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Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
AgileLITHE5Across2 In order to listen?SILENT6Across4 Love appleTOMATO6Across4 SnakeANACONDA8Across7 LustreSHEEN5Across7 Draw attention to the man fielding deeperPOINTOUT8Across7 Be objectionable for a bad motiveOFFEND6Across8 Car fuelPETROL6Across8 SpeakUTTER5Across8 Each point is trueEVERY5Across10 ProverbADAGE5Across10 Up to the time ofUNTIL5Across10 ManageRUN3Across12 He or she may be finished with a skiPOLE4Across13 AscendARISE5Across13 ImpetuousRASH4Across13 ChuckTOSS4Across14 Bird repeatedly urging action?DODO4Across14 Hop-drying kilnOAST4Across15 StretchEXPANSE7Across15 The water variety needs a poolPOLO4Across15 WagerBET3Across16 A name you knowKEN3Across16 Heavy metalLEAD4Across17 Twist or distortion in a prawn's backWARP4Across17 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across17 HeadgearHAT3Across19 AmongAMID4Across19 Liable to be candidOPEN4Across19 DepreciateDEVALUE7Across20 Clumsy, informallyHAMFISTED9Across21 Annual celebration of motherhood?LABOURDAY9Across21 Young sheepLAMB4Across23 Large vessel, one fishTUNA4Across23 FruitDATE4Across23 In coal, this waste is enormousLOSS4Across24 Snooker rodsCUES4Across24 PulpMASH4Across25 SeizureFIT3Across26 Insulate old convictLAG3Across26 AssignENTRUST7Across26 Rich soilLOAM4Across27 Fur of the cat that ate the duck?COAT4Across27 Deity in authorityTHOR4Across29 PaceSTEP4Across29 By way ofVIA3Across30 YarnTHREAD6Across31 Give out cardsDEAL4Across32 That of a tuned up car?PURR4Across32 Maybe ease up, all but initiallyPAUSE5Across33 Eagle's nestEYRIE5Across33 Motherly saintTERESA6Across34 TempestsSTORMS6Across34 ProtectionDEFENCE7Across34 Covering the serving of a pint after hoursTINPLATE8Across35 Borrowing chargeINTEREST8Across35 Searches into closelyPROBES6Across36 Constance's attitudeSTANCE6Across36 RecoverRALLY5Across37 SickenAIL3Across38 MoralETHIC5Across39 MissileARROW5Across40 AnnoyedVEXED5Across41 ThrewSHIED5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Whole range or scaleGAMUT5Down1 Had a secretive lookSPIED5Down1 BriefSHORT5Down1 DesiresWANTS5Down2 Dismissed Mr Flintstone for getting out of lineFIRED5Down2 LetLEASE5Down2 LabourTOIL4Down3 Keep an article in an untidy placeSTAY4Down3 ReallyINDEED6Down3 VastHUGE4Down4 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down4 Pigeon perch?STOOL5Down4 LayerSTRATUM7Down5 InsectMOTH4Down5 Being in prison?LIFE4Down5 FeelSENSE5Down6 Sounded a hornTOOTED6Down6 Explorer who showed his grandmother pointsNANSEN6Down6 Left rations out with lots of waterFLOODS6Down9 BarrelTUN3Down9 Landed propertyESTATE6Down9 SpendEXHAUST7Down11 At this timeNOW3Down11 Swear the civic centre's at the town centreVOW3Down11 ReligionISLAM5Down12 Tree Ron gets out of the way, almostROWAN5Down12 Generally liked by fathers?POPULAR7Down13 ApartASIDE5Down13 FundamentalRADICAL7Down13 AngryIRATE5Down14 No con by an officerPRO3Down15 DoltOAF3Down15 OfferBID3Down16 FriendPAL3Down16 A noted openerKEY3Down16 You can count on itABACUS6Down18 PatioTERRACE7Down18 SymbolEMBLEM6Down18 As eaten in Dad's Army?PASTA5Down20 UntidyMESSY5Down20 Trilby, sayHAT3Down21 StandEASEL5Down21 Pull by the ear?LUG3Down21 TotalSUM3Down22 SuspiciousSHADY5Down22 Rubbish from Wrotham?ROT3Down22 Gift of a drink with something explosive about itTALENT6Down23 Untidy refuseLITTER6Down23 SurroundENVELOP7Down24 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down25 Cut price lettuce?COS3Down25 CanTIN3Down27 Fertile spotOASIS5Down28 ProsperTHRIVE6Down28 Speak of a gold blend of teaORATE5Down28 CentreHEART5Down29 A sound one, albeit fallibleHUMAN5Down30 One who perseveresTRIER5Down30 TrivialPETTY5Down31 It's fun giving a priest a bit of helpREVEL5Down31 DingyDRAB4Down32 RanRACED5Down32 Did Arthur direct Sean in films?PENN4Down32 Pater's double startPAPA4Down33 ForeignALIEN5Down33 Water jugEWER4Down33 TreeFIR3Down35 EngraveETCH4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 5, 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.