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Evening Standard Crossword October 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 17 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
SpokenORAL4Across1 TopCAP3Across4 VeilMASK4Across6 Tissue-decaying diseaseGANGRENE8Across9 InclinedAPT3Across9 Mull over and reckon to be not at homeTHINKOUT8Across9 That's the fifteenth letter from France he's gotLEO3Across10 AssureCONVINCE8Across10 UnwellILL3Across10 Only about half ripe, suddenlyOPENLY6Across11 GenuineREAL4Across11 ActuallyREALLY6Across11 Of course I would need to be trained in itINDEED6Across12 Heavy foodSTODGE6Across12 Movement of vehiclesTRAFFIC7Across13 Report on again when you get backRECOVER7Across13 Fish from the highest pointTOPE4Across14 StarSUN3Across14 Rich soil mixtureLOAM4Across14 With which, up to no good, one tripped over the camp-stool?FELLINTENT10Across15 ImpartialityNEUTRALITY10Across15 HueSHADE5Across16 Bottle up the remainder of the waterRESTRAIN8Across17 Odd-job-personHANDYMAN8Across17 Make more denseTHICKEN7Across18 Remained when I left to wander offMEANDER7Across18 Open pastryFLAN4Across19 She's some ballerina making a comebackELLA4Across19 Re-emergeREAPPEAR8Across19 AdvantageASSET5Across21 Mould a raised designEMBOSS6Across21 Make a Green, somehow, see redENRAGE6Across21 GiftedTALENTED8Across23 Having been told it was wrong to sit down?STANDINGCORRECTED17Across24 Jane Austen novelPRIDEANDPREJUDICE17Across24 BlitheMERRY5Across24 ShelterLEE3Across27 She's put in the wrong seat againTERESA6Across27 Housefly larvaMAGGOT6Across27 Green vegetableLEEK4Across29 Claim to have in one's possessionHOLD4Across29 Extremely tough fight to get a bronzeSPARTAN7Across30 Disease affecting livestockANTHRAX7Across30 SmallTINY4Across31 IdleINACTIVE8Across33 Car lightHEADLAMP8Across33 Very quick in giving me the rice to cookMETEORIC8Across33 BeverageTEA3Across34 SenseFEEL4Across35 Remain impassive when you shake your headGIVENOSIGN10Across35 RobbersHIGHWAYMEN10Across35 Is going into the mountain due to bad visibilityMIST4Across36 FastenTIE3Across36 Coal minesPITS4Across36 DividePART4Across37 Can I mend the torn net? It is oldANCIENT7Across37 Character in children's taleALADDIN7Across37 Withdraw statementRECANT6Across38 It's good to give fish to the illAILING6Across38 Wildlife tourSAFARI6Across40 Rush to fill upCHARGE6Across40 UntruthLIE3Across41 They're back numbers, childSON3Across41 EmbarrassedSHEEPISH8Across42 In which there are more likely to be donkeys than horses grazing!OILFIELD8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Always the same - having an excuse for not tippingCHANGELESS10Down1 Military vesselBATTLESHIP10Down1 Grew oldAGED4Down2 Give her some anemones to arrangeANNE4Down2 SpaceROOM4Down2 Love songSERENADE8Down3 Make it small as opposed to thickCONDENSE8Down3 ResideLIVE4Down3 Long-haired personBEATNIK7Down4 Began, you said, right in the middleSTARTED7Down4 VictoryCONQUEST8Down4 ExcusePLEA4Down5 Tense movieCLIFFHANGER11Down5 Score with the cryptic clue for "tray"CONVERTATRY11Down5 MonthMARCH5Down6 Larded, braised veal filletFRICANDEAU10Down6 People try to act in itCOURTSCENE10Down6 ImitateAPE3Down7 Edible grainBARLEY6Down7 Outstrip when restored to healthBETTER6Down7 BoothSTAND5Down8 CalendarsALMANACS8Down8 Looking quickly through the so-and-so book?FLIPPING8Down8 Left in charge of it, is permissibleLICIT5Down10 European countryITALY5Down10 StablemanGROOM5Down12 FluctuateWAVER5Down13 SpringSPA3Down14 Of nosesNASAL5Down15 Sailing techniqueTACKING7Down16 It gives the pedigree one row at a timeLINEAGE7Down16 DiminishABATE5Down17 EscapeELUDE5Down18 Temporary drop in qualityLAPSE5Down20 See California not as a visitor to itLOCAL5Down20 DemoteRELEGATE8Down20 Golf-pegTEE3Down22 Proceeds to give the answersRETURNS7Down22 England, commonlyBLIGHTY7Down22 Should that be so, where is it packed?INWHICHCASE11Down23 Hard to upsetUNFLAPPABLE11Down23 You, my love, are playing against the GermanDEARREADER10Down25 ChosenELITE5Down25 Mercy killingEUTHANASIA10Down25 Be nice and don't thump the cards down on the table!DEALGENTLY10Down26 KinglyROYAL5Down26 Great happinessELATEDNESS10Down26 TableLIST4Down28 Yes, figure protecting it makes senseEYESIGHT8Down28 New Yorker, for exampleAMERICAN8Down28 PaceSTEP4Down29 FinishedOVER4Down30 Fix and clean, with difficulty, the spirePINNACLE8Down31 Factual filmNEWSREEL8Down31 BornNEE3Down32 Worry greatlyAGONISE7Down32 Vain, too; out to get applauseOVATION7Down32 ConsternationDISMAY6Down34 The whole ten are mad with angerENTIRE6Down34 About military intelligence, is naiveGREEN5Down35 Barrier of shrubsHEDGE5Down35 CloakCAPE4Down39 Set by the boy to trap oneLAID4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 17, 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.