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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 132 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#
QuotedCITED5Across2 PerchROOST5Across3 In chamber music, groups of more than ten?TRIOS5Across3 SpellCHARM5Across7 Hesitate to be terribly rude about 'monsieur'DEMUR5Across8 ReimburseREPAY5Across8 TruncheonBATON5Across8 Distribute by way of some reward?STREW5Across10 ConcealsHIDES5Across10 HigherUPPER5Across10 NothingNIL3Across11 Talk very freely in making a sceneGAS3Across11 SummitTOP3Across12 Much repeated Middle Eastern ceremonyTRITE5Across12 Call onVISIT5Across12 Cook keeps a change of coat at the workplaceFACTORY7Across13 TerseLACONIC7Across13 AvoidEVADE5Across13 DeterminedDECIDED7Across15 TitlesNAMES5Across15 Gets paid for being saner, somehow?EARNS5Across15 EbbRECEDE6Across17 Strong feeling of unfair exploitationIRE3Across18 Religious sisterNUN3Across18 Violet and I doing wrongINDIGO6Across19 BecauseFOR3Across19 Term of officeTENURE6Across19 PardonedEXCUSED7Across20 Shooting starsMETEORS7Across21 Nice lad roaming the countryICELAND7Across21 Engage in commerciallyDEAL4Across22 Calm a noted rough seaEASE4Across22 SwiftFAST4Across23 ApertureSLOT4Across23 Extra for Sir ThomasMORE4Across23 InjuriousHARMFUL7Across24 It's on the wingAILERON7Across24 BeatDRUM4Across25 Votes for a fat head of statePLUMPS6Across26 One's professional lifeCAREER6Across26 ConnectedRELATED7Across26 Deserter of an art formRAT3Across29 Narrow broochPIN3Across29 MalesMEN3Across30 DiscussionDEBATE6Across31 One who perseveresTRIER5Across31 The rest of the nightSLEEP5Across31 African countrySENEGAL7Across32 The chauvinistic one got into bedBIGOTED7Across32 Prepare anew to fight back and finish them!REARM5Across34 StormTEMPEST7Across34 AutomatonROBOT5Across34 Have such recruits not been to the cookhouse?RAW3Across35 RodentRAT3Across35 Daily woman?LYDIA5Across36 FilmMOVIE5Across36 Be repulsive in a dance round the pianoREPEL5Across37 Of the PopePAPAL5Across37 AnimalCAMEL5Across37 Prose compositionESSAY5Across38 Big box of vital partsTRUNK5Across38 TankVAT3Across38 MistakeERROR5Across39 RepulseREPEL5Across40 GiverDONOR5Across41 NumberSEVEN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TriteBANAL5Down1 JostleSHOVE5Down1 Artist, for instance, in sad disarrayDEGAS5Down1 Army officerCOLONEL7Down2 Rough, maybe, and merely a cold thingJUSTICE7Down2 CoarseCRUDE5Down2 HinderIMPEDE6Down3 Of the earOTIC4Down4 WatchedEYED4Down4 Nominal contributor to a lorry crashRORY4Down4 WithdrewRETIRED7Down5 Doesn't possibly make port!OSTEND6Down5 Emits lightSHINES6Down5 AnticCAPER5Down6 Very strong personTITAN5Down6 Place dates in orderSTEAD5Down6 Cut offSEVER5Down7 Beseech to take in a living creatureBEING5Down7 Facial twitchTIC3Down9 SeedcasePOD3Down9 Bit of a grimace from Jock, perhapsMAC3Down9 DeclinedREFUSED7Down11 Sour liquidVINEGAR7Down12 In the garden, this work is of variable lengthTRELLIS7Down12 DeleteERASE5Down13 PerformerACTOR5Down14 Mineral with nothing about it?ORE3Down14 Pistachio, sayNUT3Down14 Where there's little money in iron production?RIPON5Down16 Wall paintingMURAL5Down16 LettuceCOS3Down16 Being far from merry, possibly boresSOBER5Down17 ChairsSEATS5Down17 StretchEXPANSE7Down18 I'm going to an Italian club - as caretaker!INTERIM7Down19 Musical instrumentTRUMPET7Down19 As pets, has pekes in varietyKEEPS5Down20 DecreeEDICT5Down20 VisionDREAM5Down21 Publication for children?ISSUE5Down21 Native New ZealanderMAORI5Down21 DriveIMPEL5Down22 Drove to Rome, perhaps, and Land's EndMOTORED7Down23 Burial or cremationFUNERAL7Down23 Brave menHEROES6Down24 EnticedTEMPTED7Down24 Look for a bit of cheap fruitAPPEAR6Down24 To tease doesn't take very much courageRAG3Down25 FlipperFIN3Down25 Archery missileARROW5Down27 ShelterLEE3Down27 Dolly's new surnameLLOYD5Down27 DecipherDECODE6Down28 WeirdEERIE5Down28 Virtue of being right during a bad timeMERIT5Down28 SpreeREVEL5Down29 Of birthNATAL5Down30 Point to the container of water that's fresherNEWER5Down30 Fizzy waterSODA4Down32 PeerBARON5Down32 Husky food?BRAN4Down32 For dancing, no violent beat is neededTAP3Down33 SingerTENOR5Down33 HiatusGAP3Down33 ChartMAP3Down35 LoyalTRUE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 17, 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.