Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2025 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 4 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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Precipitous51 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe it was belted51 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone52 AcrossReveal answer → That one-eyed couple, possibly in hand56 AcrossReveal answer → Depart56 AcrossReveal answer → Horrify57 AcrossReveal answer → Tooth58 AcrossReveal answer → Like, resembling79 AcrossReveal answer → Person responsible for wrecking our cart79 AcrossReveal answer → Oath510 AcrossReveal answer → Beast510 AcrossReveal answer → Resting place for many a Russian?510 AcrossReveal answer → Wed511 AcrossReveal answer → Motivate to lie terribly about a politician511 AcrossReveal answer → Descends suddenly512 AcrossReveal answer → By going round with some mariners, one sees the sea512 AcrossReveal answer → Trap312 AcrossReveal answer → Decisively important713 AcrossReveal answer → Domination by a schoolteacher?713 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned513 AcrossReveal answer → One or two fatheaded points315 AcrossReveal answer → Exhilaration715 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name315 AcrossReveal answer → Friend finally forgoing something fishy?417 AcrossReveal answer → Worn617 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch cheese417 AcrossReveal answer → With her, maybe, I'm in the clear618 AcrossReveal answer → Single step618 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep319 AcrossReveal answer → Become eligible for divorce519 AcrossReveal answer → Stuns519 AcrossReveal answer → Cry on the bed, having blundered620 AcrossReveal answer → Belief620 AcrossReveal answer → Fall720 AcrossReveal answer → Extraordinary feat, yet it's inevitable422 AcrossReveal answer → Merge422 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet423 AcrossReveal answer → It's poisonous, so you need less than a teaspoonful324 AcrossReveal answer → Wheat spike324 AcrossReveal answer → Dejected425 AcrossReveal answer → Strong person725 AcrossReveal answer → In jest, might be termed a popular rhyme725 AcrossReveal answer → Light on something silky526 AcrossReveal answer → Denied726 AcrossReveal answer → Conceals526 AcrossReveal answer → Distinguished527 AcrossReveal answer → Figure advanced as a joint contribution527 AcrossReveal answer → Being confused, I'm wrong to get cross with the editor528 AcrossReveal answer → Keen528 AcrossReveal answer → Generous politician?729 AcrossReveal answer → Practical joke729 AcrossReveal answer → Female crocodile's name530 AcrossReveal answer → Ceases530 AcrossReveal answer → Ballad330 AcrossReveal answer → Ague531 AcrossReveal answer → Loathe631 AcrossReveal answer → Exotic siren handy for checking the horses531 AcrossReveal answer → Abraded734 AcrossReveal answer → Cash537 AcrossReveal answer → Groove338 AcrossReveal answer → Liability539 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt540 AcrossReveal answer → Rescuer541 AcrossReveal answer → Fishing-basket542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Javelin51 DownReveal answer → Sewing material62 DownReveal answer → Walked52 DownReveal answer → Creature that turns up in laminated wood62 DownReveal answer → Little is able to get into the pig's place63 DownReveal answer → Avoided63 DownReveal answer → High regard63 DownReveal answer → Ascend44 DownReveal answer → Large cask said to weigh a lot34 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish34 DownReveal answer → Compete75 DownReveal answer → Being hirsute can be dangerous55 DownReveal answer → All-night watch55 DownReveal answer → Stick56 DownReveal answer → How Hal and Al went into the butcher's business?76 DownReveal answer → Bewails76 DownReveal answer → A lot of soldiers, including marines47 DownReveal answer → Epochs47 DownReveal answer → He shouldn't lose his place in the team68 DownReveal answer → Diverse68 DownReveal answer → Garland39 DownReveal answer → Chosen711 DownReveal answer → Second-class highway in Norfolk?512 DownReveal answer → Former gold coin512 DownReveal answer → Thick513 DownReveal answer → Fight with swords513 DownReveal answer → Bonehead embraced by mother - the snake!513 DownReveal answer → Symbol514 DownReveal answer → Buoyant new solo for piano!514 DownReveal answer → Thin candle514 DownReveal answer → Last letter in some dialect515 DownReveal answer → Take away515 DownReveal answer → Wonder316 DownReveal answer → Prise516 DownReveal answer → Were meandering around the south by river516 DownReveal answer → Postponed718 DownReveal answer → Scorches518 DownReveal answer → Sing of love amid the waving corn?518 DownReveal answer → She sounds fruity!719 DownReveal answer → Splits up719 DownReveal answer → Doesn't change, this port621 DownReveal answer → Highly-seasoned stew621 DownReveal answer → Twelve521 DownReveal answer → Concluding part622 DownReveal answer → Mixing it into the wrong fuel is useless!622 DownReveal answer → Harmony522 DownReveal answer → Calm623 DownReveal answer → Undertake to carry forward?623 DownReveal answer → Told724 DownReveal answer → Short high-pitched sounds525 DownReveal answer → Another name for Indiana525 DownReveal answer → One can call it bread426 DownReveal answer → Assist426 DownReveal answer → Breach327 DownReveal answer → Push violently the wrong way and spoil328 DownReveal answer → Pixie328 DownReveal answer → Death628 DownReveal answer → Twist529 DownReveal answer → Sum532 DownReveal answer → Drain533 DownReveal answer → Massage335 DownReveal answer → Expensive436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 4, 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.