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Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Hang overDRAPE5Across4 RefugeASYLUM6Across7 MineralORE3Across9 Tried to make the nest its own?LAIDCLAIM9Across9 CapriciousARBITRARY9Across9 BarrierDAM3Across10 The bird had a little bump on its tailPARTRIDGE9Across10 YobsHOOLIGANS9Across10 Clearly pronounce the 'r' in 'bread'ROLL4Across12 StopAVAST5Across12 RetainKEEP4Across12 Brief on how to deal with the formsFILLIN6Across13 BranchTWIG4Across13 Girl's nameAGATHA6Across13 Will it catch the light?SUNTRAP7Across14 Mild red condimentPAPRIKA7Across14 GenuineAUTHENTIC9Across15 Invests, when one persuades toGETSROUND9Across15 BigLARGE5Across15 Irritability while one's having a trying time?TESTINESS9Across17 Nerve painNEURALGIA9Across17 ClaimALLEGE6Across17 Docile when he's caged, as beforeTHESAME7Across18 Itinerant personDRIFTER7Across18 All over a woman from AmericaABROAD6Across19 Travelling bagVALISE6Across19 BoundLOPE4Across19 InvestENDUE5Across20 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Across20 Abandoned youTHEE4Across20 NothingNIL3Across22 Cancelled because of a bad fallRAINEDOFF9Across23 Asian countryINDONESIA9Across23 SailorMARINER7Across24 On the subject of directives, holds swayOVERRULES9Across25 RidiculousLUDICROUS9Across25 AssistantAIDE4Across26 The cheek, bringing a c-convict back!GALL4Across26 Give it all you've got, though having an injurySTRAIN6Across27 Painting on plasterFRESCO6Across27 SpeckDOT3Across27 TemptressSIREN5Across28 Get thin exercising and pull the belt in a notchTIGHTEN7Across29 MeanAVERAGE7Across29 VegetableBEAN4Across31 BedcoverEIDERDOWN9Across32 Meant to plough in the exam and willTESTAMENT9Across32 SkirmishTUSSLE6Across33 Type of nutPISTACHIO9Across34 The while it took to get badly torn in the scrimmageFORTNIGHT9Across34 Rub in, working with mum, and polishBURNISH7Across35 Very manyUMPTEEN7Across35 AvoidEVADE5Across35 Sings out "Still letting rain in"TRILLS6Across36 Opera singersTENORS6Across36 The gentleman was given time in prisonSTIR4Across37 Pakistani languageURDU4Across37 DisembarkLAND4Across37 Tense and restless because it's still in the air?UNSETTLED9Across38 Most expensiveCOSTLIEST9Across38 FilamentFIBRE5Across38 ConsumeEAT3Across39 DeformedMISSHAPEN9Across39 Tendency to be grouchy, due to the rushHASTINESS9Across39 AnnoyVEX3Across41 HammerMALLET6Across42 GuideSTEER5Across43

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Completely one-sided, indeedALLRIGHT8Down1 Tennis strokeBACKHAND8Down1 FortressCASTLE6Down1 Is just what's needed when one's short of performersFILLSTHEBILL12Down2 ForgetfulABSENTMINDED12Down2 CountlessMYRIAD6Down2 FailureDUD3Down3 Female offspringDAUGHTER8Down3 Fellow that is bringing the dog in for treatmentMANICURE8Down3 PullDRAG4Down4 OccultMYSTIC6Down4 Was pleased by how the vehicle held the roadSMILED6Down4 CarouseREVEL5Down5 Shell fragmentsSHRAPNEL8Down5 Miss the trip the rest went off onSPINSTER8Down5 What told you the fellow was a charmer?GRASSSNAKE10Down6 Put offPOSTPONE8Down6 BaffledNONPLUSSED10Down6 Though mad, I can't go off at the fatherFRANTIC7Down7 ShowDISPLAY7Down7 MasculineMALE4Down8 Moving staircasesESCALATORS10Down8 At prison, the drug dealers became writersPENPUSHERS10Down8 The bars leading up to the final note of the songDIRGE5Down11 SizeMAGNITUDE9Down11 ImitatingAPING5Down11 MoroseGLUM4Down14 LengthenEXTEND6Down16 CheckREIN4Down16 You are wrong. The colour is making a comebackREADER6Down16 HeadLEAD4Down18 By way ofVIA3Down19 A large, noisy manALF3Down19 Was consistent with their having been joint ownersHELDTOGETHER12Down21 Alternative medicineAROMATHERAPY12Down21 Story-writerNOVELIST8Down21 Go on rambling about, in a stateOREGON6Down22 Skin complaintECZEMA6Down22 DeficiencyINADEQUACY10Down23 MinusLESS4Down23 Order (as is justified) roundRIGHTABOUT10Down23 Covering completely, generally speakingONTHEWHOLE10Down24 OvercameSURMOUNTED10Down24 ListROTA4Down25 Zodiac signLEO3Down25 Have to get personalOWN3Down25 BrookRILL4Down26 HolinessSANCTITY8Down28 It shows just how big your rise wasALTITUDE8Down28 TrulyREALLY6Down29 The sister, running the half mile in it, is very energeticTIRELESS8Down29 ObscureABSTRUSE8Down29 NakednessNUDITY6Down30 In the raw, he might give you a turn at firstNATURIST8Down30 Silver-tonguedELOQUENT8Down30 Broadcast, giving a terrible tirade aboutRADIATE7Down31 Hospital workerORDERLY7Down31 CheekNERVE5Down32 The kinds of streets that are lined with goldSORTS5Down33 DeceivesDUPES5Down33 Running away, tripFLIGHT6Down34 HemSEAM4Down34 Straw hatPANAMA6Down34 DeviateVEER4Down36 LabelTAG3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 30, 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.