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Evening Standard Crossword July 3 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 3 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
SmackSLAP4Across1 Striped animalZEBRA5Across3 Toothy enthusiast going to grievous extremesFANGS5Across3 ExpireDIE3Across4 DossierFILE4Across6 A coating (of eggs?)LAYER5Across8 PurchaserBUYER5Across8 ExpertACE3Across9 HappeningEVENT5Across10 DivestedSTRIPPED8Across10 That Spaniard Norma's mixed up withRAMON5Across10 The height of rhetoricTOR3Across11 ColourRED3Across11 GuideLEAD4Across11 Plagiarise tales?STEAL5Across12 Star signVIRGO5Across12 PoisonARSENIC7Across13 Being stuck up isn't exactly naughtyHAUGHTY7Across13 ConflictWAR3Across14 Clyde, sayRIVER5Across15 Insure for a lot too muchCOVER5Across15 DrainSEWER5Across16 Spoil a letter to mumMAR3Across18 VehicleVAN3Across18 Various ways to blend tea with special bodySENATE6Across19 AttainedACHIEVED8Across19 Type of hatFEDORA6Across19 Destroy completelyWIPEOUT7Across21 In NATO's disarray, they aren't all unitedNATIONS7Across21 ContradictBELIE5Across21 PuddlePOOL4Across22 That crafty manner of mineMIEN4Across22 ManufactureMAKE4Across23 Such engines can be used in a process for oreAERO4Across23 DifferDISAGREE8Across23 Resort, possibly, to be seen in a posterSEAPORT7Across24 CautiousCAREFUL7Across24 TrunkTORSO5Across24 In the cold, move rapidly (but not far)SHIVER6Across26 Pencil rubberERASER6Across26 FelineCAT3Across27 It's a hole, but a driver might stop therePIT3Across29 Torn clothRAG3Across29 Damaged a key part in the cargo compartmentHOLED5Across31 MatureRIPE4Across31 Large passenger shipLINER5Across31 Though not altruistic, Les backs a swimmerSELFISH7Across32 PlunderRANSACK7Across32 OutwitOUTSMART8Across33 In the altogether natural conditionNAKED5Across34 BornNEE3Across34 Of tidesTIDAL5Across34 Circle of French poetryODE3Across35 LeftWENT4Across35 StrikeHIT3Across35 One knocked out with a club?DIVOT5Across36 HillTOR3Across36 PlanetVENUS5Across36 Criminal deception of an artist in a bit of a fuddleFRAUD5Across37 NearNIGH4Across37 Punctuation markCOLON5Across37 Mary could be mistaken for being tipsyMERRY5Across38 TrivialPETTY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spicy dishCURRY5Down1 Part of South Africa with two namesNATAL5Down1 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Down2 Ingrid's initial letter requiring German translationBERGMAN7Down2 TardyLATE4Down2 BucketPAIL4Down3 HeroicEPIC4Down4 Such types can also be craftyARTY4Down4 CorruptDEPRAVED8Down4 RueREGRET6Down5 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down5 A woman's high spiritsGRACES6Down5 ShamFALSE5Down6 Stay clear ofAVOID5Down6 Perhaps also on the way to the hairdresser'sSALON5Down6 FreezeICE3Down7 RageANGER5Down7 Desire to take a customer to the West EndCOVET5Down7 HireLEASE5Down8 AffirmativeYES3Down9 One among many, outwardlyYOU3Down9 SwoonFAINT5Down12 He may either be out of get outSTRIKER7Down12 Sour liquidVINEGAR7Down12 EncourageCHEER5Down13 NetworkWEB3Down14 Derby, perhapsHAT3Down14 DozeNAP3Down14 MementoRELIC5Down15 Servant who can provide his own beerVALET5Down16 Of the voiceVOCAL5Down16 FretWORRY5Down17 Do something unoriginal in the garden shedREPOT5Down17 Speed contestsRACES5Down17 BoltRIVET5Down18 Being broke, spoke peevishlySNAPPED7Down19 Burial serviceFUNERAL7Down19 Accident causing mass destruction at HolyheadSMASH5Down20 Glib plausible talkSPIEL5Down20 CalamityDISASTER8Down20 Liven up in Shute's styleNEVIL5Down21 Adult femaleWOMAN5Down21 ConsumeEAT3Down22 Police photoMUGSHOT7Down23 A mobile is a moving oneARTFORM7Down23 ColourCERISE6Down24 Seated, suitably soberSEDATE6Down24 Football supporterFAN3Down25 The poilu's hair dressing?OIL3Down25 ThinkOPINE5Down25 DulcetSWEET5Down26 Buzz off - you don't need both legs!HOPIT5Down27 JockeyRIDER5Down27 Figures out one is upset by poisonVENOM5Down28 EstablishSETUP5Down28 BootyLOOT4Down28 PortentOMEN4Down29 Employ a hearty couple until exhaustedUSEUP5Down30 ThespianACTOR5Down30 BoastBRAG4Down30 Log boatRAFT4Down32 EnclosurePEN3Down32 Over him is the supervisorSEER4Down32 She needs aid terribly!IDA3Down33 AfflictAIL3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 3, 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.