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Evening Standard Crossword March 21 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 21 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
TartACID4Across1 AbradeRUB3Across4 PitSUMP4Across6 ClothCANVAS6Across8 Leaves or eats the bit on the outsideBEATSIT7Across8 American mammalRACCOON7Across8 SignifyDENOTE6Across9 Sets up as rival to a successful body-building business?MUSCLESIN9Across9 Lawn-watererSPRINKLER9Across9 SnoopPRY3Across10 ExultGLOAT5Across12 Jack will be a breederRAISE5Across13 Legal defenceALIBI5Across13 Ways to make moneyMEANS5Across14 TradedDEALT5Across14 ExpiringDYING5Across14 Manage - to administer the anaesthetic to?MAKEOUT7Across15 MeritDESERVE7Across15 CogTOOTH5Across15 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across16 Interrupt, but you start getting used to itBREAKIN7Across16 LustreSHEEN5Across17 Find one must take a right turn firstTRACE5Across17 ProportionRATIO5Across18 AstuteSHREWD6Across18 Give, as a tip, a ball-pointENDOW5Across18 Took a chance and within days are caughtDARED5Across20 AssentACCEDE6Across20 Irritable, informallyRATTY5Across20 Sailing vesselsYACHTS6Across22 A danger to the people ahead of oneMENACE6Across22 MaintenanceUPKEEP6Across23 Leaned over and told you what to bet onTIPPED6Across23 ObjectDEMUR5Across24 European countryBELGIUM7Across25 Said "A mere outward show," which does offendAFFRONT7Across25 SwellBULGE5Across26 ClearnessCLARITY7Across27 That is among the various words meaning "hooligans"ROWDIES7Across27 WirelessRADIO5Across28 Maybe black marks, thanks to being caught in wrongdoingSTAINS6Across30 UnhappinessMISERY6Across30 NetworkWEB3Across30 PassionARDOUR6Across31 Were all different, as a random drive round showedVARIED6Across31 Catches "They ain't hadders!"HASPS5Across32 OpinionsVIEWS5Across32 ThreefoldTHRICE6Across32 LingerLOITER6Across33 SortTYPE4Across34 Are too small to pick upPINCH5Across35 LariatLASSO5Across35 DecayROT3Across35 Is first to be locked in the big prisonOPENS5Across36 LegendMYTH4Across36 Take in knowledgeLEARN5Across36 As soon as you see round, things are differentONSIGHT7Across37 Foreign noblemanMARQUIS7Across37 Renovate and stash away againRESTORE7Across39 Light rainDRIZZLE7Across39 A retiring person of little intelligence; a lonerALOOF5Across41 Cut offSEVER5Across41 Animal of which there are many in the poundOUNCE5Across42 AstoundAMAZE5Across42 Amazed by the speculator and the awful greedSTAGGERED9Across43 RashFOOLHARDY9Across43 The bird has flown, you understand from herBRIDGET7Across44 JealousENVIOUS7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SwordRAPIER6Down1 Want Father Edward to come back at firstDESIRE6Down1 Ill feelingACRIMONY8Down2 Shot in the nudeSTREAKED8Down2 CreepCRAWL5Down2 TreacleGOLDENSYRUP11Down3 Are ice-picks used to work in it?DIAMONDMINE11Down3 VeerDEVIATE7Down3 PastaSPAGHETTI9Down4 Material wealthSUBSTANCE9Down4 FileRASP4Down4 RestrictiveBINDING7Down5 CorpseBODY4Down5 Zip up coats the salesman came back withSCAMPER7Down5 CharSINGE5Down6 Very tall buildingSKYSCRAPER10Down6 Top time for successful mountaineering expeditions?PEAKPERIOD10Down6 BlotchedMOTTLED7Down7 ExpensiveDEAR4Down7 The name on the metal discTINO4Down7 SudsLATHER6Down10 Felt anti an all-night sitting?PROBED6Down10 FurrowRUT3Down11 A beating by father hurtPASTING7Down11 AnalyseDISSECT7Down11 Brooded over when drunkSTEWED6Down12 RegainRECOUP6Down12 FuelGAS3Down12 PullTOW3Down13 UnevenODD3Down16 OveractHAM3Down17 PlayhouseTHEATRE7Down19 Reduce the price of squashDEPRESS7Down19 ArrogantHAUGHTY7Down19 Locks of hairTRESSES7Down21 DogCUR3Down21 The notes you keep fromREFRAIN7Down21 SkullCRANIUM7Down22 SelfEGO3Down23 An electric blanket when you want central heating?COLDCOMFORT11Down24 Shade of blueULTRAMARINE11Down24 WatchEYE3Down25 Blue-veined cheeseGORGONZOLA10Down26 Pervade the whole of the rehearsal?RUNTHROUGH10Down26 SemblanceGUISE5Down27 When unmasked, is brazenBAREFACED9Down28 Strong attackBROADSIDE9Down28 Girl getting the first rise in a jobMISSION7Down29 SluggishINERT5Down29 ConspireCONNIVE7Down29 River-damWEIR4Down30 A really good note to end on. GreatSUPERB6Down30 TuneMELODY6Down30 BlemishBLOT4Down31 Argues it's intended to be readHASWORDS8Down32 Word-for-wordVERBATIM8Down32 Put the plastic cup beside the seatSETTEE6Down33 SiblingSISTER6Down33 The fellow had got angry but concealed itCOVERED7Down34 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Down34 PlanetURANUS6Down38 Look! The strawberry roan is rearing!GANDER6Down38 The locale, or spot, spoken ofSITE4Down40 Golf clubIRON4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 21, 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.