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Evening Standard Crossword July 8 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 8 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
BanquetFEAST5Across1 CorrespondMATCH5Across1 Put up with being a candidate?STOOD5Across1 EnticeSEDUCE6Across5 When drunk, it's different to get closeTIGHT5Across6 Royal headdressCROWN5Across6 LampLIGHT5Across8 Dashing mannerPANACHE7Across9 What 'L' may be for (no, not learner)LEATHER7Across9 DiscountREBATE6Across10 ViperADDER5Across10 One drawn to be after a bride?TRAIN5Across10 Narrow wayALLEY5Across11 A mug for pub use in New YorkNINNY5Across11 DistantAFAR4Across11 He was wicked at kissingJUDAS5Across12 AdmissionENTRY5Across12 Peelers employed on the railway?SLEEPER7Across13 BrigandsBANDITS7Across13 LessenREDUCE6Across14 To freeRID3Across15 Favourite piano piece with a quiet endingPET3Across15 GiganticMAMMOTH7Across15 CupidEROS4Across17 Learn something soundHEAR4Across17 MarryWED3Across18 Of a womanFEMALE6Across18 Elapse in a way that will be satisfactoryPLEASE6Across18 ConsumeEAT3Across19 Rains heavilyPOURS5Across19 A strapping bit of leg?ANKLE5Across19 Goes in for bookkeeping?ENTERS6Across20 To be preciseTHATIS6Across20 EftNEWT4Across21 An expert from start to finishSTAR4Across22 Pretend to singMIME4Across22 SatanDEVIL5Across23 Heavy-heartedSAD3Across24 PeruseREAD4Across24 Impatient utterance from a backward chapPAH3Across24 Mounted bullfighterPICADOR7Across25 Gardening books?ANNUALS7Across25 EscargotSNAIL5Across26 Garment lost? You bet!SHIRT5Across26 Light boatCANOE5Across27 Left a piece of land for cottonLISLE5Across27 RecordLOG3Across27 When the annualised percentage rate is one pound?APRIL5Across28 RusticRURAL5Across28 Only apt to annoy a minority?IRKSOME7Across29 RecoupRECOVER7Across29 SheepTEG3Across29 Persists in breeding pekesKEEPS5Across30 Cut offSEVER5Across30 That of a jungle king?PRIDE5Across31 Oyster's gemPEARL5Across31 AlmsCHARITY7Across31 GainPROFIT6Across32 LongPINE4Across34 ImageEFFIGY6Across35 CancelANNUL5Across38 ModernRECENT6Across39 WhinnyNEIGH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Make belovedENDEAR6Down2 ExpertACE3Down2 A creature mocked?TURTLE6Down2 Twist pounds out of Orville, possiblyOLIVER6Down3 StickyCLAMMY6Down3 Drives too fastSPEEDS6Down3 New end of MillwallDEN3Down4 StrikeHIT3Down4 PitchTAR3Down4 AsteriskSTAR4Down5 River tours arrangedSTOUR5Down5 CautionsWARNS5Down5 BenumbDEADEN6Down6 Several fit to be held on toTENABLE7Down6 Boy's nameCHARLES7Down6 ResultEFFECT6Down7 DependRELY4Down7 She's apt to open up in the darkIRIS4Down7 Possible sources of creaks - or neighs?HINGES6Down8 Snout beetleWEEVIL6Down8 PoliteGENTEEL7Down9 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down12 Not manyFEW3Down12 Astronomer's trousers?JEANS5Down12 DiscourteousRUDE4Down13 She's on record as ovineSHEEP5Down13 DefeatsBEATS5Down13 WandererNOMAD5Down14 It's dirty and heart-breakingEARTH5Down14 It's eaten farther away than central StreathamPASTA5Down15 QuickRAPID5Down15 SpindleAXLE4Down16 Charges terrible ratesTEARS5Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 DevastationHAVOC5Down17 FragileFRAIL5Down18 Aspidistra on the snooker table?PLANT5Down18 TrailblazerPIONEER7Down19 Old soldiers' ability to reach a person's heartARCHERS7Down19 TautenTIGHTEN7Down20 Name I have as an indigenous inhabitantNATIVE6Down21 Capital of ZimbabweHARARE6Down21 FadeWILT4Down22 Grown-upMATURE6Down22 So loveless and superior, but nice at nightSUPPER6Down22 Friendly, ideal arrangement about moneyALLIED6Down23 AngoraMOHAIR6Down23 MendREPAIR6Down24 A flower sprang upAROSE5Down25 FlierPILOT5Down25 SurmountingATOP4Down25 A mistake in the fieldSLIP4Down26 PainfulSORE4Down26 ViolateDEFILE6Down26 A politician, currently?AMP3Down28 TrivialityTRIFLE6Down28 AgentREP3Down28 TrapGIN3Down30 NippleTEAT4Down33 MerrimentFUN3Down36 SilenceGAG3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 8, 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.