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Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
PromisePLEDGE6Across1 It's growing dapperSPRUCE6Across4 SpudPOTATO6Across4 UnmarriedSINGLE6Across5 Permission to proceedALLCLEAR8Across7 Where to buy drinks for the danceWINESHOP8Across7 LawyerADVOCATE8Across8 Slanting typeITALIC6Across8 Willowy line in roses, perhapsOSIERS6Across8 TemperRAGE4Across9 Show a good man has little crueltyREVUE5Across10 NimbleAGILE5Across10 StrictSTERN5Across12 Sounds a cry of 'Oh!' when a chap gets outMOAN4Across13 ChristmasNOEL4Across13 Bill of fareMENU4Across14 Still, a woman gets the pointEVEN4Across14 Car's hooterHORN4Across15 Great dance for everybody at BirkenheadBALL4Across15 SickILL3Across15 Consumed in great expectationATE3Across16 FelineCAT3Across16 Where, in France, cave men lost heartCAEN4Across17 Part of speechNOUN4Across17 AbroadOUT3Across17 VaseURN3Across18 A giant, but getting progressively smaller?OGRE4Across19 MiddayNOON4Across19 NewtEFT3Across19 ChangeALTER5Across20 Caught and bowled? Definitely!OUTANDOUT9Across21 Vicious actBARBARITY9Across21 FaucetTAP3Across21 PossessOWN3Across22 A town to get clean out of?BATH4Across23 ObserveSEE3Across23 AtmosphereAURA4Across23 Sudden blast of windGUST4Across24 HillTOR3Across24 Island girlIONA4Across24 ThickDENSE5Across26 Shed tearsCRY3Across26 Has Oscar an outsize one?CAR3Across26 Direction of the asteroids?EAST4Across27 Horse's gaitTROT4Across27 HeroicEPIC4Across29 Possibly hear like an ostrichRHEA4Across29 RegretRUE3Across29 Move slowly in churchINCH4Across32 ShortlySOON4Across32 Goodbye to a new idea for a uniformADIEU5Across33 StupefySTUN4Across33 CostPRICE5Across33 Portion of chicken served with teas by old BRBREAST6Across34 HugeENORMOUS8Across34 AccountREPORT6Across34 On tour, maybe, everyone can go fartherOUTREACH8Across35 PassionateARDENT6Across35 EasternORIENTAL8Across35 Be close to making a lot of noise about a bit of a jokeADJOIN6Across36 ConditionFETTLE6Across36 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Precocious girlMADAM5Down1 The one place you are conscious of!AWARE5Down1 UnadornedPLAIN5Down2 DepositLODGE5Down2 Jack's a rogue!KNAVE5Down2 FallDROP4Down3 Run awayFLEE4Down3 Maybe he's a Wimbledon championASHE4Down3 PreviousPRIOR5Down4 Revolutionary film centreSPOOL5Down4 PreciseEXACT5Down4 AbsoluteSHEER5Down5 Duck typeTEAL4Down5 One dashed to get out of itRAIN4Down5 Island in SE AsiaTAIWAN6Down6 StandardNORM4Down6 His dog didn't go hungryCURATE6Down6 LawfulLEGAL5Down7 SportTENNIS6Down9 Where to get drinks for nothing in an arty placeSALOON6Down9 SaluteGREET5Down10 EngineMOTOR5Down11 She's less than elevatingEVA3Down11 JewelGEM3Down11 Of the moonLUNAR5Down12 Of a movie, the whole storyUNCUT5Down12 EndureSTAND5Down12 Like a chap going round the New Inn for some grubMANNISH7Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down13 Nine-sided figureNONAGON7Down13 TendNURSE5Down14 She takes a mere trice to get finishedBEA3Down15 Centre of a wheelHUB3Down15 BuryINTER5Down15 SlipLAPSE5Down16 The cunning a rat can showART3Down16 ShyCOY3Down16 City managed by thanes?ATHENS6Down18 Public speakerORATOR6Down18 Watch how you pull up going round a bendGUARD5Down20 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down20 Outboard propeller!OAR3Down21 PurchaseBUY3Down21 The point of a dowryDOT3Down22 GrooveRUT3Down22 NabARREST6Down23 Not allowed to be revealed outrightBARRED6Down23 ExteriorOUTER5Down25 A charge that makes you feel robbed?FEE3Down25 So or thusSIC3Down25 ChooseELECT5Down27 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down28 Work advanced in West LondonACTON5Down28 SneerSCOFF5Down28 Ski-slopePISTE5Down30 NormalUSUAL5Down30 He's said to take on the workersHIRAM5Down30 Prison roomsCELLS5Down31 FormerlyONCE4Down31 Anything that gets a thug drunkAUGHT5Down31 Cleaning agentSOAP4Down32 Villain's first class return on leaveIAGO4Down32 DischargeEMIT4Down32 Area of an Israeli cityACRE4Down33 BardPOET4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, June 12, 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.