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Evening Standard Crossword July 26 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 26 2025 answers. The Saturday 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#
Stir the porridgePRISON6Across1 African desertSAHARA6Across1 HitSTRUCK6Across1 PileHEAP4Across5 Cartographically in the right directionEASTERLY8Across7 Grow rapidlyMUSHROOM8Across7 Slightly crazy repetitionGAGA4Across8 Backless shoeMULE4Across8 LeadingAHEAD5Across8 BorderHEM3Across9 JailPRISON6Across10 Is his soldierly aim to build a pier on poles?SNIPER6Across10 FeteGALA4Across10 CurtABRUPT6Across11 Observe the water isn't frozenNOTICE6Across11 RowTIER4Across11 UprightERECT5Across12 FanaticMANIAC6Across13 StitchSEW3Across14 A six-footer - clever, too!FLY3Across14 FashionableCHIC4Across16 Longed to be a good boyPINED5Across16 Fails to winLOSES5Across16 DecomposesROTS4Across17 A chit to take back to schoolNOTE4Across17 RimEDGE4Across18 Witches caught taking a cookerCOVEN5Across19 TimorousTIMID5Across19 FreeRID3Across20 Thus we get a letter broadcastSOWED5Across21 NoblemenDUKES5Across21 PerformACT3Across22 Painter of a human extraterrestrialMANET5Across22 Hotel for driversMOTEL5Across22 Moderately heated cordialWARM4Across23 FastenTIE3Across23 CondimentSALT4Across23 VisageFACE4Across24 DregsLEES4Across25 Fertile spotOASIS5Across26 Waterway meandering in LancasterCANAL5Across26 Toothed wheelCOG3Across28 KnockedRAPPED6Across28 It's paid back with some vexationTAX3Across28 Thick oilGREASE6Across29 Joined what might have been untiedUNITED6Across29 Military greetingSALUTE6Across30 The only National Trust yachting waterSOLENT6Across30 PostponeDEFER5Across30 Courtly pubs?INNS4Across31 Elm, sayTREE4Across31 Enid hung around, out of her mind!UNHINGED8Across32 Coffee typeESPRESSO8Across32 UproarRIOT4Across32 NicheNOOK4Across33 Small horsesPONIES6Across33 Certain deliveries can mean greater expenseEXTRAS6Across33 RegretRUE3Across34 ShelfLEDGE5Across35 PipSEED4Across36 ComingADVENT6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PlanSCHEME6Down1 Hidden gunmanSNIPER6Down1 Anybody capable of a quiet snorePERSON6Down1 EntertainsAMUSES6Down2 Fix broken plates together?STAPLE6Down2 AmorousROMANTIC8Down2 Prayer endingAMEN4Down3 Handy for the northern listenerNEAR4Down3 BrandyCOGNAC6Down3 French wineCHABLIS7Down4 SymbolCHARACTER9Down4 Inclined to have rushed around excessivelySTOOPED7Down4 Bear some rubbish in a binBRUIN5Down5 Camera adjustmentFOCUS5Down5 AxeHATCHET7Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Where an eddy swirls around Flamborough HeadDYFED5Down6 Leaves outOMITS5Down6 DividePART4Down7 For the present, a soldier goes on footGIFT4Down8 BeerALE3Down8 Thin fogMIST4Down8 MooLOW3Down9 Very ScottishGEY3Down9 Stick or shaftROD3Down12 Can it be extracted from platinum?TIN3Down12 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down13 Grace Darling's treeCEDAR5Down13 DareCHALLENGE9Down14 CompareLIKEN5Down15 EraAGE3Down15 Terry, possibly, disturbs an owletTOWEL5Down15 FreezeICE3Down17 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 An ear for music?ORGAN5Down18 NCO roughly flung into prison?CON3Down19 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Down19 ScatterDISPERSE8Down19 Professional person who may mend a woofer?VET3Down20 Boy or girl's nameMEL3Down20 UncookedRAW3Down20 New Orleans is a faraway placeSALERNO7Down21 File of papersDOSSIER7Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 Upon which you may stand a drinkMAT3Down22 Girl's nameMIA3Down22 Serious, glumSOLEMN6Down23 May be cracked when a new law is above one's headWALNUT6Down23 Cuts out a sex changeAXES4Down24 FeverAGUE4Down24 Their effect can be movingMOTORS6Down25 TopicsTHEMES6Down25 DismissedSACKED6Down26 Eyes upOGLES5Down26 Certainly not thrilled to bits!CUTUP5Down26 StrangestODDEST6Down27 OozesSEEPS5Down27 Time for a jar with a bird?NIGHT5Down27 Not over a hundredTON3Down28 VehicleCAR3Down28 FlagIRIS4Down29 The team longed to be heardSIDE4Down30 DistributeDOLE4Down30 HaltSTOP4Down30 Fish eggsROE3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, July 26, 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.