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Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 128 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#
EnthusiastMANIAC6Across1 Cut wool fromSHEAR5Across3 Instead of being solidified, it may be liquidASSET5Across3 RingCIRCLE6Across5 OutmodedOBSOLETE8Across8 A non-U ritual can be a testing timeTRIAL5Across8 BuildPUTUP5Across8 HazardRISK4Across9 Offence committed at lighting up timeARSON5Across10 PurchaserBUYER5Across10 EnergyPEP3Across10 The beast takes a share when you sign upGNU3Across11 Fizzy drinkPOP3Across11 It takes two to nag, anyhowTANGO5Across12 WildFERAL5Across12 FeatSTUNT5Across12 Where preservation makes a woman cry outCANNERY7Across13 VisualOPTICAL7Across13 RipsTEARS5Across15 WandROD3Across15 Breaking rules can have attractionsLURES5Across15 GrooveRUT3Across17 To love excessivelyTOO3Across18 ColourHUE3Across18 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Across18 Reply concerning an offenceRETORT6Across19 FussADO3Across19 Church talkSERMON6Across19 DivertAMUSE5Across20 WrathIRE3Across21 Goes backRETURNS7Across21 Means not to scatter seed aroundDENOTES7Across21 Gangster whose job is to provide cover?HOOD4Across22 EntranceDOOR4Across22 AwayOFF3Across22 ExpensiveDEAR4Across23 Multiplication stableSTUD4Across23 CupMUG3Across23 SpriteELF3Across24 A religious orderJESUITS7Across24 Non-metallic elementSULPHUR7Across24 Rubs outERASES6Across26 UntrueFALSE5Across26 Agree to let a convict have a dogCONCUR6Across26 A low cry from the back roomMOO3Across29 EntrapNET3Across29 Golf standardPAR3Across29 Mad keen on money, take a humble positionKNEEL5Across31 Tropical plantSENNA5Across31 LockjawTETANUS7Across32 Clothed?DENUDED7Across32 DifficultHARD4Across33 Meant to use mixed mediaAIMED5Across34 ValuablePRECIOUS8Across34 Go inENTER5Across34 Digit going eastTOE3Across35 DiscountREBATE6Across35 Small bread rollBUN3Across35 Bring half of us just in caseCAUSE5Across36 DecayedROTTEN6Across36 Light purpleLILAC5Across36 It's a confusing thing to doBLEND5Across37 ChangeALTER5Across37 Noted duet composition, maybe by ChopinETUDE5Across38 Boy's nameKENNY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Young dogPUPPY5Down1 If it's vital, you need more than oneORGAN5Down1 SaunterAMBLE5Down2 Ted embraces Sally, perhaps, when teasedTAUNTED7Down2 PlanetJUPITER7Down2 ImageIDOL4Down3 Keep, say, about half of itSTAY4Down4 Shoe partHEEL4Down4 FissureCLEFT5Down4 WashCLEAN5Down5 Fliers have ways to get out of a terrible galeEAGLES6Down5 SubsidesABATES6Down5 UnusualRARE4Down6 It can swim or run round a bendTROUT5Down6 Measuring stickRULER5Down6 Paris undergroundMETRO5Down7 LariatLASSO5Down7 Piratical dog?ROVER5Down7 ToddlerTOT3Down9 Where to have hearty drinks before closing downINN3Down9 PutPLACE5Down10 EvidencePROOF5Down11 Inanely foolishFATUOUS7Down12 RodSTAFF5Down12 Soldier or toper, possiblyTROOPER7Down12 CustomaryUSUAL5Down13 One transformed in timeEON3Down14 IncisionCUT3Down14 TopicTHEME5Down14 RuleREIGN5Down15 Is cheering, in a down-to-earth wayROOTS5Down16 Traffic light colourAMBER5Down16 ResidedDWELT5Down16 Learn to translate '38 Across'STUDY5Down17 Sleep noisilySNORE5Down17 Carried on getting a key amount into the redRESUMED7Down19 PhotographerSNAPPER7Down19 VergesEDGES5Down20 Like thieves, simply stupidTHICK5Down20 Poet cheated out of a bit of funDONNE5Down21 Native of RomeROMAN5Down21 Long-lastingDURABLE7Down23 How one might deny being sly about a wide boySTOUTLY7Down23 Spiritualists' meetingSEANCE6Down24 Lover who took a month to tie the knotJULIET6Down24 A little matter one takes furtherION3Down25 Trilby, sayHAT3Down25 DepartLEAVE5Down25 Post offREMIT5Down27 Like draught beer brewed in part of ClaptonONTAP5Down27 PlentifulAMPLE5Down27 Move furtivelySNEAK5Down28 Stop sounding somewhat sea-sickCEASE5Down28 CurseSWEAR5Down28 AvoidELUDE5Down30 Not so big apple!WEENY5Down30 MelodiesTUNES5Down30 ThoughtIDEA4Down31 Aquatic birdTERN4Down32 It's done up againDEED4Down32 PresentGIFT4Down32 John's party has a late finishDOE3Down33 Pistachio, sayNUT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, July 12, 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.