Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2025 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 5 2025. 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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American state53 AcrossReveal answer → Take up training with much fuss53 AcrossReveal answer → Pulverise54 AcrossReveal answer → Brawl67 AcrossReveal answer → A lingerie item in mind58 AcrossReveal answer → Lid58 AcrossReveal answer → Opponent39 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel310 AcrossReveal answer → Wet or showery510 AcrossReveal answer → But not the uncle of Romulus!510 AcrossReveal answer → Knight's line in the old Southern Railway311 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish receptacle311 AcrossReveal answer → Villain who would fain be good-hearted?512 AcrossReveal answer → Ward off512 AcrossReveal answer → Wild512 AcrossReveal answer → Gem413 AcrossReveal answer → Only part of the way, by whatever means713 AcrossReveal answer → Leave for dead713 AcrossReveal answer → Thus has a use in pickle515 AcrossReveal answer → Sham515 AcrossReveal answer → Pondered515 AcrossReveal answer → Amuse617 AcrossReveal answer → Mother Riley's initial ruin!318 AcrossReveal answer → Hearing organ318 AcrossReveal answer → Whence the ball comes in from an angle619 AcrossReveal answer → Pull419 AcrossReveal answer → Concluding part619 AcrossReveal answer → Subject520 AcrossReveal answer → Yearbook721 AcrossReveal answer → Fresh portion of heavenly cheese, allegedly721 AcrossReveal answer → Afflicts422 AcrossReveal answer → The land one managed?422 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent322 AcrossReveal answer → It may have been spent in Argentina423 AcrossReveal answer → Treaty423 AcrossReveal answer → Confuses724 AcrossReveal answer → Went in724 AcrossReveal answer → Held the letter that was torn724 AcrossReveal answer → Subsides626 AcrossReveal answer → Those razor-sharp Sheffielders?626 AcrossReveal answer → Clamour327 AcrossReveal answer → Staid528 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricate329 AcrossReveal answer → Chest expander329 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein a hairdresser may arrange loans?531 AcrossReveal answer → Of the nose531 AcrossReveal answer → Dot431 AcrossReveal answer → One who doesn't believe in being rotten about Charlie732 AcrossReveal answer → Collide with732 AcrossReveal answer → Reviser633 AcrossReveal answer → Puzzle-solving aids534 AcrossReveal answer → Make a call where you figure to take a seat534 AcrossReveal answer → Young fellow making money nowadays335 AcrossReveal answer → Crib335 AcrossReveal answer → Viper535 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly deem a sorceress536 AcrossReveal answer → Proportion536 AcrossReveal answer → Fabric a bit looser, generally?537 AcrossReveal answer → Seraglio537 AcrossReveal answer → Circle437 AcrossReveal answer → Clan538 AcrossReveal answer → Coil538 AcrossReveal answer → Smooth as keels can be538 AcrossReveal answer → Rank339 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit341 AcrossReveal answer → Irritate642 AcrossReveal answer → Bordered543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Bad ignition51 DownReveal answer → Police officer, informally51 DownReveal answer → Exertion61 DownReveal answer → Inspire fellows to form a brigade, perhaps72 DownReveal answer → Boarding place for dogs72 DownReveal answer → Display62 DownReveal answer → Droop33 DownReveal answer → Level44 DownReveal answer → Manage44 DownReveal answer → The result of equality44 DownReveal answer → Prompt55 DownReveal answer → Foreign language65 DownReveal answer → Jug of porridge65 DownReveal answer → Pepper86 DownReveal answer → Singer with the general idea56 DownReveal answer → Hairdresser's shop56 DownReveal answer → Possibly cures an affliction57 DownReveal answer → Make void57 DownReveal answer → Identical48 DownReveal answer → By way of39 DownReveal answer → Mean to achieve a rise in amiability39 DownReveal answer → Yield911 DownReveal answer → They give shape to new reforms712 DownReveal answer → Searches for food712 DownReveal answer → Weir314 DownReveal answer → Fruit414 DownReveal answer → Hawaiian fruit?314 DownReveal answer → Asterisk416 DownReveal answer → Like every single adult516 DownReveal answer → Festive occasions516 DownReveal answer → In old movies, maybe Peter turns up with Flynn517 DownReveal answer → Chairs517 DownReveal answer → Sell418 DownReveal answer → An agreement, to be brief719 DownReveal answer → Inanely foolish719 DownReveal answer → All arms and legs?520 DownReveal answer → Heathen520 DownReveal answer → Alan's upset about Victor, the marine521 DownReveal answer → Impeded821 DownReveal answer → Assumed name521 DownReveal answer → Trial423 DownReveal answer → Aquatic bird723 DownReveal answer → Puzzle as to how one can get cross after misspelling 'purple'723 DownReveal answer → Quick to make friends in Ealing624 DownReveal answer → Roar624 DownReveal answer → Fastened425 DownReveal answer → Food item of the sloppiest kind?325 DownReveal answer → Transgression325 DownReveal answer → Entrance426 DownReveal answer → Being light, it's said to suit the slacker527 DownReveal answer → Trite527 DownReveal answer → They love a peaceful flight528 DownReveal answer → Unspoken528 DownReveal answer → Span629 DownReveal answer → Tattered630 DownReveal answer → Complete, total530 DownReveal answer → Fly in the central position at some stage530 DownReveal answer → List532 DownReveal answer → The whole team gave an audible sigh!432 DownReveal answer → Bring up432 DownReveal answer → Jack's in the right area333 DownReveal answer → And not333 DownReveal answer → Press434 DownReveal answer → Lifeless436 DownReveal answer → Intelligence340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. 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.