Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2026 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 25 2026. 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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A touching sign of affection64 AcrossReveal answer → Twenty54 AcrossReveal answer → Presuppose64 AcrossReveal answer → Hot spell87 AcrossReveal answer → Brief inspection formerly done87 AcrossReveal answer → First-rate67 AcrossReveal answer → Thin mud68 AcrossReveal answer → Something in the petrol around Acton East?68 AcrossReveal answer → Fighting39 AcrossReveal answer → Take on510 AcrossReveal answer → Where you'll get a bit of thunder by night510 AcrossReveal answer → Through310 AcrossReveal answer → Belief512 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel413 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse413 AcrossReveal answer → Enemies of backward ways413 AcrossReveal answer → Fair copy?414 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance414 AcrossReveal answer → Vessels415 AcrossReveal answer → Readjusted515 AcrossReveal answer → Partial to what can be eaten by ants415 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing blade316 AcrossReveal answer → And others belonging to cricket clubs, and so on316 AcrossReveal answer → Come617 AcrossReveal answer → Object of worship417 AcrossReveal answer → Where to relax, making money with music417 AcrossReveal answer → City Garibaldi started to rebuild419 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity419 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid419 AcrossReveal answer → Round-up520 AcrossReveal answer → The beating some poor fish gets at the chippy921 AcrossReveal answer → Infallible921 AcrossReveal answer → Fish322 AcrossReveal answer → Fat423 AcrossReveal answer → A little girl's hot meal?423 AcrossReveal answer → Hazard424 AcrossReveal answer → Came adrift at the club424 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened724 AcrossReveal answer → Mine326 AcrossReveal answer → Do good as a follower326 AcrossReveal answer → It's a sign of love, chaps427 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch327 AcrossReveal answer → Fall in drops427 AcrossReveal answer → Wear528 AcrossReveal answer → Mrs Grundy's shaky grip429 AcrossReveal answer → Gape429 AcrossReveal answer → Likelihood431 AcrossReveal answer → A devout conclusion432 AcrossReveal answer → Chair432 AcrossReveal answer → Sublime533 AcrossReveal answer → Is a lame dog helpless to get over it?533 AcrossReveal answer → Inborn633 AcrossReveal answer → Cast a shadow on the doorstep?634 AcrossReveal answer → Watch chain634 AcrossReveal answer → In a bar, for a start, depressed or gloomy835 AcrossReveal answer → Stocky835 AcrossReveal answer → Flinch535 AcrossReveal answer → Number636 AcrossReveal answer → In which we serve starters636 AcrossReveal answer → Sapient437 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded538 AcrossReveal answer → Finish339 AcrossReveal answer → Moo341 AcrossReveal answer → Company642 AcrossReveal answer → Booth543 AcrossReveal answer →

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As sold can be brown or white51 DownReveal answer → In front51 DownReveal answer → Coma61 DownReveal answer → Blemishes by crass carelessness52 DownReveal answer → Forbidden52 DownReveal answer → Scatter62 DownReveal answer → Skip33 DownReveal answer → Hit at flies43 DownReveal answer → Mr Punch's pet jug43 DownReveal answer → Secure44 DownReveal answer → Greek author54 DownReveal answer → Sing of love amid the waving corn54 DownReveal answer → Hamper55 DownReveal answer → Spirit45 DownReveal answer → Roland's a rising star!45 DownReveal answer → Allocated86 DownReveal answer → Musical movements at the piano, say66 DownReveal answer → Cannon66 DownReveal answer → Fairy48 DownReveal answer → Lariats69 DownReveal answer → He cried distractedly over Charlie69 DownReveal answer → Respect911 DownReveal answer → How time changes one311 DownReveal answer → Alsatian311 DownReveal answer → Missile a slob could use?512 DownReveal answer → Previous512 DownReveal answer → They manage to give warning, chaps713 DownReveal answer → Offender713 DownReveal answer → Region414 DownReveal answer → Able to help in stiffening up315 DownReveal answer → Mountain pass315 DownReveal answer → Dolt316 DownReveal answer → Appear416 DownReveal answer → As eaten, for instance, by a gang leader?316 DownReveal answer → Totter618 DownReveal answer → Part418 DownReveal answer → Comfortable playing the visitors618 DownReveal answer → To get some wine by the pint seems unsuitable520 DownReveal answer → Japanese capital520 DownReveal answer → Generous in a brotherly way?321 DownReveal answer → Submissive821 DownReveal answer → Obese321 DownReveal answer → Fled from tyranny322 DownReveal answer → Rend322 DownReveal answer → Ogle423 DownReveal answer → Conceal oneself623 DownReveal answer → Send a cheque, maybe, advanced in date623 DownReveal answer → Nothing but National Insurance money325 DownReveal answer → Hand tool325 DownReveal answer → Related425 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Writing out the final chapter, makes improvements528 DownReveal answer → Irritable528 DownReveal answer → Loathsome629 DownReveal answer → Team630 DownReveal answer → Maltreat530 DownReveal answer → Become mature, with reprobate ways530 DownReveal answer → A JP who became very rich531 DownReveal answer → Amphibians531 DownReveal answer → Expand532 DownReveal answer → Observed432 DownReveal answer → Like relatives of a kind?432 DownReveal answer → Thousands have grit433 DownReveal answer → Pleasant433 DownReveal answer → Crooked434 DownReveal answer → Hero436 DownReveal answer → Parched340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 25, 2026. 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.