Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2025 Answers

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Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 8 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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Mark of disgrace61 AcrossReveal answer → Boast41 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle in which to make a casual acquaintance?61 AcrossReveal answer → Lie34 AcrossReveal answer → Melt46 AcrossReveal answer → Pertinent87 AcrossReveal answer → Country surveyor or painter87 AcrossReveal answer → It's played with much love48 AcrossReveal answer → Attendance48 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace39 AcrossReveal answer → To laze seems strange to a keen type610 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluated810 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name610 AcrossReveal answer → Calculate with relation to vital statistics?611 AcrossReveal answer → Peruse411 AcrossReveal answer → Movable611 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name314 AcrossReveal answer → Edge314 AcrossReveal answer → To see a seafarer, take a taxi314 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument516 AcrossReveal answer → Dulcet516 AcrossReveal answer → Containers for some new cassettes516 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise417 AcrossReveal answer → Those in the Budapest zoo?417 AcrossReveal answer → Sweater819 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden shoe519 AcrossReveal answer → Pipes best bent around the house interior519 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed521 AcrossReveal answer → But not Romulus's uncle!521 AcrossReveal answer → Wild521 AcrossReveal answer → Afterwards522 AcrossReveal answer → Lots of playmates522 AcrossReveal answer → Camp out in this423 AcrossReveal answer → In canasta, does it mean a lot to a little chap?423 AcrossReveal answer → Tear823 AcrossReveal answer → Topic524 AcrossReveal answer → The bit you discard526 AcrossReveal answer → Christmas hymn526 AcrossReveal answer → Base327 AcrossReveal answer → In favour of328 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable to give the thing a flying start328 AcrossReveal answer → Rush forward and destroy629 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable for crops629 AcrossReveal answer → Martial art630 AcrossReveal answer → Vessels for turbulent oceans?630 AcrossReveal answer → A little bit of England you love to cross over?431 AcrossReveal answer → Oven431 AcrossReveal answer → Plant431 AcrossReveal answer → Composition for performance by a band?832 AcrossReveal answer → Ruler with absolute power832 AcrossReveal answer → Coalition833 AcrossReveal answer → Accepts a little money for mugs633 AcrossReveal answer → Religious festival633 AcrossReveal answer → Observe334 AcrossReveal answer → Asterisk435 AcrossReveal answer → Wand336 AcrossReveal answer → Title437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Vicious61 DownReveal answer → An Italian place at Covent Garden61 DownReveal answer → Corrode42 DownReveal answer → A knockout, sad to say, for native Australians62 DownReveal answer → Pointed beard62 DownReveal answer → Region43 DownReveal answer → Valley43 DownReveal answer → Plan to shoot round the corner43 DownReveal answer → Notifications of today's malpractices74 DownReveal answer → Gala84 DownReveal answer → Spray can74 DownReveal answer → Corpse45 DownReveal answer → Unspoken55 DownReveal answer → Bright at night, she gives some love before sunrise55 DownReveal answer → Toss56 DownReveal answer → Endeavours to leave Trieste56 DownReveal answer → Guide56 DownReveal answer → Colour37 DownReveal answer → Yawning58 DownReveal answer → Congeals48 DownReveal answer → Have cosmetics such value?48 DownReveal answer → Definite article39 DownReveal answer → Strip, as in disrobing39 DownReveal answer → Small portion312 DownReveal answer → Separate512 DownReveal answer → Much talk of a megastore312 DownReveal answer → Sphere513 DownReveal answer → Dead language513 DownReveal answer → In contrary ways, a woman can have fun513 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs314 DownReveal answer → Seraglio515 DownReveal answer → Element515 DownReveal answer → A display copy?515 DownReveal answer → Composition517 DownReveal answer → Turret518 DownReveal answer → Of the moon518 DownReveal answer → Bit of peace called for?518 DownReveal answer → An interruption when the cricket's first-class319 DownReveal answer → Suite319 DownReveal answer → A powerful, moving Busoni piece320 DownReveal answer → Retreated820 DownReveal answer → Rule out320 DownReveal answer → Mistaken notion721 DownReveal answer → Said to be set centrally in the plant721 DownReveal answer → Novel322 DownReveal answer → Throw in a high arc322 DownReveal answer → Jack, on the road with Mac322 DownReveal answer → Conservatives623 DownReveal answer → As yet, they lack a majority623 DownReveal answer → On the Thames, it's not up to Bourne End424 DownReveal answer → Epochs424 DownReveal answer → Makes haste when he's sad, perhaps625 DownReveal answer → Elevate525 DownReveal answer → Wobble625 DownReveal answer → Collier526 DownReveal answer → Stand like a rock at the seaside?526 DownReveal answer → Conspiracy526 DownReveal answer → The weather to keep in, with little sunshine about527 DownReveal answer → Log boats527 DownReveal answer → Distant328 DownReveal answer → As formerly sent when the FA XI is one short?328 DownReveal answer → Just428 DownReveal answer → Daybreak429 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey430 DownReveal answer → Shut up shop430 DownReveal answer → Dross430 DownReveal answer → Meadow332 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 8, 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.