Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 22 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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Cautions53 AcrossReveal answer → Confess53 AcrossReveal answer → Measures for the control of pests53 AcrossReveal answer → As a serf, he had a fortune58 AcrossReveal answer → Meat in rashers58 AcrossReveal answer → Entertain69 AcrossReveal answer → Gangway510 AcrossReveal answer → Gift610 AcrossReveal answer → It's horn is crumpled, out of line510 AcrossReveal answer → In favour of returning at mid-April311 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight311 AcrossReveal answer → Go in511 AcrossReveal answer → Lay low and fool around with a redhead!512 AcrossReveal answer → Bearing412 AcrossReveal answer → Picture puzzle512 AcrossReveal answer → Like a formal photo of a police officer?713 AcrossReveal answer → Small falcon713 AcrossReveal answer → Secure415 AcrossReveal answer → Satisfies515 AcrossReveal answer → It's inserted jointly515 AcrossReveal answer → Begged717 AcrossReveal answer → Rend318 AcrossReveal answer → It's needed in a mobile career318 AcrossReveal answer → Expunge619 AcrossReveal answer → Live somewhere in Herts, but with caution619 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit320 AcrossReveal answer → Country721 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve521 AcrossReveal answer → Storeplace where the sweeper-out gets love and a kiss721 AcrossReveal answer → The fictional captain takes it to be a habit422 AcrossReveal answer → Spool422 AcrossReveal answer → Being French, I embrace one girl at a time423 AcrossReveal answer → Price423 AcrossReveal answer → Require423 AcrossReveal answer → Car crossing the track?724 AcrossReveal answer → Originator724 AcrossReveal answer → Chief425 AcrossReveal answer → Sad in an old-fashioned way626 AcrossReveal answer → Comes about626 AcrossReveal answer → Devil526 AcrossReveal answer → Serpent328 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name329 AcrossReveal answer → It only looks like clear water329 AcrossReveal answer → Devastated730 AcrossReveal answer → Sunny little chap with a warm heart531 AcrossReveal answer → Iraqi currency531 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel or military vehicle on a road732 AcrossReveal answer → Panther732 AcrossReveal answer → Island433 AcrossReveal answer → School punishment534 AcrossReveal answer → Is generous with breaks534 AcrossReveal answer → Incomplete moniker335 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy435 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood335 AcrossReveal answer → Distinctive character536 AcrossReveal answer → Dispute536 AcrossReveal answer → Telly character, you may remember536 AcrossReveal answer → Bravery award537 AcrossReveal answer → The head of staff talks too much of difficulties537 AcrossReveal answer → Requirements538 AcrossReveal answer → Parts with some horses for about lb50538 AcrossReveal answer → Lure638 AcrossReveal answer → Roof-beam639 AcrossReveal answer → Principle540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Detests51 DownReveal answer → Confine51 DownReveal answer → Daniel scattered feed around for the duck51 DownReveal answer → Regulate72 DownReveal answer → Kind of pipe from the centre of the ear72 DownReveal answer → Concur52 DownReveal answer → Beer33 DownReveal answer → Cain's brother44 DownReveal answer → Negated64 DownReveal answer → Notified when the bell rang, we hear44 DownReveal answer → Detail45 DownReveal answer → Part extemporised, cleverly, just for now65 DownReveal answer → Disgust, revulsion65 DownReveal answer → Sailor36 DownReveal answer → Make rope with this56 DownReveal answer → Lavish reward includes mammal56 DownReveal answer → Lawful57 DownReveal answer → Rapid in movement57 DownReveal answer → Due to get a figurehead in wrought iron57 DownReveal answer → Precipitous58 DownReveal answer → Lettuce39 DownReveal answer → Nominally getting louder on turning red39 DownReveal answer → Rod's joint, perhaps?712 DownReveal answer → Mends712 DownReveal answer → Sickness713 DownReveal answer → What the Inland Revenue volunteers to figure for you314 DownReveal answer → Called514 DownReveal answer → Raised edge314 DownReveal answer → Man turning up at an ancient city in Belgium516 DownReveal answer → Male voice516 DownReveal answer → Swooned716 DownReveal answer → Cults517 DownReveal answer → Not even possibly right517 DownReveal answer → Giver518 DownReveal answer → Expands719 DownReveal answer → Jewel319 DownReveal answer → Where to buy a bit of booze for an artist719 DownReveal answer → Wide520 DownReveal answer → If you want a Strad, the game's up520 DownReveal answer → A growing boy with taste521 DownReveal answer → Tree sap521 DownReveal answer → Nymph522 DownReveal answer → Intricate723 DownReveal answer → He gave ear to military history723 DownReveal answer → Crash into the school head on a tricycle624 DownReveal answer → Lair324 DownReveal answer → Colour624 DownReveal answer → It's a fine point on a drawing, perhaps325 DownReveal answer → Also325 DownReveal answer → Character627 DownReveal answer → Fissures527 DownReveal answer → One holding up a chopper?527 DownReveal answer → Helped528 DownReveal answer → Hairdresser's shop528 DownReveal answer → Hangs out around the space centre getting stories528 DownReveal answer → Sheet529 DownReveal answer → Grounds, for instance, accepted by doctors530 DownReveal answer → Tyre surface530 DownReveal answer → Zest531 DownReveal answer → Be ahead in a race432 DownReveal answer → Disparage532 DownReveal answer → Spill the beans432 DownReveal answer → Also known as a palindrome333 DownReveal answer → Assistance333 DownReveal answer → Liberate434 DownReveal answer → Deed336 DownReveal answer → Consume337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 22, 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.