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Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 23 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
PerspiresSWEATS6Across1 ForeheadBROW4Across1 Outwardly a joy-rider?JOCKEY6Across1 FriendPAL3Across4 NibbleBITE4Across6 InfirmaryHOSPITAL8Across7 Still, father was pretty good at sprintingEVENTIME8Across7 Be left again at the churchBELL4Across8 GargantuanHUGE4Across8 MineralORE3Across9 A bit of a nutKERNEL6Across10 DutifulOBEDIENT8Across10 WanderedROAMED6Across10 Asked to bundle up some beddingBIDDEN6Across11 SportWEAR4Across11 Indian instrumentsSITARS6Across11 Animal doctorVET3Across14 PointAIM3Across14 It comes in a sealed bottleALE3Across14 ManagesCOPES5Across16 SorrowGRIEF5Across16 Born a bit moody and hard upNEEDY5Across16 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 Little less than mutinyTINY4Across17 PleasurableLUSCIOUS8Across19 EngineMOTOR5Across19 The expanded part of a bugle, maybeBULGE5Across19 RobustLUSTY5Across21 Friends forming teamsMATES5Across21 DeserveMERIT5Across21 DevilSATAN5Across22 Where circulation's concerned, it's from the heartAORTA5Across22 CultSECT4Across23 Willowy fliers?BATS4Across23 PowerSTRENGTH8Across23 SlipLAPSE5Across24 Hands out to one's schoolmatesDEALS5Across26 Of soundSONIC5Across26 DeviateYAW3Across27 Boy's nameSAM3Across28 Flowing contribution to civic amenitiesCAM3Across28 Append a number of notes about a bad eggADDLED6Across29 Native AmericanAPACHE6Across29 SpiteMALICE6Across30 Certainly you can depend on us going wrong!SURELY6Across30 A degree of decadence in portADEN4Across31 DonkeyMULE4Across31 Jelly typeAGAR4Across31 Coming up with an excellent distillation of ginSWELLING8Across32 Short pause for restBREATHER8Across32 RepairOVERHAUL8Across33 Mentioning an old sawSAYING6Across33 Cutlery itemsKNIVES6Across33 OceanSEA3Across34 FleshMEAT4Across35 ClefKEY3Across36 CheatDUPE4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Deprive of foodSTARVE6Down1 A sweet and festive occasionJUNKET6Down1 GownROBE4Down2 How one is disappointed when cutKEENLY6Down2 InsightACUMEN6Down2 Garden hutSHED4Down3 BroadWIDE4Down3 The old fellow's heart cry!YELL4Down3 Sing badly at the pub and you'll get knocksINNINGS7Down4 EarlierPREVIOUS8Down4 FruitAPRICOT7Down4 UnwillingLOTH4Down5 Watch bandSTRAP5Down5 Semi-wilderness in the world of dramaWILDE5Down5 ArbourBOWER5Down6 Any rhyme for a copperPENNY5Down6 Lesson or lectureCLASS5Down6 AngerIRE3Down7 MockTEASE5Down8 Possess, ownHAVE4Down8 Will eating it make you husky?BRAN4Down8 AcquireGET3Down9 As a soldier, he wasn't windyLEE3Down9 HillTOR3Down12 ThrashFLAIL5Down12 Might you see a jay beside this river?DEE3Down12 ArrogateUSURP5Down13 Ancient artefactRELIC5Down13 It's proclaimed somewhat predictablyEDICT5Down13 SickenAIL3Down14 Holy book of IslamKORAN5Down15 MouldyMUSTY5Down15 They're there to be shot atBUTTS5Down15 IdolIMAGE5Down17 BattleFIGHT5Down18 SagDROOP5Down18 What the work-shy did, possibly receiving some doleIDLED5Down18 Where drinks were sold in prohibition?BAR3Down19 EncounteredMET3Down19 The field is less than clear!LEA3Down20 PlanSTRATEGY8Down20 Metallic elementTIN3Down20 Broad heavy knifeMACHETE7Down21 River of wine!MOSELLE7Down21 TreeYEW3Down22 So or thusSIC3Down22 Everything in the show could be superficialALL3Down22 Highly-spiced sausageSALAMI6Down23 A bachelor has to bank on being justBARELY6Down23 The last word in devoutness?AMEN4Down24 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down24 Secretly viewing a 'Carry On'SPYING6Down25 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 TopicsTHEMES6Down25 PerspireSWEAT5Down26 She is in timeDAISY5Down26 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down26 A snake in that 'ladders' gameADDER5Down27 Without clothesNAKED5Down27 DroopSAG3Down28 Subject of much ruminationCUD3Down28 SaturateSOAK4Down28 OuthouseSHED4Down29 Grade workMARK4Down30 Seems wearied by much stupid gassingSAGS4Down30 CrushPULP4Down30 MeadowLEA3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, June 23, 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.