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Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 18 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 132 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#
Sneer at a chap as you pinch his bike?DERIDE6Across4 TallyAGREE5Across4 Fluid part of bloodPLASMA6Across4 A fewONEORTWO8Across7 Gave beer as a drinkBEVERAGE8Across7 TransgressorSINNER6Across7 BeginsSTARTS6Across8 Be said to be prejudicedBIASED6Across8 ConiferFIR3Across9 MeltsTHAWS5Across10 Children's favourite sometimes said to cruiseSANTA5Across10 TwitchTIC3Across10 JigDANCE5Across12 Group of playersTEAM4Across13 PraiseLAUD4Across13 Stick to whiskey, alsoWAND4Across13 In jug, were reformedEWER4Across14 Indian dressSARI4Across14 Superlative of goodBEST4Across15 PutPOSED5Across15 Bigheaded fellow with hereditary titleBART4Across15 A felineCAT3Across16 Hostelry where one is always said to be at homeINN3Across16 RueREPENT6Across17 EntranceDOOR4Across17 Be very close to an objectionABUT4Across17 Source of cruel letters to the Football Association?UEFA4Across19 ImplementTOOL4Across19 NoblemanEARL4Across19 SkirmishMELEE5Across20 Undisciplined characters winningly handy at poker?WILDCARDS9Across21 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across21 LabelTAB3Across22 AmphibianNEWT4Across23 Only a "eheap', but it can be drivenPILE4Across23 SoonANON4Across24 Held up in Chungking?HUNG4Across24 Passed onRELAYED7Across24 CorpulentFAT3Across26 So the new head is a relativeSON3Across26 At the King's Head, there's very little timeWEEK4Across27 GarlandLEI3Across27 CognateAKIN4Across27 StitchedSEWED5Across28 Like the desert air, perhaps, at the back of beyondARID4Across29 Professional cookCHEF4Across29 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across31 A rotary tool used in burrowingBURR4Across32 WaterfowlSWAN4Across32 Rental contractLEASE5Across33 She's loud yet may be dearFREDA5Across33 GrabSNATCH6Across33 Does it involve mixing rice with some peas?RECIPE6Across34 Stringed instrumentGUITAR6Across34 Cows, Charles figuresCHASTENS8Across35 Stationery itemENVELOPE8Across35 SkinflintMISER5Across35 Numb, dampenDEADEN6Across36 Bear witness at the experimentATTEST6Across36 MurderKILL4Across37 CutHEWED5Across38 ObscureDIM3Across39 RecordLOG3Across41 CondemnedDAMNED6Across42 MotionlessSTILL5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Malpractice on a coach to the capital of EgyptABUSE5Down1 Is priced atCOSTS5Down1 RefugeASYLUM6Down1 Sheepish individual, about sixOVINE5Down2 Tree typeCEDAR5Down2 UnrollUNFURL6Down2 EncounteredMET3Down3 CupidEROS4Down3 Part of the Goldberg VariationsARIA4Down3 AssistantAIDE4Down4 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down4 Be exclusive in bread productionDEBAR5Down4 ClassGRADE5Down5 First manADAM4Down5 Learn about modern timesREAD4Down5 SurroundENCIRCLE8Down6 Expected a girl to turn up with a governessDUENNA6Down6 ReciprocalMUTUAL6Down6 MatureRIPE4Down8 Military pageantTATTOO6Down9 One after another by a rotary system?INTURN6Down9 IncludedCONTAINED9Down11 Deep fear of an extract of seaweed?AWE3Down11 WitchHAG3Down11 The path to followTRAIL5Down12 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down12 One keeping an eye on the time?WATCHER7Down13 GroundTERRAIN7Down13 CaribouDEER4Down14 Shoot, mateBUD3Down15 Express disapprovalBOO3Down15 LettuceCOS3Down16 RemainSTAY4Down16 Waifs have them, suggesting possibilitiesIFS3Down16 Canada's capitalOTTAWA6Down18 RindPEEL4Down18 Enlarged on what the storm did?BLEWUP6Down18 Suitable name for a hired gardener?EDGAR5Down20 Unit of weightOUNCE5Down20 Ways to tour India with successWIN3Down21 SoonestEARLIEST8Down21 MeshNET3Down21 A kingdom termed avianAUK3Down22 TavernINN3Down22 CreamBEST4Down23 TemperamentNATURE6Down23 Strong enough to make the top tenPOTENT6Down23 Get free of some harridanRID3Down25 AffirmativeYES3Down25 MinusLESS4Down25 DecorateDECK4Down26 Build in the perpendicular styleERECT5Down28 Girl's nameKAREN5Down28 NeighWHINNY6Down29 DeceiveDELUDE6Down30 DestructionHAVOC5Down30 Consult the man with the whistle?REFER5Down30 Is in time for Michaelmas, maybeDAISY5Down31 AgueFEVER5Down31 OdourSMELL5Down32 FastenerSTUD4Down32 To eat, that piece at the end of the sausageBITE4Down32 If dodgy on the quiet, may be in bad odourFISH4Down33 FibsLIES4Down33 ParchedARID4Down34 HeroIDOL4Down36 SpoilMAR3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, October 18, 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.