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Evening Standard Crossword July 25 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 25 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
TestASSAY5Across3 Having been charged too muchOVERLADEN9Across9 FatGREASE6Across9 FlatAPARTMENT9Across9 Bold actionDERRINGDO9Across10 JammedWEDGED6Across10 So the cooked hot meal brought round is disgustingLOATHSOME9Across10 DerideSCORN5Across11 IntellectNOUS4Across12 Really go for nothingLOVE4Across12 EatDINE4Across12 Might be nice to take mother to, for entertainmentCINEMA6Across13 Spanish currency unitPESETA6Across13 So then moved right into the seatsTHRONES7Across14 Fast trainEXPRESS7Across14 LakeMERE4Across15 Wild flowersBLUEBELLS9Across15 Looking very tired, cancelledWASHEDOUT9Across15 LazinessINDOLENCE9Across17 Beer-mugTANKARD7Across17 Interrupted the conversation on how the golfer won the hole?CHIPPEDIN9Across17 Gets plastered, perhaps, and gets into a rowDRESSES7Across18 Morally improvedEDIFIED7Across18 Spiteful, informallyBITCHY6Across19 Get a move on, do. It's probably way ahead of you!DOTAGE6Across19 DefectiveDUD3Across20 Norwegian capitalOSLO4Across20 Complain about and have a right to complainRAIL4Across20 PrematureEARLY5Across21 SportATHLETICS9Across23 When the person I came in with makes a slighting remarkASPERSION9Across23 VendSELL4Across23 Usually the dope gets really confusedGENERALLY9Across25 RoomyCAPACIOUS9Across25 LamentMOAN4Across25 Gosh! A title!LORD4Across26 FussTODO4Across26 ParamourLOVER5Across26 FrightenedSCARED6Across27 Make up for the bad hairdoOFFSET6Across27 ChopHEW3Across28 Informed it's been planted overGRASSED7Across29 Robbery at gunpoint, informallySTICKUP7Across29 ObedientDUTEOUS7Across30 FoolIGNORAMUS9Across32 Attacking verbally, which is toyingHAVINGAGO9Across32 SoonANON4Across33 HaughtinessARROGANCE9Across34 Entering the contest underprepared and overtiredBURNEDOUT9Across34 ImplementUTENSIL7Across35 Clothing, one at a timeSINGLET7Across35 RollLIST4Across35 MatchVESTA5Across36 RegainRECOUP6Across36 Follows '20' into a back streetTRAILS6Across36 Fencing swordEPEE4Across37 Intend to get a large mug to put it inPLAN4Across37 ItemDETAIL6Across38 VigorousENERGETIC9Across38 Having me, myself, take notes - bound to act as remindersMEMENTOES9Across38 WatchfulnessVIGILANCE9Across39 SurpassEXCEED6Across39 Getting rid of the girl the lad is crazy aboutDISMISSAL9Across39 EvadeELUDE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Understood to have been behind itFOLLOWED8Down1 Lower jawboneMANDIBLE8Down1 RepresentativeAGENT5Down1 Poorly fedMALNOURISHED12Down2 Who made the bed collapse?HEAVYSLEEPER12Down2 StartedBEGUN5Down2 DisclosedREVEALED8Down3 They say it's best, now, to have eye shadesADVISORS8Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 AccentuateSTRESS6Down4 Wrapped up, is protected against the elementsINTENT6Down4 ObtainSECURE6Down4 AskewAWRY4Down5 DreamerIDEALIST8Down5 Obvious censorship and that's definiteCLEARCUT8Down5 LongingYEN3Down6 Chatting about what the hailstones are doing to the roof?RATTLINGON10Down6 AmityFRIENDSHIP10Down6 LeeredOGLED5Down7 They accept blame for the treatmentTHERAPY7Down7 DissipatesDISPELS7Down7 AppendedADDED5Down8 Speaking for myself, as an individual and friendPERSONALLY10Down8 RowdyBOISTEROUS10Down8 Had drunk, having removed the topOWNED5Down11 Environment-friendlyGREEN5Down11 RowersOARSMEN7Down13 ArtSKILL5Down14 HarmfulRUINOUS7Down16 Water-heaterBOILER6Down16 Having been half convinced, convince yourself entirelyENSURE6Down16 ChallengedDARED5Down18 Assume you'll agree to backDON3Down19 TreeELM3Down19 VehicleBUS3Down19 "I still have my shirt", as the unlucky gambler said?ALLISNOTLOST12Down21 Vivid colourSHOCKINGPINK12Down21 RusticYOKEL5Down22 Get wrinkled again in the bagCREASE6Down22 Giving painACHING6Down22 PropertiesATTRIBUTES10Down23 However perfectly matchedALLTHESAME10Down23 Breaking a rule, where the maths student made a mistake?INFRACTION10Down24 FateLOT3Down24 UnfinishedINCOMPLETE10Down24 Came by, irritatedGOT3Down25 FishCOD3Down25 CorrodedRUSTED6Down27 RobustHARDY5Down28 LimitRESTRICT8Down28 Rather testy, but for not very longSHORTISH8Down28 Stupid, ogles Mrs TurnerGORMLESS8Down29 ValueWORTH5Down29 SpongeSCROUNGE8Down29 Fondly left the tiny dog to play outsideDOTINGLY8Down30 Went beforePRECEDED8Down30 LubricatedOILED5Down31 Suspicion that it's a fish found in the well?INKLING7Down31 PortendPRESAGE7Down31 ScrutinizeSTUDY5Down32 Female relativeNIECE5Down33 Poison roughly one in five thousandVENOM5Down33 Mark took, young, to drinkBRANDY6Down34 RecessALCOVE6Down34 HealthyWELL4Down34 StriveVIE3Down36 HatchetAXE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 25, 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.