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Evening Standard Crossword July 17 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 17 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
The pair Cleo contrives to hold upCOUPLE6Across1 Light shoeSANDAL6Across1 MovableMOBILE6Across1 RescueSAVE4Across5 The terrible lizard is around to be found!DINOSAUR8Across7 CloudyOVERCAST8Across7 Opening for a hotheaded Scandinavian?HOLE4Across8 Look intentlyPEER4Across8 OverallSMOCK5Across8 NothingNIL3Across9 On a ship or trainABOARD6Across10 It's in Brno, perhaps, that one of our people may be touringBRITON6Across10 PenCOOP4Across10 Scoff atDERIDE6Across11 It's a short way to ride, so walkSTRIDE6Across11 RitualRITE4Across11 SymbolTOKEN5Across12 TintedTINGED6Across13 MineralORE3Across14 In no way immediately!NOW3Across14 SplitRIFT4Across16 Fine fabric for a French femaleNINON5Across16 Lowest pointNADIR5Across16 Active and briskSPRY4Across17 As jointly assembled for angling?RODS4Across17 MangerCRIB4Across18 Where the women are about to be taken in by bad actingHAREM5Across19 Refund, reimburseREPAY5Across19 MarshFEN3Across20 Rescuer jammed in a crevasse?SAVER5Across21 Of punishmentPENAL5Across21 OceanSEA3Across22 So curved as to suit me a lotDOMED5Across22 CountryJAPAN5Across22 Robert, Bobby's inspirationPEEL4Across23 StrikeHIT3Across23 EnemiesFOES4Across23 WitherFADE4Across24 InclineTEND4Across25 Backless seatSTOOL5Across26 One has a right, in the end, to followTRAIL5Across26 DeityGOD3Across28 LeashTETHER6Across28 Jerry's drinking companionTOM3Across28 ObjectiveTARGET6Across29 One is free to fire at itRANDOM6Across29 Stiffen, setHARDEN6Across30 Sailor's art form in middle-ageRATING6Across30 StartleALARM5Across30 No longer is this said to be pastoralORAL4Across31 EmploysUSES4Across31 It can be so suddenPROPOSAL8Across32 Guitar pickPLECTRUM8Across32 GapHOLE4Across32 StoryTALE4Across33 Golf clubPUTTER6Across33 When there's trouble, he takes things badlyLOOTER6Across33 CookFRY3Across34 PerformedACTED5Across35 HazeMIST4Across36 PhlegmaticSTOLID6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SmallMINUTE6Down1 Large scissorsSHEARS6Down1 A curve in the roadCAMBER6Down1 Sad or dullDREARY6Down2 To shop around for picturesPHOTOS6Down2 PoisedBALANCED8Down2 NoblemanLORD4Down3 Paradise in Sweden?EDEN4Down3 CupboardLOCKER6Down3 Arms depotARSENAL7Down4 SignificantIMPORTANT9Down4 Kevin acts firm and possibly sternCOSTNER7Down4 In Dickens, an admirer who takes in JoeFAGIN5Down5 Of rabiesRABID5Down5 SquealSCREECH7Down5 RelatedAKIN4Down6 Colourful setting for 8 AcrossGREEN5Down6 Complete, totalUTTER5Down6 AlwaysEVER4Down7 Such quarters are at the rearHIND4Down8 DrunkardSOT3Down8 Badly offPOOR4Down8 BeforeERE3Down9 In Holloway, depressedLOW3Down9 Beam of sunlightRAY3Down12 The edge but not the whole perimeterRIM3Down12 Mournful songDIRGE5Down13 American city to avoid?DODGE5Down13 TwistedDISTORTED9Down14 Of the kidneysRENAL5Down15 HealthyFIT3Down15 Maurice upset LaverRAVEL5Down15 ChargeFEE3Down17 Italian foodPASTA5Down18 An aged musical work?OPERA5Down18 Bit of a shame he's so cornyHAM3Down19 AgentREP3Down19 LawfulRIGHTFUL8Down19 Like a rose, perhaps, it can be pottedRED3Down20 Cooking vesselPAN3Down20 ObeseFAT3Down20 King alone for a day?SOLOMON7Down21 Paint-mixing boardPALETTE7Down21 IgnoreNEGLECT7Down21 Passed up againDID3Down22 Run to keep fitJOG3Down22 Large wooded areaFOREST6Down23 To pot a new plantPOTATO6Down23 Can he lie around a lot?EMIL4Down24 Betting chancesODDS4Down24 Apparently a tugboat?LUGGER6Down25 VocalistSINGER6Down25 AbandonDESERT6Down26 PacesSTEPS5Down26 Catches a stray spratTRAPS5Down26 WornFRAYED6Down27 CommandORDER5Down27 Displease a number in any caseANNOY5Down27 In the night, arguably, it's blackTAR3Down28 Household fuelGAS3Down28 BogusSHAM4Down29 It's called breadROLL4Down30 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down30 Camel's protuberanceHUMP4Down30 FrenziedMAD3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 17, 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.