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Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 124 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#
Mark of disgraceSTIGMA6Across1 BoastBRAG4Across1 Vehicle in which to make a casual acquaintance?PICKUP6Across1 LieFIB3Across4 MeltTHAW4Across6 PertinentRELEVANT8Across7 Country surveyor or painterLANDSEER8Across7 It's played with much loveFARO4Across8 AttendanceGATE4Across8 EmbraceHUG3Across9 To laze seems strange to a keen typeZEALOT6Across10 EvaluatedASSESSED8Across10 Girl's nameARETHA6Across10 Calculate with relation to vital statistics?FIGURE6Across11 PeruseREAD4Across11 MovableMOBILE6Across11 Boy's nameLEE3Across14 EdgeRIM3Across14 To see a seafarer, take a taxiCAB3Across14 Musical instrumentSITAR5Across16 DulcetSWEET5Across16 Containers for some new cassettesCASES5Across16 OtherwiseELSE4Across17 Those in the Budapest zoo?APES4Across17 SweaterPULLOVER8Across19 Wooden shoeSABOT5Across19 Pipes best bent around the house interiorTUBES5Across19 ConsumedEATEN5Across21 But not Romulus's uncle!REMUS5Across21 WildFERAL5Across21 AfterwardsLATER5Across22 Lots of playmatesTEAMS5Across22 Camp out in thisTENT4Across23 In canasta, does it mean a lot to a little chap?MELD4Across23 TearLACERATE8Across23 TopicTHEME5Across24 The bit you discardSCRAP5Across26 Christmas hymnCAROL5Across26 BaseLOW3Across27 In favour ofFOR3Across28 Suitable to give the thing a flying startFIT3Across28 Rush forward and destroyTEARUP6Across29 Suitable for cropsARABLE6Across29 Martial artKARATE6Across30 Vessels for turbulent oceans?CANOES6Across30 A little bit of England you love to cross over?OXON4Across31 OvenKILN4Across31 PlantIRIS4Across31 Composition for performance by a band?CONCERTO8Across32 Ruler with absolute powerAUTOCRAT8Across32 CoalitionALLIANCE8Across33 Accepts a little money for mugsPASSES6Across33 Religious festivalEASTER6Across33 ObserveSEE3Across34 AsteriskSTAR4Across35 WandROD3Across36 TitleNAME4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ViciousSAVAGE6Down1 An Italian place at Covent GardenPIAZZA6Down1 CorrodeRUST4Down2 A knockout, sad to say, for native AustraliansKOALAS6Down2 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down2 RegionAREA4Down3 ValleyGLEN4Down3 Plan to shoot round the cornerPLOT4Down3 Notifications of today's malpracticesADVICES7Down4 GalaFESTIVAL8Down4 Spray canAEROSOL7Down4 CorpseBODY4Down5 UnspokenTACIT5Down5 Bright at night, she gives some love before sunriseVENUS5Down5 TossTHROW5Down6 Endeavours to leave TriesteTRIES5Down6 GuideSTEER5Down6 ColourHUE3Down7 YawningAGAPE5Down8 CongealsGELS4Down8 Have cosmetics such value?FACE4Down8 Definite articleTHE3Down9 Strip, as in disrobingROB3Down9 Small portionBIT3Down12 SeparateAPART5Down12 Much talk of a megastoreGAS3Down12 SphereGLOBE5Down13 Dead languageLATIN5Down13 In contrary ways, a woman can have funREVEL5Down13 Fish eggsROE3Down14 SeraglioHAREM5Down15 ElementMETAL5Down15 A display copy?DUMMY5Down15 CompositionESSAY5Down17 TurretTOWER5Down18 Of the moonLUNAR5Down18 Bit of peace called for?PIECE5Down18 An interruption when the cricket's first-classTEA3Down19 SuiteSET3Down19 A powerful, moving Busoni pieceBUS3Down20 RetreatedRECOILED8Down20 Rule outBAR3Down20 Mistaken notionFALLACY7Down21 Said to be set centrally in the plantREPUTED7Down21 NovelNEW3Down22 Throw in a high arcLOB3Down22 Jack, on the road with MacTAR3Down22 ConservativesTORIES6Down23 As yet, they lack a majorityMINORS6Down23 On the Thames, it's not up to Bourne EndETON4Down24 EpochsERAS4Down24 Makes haste when he's sad, perhapsDASHES6Down25 ElevateHOIST5Down25 WobbleTEETER6Down25 CollierMINER5Down26 Stand like a rock at the seaside?STICK5Down26 ConspiracyCABAL5Down26 The weather to keep in, with little sunshine aboutRAINY5Down27 Log boatsRAFTS5Down27 DistantFAR3Down28 As formerly sent when the FA XI is one short?FAX3Down28 JustFAIR4Down28 DaybreakDAWN4Down29 Bird of preyKITE4Down30 Shut up shopCOOP4Down30 DrossSCUM4Down30 MeadowLEA3Down32

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