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Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
TieKNOT4Across1 Staff of lifeBREAD5Across3 Jumped when taking PT on the meadowLEAPT5Across3 RecedeEBB3Across4 StormRAGE4Across6 Food for a dog going by railwayCURRY5Across8 DisparageDECRY5Across8 LubricateOIL3Across9 SagDROOP5Across10 GrimGRUESOME8Across10 Made one's views known to a top communistAIRED5Across10 Man of imaginationNAT3Across11 Throw in a high arcLOB3Across11 BoastBRAG4Across11 Fish a stream at BirkenheadBRILL5Across12 VulgarCRUDE5Across12 ReadableLEGIBLE7Across13 Head of financeCAPITAL7Across13 ThroughPER3Across14 AfterwardsLATER5Across15 Games of the greatest statusTESTS5Across15 CherubANGEL5Across16 Sarah from SalfordSAL3Across18 Neckwear itemTIE3Across18 New loader on trialORDEAL6Across19 EnduredSUFFERED8Across19 DemureSEDATE6Across19 Facts and figuresDETAILS7Across21 What the barber will get if you nick his razor?STROPPY7Across21 HeapedPILED5Across21 JettyPIER4Across22 All rounders in track athletics?LAPS4Across22 MockJEER4Across23 Does it grow infernally?FERN4Across23 AlmanacCALENDAR8Across23 Remains to be seen as something educationalSEMINAR7Across24 EvilHEINOUS7Across24 WedMARRY5Across24 Quick look round for a mouthpieceSLIPPY6Across26 Short fall of rainSHOWER6Across26 LongingYEN3Across27 See Mr Gore's resemblance to president CoolidgeCAL3Across29 Slope downwardsDIP3Across29 Return from Ragusa with something sweetSUGAR5Across31 TwistWARP4Across31 Hotel for motoristsMOTEL5Across31 A rewarding burdenPAYLOAD7Across32 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Across32 ScholarlyACADEMIC8Across33 In breaking a leg, maybe, make a nameNIGEL5Across34 FriendPAL3Across34 CinderEMBER5Across34 Much reduced fareFAR3Across35 RepudiateDENY4Across35 SummitTOP3Across35 An under-nine play groupOCTET5Across36 ShelterLEE3Across36 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Across36 One's wartime girlfriend?POPSY5Across37 OafDOLT4Across37 Iron, sayMETAL5Across37 Smallest article enclosed just in caseLEAST5Across38 BeginSTART5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Riotous brawlMELEE5Down1 Moon's associate space-probe at the centre of the earth!LUNAR5Down1 RefereeARBITER7Down2 Studio workers in dire straits?ARTISTS7Down2 StandardNORM4Down2 RowTIER4Down3 UncommonRARE4Down4 A noble forenameEARL4Down4 ReconditeESOTERIC8Down4 ConfusesADDLES6Down5 ConcoctBREW4Down5 To get a mate shot is meanPALTRY6Down5 BirdROBIN5Down6 Great fearDREAD5Down6 Covered with slabsTILED5Down6 TuneAIR3Down7 Celestial bodyCOMET5Down7 She'll make a home for oneNESTA5Down7 DazzleGLARE5Down8 Toothed wheelCOG3Down9 A burglar beating it would be a blowRAP3Down9 MohammedismISLAM5Down12 Rubbish obtained by going out unaccompanied?BALONEY7Down12 Mrs MopCLEANER7Down12 BidOFFER5Down13 VigourPEP3Down14 Black salt?TAR3Down14 PieceBIT3Down14 Pass onRELAY5Down15 Disunite with some perseveranceSEVER5Down16 DomesticatesTAMES5Down16 DegreeGRADE5Down17 Go furtively forming linksSLINK5Down17 Brings upREARS5Down17 MemoriseLEARN5Down18 Kind of glass used for measuring drinks?OPTICAL7Down19 DefameSLANDER7Down19 Clearly it may be the 19 Down typeGLASS5Down20 Muscular contractionSPASM5Down20 DeputyDELEGATE8Down20 Shoot the pedant to the bottom of the class!SPRIG5Down21 WarehouseDEPOT5Down21 LairDEN3Down22 PlanetJUPITER7Down23 Be deceived by a person's charms?FALLFOR7Down23 Protection for the headHELMET6Down24 Tripe's processed by an elflike creatureSPRITE6Down24 LubricantOIL3Down25 Any upset can be discouragingNAY3Down25 YawningAGAPE5Down25 AnswerREPLY5Down26 Move like a drunken churlLURCH5Down27 Pursue relentlesslyHOUND5Down27 Flat area involved in games?PANEL5Down28 Sheds tearsWEEPS5Down28 PrisonJAIL4Down28 ChiefHEAD4Down29 It's tough, making a hash outright!HARSH5Down30 Asian countryJAPAN5Down30 TorHILL4Down30 FruitPEAR4Down32 ManagedRAN3Down32 As used in writing pointed articles?PENS4Down32 Initially a senior citizenOAP3Down33 CribCOT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 29, 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.