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Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 20 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 127 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#
Large prawnsSCAMPI6Across1 A name no chap would changePANCHO6Across1 FragranceAROMA5Across3 Understood to have made the gradeGATHERED8Across7 Hallway or passageCORRIDOR8Across7 Grain storeSILO4Across8 Where to shop for a thousand of everything?MALL4Across8 TellRELATE6Across9 Could you hope to include ducks with this bird?HOOPOE6Across10 Heavy and inertLEADEN6Across10 YieldACCEDE6Across10 Turkish capitalANKARA6Across11 Historic seagoing member with a feminine nameARMADA6Across11 ChosenELITE5Across11 FlatEVEN4Across12 ObtainGET3Across14 A cricket sideLEG3Across14 FrontFACE4Across15 LubricatedOILED5Across16 Flat area wherein the plane crashed?PANEL5Across16 OustedDEPOSED7Across17 AnonSOON4Across17 In a model landscape, a low partDELL4Across17 Player's first gameDEBUT5Across19 She has to take 50 pounds to the office before early closingPOLLY5Across19 FateLOT3Across20 Wait for a New Deal on the 4th of JulyDELAY5Across21 FoulFETID5Across21 PigmeatBACON5Across21 Sloppy sort of sauce containing some eggsSOGGY5Across22 Arm jointELBOW5Across22 ThoughtIDEA4Across23 Parts you may have thrilled to?BITS4Across23 Harsh grating noiseRASP4Across23 DingyDRAB4Across25 SewerDRAIN5Across26 Possibly repair a damaged sewer?RESEW5Across26 Love deeplyADORE5Across26 ContainerTUB3Across28 By getting the key right on the pianoPER3Across28 VesselPOT3Across28 Serious, glumSOLEMN6Across29 Are out of a tin, but that's the secretARCANE6Across29 TeaseTORMENT7Across30 Being untidily coiled will do no harmDOCILE6Across30 ChooseSELECT6Across30 Biblical name for a samosa ingredientAMOS4Across31 Foot partHEEL4Across31 VisualiseENVISAGE8Across32 China was broken by this, used as a weaponCHAINSAW8Across32 GroupUNIT4Across33 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Across33 Relatively young ladiesNIECES6Across33 DeclareAVER4Across35 NumberDIGIT5Across36 FollowPURSUE6Across38 EntertainmentCIRCUS6Across39 VerdantGREEN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hurried to turn up and cast offPUSHED6Down1 Walking polesSTILTS6Down1 GenerateBREED5Down1 Good place going cheap for a poundCHAPEL6Down2 First everMAIDEN6Down2 SlumberSLEEP5Down2 Religious imageICON4Down3 Look round at an unusual legOGLE4Down3 ConsumedATE3Down3 Part of speechPRONOUN7Down4 Play in a clever way, i.e. quicklySHARPLY7Down4 AssistanceRELIEF6Down4 PerfectIDEAL5Down5 CompanionMATE4Down5 A red nose, perhaps, can never quite be orangeORGAN5Down5 ExpertACE3Down6 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down6 Perfect as the ale I'd brewedIDEAL5Down6 LawfulLEGAL5Down7 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Down8 Gangster's girl wanting some more moneyMOLL4Down8 CapBERET5Down8 A timber sleeper?LOG3Down9 PermitLET3Down9 She's a blossomMAY3Down12 EquipmentKIT3Down12 Pottery possibly left to a daughterDELFT5Down13 HarvestsREAPS5Down13 MeatVENISON7Down13 FamousNOTED5Down14 Victor joins Olga on the riverVOLGA5Down15 LureDECOY5Down15 MergeCOMBINE7Down16 Mountain that looks grand in Eire, possiblyEIGER5Down18 SurpassOUTDO5Down18 LiabilityDEBIT5Down18 ConcealedHID3Down19 Unripe grapes are too much for herPEG3Down19 FlatfishDAB3Down19 Put down as unprofessionalLAY3Down20 BendBOW3Down20 Drinking in the streetDOWNING7Down21 StainBLEMISH7Down21 It has its vacationist sideSEA3Down22 PlayDRAMA5Down22 BeforeERE3Down22 Measuring sticksRULERS6Down23 Suit to change intoBECOME6Down23 LimbARM3Down24 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 A girl I'd take some risks forIRIS4Down24 Vegetables with a way of going to seed, somehowSWEDES6Down25 Golf clubPUTTER6Down25 Fire remainsASHES5Down26 Where there's no job for a dudeRANCH5Down26 The neck gets cold wrapped in tattered ragsSCRAG5Down27 BeginnerNOVICE6Down27 Oily fruitOLIVE5Down27 Mop up for the dog!POM3Down28 WhelpPUPPY5Down28 Golf pegTEE3Down28 HeaddressTIARA5Down29 Cast offSHED4Down30 Wonderful wand bringing lightDAWN4Down30 EjectEVICT5Down31 BelieveTRUST5Down32 JettyPIER4Down34 DelvedDUG3Down36 CanTIN3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, October 20, 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.