Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 28 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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Powerful61 AcrossReveal answer → Rigorous64 AcrossReveal answer → He was princely and watchful about British capital64 AcrossReveal answer → Specimen65 AcrossReveal answer → Beekeeper87 AcrossReveal answer → Often a plain description87 AcrossReveal answer → It's what they have that makes them what they are68 AcrossReveal answer → Fruitless88 AcrossReveal answer → On bad terms68 AcrossReveal answer → Passion49 AcrossReveal answer → Keeps going with a girl round the West End510 AcrossReveal answer → Tooth310 AcrossReveal answer → Assert one's right to510 AcrossReveal answer → Board512 AcrossReveal answer → Extra officer for the Royal Engineers413 AcrossReveal answer → Silent or sullen413 AcrossReveal answer → Car's hooter414 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise employed in hotel service414 AcrossReveal answer → Eager415 AcrossReveal answer → Peter's in no danger415 AcrossReveal answer → Beer315 AcrossReveal answer → Clever new part for Sylvester Stallone316 AcrossReveal answer → Congeal316 AcrossReveal answer → Spike is the one to arrest!417 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire417 AcrossReveal answer → Scull317 AcrossReveal answer → Vestment318 AcrossReveal answer → Butcher, for instance, getting about 50419 AcrossReveal answer → Object of worship419 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil319 AcrossReveal answer → Void520 AcrossReveal answer → Pulled or carted around after a race921 AcrossReveal answer → Started921 AcrossReveal answer → Still321 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel322 AcrossReveal answer → Point to his confusion, as you like423 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey323 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt423 AcrossReveal answer → Corrode424 AcrossReveal answer → Hint324 AcrossReveal answer → She wouldn't stay in bed424 AcrossReveal answer → Utter526 AcrossReveal answer → Be incorrect326 AcrossReveal answer → The woman for whom father lost weight326 AcrossReveal answer → The race of trees?427 AcrossReveal answer → Lacking fat427 AcrossReveal answer → Revise429 AcrossReveal answer → Ecstatic happiness is too much for him429 AcrossReveal answer → Timid329 AcrossReveal answer → Give me back my statuette!432 AcrossReveal answer → Cure432 AcrossReveal answer → The hunt needs to be within the borders of Chile533 AcrossReveal answer → Smear433 AcrossReveal answer → Male bee533 AcrossReveal answer → Unconscious of being able to please634 AcrossReveal answer → Unsteady834 AcrossReveal answer → Perspires634 AcrossReveal answer → Genius who composed a rondo for the French835 AcrossReveal answer → Adorn635 AcrossReveal answer → Edible snail835 AcrossReveal answer → Run out of timber that's cheap636 AcrossReveal answer → Figure636 AcrossReveal answer → Of flowers636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Capture51 DownReveal answer → German town orchestra51 DownReveal answer → Iraqi currency52 DownReveal answer → Prohibited52 DownReveal answer → The quality of many a mug52 DownReveal answer → Previous women?43 DownReveal answer → Monster43 DownReveal answer → Percussion instrument43 DownReveal answer → Being unapproachable, loaf around receiving nothing54 DownReveal answer → Broil54 DownReveal answer → Lacking freshness54 DownReveal answer → Is a bigheaded person so idle?45 DownReveal answer → Grim55 DownReveal answer → Space45 DownReveal answer → Rely on having a spare part very occasionally66 DownReveal answer → Thaw46 DownReveal answer → Blunt weapon66 DownReveal answer → Even57 DownReveal answer → Seizes violently and strews around69 DownReveal answer → Army jackets69 DownReveal answer → Droll510 DownReveal answer → Booze lessens alertness311 DownReveal answer → Ravine511 DownReveal answer → Moo311 DownReveal answer → Letter possibly sent to temporary accommodation512 DownReveal answer → Gold bar512 DownReveal answer → Iron512 DownReveal answer → To lark around with a girl is nonsense713 DownReveal answer → Plentiful513 DownReveal answer → Common713 DownReveal answer → Canoe514 DownReveal answer → Knight a bit frisky on rising315 DownReveal answer → Girl or boy's name315 DownReveal answer → Chasm515 DownReveal answer → Way in516 DownReveal answer → Sorry about the misprinted ads316 DownReveal answer → Deity316 DownReveal answer → Not at all put out618 DownReveal answer → Charm618 DownReveal answer → Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church520 DownReveal answer → Discourage520 DownReveal answer → Wind music321 DownReveal answer → Vicious dog321 DownReveal answer → See an outsize lettuce322 DownReveal answer → Religious sister322 DownReveal answer → Hand tool623 DownReveal answer → Animal we confuse with the seal, possibly623 DownReveal answer → Custom525 DownReveal answer → Is bound to be out of phase?325 DownReveal answer → Be victorious325 DownReveal answer → Courage527 DownReveal answer → Artist's stand528 DownReveal answer → Palmy in a more than generous way?528 DownReveal answer → Fire-raising528 DownReveal answer → Money, slang530 DownReveal answer → Bisect530 DownReveal answer → Potter of character530 DownReveal answer → Touchy531 DownReveal answer → Competent431 DownReveal answer → Dog consuming nothing but tea531 DownReveal answer → Head covering432 DownReveal answer → In a creel, sometimes, there are fish432 DownReveal answer → Cripple432 DownReveal answer → Cool headed individual helping control traffic433 DownReveal answer → Beloved433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 28, 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.