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Evening Standard Crossword October 14 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 14 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
Run offELOPE5Across2 Ending in deathFATAL5Across3 Bus or trainCOACH5Across3 StockSTORE5Across7 Backward maybe, but she's the woman for many a manMADAM5Across8 SoberSTAID5Across8 BeliefTENET5Across8 A proper knockout, perhapsRIGHT5Across10 FlowerASTER5Across10 Girl's nameSANDY5Across10 Mechanical part, maybe on a bridgeCAM3Across11 Pen partNIB3Across11 SickenAIL3Across12 ClosesSHUTS5Across12 Flier's short way to enter the navyRAVEN5Across12 EquilibriumBALANCE7Across13 Cheerful in putting a bit byCHIPPER7Across13 StupidCRASS5Across13 Borders can be grand with seed scattered aroundEDGES5Across15 WithdrewRETIRED7Across15 Happen againRECUR5Across15 ReallyINDEED6Across17 Female from PasschendaeleHEN3Across18 HillTOR3Across18 TransgressSIN3Across19 Capital of ZimbabweHARARE6Across19 Customer's legal right to be in courtCLIENT6Across19 DiminishedREDUCED7Across20 Roaring years?FORTIES7Across21 Harass, tormentBEDEVIL7Across21 Couple of ducks making spectacles of themselves?PAIR4Across22 Produces eggsLAYS4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across23 RipREND4Across23 Complacent about a treatment for the gumsSMUG4Across23 StifleSMOTHER7Across24 Despite that withered appearance, she's sweetSULTANA7Across24 FaceDIAL4Across25 Could be the nicest creatureINSECT6Across26 SubsidesABATES6Across26 NarratedRECITED7Across26 Turn again to the riverURE3Across29 Not at homeOUT3Across29 DedicateDEVOTE6Across31 WearyTIRED5Across31 Teacher accepting thanks for something noteworthySITAR5Across31 CraftsmanARTISAN7Across32 Where to shop around in a scared scamper?ARCADES7Across32 The "up" side?SUNNY5Across34 FellTUMBLED7Across34 Friendly, informallyPALLY5Across34 Needlework importer's nameKIM3Across35 Pistachio, for exampleNUT3Across35 For me, perhaps, it's a prefacePROEM5Across36 ConfessADMIT5Across36 Aimed to distribute newspapers, etc.MEDIA5Across37 SurcoatTUNIC5Across37 Measuring-deviceMETER5Across37 WarehouseDEPOT5Across38 Passed, albeit exhaustedSPENT5Across38 OceanSEA3Across38 FrogmanDIVER5Across39 NameTITLE5Across40 UseAVAIL5Across41 GleamedSHONE5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of punishmentPENAL5Down1 StrictSTERN5Down1 Manly enough to master some gauchosMACHO5Down1 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Down2 Speed zero in a car, since it's in mothballsCAMPHOR7Down2 DeleteERASE5Down2 MinorLESSER6Down3 Dull painACHE4Down4 JettyPIER4Down4 Chap to roam with?OMAR4Down4 SpottedSTAINED7Down5 Can you credit eels getting into them?CREELS6Down5 Of the starsASTRAL6Down5 HeapedPILED5Down6 Intense beam of lightLASER5Down6 Language of the Chindits?HINDI5Down6 Distinctive smellODOUR5Down7 That polish which brings a female some menSHEEN5Down7 NothingNIL3Down9 TuneAIR3Down9 His name can be said without a hissDAI3Down9 RenewedRESUMED7Down11 Shrieks, shrill criesSCREAMS7Down12 Allow others to use our tentRENTOUT7Down12 QuotedCITED5Down13 ViperADDER5Down14 For each person with no heirPER3Down14 Signal agreementNOD3Down14 Provide foodCATER5Down16 TwitchingTIC3Down16 She puts decoration into the new ageGEMMA5Down16 PreparedREADY5Down17 Put on new gatesSTAGE5Down17 WishedDESIRED7Down18 School subjectHISTORY7Down19 A ton of runsCENTURY7Down19 Creature able to wreck a shipAPHIS5Down20 BaaBLEAT5Down20 Quickest to cause endless strife?FIRST5Down21 Out and awayBYFAR5Down21 TurfDIVOT5Down21 SeniorELDER5Down22 Take heart and sneer about this furtive fellowSNEAKER7Down23 EntourageRETINUE7Down23 DemureSEDATE6Down24 Ball-gameNETBALL7Down24 Steal fruitfullySCRUMP6Down24 When a car crashes, it's bentARC3Down25 CabinHUT3Down25 Feathered friendsBIRDS5Down27 PassCOL3Down27 With sulphur and charcoal, can be explosive!NITRE5Down27 DebaseDEMEAN6Down28 LukewarmTEPID5Down28 Calms notedly rough seasEASES5Down28 MelodyMUSIC5Down29 Dead languageLATIN5Down30 Pay the right overtime!REMIT5Down30 TooALSO4Down32 VigourVERVE5Down32 Soon to be namelessANON4Down32 One word in three from a candidateDID3Down33 StarSUN3Down33 EncounteredMET3Down35 BowlDISH4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 14, 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.