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Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
ModestDEMURE6Across1 CeaseSTOP4Across5 ScoffSNEER5Across8 HorseNAG3Across9 Musical workCONCERTO8Across9 Still being decided while one's flying to?INTHEAIR8Across9 ExcusePLEA4Across10 MalesMEN3Across10 The father was exiled from Spain for wrongdoingSIN3Across10 Under cover when exhibited, as a precautionINCASE6Across11 WeakFEEBLE6Across11 AbruptCURT4Across11 Can't decide if they're signalling to oneWAVERS6Across12 ObstructIMPEDE6Across12 WorshipADORE5Across12 Far-offDISTANT7Across13 Tones in which one made the cutting remark?CLIPPED7Across13 FeverishHECTIC6Across13 In a frenzy for the start of the day, all rightAMOK4Across14 A fewSOME4Across14 When drunk, given to being arrogantHIGHHANDED10Across15 Building workerBRICKLAYER10Across15 EntranceDOOR4Across16 Wood preservativeCREOSOTE8Across17 Say it's not a record mail distributionDISCLAIM8Across17 Cross about a few sheep I allowed to strayPEEVISH7Across18 DuckTEAL4Across18 Watered downDILUTED7Across18 JustFAIR4Across19 Sign for the bonusPLUS4Across19 ChartMAP3Across20 Yes, there's a way to get through the disinterestAPATHY6Across21 ApprehensiveUNEASY6Across21 SisterNUN3Across22 NewtEFT3Across23 Not making much money as an engraver?SCRATCHINGALIVING17Across24 CrazyZANY4Across24 Very quickly, informallyLIKEABATOUTOFHELL17Across24 StaunchSTEM4Across25 About the drawback to being a guardWARDER6Across27 Trying experienceORDEAL6Across27 FloodDELUGE6Across28 TalonCLAW4Across29 Mean to name himNORM4Across29 ProportionRATIO5Across30 Speaks at length about trapping rain for the vegetablesSPROUTS7Across30 StainTARNISH7Across30 CheeseEDAM4Across32 SpokenORAL4Across33 Long raceMARATHON8Across33 The answer, if you're fed up with retirementCOMEBACK8Across33 WrathIRE3Across34 A friend with no ties moving into the homeMAISONETTE10Across35 Partner in crimeACCOMPLICE10Across35 WorthVALUE5Across35 DregsLEES4Across36 'A trick,' you say sharply, 'That has taken money in'RAMP4Across36 Let it standSTET4Across36 Won't allow, good heavens, to go back to dressBANDAGE7Across37 PangTWINGE6Across37 SchoolbagSATCHEL7Across37 Extreme foolishness, but with any luck almost all will reformLUNACY6Across38 UsualNORMAL6Across38 More friendly with, he concludesCLOSER6Across40 TellINFORM6Across40 Put away the groceries?EAT3Across41 PossessOWN3Across41 Denied that I sang out, 'Help!'GAINSAID8Across42 TeachINSTRUCT8Across42

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TV advertCOMMERCIAL10Down1 Concern about how difficult it is?UNEASINESS10Down1 BoatDINGHY6Down1 Land measureACRE4Down2 You, for an hour, stand outsideTHEE4Down2 SorcererMAGICIAN8Down2 ReimbursedREPAID6Down3 Staunchly loyalTRUEBLUE8Down3 Gulls the birds steer clear ofCATSPAWS8Down3 PlainUNADORNED9Down4 FarewellGOODBYE7Down4 Getting a cab, rode off with the stuffBROCADE7Down4 HideSECRETE7Down5 ImprisonINCARCERATE11Down5 Revered, as the person the statue represents isONAPEDESTAL11Down5 In which the Indian said the Indian huts had collapsed?HINDUSTANI10Down6 Spontaneously, informallyOFFTHECUFF10Down6 LoyalTRUE4Down6 Population countCENSUS6Down7 CompassionPITY4Down7 Write 'September first'; after that, make slow progressSCRAWL6Down7 Climbing plantCLEMATIS8Down8 Out, is not as hot, which does surprise youASTONISH8Down8 OceanSEA3Down8 Was clearly startled, when one chucked itSHIED5Down10 SkinflintMISER5Down10 AwareCONSCIOUS9Down14 TankVAT3Down15 LaughCHUCKLE7Down16 Flew across, he had heldHOVERED7Down16 AbroadOUT3Down17 OutpouringEFFUSION8Down19 She floats back again with nothing onLINER5Down20 MaleMAN3Down20 SmellAROMA5Down20 NightwearPYJAMAS7Down21 'What is fat nowadays?' I put as a question toADIPOSE7Down22 TimelessETERNAL7Down22 InoculationVACCINATION11Down23 Swedes are not sensitiveTHINSKINNED11Down23 Worn out and heartbroken, took a bad turn againTHREADBARE10Down25 NeverthelessALLTHESAME10Down25 Start on, but find oneself bogged down by?GETSTUCKIN10Down26 SweetMELLOW6Down26 Final opportunityLASTCHANCE10Down26 EbbRECEDE6Down27 Extremely hot, informallyROASTING8Down28 Able to hold the road when it's skiddy - very niceADORABLE8Down28 HealthyWELL4Down29 RantRAVE4Down30 Say quietly it's Carol I'm upset byPROCLAIM8Down31 MineralORE3Down31 CautionADMONISH8Down31 PraiseACCLAIM7Down32 How far the eagle flew on the motorway?MILEAGE7Down32 WriterAUTHOR6Down34 Reveal, when you sit beside your former partnerEXPOSE6Down34 Deadly paleASHEN5Down35 Designed by yours truly and one of the workersMEANT5Down35 UncommonRARE4Down39 'It's breathing and is conscious,' you sayNOSE4Down39

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