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Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 125 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#
Relieve, sootheALLAY5Across1 A jaunt on the river, in GermanySPREE5Across1 ViperADDER5Across3 Pudding to eat in soft comfortPEASE5Across6 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Across6 Attract and fascinateBEWITCH7Across9 Decry faultless service going round the countrySLANDER7Across9 RestREPOSE6Across9 Card gameWHIST5Across10 PliantDOCILE6Across10 A blow afloat?SMACK5Across10 Major arteryAORTA5Across11 A chemical derived from tin, just aboutNITRE5Across11 WarhorseSTEED5Across11 HuntSEEK4Across12 TaleSTORY5Across12 Make a mess of something sweetFUDGE5Across12 Igneous rockGRANITE7Across13 Cause of furrowed brows or wires getting tangledWORRIES7Across13 When you've only a pound left, it means everything!ALL3Across15 FairJUST4Across15 GratuityTIP3Across15 Forget to order the thing?OMIT4Across17 ExtendSTRETCH7Across17 Time before EasterLENT4Across17 The way mousy types eat?NIBBLE6Across18 TranquilSERENE6Across18 Gives out cardsDEALS5Across19 It catches fish in the RhoneHERON5Across19 Short fall of rainSHOWER6Across20 The farmer's means of guidance?TILLER6Across20 Pig penSTY3Across20 MoistHUMID5Across21 Great numberHOST4Across22 Temptation to break a ruleLURE4Across22 HaystackRICK4Across23 Being in the garden gets us out of the houseHOE3Across24 SpeakSAY3Across24 ShootTWIG4Across25 AvariciousMISERLY7Across25 Fine a lot of moneyCAPITAL7Across25 Honoured to be public relations officer for an urban districtPROUD5Across26 KnotHITCH5Across26 Senior memberDOYEN5Across26 Scope, extentAMBIT5Across27 Is such lacy work a little loopy?PICOT5Across27 A beautiful creature left in dangerPERIL5Across28 BurningAFIRE5Across28 PosedSAT3Across28 Politician capable of treason?SENATOR7Across29 BureaucracyREDTAPE7Across29 The old-fashioned fellows in the countryYEMEN5Across30 Zodiac signARIES5Across30 EncourageHEARTEN7Across30 Rub outERASE5Across31 My outward thoughts are flights of fancyMYTHS5Across31 ExcusePLEA4Across33 VictualsFARE4Across35 BranchBOUGH5Across36 WeakenIMPAIR6Across38 DislikeHATRED6Across39 IrritableTESTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CrassGROSS5Down1 Pakistani cityLAHORE6Down2 SuperiorUPPER5Down2 This gun is obviously a repeaterPOMPOM6Down2 Coster's companion?ESCORT6Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 AwayABSENT6Down3 Animal of a novel kindELK3Down4 DisengageDETACH6Down4 StillYET3Down4 ParadiseEDEN4Down5 Beefy Aberdonian?ANGUS5Down5 Ski-slopePISTE5Down5 WandROD3Down6 King, maybe, unable to take flightPENGUIN7Down6 Neckwear itemsSCARVES7Down6 LessMINUS5Down7 Before touring India, name a lakeERIE4Down7 Nautical cryAHOY4Down7 PierJETTY5Down8 Walk on the street with a sailorly gaitSTROLL6Down8 InterruptBUTTIN6Down8 Bit of fun always on Saturday night?FEVER5Down12 GuideSTEER5Down12 EndlessETERNAL7Down13 Drinking vesselGLASS5Down13 An inaccurate throw can still have meritWORTH5Down13 BoatKETCH5Down14 Irritate, displeaseANNOY5Down14 Search and rob of a weaponRIFLE5Down14 Concerning a seaman out to wreck a U-boatABOUT5Down15 Male voiceTENOR5Down15 ReelSTAGGER7Down16 TrivialPETTY5Down16 It provides a regular returnLEVEL5Down16 IntuitionHUNCH5Down18 KilledSLAIN5Down18 Travelling tribesmanNOMAD5Down18 RelegatesDEMOTES7Down19 Cheer when you hear the team's a man short?HEARTEN7Down19 IntelligenceWIT3Down19 Hand toolHAMMER6Down21 When one has nothing to eat, this can come in a bottle!IODINE6Down21 MidgetDWARF5Down22 Brownish uniform?LIVERY6Down22 Young cowHEIFER6Down22 Drinks noisilySLURPS6Down23 Something served to soldier (vegetarian)RADISH6Down23 RelationsKIN3Down24 ThawsMELTS5Down25 Foreign and possibly coming to heelCUBAN5Down25 An exposed position?POSE4Down26 DisastrousDIRE4Down26 AltitudeHEIGHT6Down27 Quiet order to a little dogPOM3Down28 PrimateAPE3Down28 CleaveSPLIT5Down28 SpeedTEMPO5Down29 LingerTARRY5Down31 IndigentNEEDY5Down32 HeartCORE4Down34 PieceBIT3Down36 FodderHAY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 16, 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.