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Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2025 answers. The Monday 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 ComingADVENT6Across1 Weapons that suitCLUBS5Across1 FrankCANDID6Across5 Seat for a chap at churchBENCH5Across6 Light motorcycleMOPED5Across6 RuminateCOGITATE8Across8 Destroyer, sayWARSHIP7Across9 IntendMEAN4Across9 Be extravagant with the punchLASHOUT7Across9 DonkeyASS3Across10 Lacking freedom, like many old peopleCAGED5Across10 Bread makerBAKER5Across10 Figuratively not ArabicROMAN5Across11 RecentlyNEWLY5Across11 Foreign rule?REIGN5Across12 FlavourTASTE5Across12 Dead languageLATIN5Across12 More than a fewSEVERAL7Across13 Wander around like me and that cockney womanMEANDER7Across13 Metallic elementTIN3Across15 FixedSET3Across15 He wants smart clothes and loud musicFOP3Across15 Boy's nameALAN4Across17 He's handy albeit breathlessANDY4Across17 HillTOR3Across17 Al gives dad a new coinPACINO6Across18 SickenAIL3Across18 UproarFURORE6Across18 More courageous as a player?GAMER5Across19 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across19 AlsoTOO3Across19 ToleratesABIDES6Across20 To go motoring with a learner is nonsense!DRIVEL6Across20 LiveEXIST5Across20 StretchEKE3Across21 GrimeDIRT4Across22 MeadowLEA3Across22 Language socially acceptable and a bit arduousURDU4Across22 WatchEYE3Across23 Nevertheless needed in pretty etchingsYET3Across24 RegretRUE3Across24 Male parentDAD3Across24 Such comedians may get no restSTANDUP7Across25 Defrauds, swindlesFLEECES7Across25 SymbolTOKEN5Across26 Bring and sell for what you can getFETCH5Across26 FretWORRY5Across26 Army measure dating from biblical timesCUBIT5Across27 FoundationBASIS5Across27 CompetitorRIVAL5Across28 Whence to phone that the pair are out for a duckBOOTH5Across28 But he could be an engine driver!FIREMAN7Across29 Splits upDIVIDES7Across29 CushionPAD3Across29 Showing no emotion but some gusto, I seeSTOIC5Across30 AspectFACET5Across30 ParesPEELS5Across31 Form of address for a beloved Yankee?DEARY5Across31 ObligationDUTY4Across33 PerformedEXECUTED8Across34 MaintainALLEGE6Across35 PactTREATY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down2 To the Dane, perhaps, the French seem a heavy burdenLEADEN6Down2 ScumDROSS5Down2 Fishy letter to little LeonardBLENNY6Down3 CountrySWEDEN6Down3 DischargeEMIT4Down3 HeaddressTIARA5Down4 PitchTAR3Down4 Sorry to come between dad and Ena, somewhereSAD3Down4 CreviceCLEFT5Down5 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 Encouraging fare?CHEER5Down5 DeadenedNUMB4Down6 A visitor with taking waysBURGLAR7Down6 Opposite of maximumMINIMUM7Down6 AngryIRATE5Down7 UnlockedOPEN4Down7 Playing Harrow, unlikely to get ten out for noughtETON4Down7 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down8 With which to write a corny compositionCRAYON6Down8 ChangeALTER5Down10 PurloinedSTOLE5Down11 Splendid booze-up!REGAL5Down12 HandleTREAT5Down12 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down12 AdhereSTICK5Down13 Cold dishSALAD5Down13 Does she mean a lot to '17 Across'?MANDY5Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down14 Based on truthVALID5Down14 When the dam bursts, it follows, you'll agreeADMIT5Down14 Line taken in crossing a Norwegian inletFIORD5Down15 SlumberSLEEP5Down15 ThemeTOPIC5Down15 TendencyTREND5Down16 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down16 What the toast may do when pa gets out of bedPOPUP5Down16 It's in the upper third of Western AustraliaPERTH5Down18 Young female horseFILLY5Down18 Do such modifications get nice variety?GENETIC7Down19 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down19 A win for the reserves last month?RESULT6Down21 FruitBANANA6Down21 Ruined, being looseUNDONE6Down22 Invent, contriveDEVISE6Down22 Badly rusted, it gets dirtier in useDUSTER6Down23 RecollectRECALL6Down23 The pay that keeps seamen goingSCREW5Down25 NormalUSUAL5Down25 In poor health, weakFRAIL5Down25 BroadWIDE4Down26 Being French, like Mimi, she stutters a littleFIFI4Down26 FatOBESE5Down27 A good rebuttalBAD3Down28 AgentREP3Down28 HappeningEVENT5Down28 VigilantALERT5Down30 SortTYPE4Down31 ChastePURE4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 19, 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.