Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 25 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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ClueLetters#Answer

Chewy sweet61 AcrossReveal answer → What a forthcoming athlete may have just failed to win61 AcrossReveal answer → Enthusiasm52 AcrossReveal answer → Set off87 AcrossReveal answer → Labyrinth47 AcrossReveal answer → Cape for a nice girl87 AcrossReveal answer → Flavour suggesting squashed gnat?48 AcrossReveal answer → Leave68 AcrossReveal answer → Dreadful48 AcrossReveal answer → Step59 AcrossReveal answer → Plenty of shops610 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy and inert610 AcrossReveal answer → Secret, mysterious, etc.611 AcrossReveal answer → It can be short (e.g. 'Keep out')611 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecute311 AcrossReveal answer → Pasty313 AcrossReveal answer → Catcall?314 AcrossReveal answer → Small piece314 AcrossReveal answer → Incline415 AcrossReveal answer → Network316 AcrossReveal answer → Vocal number or note sounded516 AcrossReveal answer → Without clothes516 AcrossReveal answer → An act defended unguardedly?417 AcrossReveal answer → Squirrel's nest417 AcrossReveal answer → Peace418 AcrossReveal answer → Mature519 AcrossReveal answer → Carriage719 AcrossReveal answer → Did he work a lot in wrought iron?519 AcrossReveal answer → Gentle420 AcrossReveal answer → Bee substance521 AcrossReveal answer → Descriptive of an illusory circle521 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy422 AcrossReveal answer → Happen again522 AcrossReveal answer → Was wide open to being imitated at golf522 AcrossReveal answer → Prospect723 AcrossReveal answer → Humble423 AcrossReveal answer → Such a dryer uses hot air423 AcrossReveal answer → Mislay425 AcrossReveal answer → Friend having no right to be a devil!526 AcrossReveal answer → Concentrate526 AcrossReveal answer → Finish327 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain pass328 AcrossReveal answer → Loud fellow, a Cornish runner328 AcrossReveal answer → Press428 AcrossReveal answer → Nab629 AcrossReveal answer → Is prosecuted for having published629 AcrossReveal answer → He's armed and dangerous630 AcrossReveal answer → Highly-spiced sausage630 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep330 AcrossReveal answer → Major or minor, it's astronomical!431 AcrossReveal answer → Kernel331 AcrossReveal answer → Country431 AcrossReveal answer → For access, it's of mounting usefulness832 AcrossReveal answer → Set of letters832 AcrossReveal answer → Fault-finder533 AcrossReveal answer → Measure garments out for the top spot633 AcrossReveal answer → Follows633 AcrossReveal answer → Puzzle636 AcrossReveal answer → Discourteous437 AcrossReveal answer → Hector538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Managed love and hearty kisses in bed61 DownReveal answer → Laboured61 DownReveal answer → Obscure51 DownReveal answer → Weekday62 DownReveal answer → Came close to having earned freedom62 DownReveal answer → Encountered32 DownReveal answer → Paradise43 DownReveal answer → A risky basketful?43 DownReveal answer → Born33 DownReveal answer → Append34 DownReveal answer → Voyage74 DownReveal answer → It had to figure a half ticket absurd74 DownReveal answer → Observe35 DownReveal answer → Canned beef, it seems, can be poison!55 DownReveal answer → Small boat55 DownReveal answer → Track56 DownReveal answer → Surrendered56 DownReveal answer → Bit of fun always bringing a high temperature56 DownReveal answer → Romantic appointment48 DownReveal answer → Heavy reading, though perhaps not to you48 DownReveal answer → Colour39 DownReveal answer → Fresh points39 DownReveal answer → Region410 DownReveal answer → Trip711 DownReveal answer → A frightening number?312 DownReveal answer → Surround712 DownReveal answer → Container312 DownReveal answer → Gosh, Joe, what short legs it has!513 DownReveal answer → Design713 DownReveal answer → Courage513 DownReveal answer → Prominent714 DownReveal answer → Take away515 DownReveal answer → That receptive fellow515 DownReveal answer → Complete516 DownReveal answer → Meditate517 DownReveal answer → Lettuce318 DownReveal answer → Helicopter blade518 DownReveal answer → For whom Vic moves Les out518 DownReveal answer → A striking piece of photography319 DownReveal answer → Legendary bird319 DownReveal answer → Passed up again320 DownReveal answer → For every320 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic cake?721 DownReveal answer → Owing321 DownReveal answer → Coarse jute fabric721 DownReveal answer → Good 'un gone wrong, the beast!322 DownReveal answer → Regret322 DownReveal answer → A cab for Mr Andersen to order623 DownReveal answer → Grinding teeth623 DownReveal answer → Style, vigour424 DownReveal answer → Just424 DownReveal answer → Girl's name for a battle scene424 DownReveal answer → Cutlery items625 DownReveal answer → Dismissed, having become exhausted625 DownReveal answer → Due526 DownReveal answer → Ending in death526 DownReveal answer → Smallest number in Wood Street526 DownReveal answer → Try two ways, say527 DownReveal answer → Underground vault527 DownReveal answer → Is it warm, note, for only half an hour?328 DownReveal answer → Vehicle328 DownReveal answer → Excel529 DownReveal answer → Hospital for men?430 DownReveal answer → Locate430 DownReveal answer → Epoch332 DownReveal answer → Taxi333 DownReveal answer → Nothing334 DownReveal answer → Weep335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 25, 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.