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Evening Standard Crossword July 11 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 11 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
ProphetSEER4Across1 ExpireDIE3Across4 DesireWISH4Across6 StruggleTUSSLE6Across8 The dope - the real silly - is an officerGENERAL7Across8 Polish danceMAZURKA7Across8 CommunicationSIGNAL6Across9 Speaking out and admittingOPENINGUP9Across9 UnassertiveDIFFIDENT9Across9 WagesPAY3Across10 MarSPOIL5Across12 Passenger vesselLINER5Across13 Gather the mother animal plays a protective roleAMASS5Across13 ColourMAUVE5Across14 LeesDREGS5Across14 Take advantage of the '9' to registerENTER5Across14 PermittedALLOWED7Across15 Entertainer who's first-rate all round, potentiallyARTISTE7Across15 RespondREACT5Across15 Was a smuggler, too, but a loserALSORAN7Across16 RetortRIPOSTE7Across16 DeadlyFATAL5Across17 Send right back a while afterREMIT5Across17 A pail put out to catch the rain in springAPRIL5Across18 ReelSPOOL5Across18 SlumberingASLEEP6Across18 AverASSERT6Across20 Type and prepare to postSTAMP5Across20 Obsequious personTOADY5Across20 SpiteMALICE6Across22 Having bought, though about a quarter is on creditOWNING6Across22 FractionsTENTHS6Across23 Tail the animal had caught inSHADOW6Across23 PoisonousTOXIC5Across24 Frog larvaTADPOLE7Across25 Do, kind of, have a partnerCONSORT7Across25 As an alternativeINSTEAD7Across27 From Somerset, he'd taken the daughter in the carCHEDDAR7Across27 SavourTASTE5Across28 Twig it's some sort of electrical deviceSWITCH6Across30 NoonMIDDAY6Across30 PinPEG3Across30 Small restaurantBISTRO6Across31 Make your way slowly to table at half pastSTROLL6Across31 PesterPLAGUE6Across32 Well known for having sporadically done time inNOTED5Across32 Rabbit cageHUTCH5Across32 RecoverREDEEM6Across33 AskewAWRY4Across34 About to enter the facts, is new to itGREEN5Across35 TendonSINEW5Across35 CircuitLAP3Across35 Contacts with the mobsRINGS5Across36 ReluctantLOTH4Across36 SmellAROMA5Across36 Certain to put the question to, by hook or by crookSOMEHOW7Across37 GlassTUMBLER7Across37 Informs one about every setbackTEACHES7Across39 First letterINITIAL7Across39 Give to the new-formed party thereinENDOW5Across41 Reject with contemptSPURN5Across41 Stand outside quarters in a state of the jittersTENSE5Across42 VillainROGUE5Across42 It's in need of a sharpener, silly!POINTLESS9Across43 Sausage dogDACHSHUND9Across43 Arranged as instructed toORDERED7Across44 SteadfastSTAUNCH7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Short sleepCATNAP6Down1 Awards the lads harassed me overMEDALS6Down1 Channel IslandGUERNSEY8Down2 Happens to mention, when rentals decreaseLETSDROP8Down2 Fit outEQUIP5Down2 Dairy productSKIMMEDMILK11Down3 Understand and rescue the shipwreck victim?TAKEONBOARD11Down3 BreatheRESPIRE7Down3 Farm animalsLIVESTOCK9Down4 Meant to assemble some in the homeAPARTMENT9Down4 ProfoundDEEP4Down4 SociableAFFABLE7Down5 FacileEASY4Down5 Also mount up slowlyANDANTE7Down5 BetWAGER5Down6 TeenagerADOLESCENT10Down6 Single and not stuck on anybody?UNATTACHED10Down6 ReelSTAGGER7Down7 AfreshANEW4Down7 Returning the cakes would be an insultBUNS4Down7 Red wineCLARET6Down10 Bother to tell you which tweed it isHARASS6Down10 CurveARC3Down11 English countySUFFOLK7Down11 Looking smart, are almost all inSTARING7Down11 SpringSPA3Down12 The chap dropped round at the beginning of the weekFELLOW6Down12 Grown-upsADULTS6Down12 ShelterLEE3Down13 SuitableAPT3Down16 LevyTAX3Down17 SuperficialSHALLOW7Down19 Notice, when the train moves out, looking very happyRADIANT7Down19 PariahOUTCAST7Down19 PoseSIT3Down21 StrandABANDON7Down21 Poison one is about to mix intoACONITE7Down21 DisgraceSCANDAL7Down22 FastenTIE3Down23 What an argument winner will have, being smartTHELASTWORD11Down24 UnluckyUNFORTUNATE11Down24 MineralORE3Down25 DramatistPLAYWRIGHT10Down26 Having time to give to the oldSECONDHAND10Down26 IrateANGRY5Down27 Relax when on the witness box? No problem!STANDEASY9Down28 Large luxury carLIMOUSINE9Down28 Beefy one posted to patrol aroundTOPSIDE7Down29 LarcenyTHEFT5Down29 LayerSTRATUM7Down29 TollPEAL4Down30 Sees what the guidebooks said to seeSIGHTS6Down30 Cotton fabricMUSLIN6Down30 ClutchGRIP4Down31 Just as glossy as before, but that's all rightNOMATTER8Down32 FunnyHUMOROUS8Down32 Occurred to the shaky new father holding itDAWNED6Down33 Large waspHORNET6Down33 At 'hair of the dog,' become angryBRISTLE7Down34 Hunting cryTALLYHO7Down34 BequestLEGACY6Down38 Given to, had clutched the wrong endHANDED6Down38 A cat scrapATOM4Down40 Mosque prayer-leaderIMAM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 11, 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.