Evening Standard Crossword October 12 2025 Answers

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Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 12 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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Of the Pope51 AcrossReveal answer → Dance51 AcrossReveal answer → A rope trick staged51 AcrossReveal answer → Voucher65 AcrossReveal answer → A gritty Scot?56 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden shoe56 AcrossReveal answer → Following58 AcrossReveal answer → Sweetheart79 AcrossReveal answer → Unusually dilapidated hut, definitely rough79 AcrossReveal answer → Cave610 AcrossReveal answer → Bend forwards510 AcrossReveal answer → Confess to upsetting the maid at the end of the street510 AcrossReveal answer → Expels511 AcrossReveal answer → A common swimmer, termed `icoarse^i511 AcrossReveal answer → Frank411 AcrossReveal answer → Arrest some felon in time512 AcrossReveal answer → Cavalry sword512 AcrossReveal answer → Melodious lute fun, possibly713 AcrossReveal answer → Seaman713 AcrossReveal answer → Show614 AcrossReveal answer → Bedtime furniture315 AcrossReveal answer → A leading spinner315 AcrossReveal answer → Exalted715 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately417 AcrossReveal answer → At heart, many need to help out417 AcrossReveal answer → Odd318 AcrossReveal answer → Nullify618 AcrossReveal answer → In advance of beer production618 AcrossReveal answer → Consume319 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic519 AcrossReveal answer → Weakened anew, perhaps, to a bad end519 AcrossReveal answer → The trios Esther composed620 AcrossReveal answer → Yearly620 AcrossReveal answer → Girdle421 AcrossReveal answer → Some say there's no sauce, just the table422 AcrossReveal answer → Gentle422 AcrossReveal answer → Seraph523 AcrossReveal answer → Fifth month324 AcrossReveal answer → Rush424 AcrossReveal answer → Girl appeal324 AcrossReveal answer → Studies725 AcrossReveal answer → Negligible little Malcolm725 AcrossReveal answer → Boring or dull526 AcrossReveal answer → The Spanish drink some might call Scotch526 AcrossReveal answer → Stiff527 AcrossReveal answer → Sydney's good little girl on the beach527 AcrossReveal answer → Number327 AcrossReveal answer → It's great to upset this hidebound fellow!528 AcrossReveal answer → Gangway528 AcrossReveal answer → Violet's associate, that nice fellow Ian729 AcrossReveal answer → Chatters729 AcrossReveal answer → Cover329 AcrossReveal answer → French ones have taste530 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird530 AcrossReveal answer → To leave, in any case, can mean torment531 AcrossReveal answer → One who steals531 AcrossReveal answer → Garbage731 AcrossReveal answer → Tyrant632 AcrossReveal answer → Fencing-sword434 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous635 AcrossReveal answer → Ascended538 AcrossReveal answer → Infuriate639 AcrossReveal answer → Expiate540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Real, genuine62 DownReveal answer → Tune32 DownReveal answer → Whereupon to see the back of the musical director?62 DownReveal answer → Wrecked in rude fashion63 DownReveal answer → Fight63 DownReveal answer → Handsome youth63 DownReveal answer → Inconstant crawler?34 DownReveal answer → Astern34 DownReveal answer → Circuit34 DownReveal answer → Fall45 DownReveal answer → Poor place for a hothead to make love55 DownReveal answer → Transparent55 DownReveal answer → Angel66 DownReveal answer → Under attack, fared badly on the street76 DownReveal answer → Swimmer's breathing tube76 DownReveal answer → Menace67 DownReveal answer → Fever47 DownReveal answer → Cry `iAh^i when joy is lacking!47 DownReveal answer → Medical expert's door out of the court68 DownReveal answer → Start, beginning68 DownReveal answer → Torture79 DownReveal answer → South Korean capital512 DownReveal answer → Equality312 DownReveal answer → Author possibly sad about a sum being reduced512 DownReveal answer → Call413 DownReveal answer → As eaten up in the stratosphere?513 DownReveal answer → Pompous girl513 DownReveal answer → Wet, showery514 DownReveal answer → Chemical, a possible extract of wintergreen514 DownReveal answer → Symbolic variety of motet515 DownReveal answer → Foundation515 DownReveal answer → Drive416 DownReveal answer → Something afoot for the cyclist516 DownReveal answer → Actions516 DownReveal answer → Keen517 DownReveal answer → Unclad518 DownReveal answer → To start with, Ben embraces Joe518 DownReveal answer → Muslim fast719 DownReveal answer → Familiar footwear, that is, in the city719 DownReveal answer → Flimsy720 DownReveal answer → A funny mood?621 DownReveal answer → Indigenous621 DownReveal answer → Deficit422 DownReveal answer → Stubborn622 DownReveal answer → Silently acting an operatic part is no good622 DownReveal answer → Car shortly occupied by a new driver623 DownReveal answer → Girl's name623 DownReveal answer → Save624 DownReveal answer → Produces coin-shaped confectionery?525 DownReveal answer → Ski-slope525 DownReveal answer → Otherwise425 DownReveal answer → A side's competitive keenness?426 DownReveal answer → Wine, informally426 DownReveal answer → Immersed626 DownReveal answer → The sound outer parts of a banana328 DownReveal answer → Away628 DownReveal answer → Skill328 DownReveal answer → Rabbit330 DownReveal answer → Gull433 DownReveal answer → Ocean336 DownReveal answer → Vase337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, October 12, 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.