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Evening Standard Crossword April 9 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 9 2026 answers. The Thursday 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#
WebTISSUE6Across1 ConspiracyCABAL5Across3 Move fast, causing confusion in the kitchenWHISK5Across3 CakeGATEAU6Across5 NaughtyPERVERSE8Across8 Bad stain in clothSATIN5Across8 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across8 ChamberROOM4Across9 RotDECAY5Across10 Make an application, or joke about it, possiblyPUTIN5Across10 Pig-penSTY3Across10 Pointed toolAWL3Across11 Every country inn has a Scottish oneYIN3Across11 UnderBELOW5Across12 Traveller abroad very keen on Japanese theatreNOMAD5Across12 StructureFRAME5Across12 ThrivePROSPER7Across13 In hairdressing, the best unionTOPKNOT7Across13 RelativeNIECE5Across15 It's an honour to enter the Royal Society in such garmentsROBES5Across15 SorrowfulSAD3Across15 LubricateOIL3Across17 PinchNIP3Across18 Much, to the Left, is retrogradeLOT3Across18 PullTOW3Across18 The outcome in Ulster?RESULT6Across19 Star signPISCES6Across19 BirdEMU3Across19 OverheadALOFT5Across20 The way to town, for us, is difficultSERIOUS7Across21 LockjawTETANUS7Across21 SickILL3Across21 And notNOR3Across22 NeedyPOOR4Across22 Sad remark by a girl at a hearingALAS4Across22 Jug of porridgeSTIR4Across23 ContestRACE4Across23 DelveDIG3Across24 Finish getting toes dry somehowDESTROY7Across24 PlungePLUMMET7Across24 Dashing young fellows from Sheffield?BLADES6Across26 Sea-duckEIDER5Across26 ExhilaratesELATES6Across26 Shown the way out of troubled watersLED3Across29 FishEEL3Across29 BalladLAY3Across29 Where the ancient Greeks got ten in a mess?IONIA5Across31 TwelveDOZEN5Across31 No ex-hag could possibly have such a figure!HEXAGON7Across32 ChangedALTERED7Across32 FormerlyONCE4Across33 German essayist?TRIER5Across34 EaseFACILITY8Across34 BreaksSNAPS5Across34 On which to write home?PAD3Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 AfflictAIL3Across35 Due to loss, was short of teaWASTE5Across36 IndulgenceLUXURY6Across36 LariatLASSO5Across36 As magistrates, they had their pet pointsDOGES5Across37 Savoury jellyASPIC5Across37 Speak of how some toreador got tossed!ORATE5Across38 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AccumulateHOARD5Down1 Official of county Roscommon, initiallyMAYOR5Down1 UnsuitableINEPT5Down2 Coming out of their shell, they give the French a saucy look!WINKLES7Down2 StrengthenBOLSTER7Down2 RescueSAVE4Down3 A funny noise?HOOT4Down4 AssertAVER4Down4 MistakeERROR5Down4 GlimmerGLEAM5Down5 Replacements may be sparseSPARES6Down5 Handsome young manADONIS6Down5 PeriodTERM4Down6 The glory that was GreekKUDOS5Down6 Boy's nameLEWIS5Down6 ComedyFARCE5Down7 FragranceAROMA5Down7 Be ill disposed to commit an offenceLIBEL5Down7 NumberTWO3Down9 Show an inclination to be generousTIP3Down9 PassSPEND5Down10 YouthfulYOUNG5Down11 LamentsBEWAILS7Down12 Not refreshments, one observesNOTICES7Down12 BlazeFLARE5Down12 DodgeAVOID5Down13 Neither number's right!NOR3Down14 VesselPOT3Down14 Go inENTER5Down14 TumbleSPILL5Down15 Showy displayECLAT5Down16 PostponeDELAY5Down16 Outstandingly ladylike, a bit statuesque?BUSTY5Down16 One bringing new arrivals by air?STORK5Down17 CountyESSEX5Down17 BeatsPUMMELS7Down19 One who steals, but not silentlyRUSTLER7Down19 Disney character half the time in a new bibBAMBI5Down20 RapiditySPEED5Down20 Old Harry was enthroned on oneSATAN5Down21 GemstoneTOPAZ5Down21 Figure in timeless soap operas as an American drinkSODAPOP7Down23 Let goRELEASE7Down23 Are in red, possibly, when costlierDEARER6Down24 FlagPENNON6Down24 InteriorINNER5Down25 He's about to get crossREX3Down25 EncounteredMET3Down25 DeduceINFER5Down27 Movie hero's favourite pub?LOCAL5Down27 ProvincialLOCAL5Down27 Do fully, just the sameDITTO5Down28 SurpassEXCEL5Down28 Girl's nameTESSA5Down28 It's in fashion, a lot, for linking computersMODEM5Down30 PerformerACTOR5Down30 ContradictBELIE5Down30 PlaguePEST4Down31 Church recessAPSE4Down32 BendFLEX4Down32 In Panama, say, the east gets hot weatherHEAT4Down32 As a joke, it's less than engagingGAG3Down33 RendRIP3Down33

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