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Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 23 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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Modest61 AcrossReveal answer → Cease45 AcrossReveal answer → Scoff58 AcrossReveal answer → Horse39 AcrossReveal answer → Musical work89 AcrossReveal answer → Still being decided while one's flying to?89 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse410 AcrossReveal answer → Males310 AcrossReveal answer → The father was exiled from Spain for wrongdoing310 AcrossReveal answer → Under cover when exhibited, as a precaution611 AcrossReveal answer → Weak611 AcrossReveal answer → Abrupt411 AcrossReveal answer → Can't decide if they're signalling to one612 AcrossReveal answer → Obstruct612 AcrossReveal answer → Worship512 AcrossReveal answer → Far-off713 AcrossReveal answer → Tones in which one made the cutting remark?713 AcrossReveal answer → Feverish613 AcrossReveal answer → In a frenzy for the start of the day, all right414 AcrossReveal answer → A few414 AcrossReveal answer → When drunk, given to being arrogant1015 AcrossReveal answer → Building worker1015 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance416 AcrossReveal answer → Wood preservative817 AcrossReveal answer → Say it's not a record mail distribution817 AcrossReveal answer → Cross about a few sheep I allowed to stray718 AcrossReveal answer → Duck418 AcrossReveal answer → Watered down718 AcrossReveal answer → Just419 AcrossReveal answer → Sign for the bonus419 AcrossReveal answer → Chart320 AcrossReveal answer → Yes, there's a way to get through the disinterest621 AcrossReveal answer → Apprehensive621 AcrossReveal answer → Sister322 AcrossReveal answer → Newt323 AcrossReveal answer → Not making much money as an engraver?1724 AcrossReveal answer → Crazy424 AcrossReveal answer → Very quickly, informally1724 AcrossReveal answer → Staunch425 AcrossReveal answer → About the drawback to being a guard627 AcrossReveal answer → Trying experience627 AcrossReveal answer → Flood628 AcrossReveal answer → Talon429 AcrossReveal answer → Mean to name him429 AcrossReveal answer → Proportion530 AcrossReveal answer → Speaks at length about trapping rain for the vegetables730 AcrossReveal answer → Stain730 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese432 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken433 AcrossReveal answer → Long race833 AcrossReveal answer → The answer, if you're fed up with retirement833 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath334 AcrossReveal answer → A friend with no ties moving into the home1035 AcrossReveal answer → Partner in crime1035 AcrossReveal answer → Worth535 AcrossReveal answer → Dregs436 AcrossReveal answer → 'A trick,' you say sharply, 'That has taken money in'436 AcrossReveal answer → Let it stand436 AcrossReveal answer → Won't allow, good heavens, to go back to dress737 AcrossReveal answer → Pang637 AcrossReveal answer → Schoolbag737 AcrossReveal answer → Extreme foolishness, but with any luck almost all will reform638 AcrossReveal answer → Usual638 AcrossReveal answer → More friendly with, he concludes640 AcrossReveal answer → Tell640 AcrossReveal answer → Put away the groceries?341 AcrossReveal answer → Possess341 AcrossReveal answer → Denied that I sang out, 'Help!'842 AcrossReveal answer → Teach842 AcrossReveal answer →

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TV advert101 DownReveal answer → Concern about how difficult it is?101 DownReveal answer → Boat61 DownReveal answer → Land measure42 DownReveal answer → You, for an hour, stand outside42 DownReveal answer → Sorcerer82 DownReveal answer → Reimbursed63 DownReveal answer → Staunchly loyal83 DownReveal answer → Gulls the birds steer clear of83 DownReveal answer → Plain94 DownReveal answer → Farewell74 DownReveal answer → Getting a cab, rode off with the stuff74 DownReveal answer → Hide75 DownReveal answer → Imprison115 DownReveal answer → Revered, as the person the statue represents is115 DownReveal answer → In which the Indian said the Indian huts had collapsed?106 DownReveal answer → Spontaneously, informally106 DownReveal answer → Loyal46 DownReveal answer → Population count67 DownReveal answer → Compassion47 DownReveal answer → Write 'September first'; after that, make slow progress67 DownReveal answer → Climbing plant88 DownReveal answer → Out, is not as hot, which does surprise you88 DownReveal answer → Ocean38 DownReveal answer → Was clearly startled, when one chucked it510 DownReveal answer → Skinflint510 DownReveal answer → Aware914 DownReveal answer → Tank315 DownReveal answer → Laugh716 DownReveal answer → Flew across, he had held716 DownReveal answer → Abroad317 DownReveal answer → Outpouring819 DownReveal answer → She floats back again with nothing on520 DownReveal answer → Male320 DownReveal answer → Smell520 DownReveal answer → Nightwear721 DownReveal answer → 'What is fat nowadays?' I put as a question to722 DownReveal answer → Timeless722 DownReveal answer → Inoculation1123 DownReveal answer → Swedes are not sensitive1123 DownReveal answer → Worn out and heartbroken, took a bad turn again1025 DownReveal answer → Nevertheless1025 DownReveal answer → Start on, but find oneself bogged down by?1026 DownReveal answer → Sweet626 DownReveal answer → Final opportunity1026 DownReveal answer → Ebb627 DownReveal answer → Extremely hot, informally828 DownReveal answer → Able to hold the road when it's skiddy - very nice828 DownReveal answer → Healthy429 DownReveal answer → Rant430 DownReveal answer → Say quietly it's Carol I'm upset by831 DownReveal answer → Mineral331 DownReveal answer → Caution831 DownReveal answer → Praise732 DownReveal answer → How far the eagle flew on the motorway?732 DownReveal answer → Writer634 DownReveal answer → Reveal, when you sit beside your former partner634 DownReveal answer → Deadly pale535 DownReveal answer → Designed by yours truly and one of the workers535 DownReveal answer → Uncommon439 DownReveal answer → 'It's breathing and is conscious,' you say439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 23, 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.