east gets hot weather432 DownReveal answer → As a joke, it's less than engaging333 DownReveal answer → Rend333 DownReveal answer →

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