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Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 19 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 134 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#
TakeACCEPT6Across1 StopsHALTS5Across3 At Gateshead, a defeat to smooth over as best possibleGLOSS5Across3 SaidSTATED6Across5 Scowl when demotedLOWER5Across8 StudentPUPIL5Across8 SubsequentlyLATER5Across9 Hippopotamus, in shortHIPPO5Across10 She gives her dad the pipPIPPA5Across10 RefrainCHORUS6Across10 Karate expertDAN3Across11 Rabbit-runWARREN6Across11 By a person being childlessPER3Across11 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across12 Grub moneyBREAD5Across12 Girl's nameHELEN5Across12 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Across13 Minor facts for working partiesDETAILS7Across13 HeadNESS4Across14 Bravery awardMEDAL5Across15 To pull a lever back can be funREVEL5Across15 SpikeEAR3Across17 BlazeFIRE4Across18 Angry crowdMOB3Across18 Anger at getting only half the next answerIRE3Across18 Be on one's guardBEWARE6Across19 Name a streetcar if you wishDESIRE6Across19 VisionDREAM5Across20 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Across21 As worn by good girls?GLASSES7Across21 Cheats a chap out of loveDOES4Across22 Minute particleATOM4Across22 ExhaustedJADED5Across22 School furniture itemDESK4Across23 FoughtBATTLED7Across23 Hypocrisy? There's no such word!CANT4Across23 Walks in formationMARCHES7Across24 TradedDEALT5Across24 In SE Milan, somehow seedy, in a senseSEMINAL7Across24 LukewarmTEPID5Across26 Being diverted made us excitedAMUSED6Across26 ColourVIOLET6Across26 Plenty of money to back withLOT3Across29 PelvisHIP3Across29 InactiveIDLE4Across29 SkillART3Across30 EnlistENROL5Across31 Splendid new purseSUPER5Across31 Told there's nothing on the road but wild deerORDERED7Across32 RelegatesDEMOTES7Across32 FruitDATE4Across32 NoteMINIM5Across33 Silly boozer in New YorkNINNY5Across34 ChangeALTER5Across34 Red? How odd!RUM3Across35 TransgressionSIN3Across35 Of clansTRIBAL6Across35 An aid for a huntress?DIANA5Across36 Statement of beliefsCREDO5Across36 CopeMANAGE6Across36 Moving picture of a little puppy's tailWEEPY5Across37 SouvenirRELIC5Across37 NipPINCH5Across37 Tree having a mast on?ALDER5Across38 Turnip varietySWEDE5Across38 DepositedLODGED6Across38 LeaveDEPART6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Naked figuresNUDES5Down1 Some of these scarcely exist!HOPES5Down1 RiseASCEND6Down1 Opposite of maximumMINIMUM7Down2 How a slider possibly slips off lineDERAILS7Down2 PickCHOOSE6Down2 AndPLUS4Down3 So be it!AMEN4Down4 Some popular stories from Scandinavia?LARS4Down4 FlavourTASTE5Down4 TopicsTHEMES6Down5 DrainSEWER5Down5 Forbears to kill with spearsSPARES6Down5 SnareTRAP4Down6 TendonSINEW5Down6 On certain days, these teams are slow starters!SIDES5Down6 FieryTORRID6Down7 JavelinSPEAR5Down7 Exhausted by the more advanced classes?UPPER5Down7 NegatedDENIED6Down8 ChumPAL3Down9 Like a rainy day in SowetoWET3Down9 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Down12 Mildly cursed!BLESSED7Down12 OrientalEASTERN7Down13 He heartens HiramIRA3Down14 Male swanCOB3Down14 StrayedERRED5Down15 Being critical is essentialVITAL5Down16 StunsDAZES5Down16 FurSABLE5Down16 Nickname for an abandoned Yankee?LEFTY5Down17 Unauthorised disclosuresLEAKS5Down17 PaledFADED5Down18 SendREMIT5Down19 Not good to dry out? That's bad!DEVILRY7Down19 Kill brutallyBUTCHER7Down19 Possibly said to hold the key to inventiveness?IDEAS5Down20 Slice meatCARVE5Down20 RugMAT3Down21 How to make a slow horse fasterGEEUP5Down21 One giving bloodDONOR5Down21 SpoutJET3Down22 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down23 Provision merchant's car wrapped round a tree?CATERER7Down23 Story of the crooked rise of Capone?SERIAL6Down24 Sweet, ripeMELLOW6Down24 PercolateDISTIL6Down24 Number 500 looks agreeableNOD3Down25 That manHIM3Down25 CombinedALLIED6Down25 HatPANAMA6Down27 A charmer, we hearMUSIC5Down27 Introduction, in shortINTRO5Down27 BeatDEFEAT6Down28 Medicinal tea Anne's brewedSENNA5Down28 A lot, informallyLOADS5Down28 SickenedAILED5Down30 For speed, use them in top, perhapsTEMPO5Down30 Fight with swordsFENCE5Down30 ShyTIMID5Down31 ActionDEED4Down32 How to accept a unique opportunityONCE4Down32 Have remorse about a piece of crueltyRUE3Down33 Metallic elementTIN3Down33 HorseMARE4Down33 War-clubMACE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, October 19, 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.