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Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
American stateTEXAS5Across1 ClimbedSCALED6Across1 Is what hens do in the HebridesISLAY5Across1 SoilDIRT4Across5 A growing reason for my backwardness in an articleTHYME5Across6 NervyTENSE5Across6 TwelveDOZEN5Across8 Make a special item of a fine performance on the riverFEATURE7Across9 ManageRUN3Across9 Shy or modestBASHFUL7Across9 ParticleATOM4Across10 TaleSTORY5Across10 Skill in boatbuilding?CRAFT5Across10 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across11 Angry with a charge at the medical centreIRATE5Across11 Without clothesNAKED5Across11 EraEPOCH5Across12 Senior memberDOYEN5Across12 Make a mess of a confection?FUDGE5Across12 DisfiguresDEFACES7Across13 A country loverPATRIOT7Across13 MarginBORDER6Across13 Farmyard birdHEN3Across15 Young socialite just startingDEB3Across15 AdroitDEFT4Across16 DryARID4Across17 Set among some pyramidsAMID4Across17 Go back to bedRETIRE6Across18 ObserveNOTE4Across18 Time to comeFUTURE6Across18 Something to do with a wheelSTEER5Across19 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Across19 MotoristDRIVER6Across20 For preference, take a bite out of a choc-iceCHOICE6Across20 ButtRAM3Across20 StriveVIE3Across22 Takes a rest from veracity!LIES4Across22 Strong windGALE4Across22 AttemptTRY3Across23 A female in the newsHEN3Across24 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across24 Monetary unitYEN3Across24 Outstanding foreigner in the streetSALIENT7Across25 Sea eagleERNE4Across25 BeginnerLEARNER7Across25 TeacherTUTOR5Across26 Full of non-vegetarian substanceMEATY5Across26 This little fellow is a cross one when deprived of piePIXIE5Across27 AssistantsAIDES5Across27 Move furtivelySNEAK5Across28 Piece of sticky paperSTAMP5Across28 AbsenteeTRUANT6Across28 Gossip to read to a backward ladSCANDAL7Across29 Young hareLEVERET7Across29 Keep quiet about mum's contribution to an accidentSMASH5Across30 TouchesFEELS5Across30 HouseVILLA5Across30 Fire remainsASHES5Across31 Sources of water in SomersetWELLS5Across31 AnimalGOAT4Across32 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 SpikeEAR3Across34 ValidSOUND5Across35 AlwaysEVER4Across36 SaidSTATED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WriterSCRIBE6Down1 Current way to get on paperSTREAM6Down2 One or the otherEITHER6Down2 UnusualABNORMAL8Down2 ExhilaratedELATED6Down3 Pay for a piece of Staffordshire chinaAFFORD6Down3 OverseasABROAD6Down3 AbleCOMPETENT9Down4 Still rising in late yearsYET3Down4 SpeakSAY3Down4 FallDESCENT7Down5 Strong drinkSTOUT5Down5 Utter confusionCHAOS5Down5 A piece of a pieceTRIGGER7Down6 CreepINCH4Down6 MelodiousTUNEFUL7Down6 FlavourTANG4Down7 Style and vigourELAN4Down7 Present her with a keyHERE4Down7 Kebab spikeSKEWER6Down8 RabbitDOE3Down8 The question of how mother holds a tin openerMATTER6Down8 No way to play pianoFORTE5Down12 ExcludeDEBAR5Down12 Area or path around central WhitechapelPATCH5Down13 BeauDANDY5Down13 DisclosingREVEALING9Down14 Athenian with his own way of working in metalTIMON5Down14 Belong, conformFITIN5Down14 Pig penSTY3Down15 A personHUMAN5Down15 Down south, a team has to fade outDIXIE5Down15 At no timeNEVER5Down16 Start back east with a donkey, sayBEAST5Down16 ConiferFIR3Down17 Early form of team contestRELAY5Down18 AgueFEVER5Down18 DecorateORNAMENT8Down19 Sound highly owlish!SCREECH7Down19 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down19 RankROW3Down20 ResuscitateREVIVE6Down21 It may cause the balloon to go upHELIUM6Down21 Check onMONITOR7Down21 Pig noisesGRUNTS6Down22 Short novel ending with a new titleLITTLE6Down22 EnvoyLEGATE6Down23 Colourful coat with a name in itENAMEL6Down23 Grand place to watch the match?STAND5Down25 Let downLOWER5Down25 WanderingERRANT6Down26 NotifyTELL4Down26 In America, the unmarried stateMISS4Down26 StockedSTORED6Down27 Made sure to help with the washing upSAW3Down28 Adriatic, saySEA3Down28 FeverAGUE4Down29 UrnVASE4Down30 AppendADD3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 14, 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.