Evening Standard Crossword November 21 2025 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for November 21 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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Believe51 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult65 AcrossReveal answer → Giant58 AcrossReveal answer → The main fight99 AcrossReveal answer → Painful impact99 AcrossReveal answer → Bearable910 AcrossReveal answer → Carrier610 AcrossReveal answer → He subdues his pride910 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → Do the same with the ten on top412 AcrossReveal answer → Young men412 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name613 AcrossReveal answer → Trouble from scratch613 AcrossReveal answer → Make use of714 AcrossReveal answer → Smaller614 AcrossReveal answer → Get your money on "Half-back" early714 AcrossReveal answer → Show promise as a sculptor?915 AcrossReveal answer → Desperation715 AcrossReveal answer → Immoral915 AcrossReveal answer → Utter the words "Never again" --- and I quite understand917 AcrossReveal answer → Room freshener917 AcrossReveal answer → By midmorning there's plenty of food718 AcrossReveal answer → Favourite318 AcrossReveal answer → Ocular part718 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly makes and smuggles aloft619 AcrossReveal answer → Cushioned619 AcrossReveal answer → Trap319 AcrossReveal answer → Bird's beak420 AcrossReveal answer → An impudent young girl with a piece of paper420 AcrossReveal answer → Flaunt421 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves on the toboggan?923 AcrossReveal answer → Bad dream923 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt523 AcrossReveal answer → Pip424 AcrossReveal answer → Go one by one on the merry-go-round?925 AcrossReveal answer → Engaged925 AcrossReveal answer → Puts on airs426 AcrossReveal answer → Ensnares426 AcrossReveal answer → Overcome with horror627 AcrossReveal answer → Defective327 AcrossReveal answer → The "in" type of party to have?627 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves army illegally729 AcrossReveal answer → Swab329 AcrossReveal answer → Having laid hands on, at breakfast gave food to729 AcrossReveal answer → Shyly731 AcrossReveal answer → Invented632 AcrossReveal answer → Are even in the right enclosure and that doesn't often happen932 AcrossReveal answer → Sedimentary rock932 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual434 AcrossReveal answer → How one is, after a vain blackberrying expedition?934 AcrossReveal answer → Without effort934 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous635 AcrossReveal answer → He's spouting bilge, right?735 AcrossReveal answer → Flat-bottomed boat735 AcrossReveal answer → Make someone do you a favour636 AcrossReveal answer → Unorthodox belief636 AcrossReveal answer → Mild argument437 AcrossReveal answer → Be holding it and get a nip from437 AcrossReveal answer → Incorrect938 AcrossReveal answer → Broom538 AcrossReveal answer → Did something when someone stole the ladder?938 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of art939 AcrossReveal answer → About to see something you've missed939 AcrossReveal answer → Flaw639 AcrossReveal answer → Mock540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Two dopes and a smart killer81 DownReveal answer → Clapping81 DownReveal answer → Boxing division122 DownReveal answer → By which the motion was carried in the nudist colony?122 DownReveal answer → Regret32 DownReveal answer → Not friendly83 DownReveal answer → Labels with small hearts on them?83 DownReveal answer → Streak63 DownReveal answer → Book of religious songs64 DownReveal answer → It's a mere triviality, but remove the shadow64 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → Unite45 DownReveal answer → Summarised85 DownReveal answer → Wears when one goes to bed and gets up late85 DownReveal answer → Started66 DownReveal answer → It's a fish from somewhere in India, love106 DownReveal answer → Slight change106 DownReveal answer → Annually67 DownReveal answer → Where the journey starts --- to jail?77 DownReveal answer → Disloyal person77 DownReveal answer → View of America given by the brochure108 DownReveal answer → Tormented108 DownReveal answer → Coached79 DownReveal answer → Am hemmed in by a mob dancing an exotic dance511 DownReveal answer → Thorny shrub511 DownReveal answer → Gratuity312 DownReveal answer → Jot413 DownReveal answer → Join up with Len Turner first616 DownReveal answer → Physical condition616 DownReveal answer → Relax416 DownReveal answer → Refute517 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish319 DownReveal answer → Catch in the light319 DownReveal answer → Monotonous720 DownReveal answer → Discordant1221 DownReveal answer → Bitterness about the rough frisking?1221 DownReveal answer → Omit422 DownReveal answer → Cooks in oven622 DownReveal answer → Not, you say, a winding passage622 DownReveal answer → Not part of a power bloc1023 DownReveal answer → Only corrects to "Exclusive control"1023 DownReveal answer → Holy624 DownReveal answer → From the water, we found out it's raining1024 DownReveal answer → Old English1024 DownReveal answer → Nocturnal creature325 DownReveal answer → Stand a drink, so to speak325 DownReveal answer → Chieftan425 DownReveal answer → Give626 DownReveal answer → Picture-house628 DownReveal answer → Transparent gemstone828 DownReveal answer → Shed when you go into the river828 DownReveal answer → Extinct creature829 DownReveal answer → Gets comfortable, arms back and legs folded829 DownReveal answer → Chigoe830 DownReveal answer → Through330 DownReveal answer → "Sweets put weight on" is the comeback!830 DownReveal answer → Free about fifty with no trouble731 DownReveal answer → Amaze731 DownReveal answer → He has nothing to add to the list533 DownReveal answer → Liability433 DownReveal answer → Underground worker533 DownReveal answer → Bother634 DownReveal answer → The chap dropped round at the beginning of the week634 DownReveal answer → Drunkard336 DownReveal answer → Vase337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, November 21, 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.