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Evening Standard Crossword November 28 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 138 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 28 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 138 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#
LaudPRAISE6Across1 DeflectDIVERT6Across5 TroubledCARED5Across9 Try to get the temperature raised to the same degreeHAVEASHOT9Across9 VegetableARTICHOKE9Across9 SweetmeatNOUGAT6Across10 Remain doggo and don't reveal the truth yetLIESTILL8Across10 Disease affecting blood-sugarDIABETES8Across10 RuinBLIGHT6Across11 ContradictBELIE5Across12 Extremely dryARID4Across12 Blast! It's making the baby cry!WIND4Across12 Hot pepperCHILLI6Across13 Spurt out when you cut gently into itSPLASH6Across13 Relating to touchTACTILE7Across14 StaunchSTEM4Across14 Is it less burdensome than a box of matches?LIGHTER7Across14 Fruit the warder wouldn't allow the prisoner to have?RASPBERRY9Across15 Native Parisian?FRENCHMAN9Across15 Killed by the masseur?RUBBEDOUT9Across17 Russian instrumentBALALAIKA9Across17 DecayROT3Across17 NourishNURTURE7Across18 Said "Terrible racket outside," with scornDISDAIN7Across18 LeerOGLE4Across18 Insect that won't necessarily take to the air?MAYFLY6Across20 Salad vegetableENDIVE6Across20 HellHADES5Across20 Yearn to be the one in possession of the hot tipACHE4Across21 Bird from New ZealandKIWI4Across21 GenerateBREED5Across22 SlanderedDEFAMED7Across23 HandgunREVOLVER8Across24 Had got better, one learnedPICKEDUP8Across24 EaseRELAX5Across24 It's very smart. You can't say more than thatLASTWORD8Across26 Hold-upDELAY5Across26 UncivilisedBARBARIC8Across26 Again having got acrossOVER4Across28 Recess in a churchAPSE4Across28 Having caught and got its teeth into the robberBANDIT6Across29 HeroIDOL4Across29 Scrape awayABRADE6Across29 WagerBET3Across30 Attacks so it scuttles into the shackHITSOUT7Across31 Bird of preyKESTREL7Across31 PartROLE4Across32 SeniorELDER5Across33 Possibly a fiver lost to a sweetheart long ago?FIRSTLOVE9Across34 End of chess gameCHECKMATE9Across34 BotchBUNGLE6Across35 Racially divisive systemAPARTHEID9Across36 UsualNORMAL6Across36 VIP giving one a broad grin!BIGCHEESE9Across36 PrySNOOP5Across37 Go back into the refugeRETREAT7Across38 ConsideredDEEMED6Across38 CunningSTEALTH7Across38 It's very wearing, you say emphaticallySTRESS6Across39 RequiredNEEDED6Across39 UnfairUNJUST6Across39 Is it torn from the tenant?RENT4Across40 Messy personSLOB4Across40 Woodwind instrumentCLARINET8Across41 Is that a grandfather clock, grandfather?OLDTIMER8Across41 Person who followsSUCCESSOR9Across42 Not enough to implement a change of titleTOOLITTLE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Heating fuelPARAFFIN8Down1 PenalisePUNISH6Down1 Ushered outside again and it was wetSHOWERED8Down1 Try hardSTRIVE6Down2 They happened to get the flat way backEVENTS6Down2 EntertainedAMUSED6Down2 Exuberant friendlinessBONHOMIE8Down3 The gooseberry and peach concoction neither sent backCHAPERON8Down3 BlacklegSCAB4Down3 ConsumerEATER5Down4 German cityBERLIN6Down4 A reliable firmSTEADY6Down4 LiabilityDEBIT5Down5 ImprovisedADLIBBED8Down5 The pensioners hector like the devilOLDHARRY8Down5 InactiveIDLE4Down6 Beam fixed at one endCANTILEVER10Down6 Gracious! Is that "5" ringing?HELLSBELLS10Down6 EnmeshENGAGE6Down7 Writing implementsPENCILS7Down7 The light breakfast carried up does come as a surpriseSTAGGER7Down7 What the highest of the high areBLOTTO6Down8 Zodiac signGEMINI6Down8 NamedTITLED6Down8 Hard brittle materialCERAMIC7Down11 Gosh! A hooded figure!BROTHER7Down11 SitedLOCATED7Down13 DomesticatedTAMED5Down15 Figure the bank's accepted the dudsBLANKS6Down16 VoucherCOUPON6Down16 DecorationMEDAL5Down16 CommandORDER5Down18 Liking to excelSHINE5Down19 Long grassesREEDS5Down19 LawfulLEGAL5Down19 Listening organEAR3Down20 What the kitchen cupboard reveals is a shockMOP3Down20 GenderSEX3Down21 More frozenICIER5Down22 The freight, try to get onto the vehicleCARGO5Down22 CotBED3Down22 Smooth-haired houndBASSET6Down23 Change the rodSWITCH6Down23 TeasedRIBBED6Down24 How the ghost appeared at the stroke of midnight?DEADONTIME10Down25 LollLOUNGE6Down25 Percussion instrumentVIBRAPHONE10Down25 Drunk in bed in FranceLIT3Down26 Flying insectBEE3Down26 Do go to class to be like all the othersCONFORM7Down27 AppearedLOOMED6Down27 Right-wing ideologyFASCISM7Down27 ShoutedYELLED6Down28 CombineBLEND5Down30 Good enoughADEQUATE8Down30 They work in the theatre, but not as strippers!DRESSERS8Down30 Saw-typeTENON5Down31 Getting tight, see as the best partHIGHSPOT8Down31 BackpackKNAPSACK8Down31 Colourful beetleLADYBIRD8Down32 One's young days, seventy years ago!TWENTIES8Down32 SongbirdSKYLARK7Down33 Tries at first, when one is a witnessATTESTS7Down33 OtherwiseELSE4Down33 CableROPE4Down34 RegularlyEVENLY6Down35 Would finding it in a pram worry you?RATTLE6Down35 The best dressed again will be in hatsBERETS6Down36 Alter slightlyADJUST6Down36 Builds and the secret is outERECTS6Down37 Join upENLIST6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, November 28, 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.