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Evening Standard Crossword June 1 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 1 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 127 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#
Small caveGROTTO6Across1 We start to figure it may be a stoneWEIGHT6Across1 LampoonSPOOF5Across3 Send fewer messages by radioWIRELESS8Across7 Direct hit!BULLSEYE8Across7 DetestHATE4Across8 Tribalists' centre in IndonesiaBALI4Across8 HornHOOTER6Across9 A fair place for clever banterBARNET6Across10 FruitCHERRY6Across10 CourageVALOUR6Across10 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across11 Cultured letter to a popeURBANE6Across11 BetWAGER5Across11 PipSEED4Across12 Produce eggsLAY3Across14 A court edictACT3Across14 CheatDUPE4Across15 Citizen of RomeROMAN5Across16 Music one gets in the National TheatreNONET5Across16 BeatTROUNCE7Across17 AgentsREPS4Across17 Make freer in movement with a bit of greaseEASE4Across17 HeathenPAGAN5Across19 In short, get alcohol free!DETOX5Across19 FrenziedMAD3Across20 Send money to central Hammersmith at the wrong timeREMIT5Across21 UprightERECT5Across21 Boy's nameGAVIN5Across21 Reminder of past dereliction?RELIC5Across22 Senior memberDOYEN5Across22 FightDUEL4Across23 Drop in and cryCALL4Across23 Untidy stateMESS4Across23 SlenderTHIN4Across25 EnticeTEMPT5Across26 Being thorny, can cause soresROSES5Across26 KeenEAGER5Across26 Stitched border of clothHEM3Across28 Mate only half paid with sterlingPAL3Across28 ConsumedATE3Across28 Health centreCLINIC6Across29 Cunning way to correct a fault outrightARTFUL6Across29 LachrymoseTEARFUL7Across30 Well watered place in the Peak DistrictBUXTON6Across30 ElementIODINE6Across30 Bottom in German? Quite the reverse!OTTO4Across31 RipTEAR4Across31 Eland, sayANTELOPE8Across32 Do they doggedly convey clues?POINTERS8Across32 ImpressionDENT4Across33 OvercomeMASTER6Across33 Poem by a boy of ten, maybe?SONNET6Across33 AnimalMOLE4Across35 HolyPIOUS5Across36 KowtowGROVEL6Across38 Child's toyRATTLE6Across39 PassageALLEY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Character bending the elbow outside the Monk's HeadWOMBLE6Down1 Dealer in foodstuffsGROCER6Down1 Card gameWHIST5Down1 To fine leg?GLANCE6Down2 Jewelled headdressesTIARAS6Down2 Cowboy showRODEO5Down2 Do as toldOBEY4Down3 Taunt the fathead!TWIT4Down3 StitchSEW3Down3 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Down4 Most afternoons, it's possible to have courageFEARNOT7Down4 SkipPRANCE6Down4 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down5 KilnOVEN4Down5 Started to get one freeBEGAN5Down5 DistantFAR3Down6 NumberSEVEN5Down6 Has its value as fixedASSET5Down6 DeputyLOCUM5Down7 AssistHELP4Down8 As worn for the endless sabre dance?BRAS4Down8 AvariceGREED5Down8 Phone up briefly to give permissionLET3Down9 AttemptTRY3Down9 Fight a bighead with beef!BOX3Down12 SwindleCON3Down12 Staircase feature novel to the SpanishNEWEL5Down13 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down13 LearnedERUDITE7Down13 QuiltDUVET5Down14 Maybe premises finish as residential propertySEMIS5Down15 BellybuttonNAVEL5Down15 HurtingPAINFUL7Down16 In part, he'll doACTOR5Down18 IdenticalEQUAL5Down18 Break outERUPT5Down18 DeedACT3Down19 Little boy led astrayDEL3Down19 RemunerationPAY3Down19 Muscle trouble, albeit spasmodicTIC3Down20 Alcoholic drinkGIN3Down20 Whatever the outcome, Ulster's in chaos!RESULTS7Down21 Large apeGORILLA7Down21 He may whistle again, loudlyREF3Down22 Heat unitTHERM5Down22 LairDEN3Down22 Bravery awardsMEDALS6Down23 Historically, his work was impressiveCAXTON6Down23 AllowLET3Down24 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down24 Singer up in ScotlandALTO4Down24 Bird allowed to go round the pubLINNET6Down25 Kebab spikeSKEWER6Down25 SplendourECLAT5Down26 Tools for fashioning spars?RASPS5Down26 Take off a long pieceSTRIP5Down27 LeaseTENURE6Down27 PresentsGIFTS5Down27 Place in good reputePUT3Down28 ProverbADAGE5Down28 Garden toolHOE3Down28 RelishENJOY5Down29 ArticleITEM4Down30 Managerially, he's outstandingBOSS4Down30 LoudFORTE5Down31 PriseLEVER5Down32 OccupyFILL4Down34 VegetablePEA3Down36 SpeakSAY3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, June 1, 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.