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Evening Standard Crossword June 25 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 25 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 134 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#
EsteemADMIRE6Across1 Promise on oathSWEAR5Across3 Get away with wrecking cars a lotSCRAM5Across3 SageSAVANT6Across5 Start a wild bingeBEGIN5Across8 Thin candleTAPER5Across8 BequeathENDOW5Across9 FoolishSILLY5Across10 Twigs handled in the gardenBESOM5Across10 RushCAREER6Across10 LevyTAX3Across11 MobRABBLE6Across11 Derek from AdelaideDEL3Across11 TruckLORRY5Across12 A letter to peruse in aweDREAD5Across12 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Across12 FlatfishHALIBUT7Across13 A black cakePOMFRET7Across13 BucketPAIL4Across14 AlludeREFER5Across15 Pack up or finish late, just in caseCEASE5Across15 BalladLAY3Across17 EjectOUST4Across18 SwindleCON3Across18 As punishment, may be beatenRAP3Across18 DoglikeCANINE6Across19 Famous American producer of cruetsCUSTER6Across19 HarmonisedTUNED5Across20 According to reasonLOGICAL7Across21 Systems placing Joe and me in the reservesREGIMES7Across21 We name a feeble fellowWEED4Across22 Religious imageICON4Across22 DisplayARRAY5Across22 SlideSLIP4Across23 RejectDISCARD7Across23 The whole country's alight!LAND4Across23 Boy's nameTIMOTHY7Across24 SwellSURGE5Across24 The short way to speak?STUTTER7Across24 LukewarmTEPID5Across26 They can be dynamite!STICKS6Across26 Shrub or small treeACACIA6Across26 Would have been great if it actually flewROC3Across29 MeadowLEA3Across29 LoyalTRUE4Across29 SeverCUT3Across30 Measuring stickRULER5Across31 Abroad, possible payment for clever cures?SUCRE5Across31 Is a sleeping one a bedmate?PARTNER7Across32 Green-eyedJEALOUS7Across32 DiscourteousRUDE4Across32 FoundationBASIS5Across33 Island in the form of a ringATOLL5Across34 ChallengesDARES5Across34 We do so in all weathersEAT3Across35 CoverLID3Across35 SeemAPPEAR6Across35 Sounds nice, but the sum's wrong, I seeMUSIC5Across36 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across36 SnuggleNESTLE6Across36 It's played voluntarilyORGAN5Across37 AnchorKEDGE5Across37 Severe abdominal painCOLIC5Across37 Where, in Belgium, a little chap gets out of breathGHENT5Across38 ScorchesSEARS5Across38 PitchedTOSSED6Across38 EmanateEMERGE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ending in deathFATAL5Down1 Encouraged a novice having done wrongLEDON5Down1 TakeACCEPT6Down1 DictionaryLEXICON7Down2 He starts winning money with FredWILFRED7Down2 BorderMARGIN6Down2 SpoolREEL4Down3 SharpenWHET4Down4 Very short dog with a trouble-free tail!CURT4Down4 EnlistENROL5Down4 Of the starsASTRAL6Down5 ApologeticSORRY5Down5 You can count on it being a frameABACUS6Down5 OffAWAY4Down6 Restored from deathRISEN5Down6 Like me and Mr Lynam, they made historyMEDES5Down6 BowerARBOUR6Down7 Girl's nameELLEN5Down7 Balance one in positionPOISE5Down7 PactTREATY6Down8 MatePAL3Down9 A little treasure is good for themGEM3Down9 CountryTUNISIA7Down12 Shows some dear old peopleDEPICTS7Down12 LoudRAUCOUS7Down13 A student paper?RAG3Down14 MarshBOG3Down14 SeerAUGUR5Down15 A teetotaller, warm hearted and in good odourATTAR5Down16 Young female horseFILLY5Down16 ShelfLEDGE5Down16 Spoil a poem with hesitationERODE5Down17 HarvestsREAPS5Down17 CommandORDER5Down18 PleasantSAPID5Down19 London's heart line?CENTRAL7Down19 WheedlesCAJOLES7Down19 Like a guard on a watch?SWISS5Down20 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Down20 ExpireDIE3Down21 Is old but not totally derelictRELIC5Down21 ProvincialLOCAL5Down21 SkillART3Down22 Lacking depthSHALLOW7Down23 Not a writing desk!LECTERN7Down23 Make pictures, possibly going by the bookSKETCH6Down24 DeclamationTIRADE6Down24 ChannelSTRAIT6Down24 Start making trouble in a high place!TOR3Down25 Hot drinkTEA3Down25 UproarRUMPUS6Down25 GamblerPUNTER6Down27 Short skirts causing a displeased utterance by usTUTUS5Down27 Herb typeCUMIN5Down27 EraseDELETE6Down28 It's rugged, rocky and ScottishCRAIG5Down28 SurrendersCEDES5Down28 NursedCARED5Down30 Like a tin-opener used during a mealMETAL5Down30 Of sound or hearingAUDIO5Down30 TintTINGE5Down31 Gibe, tauntJEER4Down32 Intend a vessel to go round a little lakePLAN4Down32 Talk too much about a horse?NAG3Down33 LubricantOIL3Down33 CookBAKE4Down33 AppearSEEM4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, June 25, 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.