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Evening Standard Crossword March 5 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 5 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#
Cold dishSALAD5Across3 Be burdensome in the way mentionedWEIGH5Across3 NewFRESH5Across4 ObeyedHEEDED6Across7 Drinks for the workers around central HammersmithBEERS5Across8 Powerful businessmanBARON5Across8 StriveVIE3Across9 ResinLAC3Across10 SummonsCALLS5Across10 Tangle Victor in a real messRAVEL5Across10 A name in faith healingALI3Across11 Girl's namePIA3Across11 To shatter central targets is terrific!GREAT5Across12 ShaverRAZOR5Across12 RefuteREBUT5Across12 NewsWORD4Across13 Be prominent in crimeSTICKUP7Across13 Burrowing rodentHAMSTER7Across13 One planet in seven, usuallyVENUS5Across15 Wall paintingMURAL5Across15 DruggedDOPED5Across15 SuitBECOME6Across17 Eskimo name?KIM3Across18 GratuityTIP3Across18 Quieten down when suitably seatedSEDATE6Across19 ShoutYELL4Across19 DistantREMOTE6Across19 RegalROYAL5Across20 Splinter groupFACTION7Across21 Game in which a girl holds a bat awkwardlyNETBALL7Across21 Object of worshipIDOL4Across22 To make a lot out of nothing is a bad thing to doLOOT4Across22 ThroughPER3Across22 It's shut up on many a morningCLAM4Across23 ExpensiveDEAR4Across23 GratifiesPLEASES7Across24 FoughtDUELLED7Across24 Relatives in hospitalSISTERS7Across24 EdictDECREE6Across26 Significantly, it sounds like a cymbalSYMBOL6Across26 EpochERA3Across27 OriginateARISE5Across28 Hot drinkTEA3Across29 What you might make on a good day?HAY3Across29 Joyride around a European countrySPAIN5Across31 GuideSTEER5Across31 RegionAREA4Across31 Snake in devilish guiseSERPENT7Across32 NecessaryNEEDFUL7Across32 PinchedNIPPED6Across33 FlanksSIDES5Across34 He could take a break from his jobBAKER5Across34 A couple of outworkersTWO3Across35 Narrow broochPIN3Across35 ViewSCENE5Across35 Did the businessDEALT5Across36 Sounds a hornTOOTS5Across36 A gun part?PIECE5Across37 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across37 BreezeWIND4Across37 ZestGUSTO5Across38 PortionSHARE5Across38 To the listener, some lyrics are old-fashionedEARLY5Across38 LabelTAG3Across39 StrayERR3Across41 CavalrymanLANCER6Across42 LearntHEARD5Across43

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He gets athletes to start and finish races!HEATS5Down1 Asian countryJAPAN5Down1 SpraySHOWER6Down1 A game little creatureCRICKET7Down2 By the seaCOASTAL7Down2 CloseNEARBY6Down2 SolidifyGEL3Down3 AssertAVER4Down4 BlazeFIRE4Down4 Wyatt's name for a variety of pearEARP4Down4 PromptREADY5Down5 InsightACUMEN6Down5 Light-hearted composer, nevertheless stonyGRAVEL6Down5 UntarnishedSPOTLESS8Down6 Having caught out half the team, is unpopularHATED5Down6 FactDATUM5Down6 Prove the crazy brute wrong!REBUT5Down7 BaaBLEAT5Down7 Skirting boardDADO4Down8 Raised edgeRIM3Down9 High priest in HeligolandELI3Down9 IllnessCOMPLAINT9Down11 Something to chew and cook, but you don't want it in your mouthGUMBOIL7Down12 Tortoise, sayREPTILE7Down12 Facial twitchTIC3Down14 DeceasedDEAD4Down14 Outfit selected from stock itemsKIT3Down14 RindPEEL4Down16 Are they hard to hit on the head?NAILS5Down16 Romantic flowersROSES5Down16 Apparently goes southeast to the riverSEEMS5Down17 Gain knowledgeLEARN5Down17 HintCLUE4Down18 Slip along with a lively list for the ladySLITHER7Down19 Revolves, spinsROTATES7Down19 It's clear a girl has to go without nothing!GLASS5Down20 Sparrows, sayBIRDS5Down20 Neither mother shares her nameNORMA5Down21 OpeningOVERTURE8Down21 PowerFORCE5Down21 HarvestREAP4Down23 ExpressionlessDEADPAN7Down23 Not the straightforward type, as I'm supposed to beCRYPTIC7Down23 Moonlight music?SONATA6Down24 DiePERISH6Down24 Sea eagleERNE4Down25 You haven't only one, dear heartEAR3Down25 ObserveSEE3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Belgian part of Hungary, presumablyYPRES5Down27 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down27 It's religiously readBIBLE5Down28 Puts one's feet upRESTS5Down28 FoolishnessIDIOCY6Down29 BearENDURE6Down30 Of the moonLUNAR5Down30 A striking inningsKNOCK5Down30 FlowerASTER5Down32 Close down a seaside rail terminusSEAL4Down32 Close toNEAR4Down32 Being a beast, we go back eastEWE3Down33 FlipperFIN3Down33 ResoundPEAL4Down34 StringCORD4Down36 BreachGAP3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 5, 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.