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Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 128 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#
Chewy sweetTOFFEE6Across1 What a forthcoming athlete may have just failed to winBRONZE6Across1 EnthusiasmMANIA5Across2 Set offDETONATE8Across7 LabyrinthMAZE4Across7 Cape for a nice girlGOODHOPE8Across7 Flavour suggesting squashed gnat?TANG4Across8 LeaveDEPART6Across8 DreadfulDIRE4Across8 StepTREAD5Across9 Plenty of shopsSTORES6Across10 Heavy and inertLEADEN6Across10 Secret, mysterious, etc.ARCANE6Across11 It can be short (e.g. 'Keep out')NOTICE6Across11 ProsecuteSUE3Across11 PastyPIE3Across13 Catcall?MEW3Across14 Small pieceTAD3Across14 InclineTEND4Across15 NetworkWEB3Across16 Vocal number or note soundedTENOR5Across16 Without clothesNAKED5Across16 An act defended unguardedly?DEED4Across17 Squirrel's nestDREY4Across17 PeaceCALM4Across18 MatureRIPEN5Across19 CarriageCHARIOT7Across19 Did he work a lot in wrought iron?RODIN5Across19 GentleMILD4Across20 Bee substanceHONEY5Across21 Descriptive of an illusory circleMAGIC5Across21 StupefySTUN4Across22 Happen againRECUR5Across22 Was wide open to being imitated at golfGAPED5Across22 ProspectOUTLOOK7Across23 HumbleMEEK4Across23 Such a dryer uses hot airHAIR4Across23 MislayLOSE4Across25 Friend having no right to be a devil!FIEND5Across26 ConcentrateFOCUS5Across26 FinishEND3Across27 Mountain passCOL3Across28 Loud fellow, a Cornish runnerFAL3Across28 PressIRON4Across28 NabARREST6Across29 Is prosecuted for having publishedISSUED6Across29 He's armed and dangerousGUNMAN6Across30 Highly-spiced sausageSALAMI6Across30 SheepEWE3Across30 Major or minor, it's astronomical!URSA4Across31 KernelNUT3Across31 CountryIRAN4Across31 For access, it's of mounting usefulnessSTAIRWAY8Across32 Set of lettersALPHABET8Across32 Fault-finderCYNIC5Across33 Measure garments out for the top spotSUMMIT6Across33 FollowsENSUES6Across33 PuzzleENIGMA6Across36 DiscourteousRUDE4Across37 HectorBULLY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Managed love and hearty kisses in bedBOSSED6Down1 LabouredTOILED6Down1 ObscureVAGUE5Down1 WeekdayFRIDAY6Down2 Came close to having earned freedomNEARED6Down2 EncounteredMET3Down2 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 A risky basketful?EGGS4Down3 BornNEE3Down3 AppendADD3Down4 VoyageJOURNEY7Down4 It had to figure a half ticket absurdIDIOTIC7Down4 ObserveSPY3Down5 Canned beef, it seems, can be poison!TOXIN5Down5 Small boatKAYAK5Down5 TrackTRAIL5Down6 SurrenderedCEDED5Down6 Bit of fun always bringing a high temperatureFEVER5Down6 Romantic appointmentDATE4Down8 Heavy reading, though perhaps not to youTOME4Down8 ColourRED3Down9 Fresh pointsNEW3Down9 RegionAREA4Down10 TripSTUMBLE7Down11 A frightening number?TEN3Down12 SurroundENCLOSE7Down12 ContainerCAN3Down12 Gosh, Joe, what short legs it has!CORGI5Down13 DesignPATTERN7Down13 CourageNERVE5Down13 ProminentEMINENT7Down14 Take awayMINUS5Down15 That receptive fellowROGER5Down15 CompleteWHOLE5Down16 MeditateBROOD5Down17 LettuceCOS3Down18 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down18 For whom Vic moves Les outELVIS5Down18 A striking piece of photographyRAP3Down19 Legendary birdROC3Down19 Passed up againDID3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Alcoholic cake?MADEIRA7Down21 OwingDUE3Down21 Coarse jute fabricHESSIAN7Down21 Good 'un gone wrong, the beast!GNU3Down22 RegretRUE3Down22 A cab for Mr Andersen to orderHANSOM6Down23 Grinding teethMOLARS6Down23 Style, vigourELAN4Down24 JustONLY4Down24 Girl's name for a battle sceneALMA4Down24 Cutlery itemsKNIVES6Down25 Dismissed, having become exhaustedRUNOUT6Down25 DueOWING5Down26 Ending in deathFATAL5Down26 Smallest number in Wood StreetFIRST5Down26 Try two ways, sayESSAY5Down27 Underground vaultCRYPT5Down27 Is it warm, note, for only half an hour?FUR3Down28 VehicleCAR3Down28 ExcelOUTDO5Down29 Hospital for men?GUYS4Down30 LocateSITE4Down30 EpochAGE3Down32 TaxiCAB3Down33 NothingNIL3Down34 WeepCRY3Down35

About this puzzle

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