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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 124 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#
Blacksmith's blockANVIL5Across1 PurloinSTEAL5Across1 Cherubic little chap raised among policeCUPID5Across1 OutdidCAPPED6Across5 A question of selectivityWHICH5Across6 ScorchesSEARS5Across6 PatternMODEL5Across8 ExpertDABHAND7Across9 Ardent admirer, but not of individualismGROUPIE7Across9 HarmDAMAGE6Across10 Indeed, reallyTRULY5Across10 Rocky, it seems, is brokeSTONY5Across10 Desert's fertile areaOASIS5Across11 Walk some metres with a politicianTRAMP5Across11 ImitatedAPED4Across11 Passage to a place like CapriAISLE5Across12 MaliceVENOM5Across12 Thematically, it lacks originalityREPRISE7Across13 One who shoes horsesFARRIER7Across13 DetermineDECIDE6Across14 FlipperFIN3Across15 One giving dad money?PAL3Across15 TediumBOREDOM7Across15 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across17 Out of work, I had a certain amount of doleIDLE4Across17 NothingNIL3Across18 TranquilSERENE6Across18 Being crafty, you finish in a terrible stateASTUTE6Across18 FastenTIE3Across19 PurchaserBUYER5Across19 Flexible hours for an ancient godHORUS5Across19 Escape and maybe you'll be caughtGETOUT6Across20 Runs away to wedELOPES6Across20 ApertureSLOT4Across21 Hire a player to sing, maybeSIGN4Across22 FlankSIDE4Across22 CoinPENNY5Across23 TransgressionSIN3Across24 SoonANON4Across24 Have doubts about the last of the Mohicans being AmericanSUS3Across24 SlimSLENDER7Across25 Now that could be almost anything!WHATNOT7Across25 ManufacturesMAKES5Across26 Agree to confessADMIT5Across26 Weasel-like animalSTOAT5Across27 Does one move around when you step on it?STAIR5Across27 SpotDOT3Across27 Girl to see do impressionsMIMIC5Across28 PinaforeAPRON5Across28 Condescended to consume doubtful gin, indeed!DEIGNED7Across29 White antTERMITE7Across29 RugMAT3Across29 Concluded many are in terrible needENDED5Across30 Mountain systemANDES5Across30 Where Americans get cross in the mysterious EastTEXAS5Across31 Made mistakesERRED5Across31 EasedRELAXED7Across31 ReviserEDITOR6Across32 WearyTIRE4Across34 BirdEAGLET6Across35 DepositLODGE5Across38 MeansAGENCY6Across39 StrayedERRED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
UsualNORMAL6Down2 BeverageTEA3Down2 A free transfer from United?UNTIED6Down2 Maybe Goering lost his head, but take no noticeIGNORE6Down3 AstoundedAMAZED6Down3 LoafersIDLERS6Down3 Is such humour a bit tawdry?DRY3Down4 RecordLOG3Down4 Produce eggsLAY3Down4 ClothedCLAD4Down5 Ignored, that is, by an attractive girlCUTIE5Down5 Applaud with shoutsCHEER5Down5 AbstractPRECIS6Down6 Being stupid, know a smaller amountWITLESS7Down6 Table gameSNOOKER7Down6 FaultDEFECT6Down7 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Down7 In this case, the woman close to men's heartHERE4Down7 Oppose a refractory mob actCOMBAT6Down8 Dried grapeRAISIN6Down8 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down9 PlanetVENUS5Down12 EnclosurePEN3Down12 Where to go racing instead of to bedASCOT5Down12 HerbDILL4Down13 Phones endlessly?RINGS5Down13 Loses colourFADES5Down13 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down14 Plans initially for peace and plentyPLOTS5Down14 Asked for the part of RasputinPUTIN5Down15 StinkingFETID5Down15 SignOMEN4Down16 Was inclined to show need of supportLEANT5Down16 At no timeNEVER5Down16 LesserMINOR5Down17 VendsSELLS5Down18 Anything that upsets a thugAUGHT5Down18 Scolds harshlyBERATES7Down19 A centurion's lotHUNDRED7Down19 PenetratedENTERED7Down20 Turn into stone, imaginably, at the stationEUSTON6Down21 Lend an earLISTEN6Down21 ExudeOOZE4Down22 Hidden gunmanSNIPER6Down22 Walk about a yard, perhapsSTRIDE6Down22 She rode out of habit!GODIVA6Down23 RelegateDEMOTE6Down23 ScheduleAGENDA6Down24 Sides that succeed at golf, sonWINGS5Down25 Appears to beSEEMS5Down25 ExcludeOMIT4Down25 One who gives help to an unmentionable end?AIDE4Down26 FriendMATE4Down26 RaceNATION6Down26 Joined me for the tangoMET3Down28 HarmDANGER6Down28 Had foodATE3Down28 HillTOR3Down30 DependRELY4Down33 EraAGE3Down36 SheepEWE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 24, 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.