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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
SquanderWASTE5Across2 BlazeFIRE4Across7 In brief, soonSHORTLY7Across8 EmpowerENABLE6Across8 ShowDISPLAY7Across8 Having clean escaped from one's pursuers immediatelyRIGHTAWAY9Across9 FightBRAWL5Across9 Potassium nitrateSALTPETRE9Across9 PerformedDID3Across11 LoftATTIC5Across13 Are with the former spouse - the firstEXIST5Across13 RotterCAD3Across13 SmellAROMA5Across14 Swim right into the awful clawCRAWL5Across14 AttackRAID4Across15 A stick for the dogPOINTER7Across15 PortentousOMINOUS7Across15 SpringSPA3Across16 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across16 Everything in this garbled version is rather far-fetchedTALLISH7Across16 Can not quite get the shadeTINGE5Across17 Wear awayERODE5Across17 Found time for, when one arrived homeGOTIN5Across18 VolumeTOME4Across18 Very angryIRATE5Across18 CricketersBATSMEN7Across19 Feeling remorseful, I step outsideRUING5Across20 BallotVOTE4Across20 SubjectTOPIC5Across20 ExcursionOUTING6Across22 PainACHE4Across22 The bird, within half a minute, catches the fleeing ratMARTIN6Across22 ExpectedAWAITED7Across23 EternallyALWAYS6Across23 Spirits are about a pound extraMORALE6Across23 Voracious fishPIRANHA7Across25 Leave en masse from the tearoom?POUROUT7Across25 Not anyNONE4Across25 Chat, informallyCHINWAG7Across27 As first one, I get on and look aroundPIONEER7Across27 EntrapNET3Across27 GaelicERSE4Across28 It's slipshod and over-sentimentalSLOPPY6Across30 ObtainedGOT3Across30 LureENTICE6Across30 MarketBAZAAR6Across31 'Mother,' you enquire. 'What is that material?'DAMASK6Across31 BowNOD3Across31 Settle with, having had a risePAYUP5Across32 AcuteSHARP5Across32 SaluteGREET5Across33 Does it require many, to play it?LOTTO5Across35 PulsateTHROB5Across35 With 'They're not paste,' astonishes oneROCKS5Across36 Asian countryINDIA5Across36 SubsideSETTLE6Across36 In return, gets information about savingsNESTEGG7Across37 Hard to findELUSIVE7Across37 ParchedARID4Across37 CoachTRAIN5Across38 Comes by and fixesSECURES7Across39 DeadlockIMPASSE7Across39 Catches, when it alightsLANDS5Across41 Greek islandCORFU5Across41 Say you'll go over for the showREVUE5Across42 FollowENSUE5Across42 No good if it's in need of sharpeningPOINTLESS9Across43 SignatureAUTOGRAPH9Across43 Having taken the coat off, got soakedFLEECED7Across44 NormallyUSUALLY7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Young catKITTEN6Down1 ShinboneTIBIA5Down1 A raucous 'Shut up and put the water on!'SHRILL6Down1 ParticularSPECIFIC8Down2 Clearly in pain when composing the piece about hospitalWRITHING8Down2 NetworkWEB3Down2 DisasterCATASTROPHE11Down3 Jokes that are anything but clean?BLACKHUMOUR11Down3 OceanSEA3Down3 SupremePARAMOUNT9Down4 FishEEL3Down4 Cavity dealt with, is briefingFILLINGIN9Down4 FrenziedMAD3Down5 What the informer did when paid the money?SHOPPED7Down5 CaressedSTROKED7Down5 GlimmerGLEAM5Down6 AntibioticPENICILLIN10Down6 Being dogmatic about the relinquishing of arms?LAYINGDOWN10Down6 ThreesomeTRIO4Down7 Role for a gentlemanPART4Down7 CriedWEPT4Down10 AnimalRABBIT6Down10 'Enhanced' would be preferableBETTER6Down10 The usual behaviour of the male birdPATTERN7Down11 TruthfulnessHONESTY7Down11 ForcefulDRIVING7Down11 EvaluateASSESS6Down12 RemoteDISTANT7Down12 Pointless row at the greengrocer'sORANGE6Down12 InterestCONCERN7Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 MaterialSATIN5Down16 AdvantageASSET5Down17 BeverageTEA3Down18 Sad attempt to accommodate the oldTRAGEDY7Down19 U.S. stateALABAMA7Down19 SheepEWE3Down21 ArtistPAINTER7Down21 While preparing to play the shot, solve the problemIRONOUT7Down21 RipTEAR4Down24 Be really sorry for getting a thrill from, personallyKICKONESELF11Down24 Hospital employeeCHARGENURSE11Down24 Senior churchmanARCHBISHOP10Down26 Hurtle, screaming - it's very excitingRIPROARING10Down26 SeepedOOZED5Down26 Really good, but oddMATCHLESS9Down28 Type of pictureLANDSCAPE9Down28 'Stopping the pain ourselves,' I put inPAUSING7Down29 Mounted troopsCAVALRY7Down29 CompactSOLID5Down29 InvolveENTAIL6Down30 Use banner headlines to create excitementSPLASH6Down30 Putting back the mug, samples the cakesPASTRIES8Down32 Cooking vesselSAUCEPAN8Down32 ConsumedATE3Down32 FavourPREFER6Down33 Plugged away at and managed to stabilise prices?PEGGED6Down33 ObtainGET3Down33 WeaponFIREARM7Down34 Bridle in which there's an animal hairBRISTLE7Down34 EpochERA3Down34 BrownTAN3Down35 AffrontINSULT6Down38 Having grudgingly admired, in the end be pitted againstENVIED6Down38 Being cheeky is considered great in AmericaCOOL4Down40 FruitPLUM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 16, 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.