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Evening Standard Crossword June 20 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 20 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
VacantBLANK5Across2 ListTABLE5Across7 PlankBOARD5Across8 Reluctant to speakRETICENT8Across9 Snarl up the net badly that you fish withENTANGLE8Across9 Map bookATLAS5Across10 Overstated the numberTWO3Across10 FussADO3Across10 Get a bit worried on going roundOBTAIN6Across11 LoudnessVOLUME6Across11 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across12 UntruthLIE3Across12 Are noisy, which does upset oneRATTLE6Across12 Reproaches oneself about having spent foolishlyREPENTS7Across13 Large churchMINSTER7Across13 Muddy snowSLUSH5Across13 Lap speed that's fastLICK4Across14 FoulVILE4Across14 WithdrewRETIRED7Across15 ExtraADDITIONAL10Across15 Didn't dwell on its having been transferred toPASSEDOVER10Across15 IntellectualMENTAL6Across17 He's willing to try to get the list backTESTATOR8Across17 PreciseACCURATE8Across17 Writing groovy music for the film?SCORING7Across18 Shoulder bladeSCAPULA7Across18 CentralMID3Across19 The lady-love is in IrelandMAYO4Across19 MailPOST4Across19 ReasonedLOGICAL7Across20 Edible molluscOYSTER6Across21 Followed the girl in, you concludeENSUED6Across21 SongARIA4Across23 The doctor will tell you avoiding stress has a cheering effectDOESONESHEARTGOOD17Across24 Pass outLOSECONSCIOUSNESS17Across24 WailYOWL4Across25 RamblingERRATIC7Across26 For which you take a holiday, having a little money?CHANGE6Across27 ServileABJECT6Across27 A great number got awayVAST4Across29 NoblemanEARL4Across29 Brighten when you solve the mysteryCLEARUP7Across30 Grazing landPASTURE7Across30 NameDUB3Across30 Picture-houseCINEMA6Across31 Girl's namePATRICIA8Across33 Happenings during the performers' entrances?GOINGSON8Across33 DissolvableSOLUBLE7Across34 No doubt drunk and needing to be sorted outDISORDERLY10Across35 UnintentionalACCIDENTAL10Across35 Going back to quarters to studySWOT4Across36 SingletVEST4Across36 Showing directness where many wandered aroundCANDOUR7Across37 RadiolocationRADAR5Across37 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Across37 Parking inside not very well but fastSPEEDY6Across38 CourtWOO3Across38 DeftNIMBLE6Across38 EjectEVICT5Across39 DoghouseKENNEL6Across40 Picture puzzleREBUS5Across40 Right to go in and have something to eatENTREE6Across40 Male offspringSON3Across41 Speaking French, yes, a littleWEE3Across41 StratumLAYER5Across41 JubilantEXULTANT8Across42 With a string of curses, trapped now, fightsCRUSADES8Across42 PorridgeGRUEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PublicationPERIODICAL10Down1 MythFABLE5Down1 Mad to find one's accounts not coming out even?UNBALANCED10Down1 Ballpoint penBIRO4Down2 ExplosionBLAST5Down2 Some net returnPART4Down2 MonumentMEMORIAL8Down3 Undertook, though enraged, to mend the hole inAGREEDON8Down3 DeadlyLETHAL6Down3 CloseNEAR4Down4 Staying powerSTAMINA7Down4 Scold for always standing aroundREPROVE7Down4 VacationHOLIDAY7Down5 "Being more successful than is good for you" is overstating itGOINGTOOFAR11Down5 GadgetCONTRAPTION11Down5 WelcomeGREET5Down6 GraspingAVARICIOUS10Down6 First agree about its being in keeping withCONSISTENT10Down6 IntelligentCLEVER6Down7 Spill the beans, when back, about herSTELLA6Down7 Egg dishOMELETTE8Down8 Show on the record that you are beaten byDISCLOSE8Down8 TuneAIR3Down9 Customer the pub gets the highest return from?TOPER5Down10 Make voidANNUL5Down10 JewishSEMITIC7Down11 DaubSMEAR5Down13 UndoUNTIE5Down14 DeadlockIMPASSE7Down16 Do patients keep coming in streams to him?SURGEON7Down16 SpasmTIC3Down16 AdorableLOVABLE7Down18 HappenOCCUR5Down20 Remains while the female hides insideASHES5Down20 MooedLOWED5Down21 DimBLEAR5Down22 DulcifySWEETEN7Down22 Keeping a key to get into the shopSTORAGE7Down22 Don't ask me! Your answers may come from above!HEAVENKNOWS11Down23 In custodyUNDERARREST11Down23 LaboriousARDUOUS7Down24 Information leaked about the golf tournament?OPENSECRET10Down25 Game using stringCATSCRADLE10Down25 Like the villain, originally fair, who went ginger, then black?DOUBLEDYED10Down26 Make more efficientSTREAMLINE10Down26 AbradeRUB3Down27 Deceive the gangster with the signalHOODWINK8Down28 LoopCIRCLE6Down28 Jewellery itemBRACELET8Down28 CringeCOWER5Down29 Something to be addedADDENDUM8Down31 An incentive to the bird to visit your garden?LARKSPUR8Down31 Bird of a strange sort I found in GermanyOSTRICH7Down32 Put paid to, informallySCUPPER7Down32 Of birthNATAL5Down32 ManufacturerMAKER5Down33 Mother, you have to dress, eat and run!NATURE6Down34 Eye partRETINA6Down34 BlanchedASHEN5Down35 Took a swing at - goaded one intoDROVE5Down35 ThrowLOB3Down35 AlwaysEVER4Down36 Constrained to send back an importEDAM4Down39 Flying insectMOTH4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 20, 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.