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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2025 answers. The Saturday 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#
CoagulatesCLOTS5Across1 RevealUNMASK6Across1 Going to pieces outright belittles peopleBRITS5Across1 SpanBRIDGE6Across5 Do a stretch up the river?REACH5Across6 HoodwinksDUPES5Across6 KayakCANOE5Across9 When one is absent, maybe we pout (and cancel)WIPEOUT7Across9 Repulsive, horribleHIDEOUS7Across9 AbductKIDNAP6Across10 Like milk, it's useful when lacking concentration around half termLATEX5Across10 Of the moonLUNAR5Across10 SpiteANIMUS6Across11 Beautiful girlBELLE5Across11 Shoot out of sightSNIPE5Across11 StiffRIGID5Across12 CookROAST5Across12 Food that's beyond the inner man?PASTA5Across12 New cornets for KevinCOSTNER7Across13 RenaissanceREVIVAL7Across13 CommonsenseNOUS4Across14 Mathematical margin?HEM3Across15 PinchNIP3Across15 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across17 But commonly cut in halfONLY4Across17 GearKIT3Across17 Modest admixture of rum in waterDEMURE6Across18 Public outburstFURORE6Across18 PostMAIL4Across18 PremiumBONUS5Across19 Search for the pith of a discourse?SCOUR5Across19 FavourPREFER6Across20 What the sun may do at the bathing place round the cornerBLEACH6Across20 PuppetDUMMY5Across20 Outdoor eventFETE4Across22 Be about to do wrong, or threatenBODE4Across22 HealthyBONNY5Across22 Hearing rangeEARSHOT7Across23 A little drink from the siphonSIP3Across24 The bestCREAM5Across24 SuiteSET3Across24 School prefectMONITOR7Across25 Disdained to take notes on treatment for cornsSCORNED7Across25 The gang getting together at The Grapes?BUNCH5Across26 BrushedWIPED5Across26 DonPUTON5Across26 ProphetsSEERS5Across27 Unhappy about being parted?CUTUP5Across27 Points out the front endSNOUT5Across28 ConspiracyCABAL5Across28 Slid out quietly with the keySLIPPED7Across29 Spray canAEROSOL7Across29 ListenHEAR4Across29 Put down what sounds rightWRITE5Across30 ConditionsTERMS5Across30 GratuityTIP3Across30 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across31 Payments for ten in the back seatTAXES5Across31 DestinyFATE4Across32 ExtraSUPER5Across33 KeepRETAIN6Across35 SieveRIDDLE6Across36 FrozenGELID5Across37 Further onBEYOND6Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CruelUNKIND6Down1 Sweet bayLAUREL6Down2 AverageMEDIUM6Down2 Motive for arson, maybe, out EastREASON6Down2 What's the score?TWENTY6Down3 BlemishSCAR4Down3 To be preciseTHATIS6Down3 StuffingKAPOK5Down4 Is possibly ten, or youngerSIX3Down4 Knight's titleSIR3Down4 BragBOAST5Down5 Exclude a hard-hearted debutanteDEBAR5Down5 SatanDEVIL5Down5 HireRENT4Down6 No silent thiefRUSTLER7Down6 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Down6 Second-handUSED4Down7 DegradeDEMEAN6Down7 Bet raised to a great heightETNA4Down7 A noted superior hot drinkCUPPER6Down8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down8 SimplyEASILY6Down8 Shaving implementRAZOR5Down12 The beauty of fruitPEACH5Down12 DirigibleAIRSHIP7Down13 Searches for articles with teethCOMBS5Down13 Coarse filesRASPS5Down13 Wayne needs it, as do we allSLEEP5Down14 ManservantVALET5Down14 BizarreOUTRE5Down15 It's a great lakeHURON5Down15 Group of nineNONET5Down15 DaubSMEAR5Down16 Boy's namePETER5Down16 Cried because Mike's a terrible weed!MEWED5Down16 ThemeMOTIF5Down18 Japanese padded quiltFUTON5Down18 Sort of courage associated with uncle?DUTCH5Down18 A moral doubt that weighed littleSCRUPLE7Down19 InsertINSET5Down19 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down19 With stewed eels, it's non-alcoholicLIQUOR6Down21 Sweet potatoYAM3Down21 EbbRECEDE6Down21 Concluding partFINALE6Down22 NodBOW3Down22 She gets fresh bread around mid-morningBRENDA6Down22 Love appleTOMATO6Down23 Fox having a bit of luck in a clever deedDELUDE6Down23 AngelCHERUB6Down24 EngineMOTOR5Down25 There's a policeman in the roomSCOPE5Down25 UnrefinedEARTHY6Down25 Broken stub, possiblyBUST4Down26 Baby carriagePRAM4Down26 OarPADDLE6Down27 All you need is to be determinedSET3Down28 ProtectDEFEND6Down28 Male swanCOB3Down28 HarmonisedTUNED5Down30 DangerPERIL5Down31 SymbolSIGN4Down33 TravelRIDE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 31, 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.