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Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
Horological items with many security devicesCLOCKS6Across1 BackhandersBRIBES6Across1 OutcomeRESULT6Across1 CeaseSTOP4Across5 They're fearfully chilly!COLDFEET8Across7 French cityTOULOUSE8Across7 Hecuba's countryCUBA4Across8 Import taxDUTY4Across8 ElectorVOTER5Across8 VehicleVAN3Across9 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Across10 Bit of a loafer, wildly rude and even more noisyLOUDER6Across10 PrincipalMAIN4Across10 Dairy productBUTTER6Across11 Silently acting an operatic role is no goodMIMING6Across11 RevolveTURN4Across11 SharpACUTE5Across12 Bay treeLAUREL6Across13 AngryMAD3Across14 Chap in a stable situation?LAD3Across14 BellowROAR4Across16 Australian laws?RULES5Across16 BroodyMOODY5Across16 SpoolREEL4Across17 The bread list?ROLL4Across17 DischargeEMIT4Across18 Feminine title used by many a manMADAM5Across19 Leprosy suffererLEPER5Across19 AnimalGNU3Across20 Figure a verbal test is properMORAL5Across21 NumberSEVEN5Across21 FittingAPT3Across22 He may look like Winnie-the-PoohTEDDY5Across22 Glossy fabricSATIN5Across22 An unwise outbreak?RASH4Across23 WandROD3Across23 Flat circular plateDISC4Across23 ObservedSEEN4Across24 PourTEEM4Across25 Restored from deathRISEN5Across26 Jump on the thing and buzz offHOPIT5Across26 FavouritePET3Across28 DedicateDEVOTE6Across28 In management, it's a valuable thingGEM3Across28 State without proofALLEGE6Across29 An American in Paris?APACHE6Across29 Fancy cakeGATEAU6Across30 New centre, quite modernRECENT6Across30 DampMOIST5Across30 In brief, unknown; but Oscar in nameANON4Across31 First manADAM4Across31 It's for play when rain interrupts the Test badlyTRAINSET8Across32 Garment with buttonsCARDIGAN8Across32 GreedyAVID4Across32 ExpelOUST4Across33 One who plays golfGOLFER6Across33 Not expected to be dud in various ways?SUDDEN6Across33 SickILL3Across34 ScaleCLIMB5Across35 VictimPREY4Across36 MendicantBEGGAR6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbuseREVILE6Down1 Men's hairdresserBARBER6Down1 One dropping in for bingo?CALLER6Down1 Cruel, viciousBRUTAL6Down2 Adjective applicable to a tail-ender?CAUDAL6Down2 HopefulSANGUINE8Down2 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Down3 Wound stripe?SCAR4Down3 TimberLUMBER6Down3 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down4 CombinedCONCERTED9Down4 Naval man wearing rings on his armADMIRAL7Down4 The blighter lived in uppish styleDEVIL5Down5 RelishGUSTO5Down5 ColonistSETTLER7Down5 GenuineTRUE4Down6 They give half of us labels and possibly venisonSTAGS5Down6 JocundMERRY5Down6 GaspPANT4Down7 To gather flowers, etc., can mean killing someCULL4Down8 By way ofVIA3Down8 Curved roofDOME4Down8 Boy's nameTED3Down9 There's time for this to be brushed without hasteBED3Down9 HillTOR3Down12 Keep her silent!MUM3Down12 VergesEDGES5Down13 Requirements in dense arrayNEEDS5Down13 DetestableLOATHSOME9Down14 SatanDEVIL5Down15 ConcealedHID3Down15 Did their guardians put them in hospital?WARDS5Down15 ImitateAPE3Down17 Electronic messageEMAIL5Down18 Best placed not to be irregular in operationONTOP5Down18 Boy relatable to little cons?MOD3Down19 PermitLET3Down19 DrivingMOTORING8Down19 A time to dream?DAY3Down20 Female swanPEN3Down20 ObtainGET3Down20 The name for gasMETHANE7Down21 Spanish drinkSANGRIA7Down21 WickedUNGODLY7Down21 Nervous twitch, less than enticingTIC3Down22 ObserveSEE3Down22 ParticularDETAIL6Down23 Something groovy to playRECORD6Down23 Seamen's last wordAMEN4Down24 ArticleITEM4Down24 Killer's letter from WaltHITMAN6Down25 PumaCOUGAR6Down25 SpiritMETTLE6Down26 American farmRANCH5Down26 Small part of the south countryHANTS5Down26 CashierTELLER6Down27 Eat or drink noisilySLURP5Down27 Irreligious Paganini piecePAGAN5Down27 Intelligence officer?GEN3Down28 Person's residence, slangPAD3Down28 InclineRAMP4Down29 Star turn possibly poisonedRATS4Down30 RodentsMICE4Down30 Organised criminal groupGANG4Down30 BathTUB3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 1, 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.