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Evening Standard Crossword June 29 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 29 2025 answers. The Sunday 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#
ConfessADMIT5Across2 He has touching habitsCADGER6Across4 BellowedROARED6Across4 FlowerSWEETPEA8Across7 BreakSNAP4Across7 Something like an arm and a legTHEEARTH8Across7 Remains of three months?EMBERS6Across8 GarmentTSHIRT6Across8 DecoratedORNATE6Across8 TossTHROW5Across9 Fat enough for children's telly?TUBBY5Across10 TolerateABIDE5Across10 TotalSUM3Across11 If easy, it's not toughMEAT4Across13 StrayERR3Across13 StingBITE4Across13 She brews alesELSA4Across14 GovernRULE4Across14 They can get you nowhere several times runningLAPS4Across15 NeatTRIM4Across15 Having little moneyPOOR4Across15 FuelGAS3Across16 Young foxCUB3Across16 Such wood is simply devoid of simulationPLY3Across16 LordPEER4Across17 Just the trip if you want a break?SPIN4Across17 Leg-jointKNEE4Across18 Object of worshipIDOL4Across19 OffenderCULPRIT7Across19 It used to be briefly expressedTWAS4Across19 SourACID4Across20 Absent-mindedFORGETFUL9Across21 Living evidence that a conflagration moves fastFIREFLIES9Across21 StumbleTRIP4Across22 Light, soft drinkPALE4Across23 Greek letterBETA4Across23 WorldlyMUNDANE7Across23 Eric roaming to Patna, perhaps?RICE4Across24 Far downDEEP4Across24 LoyalTRUE4Across25 Because a forward has no protectionFOR3Across26 AngerIRE3Across26 Ran away with much noise when persuadedFLED4Across27 SupplementEKE3Across27 AnonSOON4Across27 TieKNOT4Across28 A Welshman's platform?DAIS4Across29 DischargeEMIT4Across29 GammonHAM3Across30 FastenTIE3Across31 Thick piece of timberBEAM4Across32 Pretty little thing carefully drawnBEAD4Across32 An original Christmas presentMYRRH5Across33 RogueKNAVE5Across33 WillowOSIER5Across33 Various plungersDIVERS6Across34 DiscouragesDETERS6Across34 A grey one is subtly powerfulEMINENCE8Across35 NotoriousINFAMOUS8Across35 The old fool would joke to the bitter endJESTER6Across36 EraseDELETE6Across36 AgainstVERSUS6Across36 ReleaseFREE4Across37 ExultGLOAT5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Academy AwardOSCAR5Down1 Payer of pensions, saySTATE5Down1 RiskINCUR5Down1 SatanDEVIL5Down2 To have and to hold?VERBS5Down2 AppropriateAPT3Down2 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Down3 A clownish letter and then someZANY4Down3 SpoilMAR3Down3 PullTOW3Down4 ProportionRATIO5Down4 What the bird said when sold for next to nothing?CHEEP5Down4 AntelopeGNU3Down5 Nagging painACHE4Down5 Result of a sad ending to bad betDEBT4Down5 StockSTORE5Down6 Rebuke or scoldingEARFUL6Down6 Registers a bit of fun in playing rolesENROLS6Down6 Such varnish, to mum, is a bit stickyMASTIC6Down9 ConflictSTRIFE6Down9 SpokenORAL4Down10 FurtivenessSTEALTH7Down11 Unopened flowerBUD3Down11 Faultless last monthULT3Down11 WarehouseDEPOT5Down12 LeastMINIMUM7Down12 He and don are in placeBASIL5Down12 TediumBOREDOM7Down13 CompetitorENTRANT7Down13 Nominally, the chap fired one shortMANFRED7Down13 ReprieveRESPITE7Down14 Does it merit some belief?LIE3Down15 DowelPEG3Down15 PilotGUIDE5Down16 Dad's balletic contributionPAS3Down16 Mountain passCOL3Down16 BackboneSPINE5Down17 RubberERASER6Down18 By surrounding the referee, if you likePREFER6Down18 OutfitKIT3Down18 HoodwinksDUPES5Down20 Too weak to be much good in the gardenWEEDY5Down20 Great heights to which airmen can riseFAR3Down21 ChargeFEE3Down21 OwingDUE3Down21 Sliding cover?LID3Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 Old BillPOLICE6Down23 Light windBREEZE6Down23 SimilarAKIN4Down24 PerishDIE3Down25 It should be of excellent quality at a tourist centreAIR3Down25 BirdRAVEN5Down26 In conflicting ways, the sea can be seen in a special lightLASER5Down28 Fertile spotOASIS5Down28 LubricatedOILED5Down29 Combat zone around central GreenfordARENA5Down30 Less, inferiorMINOR5Down30 Though difficult, there are ways to hold her, possiblySHREW5Down31 FaithTRUST5Down31 For instance, he could be EgbertBERT4Down32 BeseechesBEGS4Down32 FavouritePET3Down32 Like some coin possessed by meMINE4Down33 BarrelKEG3Down33 Spoken, verbalORAL4Down33 FussADO3Down34 NewtEFT3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, June 29, 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.