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Evening Standard Crossword November 5 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 5 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
RiseASCEND6Across1 Strain, emphasisSTRESS6Across1 Do monkeys have a box of them?TRICKS6Across1 PlanDESIGN6Across5 A great trumpeterELEPHANT8Across7 GenealogyPEDIGREE8Across7 AwfulTERRIBLE8Across8 On which to advertise toothpaste?TUBE4Across8 Ill-mannered personBOOR4Across8 SpokenORAL4Across9 Those little delays dad exploitsPAUSES6Across10 DeathlyDEADLY6Across10 It's natural to take tea, perhaps, at the tavernINNATE6Across11 On fireAFLAME6Across11 CoarseGROSS5Across12 Get part of the story wrong and it's nonsense!ROT3Across14 RegretRUE3Across14 StitchSEW3Across15 AssistantsAIDES5Across16 Dead wrong about the tango being old-fashionedDATED5Across16 GirlLASS4Across17 HillTOR3Across17 Executed many a personDONE4Across17 CanTIN3Across18 LukewarmTEPID5Across19 FittingAPT3Across19 Set out with a posh car some dayARRAY5Across19 AvoidEVADE5Across20 IndividualONE3Across21 Hardly an atheist's farewell!ADIEU5Across21 Grinding toothMOLAR5Across21 WrathIRE3Across22 FiendDEMON5Across22 The way some things are badly grownWRONG5Across22 ColourGREY4Across23 You can knock the stuffing out of them, chaps!GUYS4Across23 SelfEGO3Across23 CurveARC3Across24 Note valueMINIM5Across26 FearDREAD5Across26 Biblical city of strange moodsSODOM5Across26 Wrong part for a brass instrumentSIN3Across28 MeadowLEA3Across28 At No.1, he may have no peerOPENER6Across29 SeedPIP3Across29 PressedIRONED6Across29 Natural feature getting a girl in near frenzyRAVINE6Across30 DoglikeCANINE6Across30 Being `iway out^i is no longer the thingEXIT4Across31 Very keenAVID4Across31 Hurt as one rushed to get out of the rainSPRAINED8Across32 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across32 He can speak Italian or sing madlySIGNOR6Across33 FinishedOVER4Across33 ClawsTALONS6Across33 StartINITIATE8Across34 LubricantGREASE6Across35 WholeENTIRE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Light shoeSANDAL6Down1 Act up on a journey, as a supporterTRIPOD6Down1 ViewSCENE5Down2 Mass departureEXODUS6Down2 Robinson's change of courseCRUSOE6Down2 DeserveEARN4Down3 Active and briskSPRY4Down3 Spots before the eyes!SEES4Down3 Seem probableBIDFAIR7Down4 German location of bridge over parts of the DanubeSPANDAU7Down4 PostponeDEBAR5Down4 Tyre surfaceTREAD5Down5 ClothingDRESS5Down5 Revolutionary design for a tramMARAT5Down5 FiredSHOT4Down6 Outdoor eventsFETES5Down6 The horse, when wild, detested all but TedSTEED5Down6 SeriousGRAVE5Down7 An act to go for?TURN4Down8 Excludes, obstructsBARS4Down8 Spanish cryOLE3Down9 Tibetan girl?BET3Down9 AnimalLLAMA5Down10 GarretATTIC5Down11 Any disruption is negativeNAY3Down12 CoverLID3Down12 AvariceGREED5Down12 Tryingly irascibleTESTY5Down13 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down13 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down13 War-horseSTEED5Down14 PrySNOOP5Down15 UnderBELOW5Down15 In which swimmers may finish up cannedBRINE5Down15 PupWHELP5Down16 Location of the fringe of SurreyONTOP5Down18 AfootASTIR5Down18 Male catTOM3Down19 A party always means fussADO3Down19 Cooking vesselPAN3Down20 He's a regular guyREG3Down20 SouvenirMEMENTO7Down21 Where men have something to sing aboutARMENIA7Down21 RacketDIN3Down22 Just one point ahead, was the victorWON3Down22 Jovial, cheerfulGENIAL6Down23 Providing wine during the musical performanceGIVING6Down23 One French article, possibly ItalianUNIT4Down24 Surprise attackRAID4Down24 Joint holderSKEWER6Down25 Gives inYIELDS6Down25 WandererROVER5Down25 Italian cityMILAN5Down26 So the Americans had a famous bandmasterSOUSA5Down26 Ready to play, darling?DEARY5Down27 WandererNOMAD5Down27 ElevateRAISE5Down27 LooLAV3Down28 SimilarALIKE5Down28 Familiar instrument with a colourful soundSAX3Down28 The ones in the frame?REDS4Down30 BuryINTER5Down30 Horse-dawn vehicleCART4Down30 RegionAREA4Down31 TableLIST4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, November 5, 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.