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Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 128 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#
RecollectRECALL6Across1 Trouble getting a piece of sculpture erectedBUSTUP6Across1 AdequateAMPLE5Across2 UltimateEVENTUAL8Across7 TalonCLAW4Across7 A middling meal for one, possiblyLUNCHEON8Across7 That of a square apartment?AREA4Across8 OverwhelmENGULF6Across8 Criticises sharplyRAPS4Across8 LawfulLEGAL5Across9 The cat has only one short month to be festiveMARGAY6Across10 Roof tilesSLATES6Across10 Happening not long agoRECENT6Across11 Where to shop in wet weatherARCADE6Across11 SphereORB3Across11 VitalityVIM3Across13 Over five missingOER3Across14 AgentREP3Across14 ZoneBELT4Across15 PullTUG3Across16 In different ways a girl is moonyLUNAR5Across16 Cowboy displayRODEO5Across16 When made to go, set out for central GreenwichSENT4Across17 Cast offSHED4Across17 CautiousWARY4Across18 SensationalLURID5Across19 LeeSHELTER7Across19 Regal beverage?LAGER5Across19 FoolhardyRASH4Across20 LawfulLICIT5Across21 Picture one in a mountMONET5Across21 LeanTILT4Across22 QuickRAPID5Across22 Taken in, perhaps predatorilyEATEN5Across22 GossipHEARSAY7Across23 Ridge of coralREEF4Across23 In short, a Simpsonian title?BART4Across23 JudgeDEEM4Across25 Centre of the arterial systemHEART5Across26 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across26 FruitNUT3Across27 Of great importanceKEY3Across28 It's usually kept in DelawareLAW3Across28 FrillRUFF4Across28 Fridge compartmentICEBOX6Across29 Being great, perhaps, he had two namesALFRED6Across29 Like a lawn improved by the new ownersRESOWN6Across30 BirdPIGEON6Across30 FinishEND3Across30 Indigo, it seems, comes from a duckANIL4Across31 SpeakSAY3Across31 AmongAMID4Across31 It's of poignant interest, perhaps, so don't miss it!THEPOINT8Across32 DirectSTRAIGHT8Across32 CleaveSPLIT5Across33 Routine arrangement of benefit to bookies?SYSTEM6Across33 VocalistSINGER6Across33 SullenMOROSE6Across36 BoulderROCK4Across37 SycophantTOADY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Lib. MPs possibly calling for inflationBLIMPS6Down1 WakensROUSES6Down1 DazzleGLARE5Down1 SubsidedABATED6Down2 Mark changes gear in a raceTARGET6Down2 ToolAWL3Down2 MinusLESS4Down3 Perform a song at the pianoPLAY4Down3 DowelPEG3Down3 FishEEL3Down4 Receive by successionINHERIT7Down4 Red as clarets maybeSCARLET7Down4 EraAGE3Down5 Started, for instance, during ProhibitionBEGAN5Down5 HealedCURED5Down5 TalentFLAIR5Down6 PlanetPLUTO5Down6 Going to ground in the Tube is not enoughUNDER5Down6 UncommonRARE4Down8 Nora turns up with Presley's middle nameARON4Down8 High spirits, vitalityPEP3Down9 An organ at each end of the choirEAR3Down9 FeverAGUE4Down10 Push outOBTRUDE7Down11 To call it a pet would be inaccurateCUR3Down12 ReddenedBLUSHED7Down12 FishCOD3Down12 Possibly a dark spot on the map of AfricaDAKAR5Down13 DifferentVARIOUS7Down13 CourageNERVE5Down13 BemuseMYSTIFY7Down14 Readily understoodLUCID5Down15 Punished for a drunken danceCANED5Down15 PrickleTHORN5Down16 BoastGLOAT5Down17 MoistWET3Down18 ConfusionHAVOC5Down18 The girl he let looseETHEL5Down18 Plenty of cello toneLOT3Down19 Impudent talkLIP3Down19 Information on the two ways to get to Gateshead?GEN3Down20 To freeRID3Down20 Sailor who made a fortune for ship's officer?MATELOT7Down21 BorderHEM3Down21 TerseLACONIC7Down21 Give a redhead a half of beer and do wrongERR3Down22 Chest boneRIB3Down22 They're of fundamental concernBASICS6Down23 AreaREGION6Down23 Looked at carefullyEYED4Down24 PitSUMP4Down24 Like a missing GI seeing nothing in lawbreaking?AWOL4Down24 Hand digitFINGER6Down25 Random rhyme for 'bike'TANDEM6Down25 RelishENJOY5Down26 Slightly drunkTIPSY5Down26 Quick to change hats at the close of playHASTY5Down26 Being behind, a terrible fear about finishing lastAFTER5Down27 ApproachesNEARS5Down27 Calendar boy?LEN3Down28 Boy or girl's nameKIM3Down28 WhimFANCY5Down29 Rodents' star turnRATS4Down30 Hits lightlyPATS4Down30 BashfulCOY3Down32 CliqueSET3Down33 MeadowLEA3Down34 AttemptTRY3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 28, 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.