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Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 126 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#
PrecipitousSTEEP5Across1 Maybe it was beltedWAIST5Across1 GemstonePEARL5Across2 That one-eyed couple, possibly in handJACKS5Across6 DepartLEAVE5Across6 HorrifyAPPAL5Across7 ToothMOLAR5Across8 Like, resemblingSIMILAR7Across9 Person responsible for wrecking our cartCURATOR7Across9 OathCURSE5Across10 BeastBRUTE5Across10 Resting place for many a Russian?DIVAN5Across10 WedMARRY5Across11 Motivate to lie terribly about a politicianIMPEL5Across11 Descends suddenlyDIVES5Across12 By going round with some mariners, one sees the seaBRINY5Across12 TrapNET3Across12 Decisively importantFATEFUL7Across13 Domination by a schoolteacher?MASTERY7Across13 Old-fashionedDATED5Across13 One or two fatheaded pointsFEW3Across15 ExhilarationELATION7Across15 Man's nameMEL3Across15 Friend finally forgoing something fishy?ALLY4Across17 WornERODED6Across17 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across17 With her, maybe, I'm in the clearCLAIRE6Across18 Single stepSTRIDE6Across18 SheepEWE3Across19 Become eligible for divorceMARRY5Across19 StunsDAZES5Across19 Cry on the bed, having blunderedBOOBED6Across20 BeliefCREDIT6Across20 FallDESCEND7Across20 Extraordinary feat, yet it's inevitableFATE4Across22 MergeFUSE4Across22 ProphetSEER4Across23 It's poisonous, so you need less than a teaspoonfulASP3Across24 Wheat spikeEAR3Across24 DejectedDOWN4Across25 Strong personBRUISER7Across25 In jest, might be termed a popular rhymeJOCULAR7Across25 Light on something silkyRAYON5Across26 DeniedNEGATED7Across26 ConcealsHIDES5Across26 DistinguishedNOTED5Across27 Figure advanced as a joint contributionTENON5Across27 Being confused, I'm wrong to get cross with the editorMIXED5Across28 KeenEAGER5Across28 Generous politician?LIBERAL7Across29 Practical jokeLEGPULL7Across29 Female crocodile's nameODILE5Across30 CeasesSTOPS5Across30 BalladLAY3Across30 AgueFEVER5Across31 LoatheDETEST6Across31 Exotic siren handy for checking the horsesREINS5Across31 AbradedSCRAPED7Across34 CashMONEY5Across37 GrooveRUT3Across38 LiabilityDEBIT5Across39 RevoltREBEL5Across40 RescuerSAVER5Across41 Fishing-basketCREEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JavelinSPEAR5Down1 Sewing materialTHREAD6Down2 WalkedPACED5Down2 Creature that turns up in laminated woodANIMAL6Down2 Little is able to get into the pig's placeSCANTY6Down3 AvoidedELUDED6Down3 High regardESTEEM6Down3 AscendRISE4Down4 Large cask said to weigh a lotTUN3Down4 Pastry dishPIE3Down4 CompeteCONTEND7Down5 Being hirsute can be dangerousHAIRY5Down5 All-night watchVIGIL5Down5 StickBATON5Down6 How Hal and Al went into the butcher's business?JOINTLY7Down6 BewailsLAMENTS7Down6 A lot of soldiers, including marinesARMY4Down7 EpochsERAS4Down7 He shouldn't lose his place in the teamKEEPER6Down8 DiverseVARIED6Down8 GarlandLEI3Down9 ChosenELECTED7Down11 Second-class highway in Norfolk?BROAD5Down12 Former gold coinDUCAT5Down12 ThickDENSE5Down13 Fight with swordsFENCE5Down13 Bonehead embraced by mother - the snake!MAMBA5Down13 SymbolTOKEN5Down14 Buoyant new solo for piano!SLOOP5Down14 Thin candleTAPER5Down14 Last letter in some dialectFINAL5Down15 Take awayMINUS5Down15 WonderAWE3Down16 PriseLEVER5Down16 Were meandering around the south by riverWESER5Down16 PostponedDELAYED7Down18 ScorchesSEARS5Down18 Sing of love amid the waving corn?CROON5Down18 She sounds fruity!MELANIE7Down19 Splits upDIVIDES7Down19 Doesn't change, this portOSTEND6Down21 Highly-seasoned stewRAGOUT6Down21 TwelveDOZEN5Down21 Concluding partFINALE6Down22 Mixing it into the wrong fuel is useless!FUTILE6Down22 HarmonyUNITY5Down22 CalmSERENE6Down23 Undertake to carry forward?TAKEON6Down23 ToldRELATED7Down24 Short high-pitched soundsBEEPS5Down25 Another name for IndianaJONES5Down25 One can call it breadROLL4Down26 AssistHELP4Down26 BreachGAP3Down27 Push violently the wrong way and spoilMAR3Down28 PixieELF3Down28 DeathDEMISE6Down28 TwistSCREW5Down29 SumTOTAL5Down32 DrainSEWER5Down33 MassageRUB3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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