Evening Standard Crossword March 25 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 25 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 130 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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SevereSTRICT6Across1 Where the Mafia originated Cicely saidSICILY6Across4 Be againstOPPOSE6Across4 DangerRISK4Across5 Bloodstained missile in spectacular flight!REDARROW8Across7 StarASTERISK8Across7 Where it's possible to go far, one notesAFRICA6Across8 Shopping mallARCADE6Across8 WrathANGER5Across8 OddRUM3Across9 Woollen clothTWEED5Across10 GatherMASS4Across10 Weeps about the mistaken conclusion of pretentious personsSNOBS5Across10 BallotVOTE4Across11 TemptressSIREN5Across12 Fencing swordEPEE4Across13 Left a youngster out of the groupCLUB4Across13 ReallyINDEED6Across13 Wind instrumentHORN4Across14 Unlike chalk and cheeseSAME4Across14 Skirting Carmarthen, we find this cityCAEN4Across15 ClipSNIP4Across15 Not dryWET3Across16 Girl in a hole?PEG3Across16 TableLIST4Across16 Short piece of brass tubingSTUB4Across17 Set of clothingSUIT4Across17 CeaseSTOP4Across18 Man's nameALAN4Across19 Way of moving around in some agitationGAIT4Across19 EqualityPAR3Across20 BoughtPURCHASED9Across21 What soldiers defending a garrison need?FORTITUDE9Across21 ObserveSEE3Across22 RegionAREA4Across23 Renown in association with yours trulyFAME4Across23 SpikeEAR3Across23 Led by it, you can't win by itNOSE4Across24 HeapPILE4Across24 CeremonyRITE4Across24 GaspPANT4Across25 Workplace short of labourLAB3Across26 ThicknessPLY3Across26 Went away airily with a blue copyBLEW4Across27 CloseNEAR4Across27 AmuseTICKLE6Across28 Go soft and old, somehowPLOD4Across29 PodiumDAIS4Across29 GemPEARL5Across30 Premises of note?FLAT4Across32 TowPULL4Across32 PeruseREAD4Across32 Sharon's weight?STONE5Across33 SpokeSAID4Across33 CustomaryUSUAL5Across33 Cry of outraged hikers?SHRIEK6Across34 SortILK3Across34 ContusionBRUISE6Across34 Moment of enlightenment, in cameraEXPOSURE8Across35 RenovateRENEW5Across35 FavourGOODTURN8Across35 One bent on hitting a target?ARCHER6Across36 WatchedEYED4Across36 BirdOSPREY6Across36 MonsterDRAGON6Across37

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ReligionFAITH5Down1 FilterSTRAIN6Down1 But Diana Ross would have no use for it!DROSS5Down1 CurativeREMEDIAL8Down2 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down2 I'm out to get a radio part, speaking with styleIDIOM5Down2 She may well be blueIRIS4Down3 NetworkGRID4Down3 ForceCOMPEL6Down3 It runs wild in Wales!SWALE5Down4 African mammalOKAPI5Down4 UncompromisingINSISTENT9Down4 BackREVERSE7Down5 ColourPUCE4Down5 Restriction gets Bruce no end upset!CURB4Down5 PressIRON4Down6 The case of a keepsakeLOCKET6Down6 AbruptSUDDEN6Down6 RecognisedKNEW4Down7 DonkeyASS3Down8 MealREPAST6Down9 Mushrooms may be amusing, man!FUNGUS6Down9 Impress hugelyWOW3Down11 To reform some gangs, you need to lecture a lotNAG3Down11 Handled twigsBESOM5Down12 FollowENSUE5Down12 Ministerial furnitureCABINET7Down13 Hold spellboundENTHRAL7Down13 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down14 ThusSIC3Down15 BecauseFOR3Down15 Removed or taken out of courtCUT3Down15 Roll of banknotesWAD3Down16 It's soft, that is, to eatPIE3Down16 OceanSEA3Down17 Song belter, possibly?TREBLE6Down18 PlanetURANUS6Down18 ConfrontingTACKLING8Down19 Taped in expert styleADEPT5Down20 MinePIT3Down20 English cityLEEDS5Down20 Much admired, albeit brieflyFAB3Down21 SnoopPRY3Down21 EbbedRECEDED7Down21 Pull out of townTOW3Down22 VentilateAIR3Down22 Dad's not heavy on him!FATHER6Down23 AlarmsALERTS6Down23 By way ofVIA3Down25 Mislead in a firm wayCON3Down25 FirewoodTINDER6Down26 CalculateRECKON6Down27 LamentELEGY5Down28 For the record, he was particularly dismissive of AustraliansLAKER5Down28 LoyalTRUE4Down29 Deputy for some columnist, perhapsLOCUM5Down30 PeelPARE4Down30 BodeAUGUR5Down30 SlopeSLANT5Down31 StatuteLAW3Down31 Many may have been a star!DENEB5Down31 Poor victim of sportFISH4Down32 JettyPIER4Down32 Posh emporium?SHOP4Down33 Asian languageURDU4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. 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.