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Evening Standard Crossword March 12 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 12 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Fold in clothingPLEAT5Across3 Kind of officer concerned with recruitment?STAFF5Across3 HugeGREAT5Across4 UnscathedUNHURT6Across7 Fighting among great warriorsATWAR5Across8 Boy's nameROGER5Across8 OwingDUE3Across9 OfferBID3Across10 TurretTOWER5Across10 Picking it was a ropy jobOAKUM5Across10 Moved swiftly in transitRAN3Across11 SnakeBOA3Across11 Express disgust when a letter gets torn to shredsSNORT5Across12 RoomSPACE5Across12 BingoLOTTO5Across12 FilthDIRT4Across13 It's a touching thing to doCONTACT7Across13 ForsakeABANDON7Across13 Value of getting the time about right?MERIT5Across15 Photo bookALBUM5Across15 AlcoveNICHE5Across15 BeatTHRESH6Across17 Time to back up 14 DownERA3Across18 Alsatian, sayDOG3Across18 How to handle a piece of cakeEASILY6Across19 GentlewomanLADY4Across19 Treat badlyMISUSE6Across19 FollowENSUE5Across20 Deer meatVENISON7Across21 Alleged reason for an advanced piece of writing?PRETEXT7Across21 FibberLIAR4Across22 Frank has nothing to writeOPEN4Across22 SeedPIP3Across22 Terrible rough ride!DIRE4Across23 OnlyMERE4Across23 SeafarerMARINER7Across24 DisasterDEBACLE7Across24 Dedicated to being disfranchised?DEVOTED7Across24 Israeli monetary unitSHEKEL6Across26 One who has a job to hang curtains?DRAPER6Across26 DistantFAR3Across27 SpeechifyORATE5Across28 NumberTEN3Across29 Message half of us get so wrong!SOS3Across29 Nominal maker of sailsSILAS5Across31 Guest houseHOTEL5Across31 OpinionVIEW4Across31 Stopped work, being just about exhausted?RETIRED7Across32 EarthenwarePOTTERY7Across32 HaphazardRANDOM6Across33 SeniorELDER5Across34 Not exactly vivid, but arguably colourful!LIVID5Across34 Hole in a cooking applianceGAP3Across35 WrathIRE3Across35 DependHINGE5Across35 Not very emphatically!NEVER5Across36 Musical speedTEMPO5Across36 If obtuse, can never be rightANGLE5Across37 Fed upBORED5Across37 YieldingSOFT4Across37 ServantVALET5Across38 Hits at fliesSWATS5Across38 A Russian name for clothSERGE5Across38 SheepEWE3Across39 DeedACT3Across41 ComaTRANCE6Across42 BedBERTH5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It helps prevent a cutthroat from being bluntSTROP5Down1 FoyerLOBBY5Down1 CoagulateCURDLE6Down1 Magic light?LANTERN7Down2 Flow windinglyMEANDER7Down2 PantsSHORTS6Down2 SphereORB3Down3 Big catLION4Down4 PourGUSH4Down4 A colourful suggestionTINT4Down4 RepulseREPEL5Down5 AchieveATTAIN6Down5 A layout as required by a piece of materialFORMAT6Down5 MishapACCIDENT8Down6 Feast arranged by goddessesFATES5Down6 UtensilsTOOLS5Down6 An opening in optics for a learnerPUPIL5Down7 PlanetVENUS5Down7 ProngTINE4Down8 Indian stateGOA3Down9 The western one is paleWAN3Down9 DepreciateDISPARAGE9Down11 Have one's fling as a broadcaster?SCATTER7Down12 According to reasonLOGICAL7Down12 Put onDON3Down14 BumpTHUD4Down14 Have a double life in the Trafalgar Square areaARE3Down14 FashionableCHIC4Down16 Uncompromising, to be exactRIGID5Down16 PurchaserBUYER5Down16 Some pretty pestilent sorts!TYPES5Down17 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down17 ShoalREEF4Down18 Shown up in cameraEXPOSED7Down19 School prefectMONITOR7Down19 Clubs in shady locationsWOODS5Down20 Collision, conflictCLASH5Down20 For the pianist, it can be sustainingPEDAL5Down21 NameNOMINATE8Down21 ManservantVALET5Down21 TrampPLOD4Down23 Say in passingMENTION7Down23 Could the tattooist have them on people?DESIGNS7Down23 A half dead stallion has a certain needDESIRE6Down24 Sweet, ripeMELLOW6Down24 GranaryBARN4Down25 Child brought up to be equableTOT3Down25 MeshNET3Down25 CupidEROS4Down26 Only one pound in the red, but unhappyRILED5Down27 Hang in the airHOVER5Down27 Looks a bit sick due to quiet drinksPALES5Down28 RetainsKEEPS5Down28 SumAMOUNT6Down29 RespectESTEEM6Down30 VerdantGREEN5Down30 An answer you can depend on being soft-heartedREPLY5Down30 CerealWHEAT5Down32 Central Haringey, possible scene of fightingRING4Down32 Fossil fuelPEAT4Down32 Singular clothing can never be all the rage!RAG3Down33 Make mistakesERR3Down33 AmphibianNEWT4Down34 IrritationITCH4Down36 StrayERR3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 12, 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.