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Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword April 24 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 121 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#
Of the PopePAPAL5Across1 Hangs around with thick-headed beastly malesSTAGS5Across1 MaterialFABRIC6Across1 EndureSUFFER6Across5 Person's private bookDIARY5Across6 Room to spread capesSPACE5Across6 PenitentCONTRITE8Across8 Small streamRIVULET7Across9 Location of national interest, of courseAINTREE7Across9 ExcursionTRIP4Across9 WideBROAD5Across10 OceanSEA3Across10 Credit a politician with muscle troubleCRAMP5Across10 Go round to get a garmentSKIRT5Across11 FruitPEACH5Across11 BearCARRY5Across12 A name came upAROSE5Across12 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across12 Splits upDIVIDES7Across13 Magician having terrible trouble with security!WARLOCK7Across13 ConsumedATE3Across15 Short name for a Carmelite centreMEL3Across15 Body of waterSEA3Across15 LowMOO3Across17 Of the earOTIC4Across17 In the menagerie, it's not just a pondERIE4Across17 DevilIMP3Across18 PantihoseTIGHTS6Across18 To pile in order to be obligingPOLITE6Across18 WelcomeGREET5Across19 Seen to contain five in numberSEVEN5Across19 VitalityPEP3Across19 Wee drinks around closing time, one imaginesDREAMS6Across20 GlowersGLARES6Across20 ThickDENSE5Across20 EqualityPAR3Across21 General secretary?AIDE4Across22 Poker stakeANTE4Across22 UntruthLIE3Across22 MeadowLEA3Across23 Still the old-fashioned style of shirtYET3Across24 ExpireDIE3Across24 FishEEL3Across24 Tough guy creating drama in the outskirts of HendonHARDMAN7Across25 AftersDESSERT7Across25 TerrorDREAD5Across26 Trembling tree?ASPEN5Across26 Continental quiltDUVET5Across26 Macho, but only to a companionBUTCH5Across27 New ZealanderMAORI5Across27 Pass onRELAY5Across28 It's a blow, being dismissed at 150!CLOUT5Across28 Listen fully to anything saidHEAROUT7Across29 DisentangleUNRAVEL7Across29 Beneath being stood on in the way impliedUNDER5Across30 EdgeVERGE5Across30 Shallow round dishPLATE5Across31 The place is in sheer chaos!ESHER5Across31 ReputeFAME4Across33 VirtueCHASTITY8Across34 ImproveBETTER6Across35 ShowyTAWDRY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Skilful, dexterousADROIT6Down2 The terrible fellow twice turned traitor!TARTAR6Down2 AscendedAROSE5Down2 It's good to go easily, however hazardousGAMBLE6Down3 LanguageARABIC6Down3 SpeedRATE4Down3 PorcelainCHINA5Down4 CoverLID3Down4 Drink up a bit snappishlySIP3Down4 JavelinSPEAR5Down5 The fists, slangDUKES5Down5 Baby bird?STORK5Down5 LotFATE4Down6 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down6 It could be an educational timeSESSION7Down6 Keep switching, doggedly!PEKE4Down7 ArticleITEM4Down7 LiveEXIST5Down7 It's no cert, perhaps, for the playerCORNET6Down8 FireworkROCKET6Down8 AgreeableSAPID5Down10 SufficientAMPLE5Down11 Areas where broken-down cars are put out of the wayACRES5Down12 EncipheredCODED5Down12 Tolerates, enduresBEARS5Down12 ScopeRANGE5Down13 SidestepDODGE5Down13 Housemaid?WENDY5Down13 CedeYIELD5Down14 EssentialVITAL5Down14 Hold firmly that I have to be in the rightRIVET5Down14 HorrifyAPPAL5Down15 A note reciprocated?MINIM5Down15 Emit lightSHINE5Down15 StrayedERRED5Down16 Valuable commodityASSET5Down16 The loch is smooth at one cornerLEVEN5Down16 Tree or soft variety of canePECAN5Down18 BeliefTENET5Down18 AuthenticGENUINE7Down19 Old-fashioned girl of destructive beauty?SMASHER7Down19 Get back and once more goRETURN6Down21 EnvoyLEGATE6Down21 Grown-ups with no children!ADULTS6Down22 In additionASWELL6Down22 Nominally blue, it finishes up in the Black SeaDANUBE6Down23 School absenteeTRUANT6Down23 Pumping centreHEART5Down25 AngryIRATE5Down25 Hold upDELAY5Down25 Narcotic, for exampleDRUG4Down26 Suffering taken to heart by teachersACHE4Down26 ReappearRECUR5Down27 It's pushed over a bridge to start the ball rollingCUE3Down28 AgentREP3Down28 AsunderAPART5Down28 BuryINTER5Down30 DespatchedSENT4Down31 StoreSTOW4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, April 24, 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.