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Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 132 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#
FundamentalBASIC5Across2 CurseSWEAR5Across3 The majority, getting out of line, are a bit wetMOIST5Across3 OtherwiseELSE4Across7 Could one teach a trout to swim?TUTOR5Across8 RebelliousUNRULY6Across8 Ancient ItalianROMAN5Across8 SketchDRAFT5Across9 To whom Aidan switched from Diana?NADIA5Across10 Undergoes combustionBURNS5Across10 Loudly express disapproval of an unfinished novel?BOO3Across11 CushionPAD3Across11 Cooking vesselPAN3Across11 RoyalREGAL5Across12 Maybe the time's about right for worthinessMERIT5Across12 Like a sandbag, it has striking potentialHANDBAG7Across13 Short axeHATCHET7Across13 FateLOT3Across13 Prison roomsCELLS5Across15 She's established in the V and AVESTA5Across15 So be itAMEN4Across15 SorrowfulSAD3Across16 AssistantAIDE4Across18 GratuityTIP3Across18 Do men fight for seats in it?BOX3Across18 Serving dishTUREEN6Across19 Die a bit of a hero in a shipwreckPERISH6Across19 TryATTEMPT7Across19 FollowTAIL4Across20 Type of boneHUMERUS7Across21 Additional house numbers?CODICIL7Across21 MarqueeTENT4Across22 Egg cellOVUM4Across22 Trashy part, hardly colourfulASHY4Across22 Slightly wetDAMP4Across23 An appeal, or maybe part of onePLEA4Across23 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across23 Leave hastily, a fugitiveRUNAWAY7Across24 Face clothFLANNEL7Across24 RegrettedRUED4Across25 SubsidesABATES6Across26 Antipodean creature found moving by us pomsPOSSUM6Across26 PlaythingTOY3Across27 DaybreakDAWN4Across28 Seaman's manipulative artTAR3Across29 LubricateOIL3Across29 FinishEND3Across30 Glutted with dates?SATED5Across31 RecordLOG3Across31 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across31 German measlesRUBELLA7Across32 To a point, an old-fashioned way to be tranquilisedSEDATED7Across32 CoinPENNY5Across33 Warmish when the tide's out around the pierheadTEPID5Across34 Whole rangeGAMUT5Across34 It's good as hot airGAS3Across35 BeverageTEA3Across35 One still wicked after coming to a bad end?DEVIL5Across36 Prepare to prayKNEEL5Across36 PartDIVIDE6Across36 Obviously more than one short dayMONTH5Across37 Molars, sayTEETH5Across37 PitcherEWER4Across37 HeathenPAGAN5Across38 Many lonely ladies have such stockingsNYLON5Across38 HarvestsREAPS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GemstoneTOPAZ5Down1 GlimmerGLEAM5Down1 Where to confer knighthood upon the excellentDUBAI5Down1 Sacred placeSANCTUM7Down2 Praise doggedly merited?GOODBOY7Down2 CouchBED3Down2 SpringSPA3Down3 SharpenWHET4Down4 SeverCUT3Down4 Rotary member, this Russian?OLEG4Down4 SphereORB3Down5 Point terrible evils out as you complain tearfullySNIVEL6Down5 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 SpateFLOOD5Down6 Measuring stickRULER5Down6 Spud dined in extremes of terror!TATER5Down6 CornerANGLE5Down7 Starts fabricating stories of civil disorderRIOTS5Down7 Floor coveringMAT3Down9 Not making a centuryTON3Down9 StuntFEAT4Down10 GrasslandPASTURE7Down11 DelineatedDEFINED7Down12 The most you can expect from a generous parentMAXIMUM7Down12 RevokesREPEALS7Down12 Word-for-wordLITERAL7Down13 An odd rhyme for almost any personBOD3Down14 TryingTESTING7Down14 That manHIM3Down14 Established by lawLEGAL5Down16 Pointless, maybe, but having point in cricketSILLY5Down16 BraceSTRUT5Down16 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Down17 The way one looks as an onlooker?AHEAD5Down17 RotDECAY5Down17 FittingAPT3Down18 Like some piece judged to be plagiarisedPIRATED7Down19 To end upTURNOUT7Down19 Lives temporarily with a roguish scampCAMPS5Down20 PutrefyGOBAD5Down20 Box of vital personal treasuresCHEST5Down21 YouthLAD3Down21 A personHUMAN5Down21 ExpungesDELETES7Down23 Perfect organ composition by fatherPARAGON7Down23 Of a womanFEMALE6Down24 Politely contradictedRUDELY6Down24 PartROLE4Down24 Pen partNIB3Down25 The char's eating companion?WAD3Down25 UnfastenedUNDID5Down26 PartyBEANO5Down27 Their fertility is locally unusualOASES5Down27 Big catTIGER5Down28 Became established as a clique, being fashionableSETIN5Down28 FemalesWOMEN5Down29 Censure, informallySLATE5Down30 Trying to be touchy?TESTY5Down30 HindquartersRUMP4Down32 GainWIN3Down32 Storage place for various oilsSILO4Down32 Not all castanets are brown!TAN3Down33 VitalityPEP3Down33 Sheltered sideLEE3Down33 HorseNAG3Down34 LongingYEN3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 3, 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.