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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 16 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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Squander52 AcrossReveal answer → Blaze47 AcrossReveal answer → In brief, soon78 AcrossReveal answer → Empower68 AcrossReveal answer → Show78 AcrossReveal answer → Having clean escaped from one's pursuers immediately99 AcrossReveal answer → Fight59 AcrossReveal answer → Potassium nitrate99 AcrossReveal answer → Performed311 AcrossReveal answer → Loft513 AcrossReveal answer → Are with the former spouse - the first513 AcrossReveal answer → Rotter313 AcrossReveal answer → Smell514 AcrossReveal answer → Swim right into the awful claw514 AcrossReveal answer → Attack415 AcrossReveal answer → A stick for the dog715 AcrossReveal answer → Portentous715 AcrossReveal answer → Spring316 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage716 AcrossReveal answer → Everything in this garbled version is rather far-fetched716 AcrossReveal answer → Can not quite get the shade517 AcrossReveal answer → Wear away517 AcrossReveal answer → Found time for, when one arrived home518 AcrossReveal answer → Volume418 AcrossReveal answer → Very angry518 AcrossReveal answer → Cricketers719 AcrossReveal answer → Feeling remorseful, I step outside520 AcrossReveal answer → Ballot420 AcrossReveal answer → Subject520 AcrossReveal answer → Excursion622 AcrossReveal answer → Pain422 AcrossReveal answer → The bird, within half a minute, catches the fleeing rat622 AcrossReveal answer → Expected723 AcrossReveal answer → Eternally623 AcrossReveal answer → Spirits are about a pound extra623 AcrossReveal answer → Voracious fish725 AcrossReveal answer → Leave en masse from the tearoom?725 AcrossReveal answer → Not any425 AcrossReveal answer → Chat, informally727 AcrossReveal answer → As first one, I get on and look around727 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap327 AcrossReveal answer → Gaelic428 AcrossReveal answer → It's slipshod and over-sentimental630 AcrossReveal answer → Obtained330 AcrossReveal answer → Lure630 AcrossReveal answer → Market631 AcrossReveal answer → 'Mother,' you enquire. 'What is that material?'631 AcrossReveal answer → Bow331 AcrossReveal answer → Settle with, having had a rise532 AcrossReveal answer → Acute532 AcrossReveal answer → Salute533 AcrossReveal answer → Does it require many, to play it?535 AcrossReveal answer → Pulsate535 AcrossReveal answer → With 'They're not paste,' astonishes one536 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country536 AcrossReveal answer → Subside636 AcrossReveal answer → In return, gets information about savings737 AcrossReveal answer → Hard to find737 AcrossReveal answer → Parched437 AcrossReveal answer → Coach538 AcrossReveal answer → Comes by and fixes739 AcrossReveal answer → Deadlock739 AcrossReveal answer → Catches, when it alights541 AcrossReveal answer → Greek island541 AcrossReveal answer → Say you'll go over for the show542 AcrossReveal answer → Follow542 AcrossReveal answer → No good if it's in need of sharpening943 AcrossReveal answer → Signature943 AcrossReveal answer → Having taken the coat off, got soaked744 AcrossReveal answer → Normally744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Young cat61 DownReveal answer → Shinbone51 DownReveal answer → A raucous 'Shut up and put the water on!'61 DownReveal answer → Particular82 DownReveal answer → Clearly in pain when composing the piece about hospital82 DownReveal answer → Network32 DownReveal answer → Disaster113 DownReveal answer → Jokes that are anything but clean?113 DownReveal answer → Ocean33 DownReveal answer → Supreme94 DownReveal answer → Fish34 DownReveal answer → Cavity dealt with, is briefing94 DownReveal answer → Frenzied35 DownReveal answer → What the informer did when paid the money?75 DownReveal answer → Caressed75 DownReveal answer → Glimmer56 DownReveal answer → Antibiotic106 DownReveal answer → Being dogmatic about the relinquishing of arms?106 DownReveal answer → Threesome47 DownReveal answer → Role for a gentleman47 DownReveal answer → Cried410 DownReveal answer → Animal610 DownReveal answer → 'Enhanced' would be preferable610 DownReveal answer → The usual behaviour of the male bird711 DownReveal answer → Truthfulness711 DownReveal answer → Forceful711 DownReveal answer → Evaluate612 DownReveal answer → Remote712 DownReveal answer → Pointless row at the greengrocer's612 DownReveal answer → Interest713 DownReveal answer → Erased714 DownReveal answer → Material516 DownReveal answer → Advantage517 DownReveal answer → Beverage318 DownReveal answer → Sad attempt to accommodate the old719 DownReveal answer → U.S. state719 DownReveal answer → Sheep321 DownReveal answer → Artist721 DownReveal answer → While preparing to play the shot, solve the problem721 DownReveal answer → Rip424 DownReveal answer → Be really sorry for getting a thrill from, personally1124 DownReveal answer → Hospital employee1124 DownReveal answer → Senior churchman1026 DownReveal answer → Hurtle, screaming - it's very exciting1026 DownReveal answer → Seeped526 DownReveal answer → Really good, but odd928 DownReveal answer → Type of picture928 DownReveal answer → 'Stopping the pain ourselves,' I put in729 DownReveal answer → Mounted troops729 DownReveal answer → Compact529 DownReveal answer → Involve630 DownReveal answer → Use banner headlines to create excitement630 DownReveal answer → Putting back the mug, samples the cakes832 DownReveal answer → Cooking vessel832 DownReveal answer → Consumed332 DownReveal answer → Favour633 DownReveal answer → Plugged away at and managed to stabilise prices?633 DownReveal answer → Obtain333 DownReveal answer → Weapon734 DownReveal answer → Bridle in which there's an animal hair734 DownReveal answer → Epoch334 DownReveal answer → Brown335 DownReveal answer → Affront638 DownReveal answer → Having grudgingly admired, in the end be pitted against638 DownReveal answer → Being cheeky is considered great in America440 DownReveal answer → Fruit440 DownReveal answer →

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