Evening Standard Crossword July 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for July 23 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Plan41 AcrossReveal answer → Great fear53 AcrossReveal answer → The skinhead cried when given the brush-off53 AcrossReveal answer → Watch34 AcrossReveal answer → Job46 AcrossReveal answer → Is such English a little like Low Latin?58 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish man58 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep39 AcrossReveal answer → Trite510 AcrossReveal answer → Peeled810 AcrossReveal answer → The crime of a hard hearted lad510 AcrossReveal answer → Pass left behind by the commanding officer311 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary bird311 AcrossReveal answer → Torn411 AcrossReveal answer → She gives an article to a boy512 AcrossReveal answer → Lowest point512 AcrossReveal answer → Sunshade713 AcrossReveal answer → It can be played voluntarily713 AcrossReveal answer → Hill314 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone515 AcrossReveal answer → Dried out an excellent colour515 AcrossReveal answer → Flat516 AcrossReveal answer → Will you not get it by standing firm?318 AcrossReveal answer → Yellowish-brown colour318 AcrossReveal answer → Time can mean little619 AcrossReveal answer → Contemplate819 AcrossReveal answer → Begin again619 AcrossReveal answer → Lockjaw721 AcrossReveal answer → He's embracing a horrible pair of females721 AcrossReveal answer → Not ever521 AcrossReveal answer → Plant422 AcrossReveal answer → Hero sometimes given a medal422 AcrossReveal answer → Pierce with horns423 AcrossReveal answer → Going out of turn, Meg can make a bloomer423 AcrossReveal answer → Dedication823 AcrossReveal answer → Our superiors as punters?724 AcrossReveal answer → American whiskey724 AcrossReveal answer → Danger524 AcrossReveal answer → An affordable extra626 AcrossReveal answer → Number626 AcrossReveal answer → Permit327 AcrossReveal answer → An heiress's passion?329 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name329 AcrossReveal answer → Where pigs have links with the last of the Mohicans531 AcrossReveal answer → Swift431 AcrossReveal answer → Aircraft detection system531 AcrossReveal answer → Virtually a letter by word of mouth732 AcrossReveal answer → Aggressive driver732 AcrossReveal answer → Entertain833 AcrossReveal answer → Interjected by a president?534 AcrossReveal answer → Golf peg334 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden shoe534 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel back from Bute335 AcrossReveal answer → Ale435 AcrossReveal answer → On strike335 AcrossReveal answer → Be receptive and understanding536 AcrossReveal answer → Youth336 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable thing536 AcrossReveal answer → Large composition by an English composer537 AcrossReveal answer → Neat437 AcrossReveal answer → Smooth, shiny537 AcrossReveal answer → Figure to take a nap at mid-evening538 AcrossReveal answer → Underground drain538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Wild51 DownReveal answer → Pearly looking variety of crane51 DownReveal answer → Finds72 DownReveal answer → An enthusiast for light entertainment72 DownReveal answer → Tardy42 DownReveal answer → Excursion43 DownReveal answer → Genuine44 DownReveal answer → That which every new hat has44 DownReveal answer → Burst84 DownReveal answer → Puts up with65 DownReveal answer → Whirlpool45 DownReveal answer → In short, a dance hall65 DownReveal answer → Abrupt56 DownReveal answer → Challenges56 DownReveal answer → In a tunnel, maybe, half of it gets wet56 DownReveal answer → Wonder37 DownReveal answer → Seraglio57 DownReveal answer → Its career is longer than meteoric57 DownReveal answer → Feeling58 DownReveal answer → And not39 DownReveal answer → Thus, you finish with very little money39 DownReveal answer → Fragment512 DownReveal answer → Baffle by getting a bit complex712 DownReveal answer → Nine-sided figure712 DownReveal answer → Beneath513 DownReveal answer → Can314 DownReveal answer → A standard spare part314 DownReveal answer → Was seated314 DownReveal answer → Spree515 DownReveal answer → Ancient writings unravelled by nurse516 DownReveal answer → Japanese padded quilt516 DownReveal answer → Sound517 DownReveal answer → Many seem upset, one judges517 DownReveal answer → Insurgent517 DownReveal answer → Mendacious518 DownReveal answer → Just say the word719 DownReveal answer → Behave without restraint719 DownReveal answer → Slogs to produce a nice finish520 DownReveal answer → Clyde, say520 DownReveal answer → Backed820 DownReveal answer → A charmer I would have time for521 DownReveal answer → Weary521 DownReveal answer → Decay322 DownReveal answer → Venetian boat723 DownReveal answer → Much wild rage at some intransigent lying723 DownReveal answer → Scold harshly624 DownReveal answer → Former African name for stray U-boats624 DownReveal answer → Bleat325 DownReveal answer → Show mistaken signs of humanity325 DownReveal answer → Exhilarate525 DownReveal answer → Bury526 DownReveal answer → Piece of stout terylene, say527 DownReveal answer → Lariat527 DownReveal answer → Not enthusiastic for some small change in a new diet528 DownReveal answer → Urns528 DownReveal answer → Image428 DownReveal answer → Worry429 DownReveal answer → Being saintly, Alan keeps out of the Boar's Head530 DownReveal answer → Distinguished530 DownReveal answer → Tart430 DownReveal answer → Italian capital432 DownReveal answer → Observe332 DownReveal answer → Act dumb432 DownReveal answer → Pull on an ear333 DownReveal answer → Shade of colour333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.