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Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
JourneyTRIP4Across1 NumberTHREE5Across3 Hardly hard currency!DOUGH5Across3 OutfitKIT3Across4 FortuneLUCK4Across6 Liquid measureLITRE5Across8 AbradeSCRAPE6Across8 Bad ignitionARSON5Across8 GipsyROMANY6Across9 Enthusiast who gets nothing rightLOVER5Across10 VesselPOT3Across10 SagDROOP5Across10 Mark is very good at finishing themAIM3Across11 LettuceCOS3Across11 SpeechifyORATE5Across12 With light on, it looks silkyRAYON5Across12 HutCABIN5Across12 Inorganic matterMINERAL7Across13 Give up a random ride round a resortDESPAIR7Across13 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across14 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across15 ReluctantLOATH5Across15 A club we had at some stageWEDGE5Across15 Short light sleepNAP3Across18 Past taking a turnAGO3Across18 AllyFRIEND6Across18 Detective, informallySLEUTH6Across19 Is the back of it over there in bed?BEYOND6Across19 AgreeASSENT6Across20 Worried about Fred being out of a noted raceFRETTED7Across21 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Across21 GenuineREAL4Across22 Leer at nothing but an exceptional legOGLE4Across22 Blood vesselVEIN4Across23 Just me againMERE4Across23 FigureDIGIT5Across24 Hangs freelyDANGLES7Across24 It's a load of rubbish, one gathersDUSTMAN7Across24 FumeSMOKE5Across26 Of the teethDENTAL6Across26 Deserter held by U.S. soldiery without chargeGRATIS6Across26 TeacherTUTOR5Across28 Lord of the courtsLUD3Across29 Partake of foodEAT3Across29 BeverageTEA3Across30 Where guests can get a change of clothes insideHOTEL5Across31 Go inENTER5Across31 One highly regarded, if only half heavenlyDEMIGOD7Across32 OptimisticHOPEFUL7Across32 RutGROOVE6Across32 QuakeTREMOR6Across33 Various means of identificationNAMES5Across34 FrailWEAK4Across34 Gaseous elementARGON5Across34 Was returned as ensuredSAW3Across35 OddRUM3Across35 ManagedRAN3Across35 Nose broken? Not so!SNOOT5Across36 TaleYARN4Across36 Hospital workerNURSE5Across36 Has he a jolly grin?ROGER5Across37 FriendsMATES5Across37 Bottle never brokenNERVE5Across38 Find pleasure inENJOY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LawfulLICIT5Down1 Scotland's wild bearsBRAES5Down1 Arms depotARSENAL7Down2 Come to keep a standard to match up toCOMPARE7Down2 RepeatRECUR5Down2 GossipPRATTLE7Down3 RetainKEEP4Down4 CureHEAL4Down4 Roma's new fellow?OMAR4Down4 BitterTART4Down5 Shone like gold we refinedGLOWED6Down5 EatableEDIBLE6Down5 BoundaryLIMIT5Down6 Premium Bonds machineERNIE5Down6 It jingles with money, sweetnessHONEY5Down6 WorryCONCERN7Down7 Celestial bodyCOMET5Down7 What a sovereign has to doREIGN5Down7 She's relatively diminutiveSIS3Down9 Unit of weightTON3Down9 ChooseOPT3Down11 DoltOAF3Down12 Being wild, there's nothing to separate us from an unruly trioRIOTOUS7Down12 MetropolisCAPITAL7Down12 AgeEON3Down13 It's great if you're old enoughAGE3Down14 RodentRAT3Down14 So experienced, he's mostly beyond getting ruffledDOYEN5Down16 AppendADD3Down16 HoodwinksDUPES5Down16 CroneHAG3Down17 Use one's mindTHINK5Down17 They're marginalEDGES5Down17 Ladybirds, say, or bees let looseBEETLES7Down19 RegretREMORSE7Down19 Medical practitionerSURGEON7Down19 Such luck makes things difficult for golfersROUGH5Down20 VulgarCRUDE5Down20 But the angler wants to see it sink!FLOAT5Down21 PoseSIT3Down21 SwoonFAINT5Down21 StunSTUPEFY7Down22 Old soldierVETERAN7Down23 Had he a square garden?MADISON7Down23 SailorTAR3Down23 Boy's nameDARREN6Down24 Pupils do it in the darkDILATE6Down24 WrathIRE3Down25 It's the word for 'silent'MUM3Down25 CircuitLAP3Down25 TapKNOCK5Down27 Drinks for all in turnROUND5Down27 FollowENSUE5Down27 Possibly less than one in ten stuck in a jointTENON5Down28 To ribTEASE5Down28 SmellODOUR5Down29 RipTEAR4Down30 By a bully?COWED5Down30 MelodiesTUNES5Down30 ParticleATOM4Down31 Undervalued fuel?DERV4Down32 A trampHOBO4Down32 A crack in the ceiling againGAG3Down33 PlumpFAT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 6, 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.