Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2025 Answers

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Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 12 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Rogue61 AcrossReveal answer → Large prawns64 AcrossReveal answer → In extremes of poverty, a loan means a lot64 AcrossReveal answer → See-saw65 AcrossReveal answer → A foul, substandard drink87 AcrossReveal answer → Mishap87 AcrossReveal answer → Waterproof jacket68 AcrossReveal answer → Is taught to have a lighter schedule68 AcrossReveal answer → Parrot59 AcrossReveal answer → Hard as the heart of a westerner510 AcrossReveal answer → Attic610 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerate510 AcrossReveal answer → Repaired611 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher512 AcrossReveal answer → For polo, it's useful to have a certain amount of money413 AcrossReveal answer → Let fall413 AcrossReveal answer → Wearing no clothes414 AcrossReveal answer → Gap414 AcrossReveal answer → A fuss relating to an outstanding piece of work?414 AcrossReveal answer → Jetty415 AcrossReveal answer → After that, catch about ten415 AcrossReveal answer → Play on words316 AcrossReveal answer → Worker in quarantine316 AcrossReveal answer → To go most of the way with it, takes time417 AcrossReveal answer → Colour317 AcrossReveal answer → Be unsuccessful417 AcrossReveal answer → Rage418 AcrossReveal answer → Breezy in a tuneful way?419 AcrossReveal answer → Adult female horse419 AcrossReveal answer → Fear520 AcrossReveal answer → Blew in during tea, unexpectedly, for a drink921 AcrossReveal answer → 100th anniversary921 AcrossReveal answer → Female522 AcrossReveal answer → Sing in a style that can be intoxicating423 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicles423 AcrossReveal answer → Relative723 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of distance424 AcrossReveal answer → That of the hero, leading man, etc.424 AcrossReveal answer → Respond524 AcrossReveal answer → Skill326 AcrossReveal answer → Adjusted526 AcrossReveal answer → Top cover? But you can exceed it!326 AcrossReveal answer → Ineffective person427 AcrossReveal answer → Like one's flat number?427 AcrossReveal answer → Unguis429 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive429 AcrossReveal answer → Such a school is not completely educational429 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere330 AcrossReveal answer → One woman in a dozen, I dare say432 AcrossReveal answer → Lake432 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name432 AcrossReveal answer → Deprive of the least chance?533 AcrossReveal answer → Booby-trapped533 AcrossReveal answer → Spicy Indian dish533 AcrossReveal answer → Not a black suit634 AcrossReveal answer → African desert634 AcrossReveal answer → In which to start work (or play)835 AcrossReveal answer → Cherish835 AcrossReveal answer → Nuptial635 AcrossReveal answer → Strict636 AcrossReveal answer → To Charles, a half of beer636 AcrossReveal answer → Rota636 AcrossReveal answer → Spree537 AcrossReveal answer → Required638 AcrossReveal answer → Ball game639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Devil51 DownReveal answer → A bad start, ultimately, is a big blow51 DownReveal answer → Respect61 DownReveal answer → Pungent52 DownReveal answer → Admitted breaking down when about due to finish52 DownReveal answer → Fighting62 DownReveal answer → Lazy43 DownReveal answer → Running water can act like acid!43 DownReveal answer → So be it43 DownReveal answer → A fixed gaze54 DownReveal answer → Subsequently54 DownReveal answer → Flocks, we're told, can be growing54 DownReveal answer → Domesticated55 DownReveal answer → At the summit45 DownReveal answer → How the Americans find duck soup45 DownReveal answer → Pitcher46 DownReveal answer → Serious epidemic66 DownReveal answer → Can blackberrying present such problems?66 DownReveal answer → Boredom67 DownReveal answer → Blush68 DownReveal answer → Mean getting in late, perhaps69 DownReveal answer → Usual69 DownReveal answer → However311 DownReveal answer → Even the best can be whipped!311 DownReveal answer → Postpone512 DownReveal answer → Tree or horse out West512 DownReveal answer → Occidental713 DownReveal answer → Two chaps ran out713 DownReveal answer → Predicament713 DownReveal answer → There's nothing in raising the blind315 DownReveal answer → Irritated515 DownReveal answer → Mine315 DownReveal answer → Be plural?316 DownReveal answer → List516 DownReveal answer → Snoop316 DownReveal answer → Meeting-place518 DownReveal answer → Seaman posted missing618 DownReveal answer → Solution618 DownReveal answer → Manufacturer519 DownReveal answer → It's awkward, swimming in the Serpentine!520 DownReveal answer → Stadium520 DownReveal answer → Parched321 DownReveal answer → Feline321 DownReveal answer → Be inclined to pay extra321 DownReveal answer → Pinch322 DownReveal answer → Receiving nil in points, nevertheless succeeded322 DownReveal answer → Damp322 DownReveal answer → Invent623 DownReveal answer → Chew the rag, nominally623 DownReveal answer → Tape624 DownReveal answer → Strike325 DownReveal answer → Area of clear pasturage325 DownReveal answer → Fish625 DownReveal answer → Tidy627 DownReveal answer → Furious528 DownReveal answer → Wreckage628 DownReveal answer → For knights of old, it helped to save face528 DownReveal answer → Photo book530 DownReveal answer → Checks on the horses530 DownReveal answer → Lubricated530 DownReveal answer → Soft, luxurious fabric531 DownReveal answer → Glandular organ531 DownReveal answer → Cap531 DownReveal answer → Urn432 DownReveal answer → Having wings, he rose fluttering432 DownReveal answer → Such castles are prone to flooding433 DownReveal answer → Horse433 DownReveal answer → Boast433 DownReveal answer → Distribute434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.