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Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 122 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#
RigidSTIFF5Across1 ClearBRIGHT6Across1 Goes gaily on excursionsTRIPS5Across1 DisquietUNREST6Across5 Police jobs for a right fine detective sergeant?RAIDS5Across6 Having lifeALIVE5Across6 SuspicionDISTRUST8Across8 Italian foodRAVIOLI7Across9 MopSWAB4Across9 Beat by a head for a placeLEATHER7Across9 EnergyPEP3Across10 It would be fishy to call this some species of rodent!SPRAT5Across10 WandererNOMAD5Across10 Food for mice around central GreenfordMINCE5Across11 SofaCOUCH5Across11 Hair net soon produced by hundredsSNOOD5Across12 ScrapSHRED5Across12 FruitMELON5Across12 Scolds harshlyBERATES7Across13 Obviously you can play around, managing nilPLAINLY7Across13 GratuityTIP3Across15 SpringSPA3Across15 Objection to endlessly returning by tubeBUT3Across15 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across17 He's on the road with a groupHERD4Across17 SerpentASP3Across17 Look outwardly the same dancer!SALOME6Across18 DevilIMP3Across18 LoudnessVOLUME6Across18 There's little in a dismal lifeSMALL5Across19 Herb typeBASIL5Across19 ScullOAR3Across19 Foolish talkDRIVEL6Across20 An even chance to bring back the catTOSSUP6Across20 ShouldOUGHT5Across20 FussADO3Across21 Girl's nameTINA4Across22 AlsoTOO3Across22 Possibly gold stud?DUST4Across22 TinCAN3Across23 It may be dug up for less than no reasonORE3Across24 AridDRY3Across24 Feeling unhappySAD3Across24 Whip a spy out in sensational style!SPLASHY7Across25 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across25 BringFETCH5Across26 Upset enough to cause a split?SPILT5Across26 Warning deviceSIREN5Across26 Speed means nothing to a casual workerTEMPO5Across27 PortlySTOUT5Across27 BurningAFIRE5Across28 Gave one's views about being taken for a rideAIRED5Across28 Item arranged for recitalARTICLE7Across29 SurpassECLIPSE7Across29 RelationsKIN3Across29 Chat up a Romeo in the lift, perhapsFLIRT5Across30 Dog leadLEASH5Across30 Go about stealthilyPROWL5Across31 Busy terminuses contain thisINUSE5Across31 PitcherEWER4Across33 FinalULTIMATE8Across34 SignSYMBOL6Across35 StarvingHUNGRY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hand toolTROWEL6Down2 A little wave is not much applauseRIPPLE6Down2 UpliftRAISE5Down2 Phlegmatic Port of London police?PLACID6Down3 Noisy quarrelFRACAS6Down3 EntranceGATE4Down3 VerityTRUTH5Down4 Craze, informallyFAD3Down4 Group in the latest uprisingSET3Down4 LoosenUNTIE5Down5 Goes upRISES5Down5 It's hard, being brokeSTONY5Down5 FoolhardyRASH4Down6 The shifting of a person to Rome, possiblyREMOVAL7Down6 BoozeALCOHOL7Down6 ImpressSTAMP5Down7 Big catLION4Down7 When it's dried up, you get one freeARID4Down7 CasualtyVICTIM6Down8 Maxim's girl contrives to cut a great figure!DICTUM6Down8 VainPROUD5Down10 GroupPARTY5Down11 Fall in messy lumpsSLUMP5Down12 LampoonSPOOF5Down12 Bravery awardMEDAL5Down12 CorrectRIGHT5Down13 GroupsBANDS5Down13 To hop around making a picturePHOTO5Down13 TrenchDITCH5Down14 QuickRAPID5Down14 Cropped up like a repeatedly quoted bloomerAROSE5Down14 Added responsibility for Britain's leaderBONUS5Down15 SmackSPANK5Down15 Military surcoatTUNIC5Down15 OrnamentADORN5Down16 Flower partPETAL5Down16 Apt to be tryingTESTY5Down16 Spent the night copying a log?SLEPT5Down18 Female foxVIXEN5Down18 As a stiffener, drink something alcoholicSUPPORT7Down19 Cast a spell overBEWITCH7Down19 Tough time for Rod, drunk on bad aleORDEAL6Down21 Baby's toyRATTLE6Down21 Boy's name for a maiden in distressDAMIEN6Down22 Hat, slangTITFER6Down22 Paper for composing thesesSHEETS6Down23 Lacking widthNARROW6Down23 Murdered in the crime around Los AngelesSLAIN5Down25 RoughROWDY5Down25 DeserveMERIT5Down25 ProsecutesSUES4Down26 Piece of nautical gear as a spare partSPAR4Down26 PeerEQUAL5Down27 The greatest in a line?ALI3Down28 Venomous snakeASP3Down28 SeizeCATCH5Down28 BuryINTER5Down30 SnatchGRAB4Down31 PortentOMEN4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 7, 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.