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Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 122 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#
BanquetFEAST5Across1 RecordDISC4Across1 Weapons that suitCLUBS5Across1 WhimFAD3Across4 Seat for a chap at churchBENCH5Across6 FortuneLUCK4Across6 Light motorcycleMOPED5Across6 PostureSTANCE6Across8 AngleCORNER6Across9 Destroyer, sayWARSHIP7Across9 Be extravagant with the punchLASHOUT7Across9 MooseELK3Across10 Lacking freedom, like many old peopleCAGED5Across10 Bread makerBAKER5Across10 Figuratively not ArabicROMAN5Across11 RecentlyNEWLY5Across11 Foreign rule?REIGN5Across12 EarlierPRIOR5Across12 Dead languageLATIN5Across12 Wander around like me and that cockney womanMEANDER7Across13 More than a fewSEVERAL7Across13 LukewarmTEPID5Across14 DepositLODGE5Across15 He wants smart clothes and loud musicFOP3Across15 Metallic elementTIN3Across15 Boy's nameALAN4Across17 He's handy albeit breathlessANDY4Across17 Al gives dad a new coinPACINO6Across18 UproarFURORE6Across18 ConsentACCEDE6Across18 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across19 More courageous as a player?GAMER5Across19 ToleratesABIDES6Across20 To go motoring with a learner is nonsense!DRIVEL6Across20 EscapeFLIGHT6Across20 Language socially acceptable and a bit arduousURDU4Across22 GrimeDIRT4Across22 Male parentDAD3Across24 FamousNOTED5Across24 Nevertheless needed in pretty etchingsYET3Across24 Such comedians may get no restSTANDUP7Across25 Defrauds, swindlesFLEECES7Across25 FretWORRY5Across26 Bring and sell for what you can getFETCH5Across26 WrathANGER5Across26 FoundationBASIS5Across27 Army measure dating from biblical timesCUBIT5Across27 Whence to phone that the pair are out for a duckBOOTH5Across28 CompetitorRIVAL5Across28 TautTIGHT5Across28 But he could be an engine driver!FIREMAN7Across29 Splits upDIVIDES7Across29 Showing no emotion but some gusto, I seeSTOIC5Across30 AspectFACET5Across30 RecedeEBB3Across30 ParesPEELS5Across31 Form of address for a beloved Yankee?DEARY5Across31 SpentPASSED6Across32 WholeENTIRE6Across33 FormerlyONCE4Across34 ConsumeEAT3Across35 ArriveCOME4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down2 BuryINTER5Down2 To the Dane, perhaps, the French seem a heavy burdenLEADEN6Down2 Fishy letter to little LeonardBLENNY6Down3 ComfortCONSOLE7Down3 CountrySWEDEN6Down3 Sorry to come between dad and Ena, somewhereSAD3Down4 LiberateFREE4Down4 PitchTAR3Down4 HarbourDOCK4Down5 Encouraging fare?CHEER5Down5 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 HugeLARGE5Down6 A visitor with taking waysBURGLAR7Down6 Opposite of maximumMINIMUM7Down6 UnlockedOPEN4Down7 Playing Harrow, unlikely to get ten out for noughtETON4Down7 NurseCHERISH7Down7 With which to write a corny compositionCRAYON6Down8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down8 LoiterLAG3Down11 VegetablePEA3Down12 Splendid booze-up!REGAL5Down12 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down12 WandROD3Down13 Does she mean a lot to '17 Across'?MANDY5Down13 Cold dishSALAD5Down13 Based on truthVALID5Down14 When the dam bursts, it follows, you'll agreeADMIT5Down14 ThemeTOPIC5Down15 Line taken in crossing a Norwegian inletFIORD5Down15 What the toast may do when pa gets out of bedPOPUP5Down16 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down16 LairDEN3Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 It's in the upper third of Western AustraliaPERTH5Down18 Young female horseFILLY5Down18 IncludeCONTAIN7Down19 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down19 Do such modifications get nice variety?GENETIC7Down19 PermitLET3Down21 FruitBANANA6Down21 A win for the reserves last month?RESULT6Down21 FoolishIDIOTIC7Down22 Invent, contriveDEVISE6Down22 Ruined, being looseUNDONE6Down22 ChildTOT3Down23 Badly rusted, it gets dirtier in useDUSTER6Down23 RecollectRECALL6Down23 SphereORB3Down25 The pay that keeps seamen goingSCREW5Down25 In poor health, weakFRAIL5Down25 BroadWIDE4Down26 Being French, like Mimi, she stutters a littleFIFI4Down26 FollowENSUE5Down27 A good rebuttalBAD3Down28 AgentREP3Down28 SeraglioHAREM5Down29 BorderEDGE4Down30 FlogBEAT4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 18, 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.