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Evening Standard Crossword May 15 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 15 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Moustached maker of laws involving Rugby UnionWALRUS6Across1 AbsoluteSHEER5Across1 Cheroots, sayCIGARS6Across1 VoucherTICKET6Across5 It borders on being hirsuteHAIRLINE8Across7 Until this timeHITHERTO8Across7 Storage place for oils?SILO4Across8 FrillRUCHE5Across8 RibbonTAPE4Across8 EvenSMOOTH6Across10 Concluded it's terribly cold around the Kentish areaCLOSED6Across10 Very happyELATED6Across10 DeclareAVER4Across11 Waste of a letter to Susie, possiblyMISUSE6Across11 Fleet of shipsARMADA6Across11 Help a bit of an idiot with an articleAID3Across14 MeshNET3Across14 AmorousLOVING6Across14 InventedDEVISED7Across15 They're outstandingly elephantineTUSKS5Across16 StoriesTALES5Across16 Something to do with a mushroomDARN4Across17 InquiresASKS4Across17 MarryWED3Across18 BroadenWIDEN5Across19 Stick a round, say!BATON5Across19 DecayROT3Across19 Group of witchesCOVEN5Across21 See several balls in the fieldCOVER5Across21 PeruseREAD4Across21 ColourGREEN5Across22 Figure one in ten is AmericanTEXAN5Across22 MaterialDENIM5Across23 An inspiring femaleMUSE4Across23 Skin eruptionRASH4Across23 PipSEED4Across24 It turns round and comes back againROTOR5Across26 ShinboneTIBIA5Across26 FellowDON3Across27 Male offspringSON3Across28 Severely criticise an immortalPAN3Across28 The chap at the organ was no amateur!EARNED6Across29 RepresentativesAGENTS6Across29 FixPEG3Across29 MonkeyBABOON6Across30 Trying to get money out of peopleTAXING6Across30 Neglect to ring Henman backOMIT4Across31 Port in YemenADEN4Across31 RebellingRIOTING7Across31 Abandoned, semi-nude old widowDERELICT8Across32 Watches carefullyOBSERVES8Across32 Hidden shooterSNIPER6Across32 Easy scoring chanceSITTER6Across33 Veer unexpectedly to the southwestSWERVE6Across33 QuoteCITE4Across34 ArachnidSPIDER6Across35 PerformedACTED5Across38 ConquerMASTER6Across39 CogsTEETH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Flinched from a nice change of heart!WINCED6Down1 Photographer's deviceCAMERA6Down1 An almost elevating thing to eatRAISIN6Down2 SubsidesABATES6Down2 BorderHEM3Down2 Not barefoot in a quiet part of the woodSHOD4Down3 Garden hutSHED4Down3 AmatoryEROTIC6Down3 Villain able to trot around with a whimsical airTRAITOR7Down4 AbbreviateSHORTEN7Down4 GrooveRUT3Down4 DuckTEAL4Down5 A sign of reductionMINUS5Down5 Court caseTRIAL5Down5 TalentedCLEVER6Down6 SetteesSOFAS5Down6 Old people seem upset about the sad endingMEDES5Down6 PulledTUGGED6Down7 Heavy armoured vehicleTANK4Down8 So warm-hearted as to reach great heightsSOAR4Down8 Pounded into a potentially winning positionLED3Down9 ApplaudedCHEERED7Down9 FavouritePET3Down9 BlokeMAN3Down12 PromiseVOW3Down12 Early riserSUN3Down12 TravelRIDE4Down13 Misses the exercise?SKIPS5Down13 School furniture itemsDESKS5Down13 Virginia is able to tour part of IrelandCAVAN5Down15 PlungesDIVES5Down15 RelaxEASE4Down16 GiverDONOR5Down17 Small twigSPRIG5Down18 Breathless greeting to a Scottish town!ALLOA5Down18 Wherein to fight for seats?BOX3Down19 GriefWOE3Down19 SmallestTINIEST7Down20 That decimated groupTEN3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 Bomb holesCRATERS7Down21 Serials said to be suitable for breakfastCEREALS7Down21 SpiritGIN3Down22 Not overweight?TON3Down22 That girl of mine, out for a kissMAXINE6Down23 Boy's nameROBERT6Down23 MethodSYSTEM6Down24 One soldier's outfitUNIT4Down24 SoonANON4Down24 HeroicEPIC4Down25 Motor most beginners might smash!ENGINE6Down25 Need for foodHUNGER6Down25 Again, the new day calls for cashREADY5Down26 ShowDEPICT6Down26 ClawTALON5Down26 In Cornwall, tortuous tour around a tourist centreTRURO5Down27 Brutal personBEAST5Down27 PaceSTRIDE6Down28 Nominal map makerPAM3Down28 Heavy-heartedSAD3Down28 Are they not too young for whisky?TOTS4Down30 ObtainGET3Down30 FishBASS4Down30 BreedREAR4Down33 NewtEFT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 15, 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.