Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2025 Answers

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Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 21 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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Bomb-hole61 AcrossReveal answer → Conflict64 AcrossReveal answer → Oriental pattern of cricket bat?64 AcrossReveal answer → Parade65 AcrossReveal answer → Without commitment, it's not bound to come to nothing87 AcrossReveal answer → Evident87 AcrossReveal answer → At a canter68 AcrossReveal answer → In places, a tourist centre offers healthy recreation68 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure59 AcrossReveal answer → Elsie's option510 AcrossReveal answer → Combined610 AcrossReveal answer → Melts510 AcrossReveal answer → Talisman611 AcrossReveal answer → Mature512 AcrossReveal answer → Be an officer like Sam Browne413 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment413 AcrossReveal answer → Card game414 AcrossReveal answer → Pip414 AcrossReveal answer → Parliament of the true-hearted politician414 AcrossReveal answer → Make full415 AcrossReveal answer → What the Severn has, and maybe the Ebro415 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly any316 AcrossReveal answer → New-style animal316 AcrossReveal answer → Frank has a letter to write417 AcrossReveal answer → Aged317 AcrossReveal answer → Mutilate417 AcrossReveal answer → Apiary418 AcrossReveal answer → Go slowly in the back garden419 AcrossReveal answer → Revise419 AcrossReveal answer → Eject520 AcrossReveal answer → Good enough to get gilded, possibly?921 AcrossReveal answer → Forerunner921 AcrossReveal answer → Ship522 AcrossReveal answer → Dance in a grass skirt?423 AcrossReveal answer → Food fish423 AcrossReveal answer → Bullfighter723 AcrossReveal answer → Look lasciviously424 AcrossReveal answer → Too low to be easily grasped?424 AcrossReveal answer → Company524 AcrossReveal answer → Torn cloth326 AcrossReveal answer → Singer526 AcrossReveal answer → Sunshine or a remarkable amount of rain326 AcrossReveal answer → Unruly child427 AcrossReveal answer → Like the rent book?427 AcrossReveal answer → Insects429 AcrossReveal answer → Deer429 AcrossReveal answer → Where to be beastly, lying?429 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's330 AcrossReveal answer → Refuse to admit some hidden yearning432 AcrossReveal answer → Cupola432 AcrossReveal answer → Jetty432 AcrossReveal answer → It was anciently imagined to give a start in hydraulics533 AcrossReveal answer → Loaded533 AcrossReveal answer → Synthetic material533 AcrossReveal answer → Figure a big match to make news634 AcrossReveal answer → Moral principles634 AcrossReveal answer → Call at the coffee centre for a contribution835 AcrossReveal answer → Person aged 15, say835 AcrossReveal answer → Unfastened635 AcrossReveal answer → Hangs in the air636 AcrossReveal answer → Stop preparing for dispatch?636 AcrossReveal answer → Pool636 AcrossReveal answer → Stitched537 AcrossReveal answer → Torment638 AcrossReveal answer → Lustfully639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Stops51 DownReveal answer → Trying to get behind?51 DownReveal answer → Rough61 DownReveal answer → Shock, dismay52 DownReveal answer → Material dug up by miners?52 DownReveal answer → Slumbering62 DownReveal answer → Upper limbs43 DownReveal answer → Cold colour43 DownReveal answer → Always43 DownReveal answer → Thieve54 DownReveal answer → Wireless54 DownReveal answer → We get faultless service on the river54 DownReveal answer → Raged55 DownReveal answer → Corrode45 DownReveal answer → Game not finished if stolen45 DownReveal answer → Thin46 DownReveal answer → Remove bones from66 DownReveal answer → Choosing to make a point with light heart66 DownReveal answer → Gamin67 DownReveal answer → Stagger68 DownReveal answer → One's promise to uncle?69 DownReveal answer → State without proof69 DownReveal answer → Spicy311 DownReveal answer → Pull up in the regular place311 DownReveal answer → Adult female512 DownReveal answer → Spreading dirt about coppers is a damaging thing to do512 DownReveal answer → Delighted713 DownReveal answer → Something to give the dog, thirsty, with no water713 DownReveal answer → Alike713 DownReveal answer → Take a chance, girl!315 DownReveal answer → Additional515 DownReveal answer → Petty lie315 DownReveal answer → I say sir - what a good advert!316 DownReveal answer → Storehouse516 DownReveal answer → Tree316 DownReveal answer → Engaged518 DownReveal answer → Pottery in pastel?618 DownReveal answer → Foreign language618 DownReveal answer → Poison519 DownReveal answer → Depend on a soft-hearted response520 DownReveal answer → Game between local teams520 DownReveal answer → Edge321 DownReveal answer → Embrace321 DownReveal answer → Could you knock the stuffing out of him?321 DownReveal answer → Mesh322 DownReveal answer → Study of gardening?322 DownReveal answer → Fate322 DownReveal answer → Skin decoration623 DownReveal answer → Smoky city623 DownReveal answer → Even if624 DownReveal answer → Star sign325 DownReveal answer → Insufficient wood for a fire325 DownReveal answer → Speaker625 DownReveal answer → Bowed627 DownReveal answer → Reposes528 DownReveal answer → Cure628 DownReveal answer → Where the penthouse is. (Victor's place)528 DownReveal answer → Song of mourning530 DownReveal answer → Short of management530 DownReveal answer → Hell530 DownReveal answer → Distance competed over at some stage531 DownReveal answer → Sleep noisily531 DownReveal answer → Repulse531 DownReveal answer → Heap432 DownReveal answer → Dress with grace432 DownReveal answer → Not the sole list433 DownReveal answer → Minus433 DownReveal answer → Not any433 DownReveal answer → Naked434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 21, 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.