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Evening Standard Crossword November 16 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 16 2025 answers. The Sunday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PokePROD4Across1 Tyre surfaceTREAD5Across3 Some foreigner's rule?REIGN5Across3 ChildTOT3Across4 VesselBOAT4Across6 For faultless service on the motorway, he's slow to payMISER5Across8 HumorousFUNNY5Across8 HelpAID3Across9 Lowest pointNADIR5Across10 ComfortedCONSOLED8Across10 Villainous libertine going round GatesheadROGUE5Across10 In dime novels, possibly heroesMEN3Across11 DecomposeROT3Across11 MistakeSLIP4Across11 In Godalming, perhaps, the Italian partMILAN5Across12 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across12 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Across13 Cricket term for a defunct animalDEADBAT7Across13 StrayERR3Across14 Wall paintingMURAL5Across15 Pudding to make quietly at leisurePEASE5Across15 ScourSCRUB5Across16 A chewed piece of clothRAG3Across18 ColourRED3Across18 Amid booze, a teetoltaller is superiorBETTER6Across19 FearlessUNAFRAID8Across19 Food shortageFAMINE6Across19 Word for wordLITERAL7Across21 Offenders said to be poorSINNERS7Across21 WrathANGER5Across21 First manADAM4Across22 Topographical feature of CaerphillyHILL4Across22 Single stepPACE4Across23 Sensible as going back a waySANE4Across23 ShynessTIMIDITY8Across23 A real knockout!STUNNER7Across24 MelodiousMUSICAL7Across24 ChallengedDARED5Across24 Quickly ~n a town with no north end!PRESTO6Across26 ToleratesABIDES6Across26 BarrierDAM3Across27 No brightly colourful lineDUN3Across29 DeityGOD3Across29 It's very good to intend to manage thingsSUPER5Across31 RosterROTA4Across31 Cloth made of flaxLINEN5Across31 Weary once more, went to bedRETIRED7Across32 HugsCUDDLES7Across32 PoorINDIGENT8Across33 Brilliant figuresVIVID5Across34 BowNOD3Across34 Light boatCANOE5Across34 In a suitable setting, one grows ruggedly sturdyOAK3Across35 LakeMERE4Across35 MeadowLEA3Across35 A failure at exterminating Dr. WhoDALEK5Across36 CoverLID3Across36 For a particular purposeADHOC5Across36 Test fittinglyTRYON5Across37 FallDROP4Across37 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Across37 Expert swimmers going west in netsNEWTS5Across38 Raising agentYEAST5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HealsCURES5Down1 A Pom, so to speak, in America?LIMEY5Down1 Temporary, provisionalINTERIM7Down2 A climbing aid, naturallyTENDRIL7Down2 SpaceROOM4Down2 TwilightDUSK4Down3 GenuineREAL4Down4 Go and tie up about tenEXIT4Down4 IndulgentTOLERANT8Down4 Brutal personANIMAL6Down5 NeatTIDY4Down5 Those sourly disdained by the fox?GRAPES6Down5 FundamentalBASIC5Down6 FactDATUM5Down6 Perhaps rarer than an octet, but not out of the wayNONET5Down6 LubricateOIL3Down7 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down7 Beat up, maybe, a London schoolPULSE5Down7 FarewellADIEU5Down8 Signal agreementNOD3Down9 Its main synonym isn't commonly usedSEA3Down9 CheatedDUPED5Down12 In the car, it gets things sparkingMAGNETO7Down12 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Down12 FluctuateWAVER5Down13 EpochERA3Down14 Exclude from a suburban partBAN3Down14 Animal doctorVET3Down14 InflexibleRIGID5Down15 Fighting to cure a wart?ATWAR5Down16 CompetitorRIVAL5Down16 SendREMIT5Down17 Proved one's humanityERRED5Down17 HorizontalLEVEL5Down17 GemstoneBERYL5Down18 Given markedly heated treatmentBRANDED7Down19 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Down19 Hacks or policemen out of breathCHOPS5Down20 Of the PopePAPAL5Down20 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down20 Rest or shelter in outer SalopSLEEP5Down21 Dead languageLATIN5Down21 EdgeRIM3Down22 Short light oarsPADDLES7Down23 Being older, they can make noise when the juniors are finishedSENIORS7Down23 ThreatenMENACE6Down24 How to reach a bargain without working on it?STRIKE6Down24 FishCOD3Down25 Eccentric looking union?NUT3Down25 UnaccompaniedALONE5Down25 AvoidEVADE5Down26 Out in the country, right over the riverRURAL5Down27 Feathered friendsBIRDS5Down27 Figure a woman's outpointedSEVEN5Down28 LureDECOY5Down28 OccupyFILL4Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 The dog, it seems, has had duck for teaPEKOE5Down30 DeceaseDEATH5Down30 UnfastenUNDO4Down30 SwindlesCONS4Down32 HillTOR3Down32 It doesn't do the lute any goodRIFT4Down32 In prayer, he shinesRAY3Down33 Boy's nameLEN3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, November 16, 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.