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Evening Standard Crossword October 2 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 2 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
LeatheryTOUGH5Across1 DelugeFLOOD5Across3 Like silly talk about a redhead, roughly speakingGRUFF5Across3 QuickerFASTER6Across5 Make war on a tree!ROWAN5Across8 RegionalLOCAL5Across8 Ending in deathFATAL5Across8 LifeBREATH6Across10 He's remarkably happyLARRY5Across10 Royal domainREALM5Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 Some talk of smorgasbordGAS3Across11 Angry, informallyMAD3Across11 The age of wrecked boats?SABOT5Across12 Dead languageLATIN5Across12 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across13 The vagabond was let loose outright!WASTREL7Across13 GiftTALENT6Across14 DonatesGIVES5Across15 TroubleCONCERN7Across15 I left the waiter something for a drinkWATER5Across15 Outboard propeller!OAR3Across18 BeverageTEA3Across18 Animal doctorVET3Across18 Tell tales about the tardy?RELATE6Across19 ChildTOT3Across19 Italian port and resortRIMINI6Across19 Say in passingMENTION7Across21 A law keeper, perhaps, if force is usedOFFICER7Across21 GlassDRAM4Across21 Said to be a rough old collarRUFF4Across22 FibberLIAR4Across22 DissuadeDETER5Across23 TabletPILL4Across23 It has its Geordie sideTYNE4Across23 Island of strange traumasSUMATRA7Across24 Arms depotARSENAL7Across24 GraspedHELD4Across24 ElegantDRESSY6Across26 Standing like statues lacking a key part?STATUS6Across26 ColourRED3Across27 FishEEL3Across29 Metallic elementTIN3Across29 Rest somewhere on courseLIE3Across29 VariedDIVERSE7Across31 NoblemenEARLS5Across31 It's hard when one is sold outSOLID5Across31 Politician's version of 23 DownSENATOR7Across32 In generalATLARGE7Across32 UniverseCOSMOS6Across32 Nothing possibly said about a parting wordADIOS5Across34 WiseSAGE4Across34 Snow leopardOUNCE5Across34 A reduced paymentSUB3Across35 UncertainUNSURE6Across35 Vicious dogCUR3Across35 Started a fire again with a quantity of petrolLITRE5Across36 Snake poisonVENOM5Across36 Amusing part of a sitcom, I seeCOMIC5Across37 To fatherBEGET5Across37 Boy's namePETER5Across38 The Danes' mountains?ANDES5Across38 FollowENSUE5Across38 AvoidedEVADED6Across39 TrademarkBRAND5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Desert animalCAMEL5Down1 Mount of berries?LOGAN5Down1 CorpseCADAVER7Down2 ScullOAR3Down2 To abandon stray cats is badCASTOFF7Down2 LookGLANCE6Down3 Act of lendingLOAN4Down4 HeatedHOT3Down4 An earl can be shifty, it's trueREAL4Down4 LevelFLAT4Down5 How a runner can blossomFLOWER6Down5 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down5 DirtySOILED6Down6 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down6 Like the attraction of a moving pictureFATAL5Down6 BeatRHYTHM6Down7 Extra-terrestrialALIEN5Down7 Hail tearfully?GREET5Down7 LevyTAX3Down9 Used to be cut up!WAS3Down9 HireCHARTER7Down9 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down12 When Rosie's mad with us, it's no joke!SERIOUS7Down12 RodentRAT3Down12 ExpensiveDEAR4Down13 Such men go far up in the airRAF3Down14 InformationGEN3Down14 MonsterOGRE4Down16 She gives thanks for any enclosureTANYA5Down16 All-night watchVIGIL5Down16 FamousNOTED5Down17 With money always, turn up and have funREVEL5Down17 Edge alongSIDLE5Down17 Flower-shaped badgeROSETTE7Down19 Entertains with lager, perhaps, at some timesREGALES7Down19 Forest clearingGLADE5Down20 BoringTEDIOUS7Down20 Angry with something one may have to bearCROSS5Down20 ManufacturerMAKER5Down21 A vegan wouldn't take it away for a bit of a mealOFFAL5Down21 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down22 Cure for all illsPANACEA7Down23 A bad shaking for 32 AcrossTREASON7Down23 BarrackHECKLE6Down24 In abrupt style, points out a dodgy dudSUDDEN6Down24 Take for grantedASSUME6Down24 NothingNIL3Down25 MinusLESS4Down25 Can require some heatingTIN3Down25 ClaimDEMAND6Down26 Speed contestsRACES5Down27 A bottle you can get into with a can opener!TONIC5Down27 Sailing vesselSLOOP5Down28 As a headdress, it's wrong for an artistTIARA5Down28 MinorLESSER6Down28 Flier born to get out of line?ROBIN5Down30 RecordLOG3Down30 ConcurAGREE5Down30 The only one afoot?SOLE4Down32 Dull painACHE4Down32 Baby bread basketTUM3Down33 PipSEED4Down33 Floor coveringRUG3Down33 GistNUB3Down36 ManagedRAN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 2, 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.