Evening Standard Crossword October 16 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 16 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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Attic61 AcrossReveal answer → Clans61 AcrossReveal answer → Provokes in a way that makes us sore61 AcrossReveal answer → Vent65 AcrossReveal answer → Music provided by Charlie and the girls87 AcrossReveal answer → Increase in degree87 AcrossReveal answer → Shorten88 AcrossReveal answer → Sherry that goes with portion of fish and duck48 AcrossReveal answer → Long formal dress48 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy49 AcrossReveal answer → Vote for the half bottle that has everything610 AcrossReveal answer → Border310 AcrossReveal answer → Very happy610 AcrossReveal answer → He loves to hurt611 AcrossReveal answer → Just about611 AcrossReveal answer → Performed512 AcrossReveal answer → Permit314 AcrossReveal answer → Always less than cheerful314 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral315 AcrossReveal answer → They're pretty worthless, not having been new for years516 AcrossReveal answer → Foundation516 AcrossReveal answer → Roof slab417 AcrossReveal answer → Piratical lad at Land's End417 AcrossReveal answer → Possess317 AcrossReveal answer → Sprite318 AcrossReveal answer → Powerful businessman519 AcrossReveal answer → There's nothing possibly to deny about a respected senior519 AcrossReveal answer → Insane319 AcrossReveal answer → Sorrow520 AcrossReveal answer → Rot521 AcrossReveal answer → Enemy321 AcrossReveal answer → One in a mount would be a valuable picture521 AcrossReveal answer → Bathroom fitting522 AcrossReveal answer → Royalty of whom people gas heartlessly?522 AcrossReveal answer → Fish322 AcrossReveal answer → Jenny, a little like Robin423 AcrossReveal answer → Quarry423 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch323 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing324 AcrossReveal answer → Were they skinheads for years before getting wise?526 AcrossReveal answer → Sham526 AcrossReveal answer → Keen526 AcrossReveal answer → When her aim is spoilt, she's still a bit amiable328 AcrossReveal answer → Drawn match328 AcrossReveal answer → Might one possibly parley with the ref?629 AcrossReveal answer → Makes amends629 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent329 AcrossReveal answer → We accept the possible link with shellfish630 AcrossReveal answer → Serving dish630 AcrossReveal answer → It's of marginal significance431 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone431 AcrossReveal answer → Subjected to repulsive treatment832 AcrossReveal answer → Diligence832 AcrossReveal answer → The way a Frenchman is unflappable633 AcrossReveal answer → Inform433 AcrossReveal answer → Brochette633 AcrossReveal answer → Tester834 AcrossReveal answer → Shut635 AcrossReveal answer → Property636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Above average ability61 DownReveal answer → Brew of beer good for an animal61 DownReveal answer → Ascended52 DownReveal answer → Baby's soft shoe62 DownReveal answer → Moved smoothly into a slide?62 DownReveal answer → Discourteous43 DownReveal answer → Dispatch43 DownReveal answer → Canny cost adjuster?43 DownReveal answer → Chest-on-chest74 DownReveal answer → Soldier has dog as protection?74 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up54 DownReveal answer → Nigerian city55 DownReveal answer → Fat55 DownReveal answer → Drink with a girl and get firmly established55 DownReveal answer → Story46 DownReveal answer → Defeats56 DownReveal answer → Thea's in a mad rush!56 DownReveal answer → Go in57 DownReveal answer → Departed in haste, baffled48 DownReveal answer → Impudence, informally48 DownReveal answer → Neither number is right39 DownReveal answer → Opposite of dry39 DownReveal answer → Mortal510 DownReveal answer → Pattern511 DownReveal answer → Bloke312 DownReveal answer → Mark joins him in the country312 DownReveal answer → Fish512 DownReveal answer → Edge along513 DownReveal answer → Make runs with a cut?513 DownReveal answer → Object513 DownReveal answer → Postpone514 DownReveal answer → It's no good interrupting an SOS for music515 DownReveal answer → Shoe fasteners515 DownReveal answer → Tender515 DownReveal answer → Exercise516 DownReveal answer → The one place that couldn't be better518 DownReveal answer → Bar of gold518 DownReveal answer → Sleeping place319 DownReveal answer → Where clothing's concerned, he won't take anything off319 DownReveal answer → Agreement in every essential320 DownReveal answer → Long-tailed rodent320 DownReveal answer → Left in sadness, Scroogelike721 DownReveal answer → Malady721 DownReveal answer → Essential England cricketer?322 DownReveal answer → Bread roll322 DownReveal answer → One of soccer's outsiders?623 DownReveal answer → Corsair623 DownReveal answer → Prepare a bed for a libertine424 DownReveal answer → Spool424 DownReveal answer → Perfect525 DownReveal answer → Sort of match at which to hiss is unnecessary625 DownReveal answer → Over there625 DownReveal answer → Sudden acceleration bringing a rush of blood?526 DownReveal answer → Herb526 DownReveal answer → Correct527 DownReveal answer → Frothy talk about a politician making umbrellas527 DownReveal answer → Dutch cheese527 DownReveal answer → Avoid528 DownReveal answer → Located like a small figure between large ones328 DownReveal answer → Ram328 DownReveal answer → We join a detective sergeant who is getting married430 DownReveal answer → Vigilant530 DownReveal answer → Playthings430 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately431 DownReveal answer → Droop432 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 16, 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.