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Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 132 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#
RestrainCHECK5Across2 Of AsiaASIAN5Across3 Caught the light? Hold tight!CLAMP5Across3 BoatCANOE5Across7 What to do with a stick, given 'not out'?BATON5Across8 SketchDRAFT5Across8 Tear into small piecesRIPUP5Across8 It's made wrongERROR5Across10 CryptVAULT5Across10 ConfusionPANIC5Across10 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Across11 American Civil War JohnnyREB3Across11 NewtEFT3Across12 You could roam with one in New ZealandMAORI5Across12 StoriesTALES5Across12 Edward about to be impetuous when rubbishedTRASHED7Across13 Whole numberINTEGER7Across13 UnitedFUSED5Across13 DeceivedCHEATED7Across15 TitlesNAMES5Across15 Books most tours out EastTOMES5Across15 PeruserREADER6Across17 Catch turns up a whole numberTEN3Across18 Boy's nameTED3Across18 Rent some rooms to a bullfighterTORERO6Across19 MooseELK3Across19 StubbornMULISH6Across19 SlanderedDEFAMED7Across20 EntourageRETINUE7Across21 Protein for people out to tear around!KERATIN7Across21 Religious imageICON4Across22 A vessel slightly openAJAR4Across22 Paper quantityREAM4Across23 BirdIBIS4Across23 Joined in making newsSEWN4Across23 One who gives upQUITTER7Across24 Shouted at, dammit, when conducted!HECKLED7Across24 BreedREAR4Across25 Worries about something often dropped in restaurantsCHAFES6Across26 Counting frameABACUS6Across26 DeterminedDECIDED7Across26 A chap of 50 nowadays?LAD3Across29 IntentionAIM3Across29 FishCOD3Across30 InherentNATIVE6Across31 Light boatCANOE5Across31 He walks his girl round for a bit of biking!HIKER5Across31 InventsCREATES7Across32 Leaves the bit Desmond acceptedDEPARTS7Across32 Tribesman who backed Hill as a driverNOMAD5Across34 DeclinedREFUSED7Across34 ConstructBUILD5Across34 Black art, possibly?TAR3Across35 BornNEE3Across35 Bit of a clever Dick, this composer?VERDI5Across36 Love deeplyADORE5Across36 Some gangster's girlMEGAN5Across37 SkilfulADEPT5Across37 ElementMETAL5Across37 Fire remainsASHES5Across38 Reads duplicated letters out where one canSCANS5Across38 VehicleCAR3Across38 CouchDIVAN5Across39 IrrigateWATER5Across40 SpeciesGENUS5Across41 CapBERET5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pottery ovensKILNS5Down1 WorthVALUE5Down1 Transport by two meansCARRY5Down1 HushQUIETEN7Down2 One of the gangMOBSTER7Down2 ManagedCOPED5Down2 LedHEADED6Down3 ScorchSEAR4Down4 FashionableCHIC4Down4 The burden of a youth concealing his loveLOAD4Down4 WaveBREAKER7Down5 Paul's borough?MERTON6Down5 A broad streetAVENUE6Down5 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down6 Of the noseNASAL5Down6 He's good, being earlierPRIOR5Down6 Runs awayFLEES5Down7 A stiff game?POKER5Down7 FavouritePET3Down9 AsternAFT3Down9 A wet reason to interrupt the cricketTEA3Down9 BelittleCHEAPEN7Down11 MonotonousTEDIOUS7Down12 Threatens to give men their cardsMENACES7Down12 FlimsyFRAIL5Down13 AgreeableSAPID5Down14 He has a right to the woman!HER3Down14 ObtainGET3Down14 Measured out for me and EdwardMETED5Down16 SkinflintMISER5Down16 TreeELM3Down16 What we hear is goodSOUND5Down17 Ignominy, disgraceSHAME5Down17 LivedRESIDED7Down18 Touchingly amusedTICKLED7Down19 Hot condimentMUSTARD7Down19 A four week walkMARCH5Down20 Shrub or small treeLILAC5Down20 LiabilityDEBIT5Down21 Boat overturned?KAYAK5Down21 Person from RomeROMAN5Down21 Fishing basketCREEL5Down22 Quietened down Ed instead, for a changeSEDATED7Down23 Returns to custodyREMANDS7Down23 Lines of peopleQUEUES6Down24 ObtainedSECURED7Down24 Brave as Leander's mate, I seeHEROIC6Down24 Wash around circuitously?LAP3Down25 Drawn matchTIE3Down25 GroupsBANDS5Down27 LettuceCOS3Down27 Borrowed for a special ride to SouthendHIRED5Down27 HarmDAMAGE6Down28 SnakeCOBRA5Down28 Point G-men out as one acts for oneselfFENDS5Down28 RotDECAY5Down29 OozesSEEPS5Down30 Could such a hat conceal warts?STRAW5Down30 Puzzle-solving aidCLUE4Down32 PrincipleTENET5Down32 Woman waving a wandDAWN4Down32 Cloth or paperRAG3Down33 ObscureVAGUE5Down33 Golf pegTEE3Down33 ObeseFAT3Down35 DreadfulDIRE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, July 20, 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.