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Evening Standard Crossword October 10 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 10 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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#
SquanderWASTE5Across3 Bearing the burden one couldn't bearLOATHED7Across8 King Arthur's castleCAMELOT7Across8 Hidden from the eyeINVISIBLE9Across9 RotatedTURNED6Across9 Soup kitchen?STOCKROOM9Across9 ConcernAFFAIR6Across10 OrderEDICT5Across11 EssenceGIST4Across12 Teach the followersTRAIN5Across13 RobberyHEIST5Across13 FarewellADIEU5Across14 Keep talking of how there's a great demand for?RUNON5Across14 BroadWIDE4Across15 What the farmer has as an alternative to landTRACTOR7Across15 Flourish of trumpetsFANFARE7Across15 Promise to give a hand toBETROTH7Across16 CookieBISCUIT7Across16 A predecessor of yoursTHINE5Across17 Level of qualityCLASS5Across17 PenetratedENTERED7Across17 Being as I amHUMAN5Across18 Bring upon oneselfINCUR5Across18 GuidedLED3Across20 The bird with the long tail in the swaying treeEGRET5Across20 PlentyAMPLE5Across20 CubedDICED5Across21 About a litre more of spiritMORALE6Across22 Root vegetableCARROT6Across22 What made the lady seem all behind and be so busy?BUSTLE6Across23 TrickRUSE4Across23 Mildly alcoholic drinkSHANDY6Across23 Funny drawing of a box with a duck in itCARTOON7Across25 GamePOLO4Across25 Make merryCAROUSE7Across25 SeniorELDER5Across26 The head? All wrong. It's part of the kneePATELLA7Across27 Full of high spiritsPLAYFUL7Across27 PoemODE3Across28 FruitBANANA6Across30 Big shots in the film businessSTILLS6Across30 StrolledRAMBLED7Across30 FishSALMON6Across31 Find the Princess has goutDIGOUT6Across31 See a tot inside playing a gameLOTTO5Across32 Lovers' meetingTRYST5Across32 DepartedWENT4Across33 Number of concubinesHAREM5Across35 Lacking experience about and knowledge aboutGREEN5Across35 RankTIER4Across35 Chopped meatMINCE5Across36 FairLIGHT5Across36 Over the top - that's clearOVERT5Across36 Make Leo Benn Sir Leo Benn?ENNOBLE7Across37 Lasting foreverETERNAL7Across37 SexlessNEUTER6Across38 Attacks when one throws the switchTURNSON7Across39 FeelerANTENNA7Across39 FurERMINE6Across39 KudosGLORY5Across40 Back in bed holding a medicine bottleTONIC5Across41 Fixed amount of workSTINT5Across41 Like the heavy curtains, looking rather oldLINED5Across42 Bent forwardBOWED5Across42 Mention to about being unpunctualNOTONTIME9Across43 Light silvery elementPOTASSIUM9Across43 Laugh when the singer goes off key in itSNIGGER7Across44 OppositeINVERSE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Loses self-controlPANICS6Down1 In a well-heated pub in AustraliaHOBART6Down1 PlatformSTAGE5Down1 Glass containerTESTTUBE8Down2 And the porter carrying it will be conspicuousSTANDOUT8Down2 BelieveTRUST5Down2 Sentimental attitudesROMANTICISM11Down3 What made the curls in the hair tight?BEERSHAMPOO11Down3 TinyWEE3Down3 Container kept at constant temperatureINCUBATOR9Down4 Don't sit doing nothing!STANDIDLE9Down4 ConfusedADDLED6Down4 DiplomacyTACT4Down5 ScatterDIFFUSE7Down5 Someone shooing the animals so they disperseSCATTER7Down5 NewtEFT3Down6 WickedlyFIENDISHLY10Down6 Alice's home?DREAMHOUSE10Down6 CarpCAVIL5Down7 Mediterranean islandELBA4Down7 The silly fool got told offDOLT4Down7 AvariceGREED5Down8 FearPHOBIA6Down10 The building is not getting any worseSTABLE6Down10 ClawsPINCERS7Down11 Stocked by the shop now or yet to comeINSTORE7Down11 A coin and a note from a foreign countryFRANCE6Down12 Be treacherousBETRAY6Down12 Break inINTRUDE7Down13 TautTENSE5Down14 FanDEVOTEE7Down16 FrogmanDIVER5Down18 VitalityPEP3Down19 Ten decadesCENTURY7Down19 An officer has, below him, many a sailorMATELOT7Down19 Make paper money!REALISE7Down21 DiaryPLANNER7Down21 SuspectDOUBT5Down22 A lot of people get shot fighting in itBATTLESCENE11Down24 SecretCLANDESTINE11Down24 MooseELK3Down24 Just for showORNAMENTAL10Down26 In which gifts are on displayTALENTSHOW10Down26 SoonerRATHER6Down27 Metallic elementMAGNESIUM9Down28 Get up lateDISENTOMB9Down28 DueOWING5Down28 Happy? Not terribly, though in the moneyCONTENT7Down29 FollowENSUE5Down29 Memory lossAMNESIA7Down29 Sees and quotes aloudSIGHTS6Down30 ExecuteBEHEAD6Down30 RestrictLIMIT5Down31 ShiversTREMBLES8Down32 What made Daddy so tall?LONGLEGS8Down32 ParchedDRIED5Down32 About to have a party, tax yourself undulyOVERDO6Down33 Spanish cityTOLEDO6Down33 Firm and stern, gathering up the instrumentsCORNETS7Down34 MaidenGIRL4Down34 Ambassador's residenceEMBASSY7Down34 LimbLEG3Down36 AttemptTRY3Down37 The girl has the little brother carrying the flagBANNER6Down38 Fairly recentNEWISH6Down38 A bird seeking a mate?ROOK4Down40 Norse godTHOR4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 10, 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.