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Evening Standard Crossword March 28 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 28 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
FlavourTASTE5Across3 MicroorganismsBACTERIA8Across9 StablemanOSTLER6Across9 A trainer doesn't need it to keep in good shape!SHOETREE8Across9 AdmittingOWNING6Across10 "Drink? Not I," you sayTEA3Across10 AgeERA3Across10 Surplus to requirements and that's new!UNUSED6Across11 TornRIPPED6Across11 ExpiateATONE5Across11 Conditions at home sure will changeINURES6Across12 Biting insectBEDBUG6Across12 GulpSWIG4Across12 "A friend has a right," I put in, "to be biased"PARTIAL7Across13 Group of fourQUARTET7Across13 Pull in and seem to be under the influenceREEL4Across14 PlatformDAIS4Across14 Self-satisfiedCOMPLACENT10Across15 Not too badly, when up to it physicallyWELLENOUGH10Across15 SolitaryLONE4Across15 FlimsyTENUOUS7Across17 Awfully good, won't be beaten byGODOWNTO8Across17 Comic rhymeLIMERICK8Across17 Why answer!BECAUSE7Across18 SatedREPLETE7Across18 Pink for a girlROSE4Across19 Little devilsIMPS4Across19 SorrowWOE3Across20 CaramelTOFFEE6Across21 The weak half of bitter, means to imbibeWATERY6Across21 ReasonLOGIC5Across21 ActualityFACT4Across23 TKOTECHNICALKNOCKOUT17Across24 So far as I'm concerned, I'm having no dubbingSPEAKINGFORMYSELF17Across24 RoguishARCH4Across25 DogHOUND5Across26 I go through the sales breakdown with herLASSIE6Across27 Capital of PolandWARSAW6Across27 CurveARC3Across28 Spoil the walkTURN4Across29 ConservativeTORY4Across29 AfarDISTANT7Across30 Have your say firmly in a high voice?SPEAKUP7Across30 ImitationMIMICRY7Across30 Gather what you have to do with the DIY kit?ASSEMBLE8Across33 ValleyDELL4Across33 InvestigationRESEARCH8Across33 RimEDGE4Across35 Understands, perhaps, vaguely the object is to get insideAPPREHENDS10Across35 Funeral directorUNDERTAKER10Across35 A degree in dancingSTEP4Across36 JournalPAPER5Across36 Witty remarkQUIP4Across36 A cart turning to the right and it's very slow-movingTRACTOR7Across37 FruitAPRICOT7Across37 Three timesTHRICE6Across38 ResponseREFLEX6Across38 A Hardy book, maybe?ANNUAL6Across38 AllowanceRATION6Across39 HolinessPIETY5Across40 CaressSTROKE6Across40 Convey verbally to the ladyCARRIE6Across40 DigitTOE3Across41 That's 1,951 years ago, boyLAD3Across41 In the open airOUTDOORS8Across42 Reverse what had been decided about the directive?OVERRULE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ill-intentionedMALEVOLENT10Down1 Unable to use the slot machine - it's always the sameCHANGELESS10Down1 PushBOOST5Down1 CounterfoilSTUB4Down2 Drop when you shootTEAR4Down2 TarnishSTAIN5Down2 BoasterBRAGGART8Down3 Right now's when one puts it on showPRESENTS8Down3 BeverageTEA3Down3 Large tentMARQUEE7Down4 Is just as fast as and plugs away atKEEPSUP7Down4 SlyARTFUL6Down4 CadenceTONE4Down5 TeasingTANTALISING11Down5 Having fun getting someone tipsyMAKINGMERRY11Down5 SheepEWE3Down6 Branch of mathematicsARITHMETIC10Down6 Removed from forcibly and leftPULLEDAWAY10Down6 RelictWIDOW5Down7 ArachnidSPIDER6Down7 A wrinkle at the hair-lineFURROW6Down7 ConcurAGREE5Down8 Run-of-the-millMEDIOCRE8Down8 Watch and he'll do it againREPEATER8Down8 With a light "Nonsense!" lifted the childTORCH5Down10 PreciseEXACT5Down10 Well-beingWELFARE7Down13 RavineGULCH5Down14 As heads of state, they don't succeedLEADERS7Down16 Royal residencesPALACES7Down16 NilNOTHING7Down16 NoiseSOUND5Down18 ThroughVIA3Down19 Wrong again, stands up to volunteerOFFER5Down20 ToothMOLAR5Down20 U.S. stateFLORIDA7Down22 Underscore "in years"TEENAGE7Down22 BoxCRATE5Down22 Thick soupSCOTCHBROTH11Down23 An out-and-out I can't say it!UNUTTERABLE11Down23 PullTOW3Down24 BroadcasterNEWSREADER10Down25 Became more friendly with, or was too sensible toKNEWBETTER10Down25 SixtyTHREESCORE10Down26 Having detected one's weak point, nagged about itFOUNDFAULT10Down26 DistractDIVERT6Down27 WorshipADORE5Down28 SufficientADEQUATE8Down28 It's a strange man outside with a dogALSATIAN8Down28 SplitCLEFT5Down29 ConfessADMIT5Down31 AnnoyIRRITATE8Down31 Willing to go on the paper chase, leftPREPARED8Down31 SmallTEENY5Down32 IssueEDITION7Down32 Contend the noise is made by a birdSPARROW7Down32 Once having got cheeky with the masterEXPERT6Down34 UseEMPLOY6Down34 CabTAXI4Down34 Male relativeUNCLE5Down35 Behaved oneself when one stood in forACTED5Down35 VigourPEP3Down36 BeamRAY3Down37 ChesspieceROOK4Down39 He's meanNORM4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 28, 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.