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Evening Standard Crossword June 26 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 26 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 125 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#
DraconianHARSH5Across1 A surprising way to be takenABACK5Across1 AdjustADAPT5Across3 Weakling who hisses a lot?SISSY5Across6 KilledSLAIN5Across6 Greek restaurantTAVERNA7Across9 Nevertheless, it's the way a woman gets a RomeoHOWEVER7Across9 ReferALLUDE6Across9 ShamBOGUS5Across10 ScampRASCAL6Across10 Boat negotiating turbulent poolsSLOOP5Across10 DecorateADORN5Across11 A bit of a fightROUND5Across11 SagDROOP5Across11 OozeSEEP4Across12 Stringed instrumentsHARPS5Across12 Location of fancy castlesSPAIN5Across12 Musical performanceRECITAL7Across13 Use void, shifty means to be deceptiveDEVIOUS7Across13 Take down what's on the menuEAT3Across15 GownROBE4Across15 Head coveringCAP3Across15 A note to take back to schoolETON4Across17 DetonateEXPLODE7Across17 Norwegian capitalOSLO4Across17 Rumble around possibly followed by JackLUMBER6Across18 Scoff atDERIDE6Across18 DifferentOTHER5Across19 If they're blue, that's fineSKIES5Across19 Respect highlyADMIRE6Across20 Very poor essay about a treeTRASHY6Across20 SnoopPRY3Across20 AdditionalEXTRA5Across21 AssistantAIDE4Across22 Tear right backREND4Across22 BurdenLOAD4Across23 Sarah who gave heart to AbsalomSAL3Across24 Throw in a high arcLOB3Across24 AidABET4Across25 Liked by manyPOPULAR7Across25 Eventually in less than 24 hoursSOMEDAY7Across25 I intend to get out, that's obviousPLAIN5Across26 RendezvousTRYST5Across26 LustreSHEEN5Across26 Holiday homeVILLA5Across27 Means of watching a splashy dive by a duckVIDEO5Across27 It's in our bloodSERUM5Across28 StoppersBUNGS5Across28 ImmerseDIP3Across28 Time of revolutionOCTOBER7Across29 Radioactive elementURANIUM7Across29 Doctor a fluid that someone will swallowDRINK5Across30 Facial hairBEARD5Across30 BotherTROUBLE7Across30 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across31 Granted there's many a devious deedCEDED5Across31 DetailITEM4Across33 FastenedTIED4Across35 CliffBLUFF5Across36 IncreaseACCRUE6Across38 DetestLOATHE6Across39 BrushSWEEP5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HesitatePAUSE5Down1 Makes amendsATONES6Down2 SlumberSLEEP5Down2 Where to sleep and take a chance about being illBILLET6Down2 There's many a dance in his musicCHOPIN6Down3 AppendADD3Down3 Artist's workroomSTUDIO6Down3 The hilly end of LiverpoolKOP3Down4 MockDERIDE6Down4 PossessesHAS3Down4 PokePROD4Down5 Cries out for a sweepWEEPS5Down5 WildFERAL5Down5 FaucetTAP3Down6 When Rosie's mad with us, it's no laughing matterSERIOUS7Down6 PhotographerSNAPPER7Down6 LadleSCOOP5Down7 Something hard to make a novel mask ofIRON4Down7 StriplingsLADS4Down7 PassageALLEY5Down8 Something sweet for the weekend, say?SUNDAE6Down8 Raid, incursionINROAD6Down8 Unfriendly enough to take one for a ride?SULKY5Down12 SwiftnessHASTE5Down12 FeatEXPLOIT7Down13 RegalROYAL5Down13 These are signs of them in 13 Across and 6 DownDEBTS5Down13 FoldPLEAT5Down14 AscendCLIMB5Down14 Like a number of cordsVOCAL5Down14 Ran away to seaEBBED5Down15 Polite, courteousCIVIL5Down15 CrispBRITTLE7Down16 Boy's namePETER5Down16 She brings a perfect ending to little RudolphTRUDY5Down16 LiveEXIST5Down18 FiendDEMON5Down18 It needs aid, we hear, to make a drinkLEMON5Down18 Area of fruit treesORCHARD7Down19 Bad character short of hair?SHYLOCK7Down19 EpochERA3Down19 SubmissiveDOCILE6Down21 Weapon in bad repairRAPIER6Down21 ConcerningABOUT5Down22 Think highly of Paul, an American heroREVERE6Down22 A seasonAUTUMN6Down22 Hang freelyDANGLE6Down23 Motherly character?NATURE6Down23 AridDRY3Down24 Small coinPENNY5Down25 He could be simply saintlySIMON5Down25 Humble worker with some hope to get ahead?PEON4Down26 Pronounce indistinctlySLUR4Down26 ToyTRIFLE6Down27 Dry in half a jiffySEC3Down28 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down28 SofaDIVAN5Down28 RoostPERCH5Down29 NativityBIRTH5Down31 SidledEDGED5Down32 KilledSLEW4Down34 CoachBUS3Down36 DandyFOP3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, June 26, 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.