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Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
SaveEXCEPT6Across1 Pay for the loud music Dora's upset aboutAFFORD6Across4 NullifyNEGATE6Across4 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across5 A machine on hire, perhaps, or inheritedHEIRLOOM8Across7 Food of the godsAMBROSIA8Across7 Garments for professional people?BRIEFS6Across8 Married Spanish womanSENORA6Across8 SeraphANGEL5Across8 OceanSEA3Across9 NoblemenLORDS5Across10 DeficitLOSS4Across10 In one short month, we do a clean jobSWEEP5Across10 HypocrisyCANT4Across11 RejectSPURN5Across12 SuspendHANG4Across13 Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller?BEER4Across13 ClearLIMPID6Across13 SatisfySATE4Across14 Sort of cat a chap gets cross with?MANX4Across14 There's little point in removing it from rabbit stewBARB4Across15 Flash of lightningBOLT4Across15 JewelGEM3Across16 It's a very good seatPEW3Across16 RecordDISC4Across16 Make an issue of somethingEMIT4Across17 Group of threeTRIO4Across17 ExcursionTRIP4Across18 CupidEROS4Across19 Is this river in some way mountainous?URAL4Across19 AntelopeGNU3Across20 Flowed windinglyMEANDERED9Across21 Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fatheadFRIGHTFUL9Across21 SeatedSAT3Across22 Indian dressSARI4Across23 Pilots have plentyLOTS4Across23 ConsumeEAT3Across23 Connoisseur of colour?BUFF4Across24 ObservedSEEN4Across24 GirlLASS4Across24 ImitatedAPED4Across25 She joins me at golfMEG3Across26 FaucetTAP3Across26 Remnant of brass tubingSTUB4Across27 Pronounce indistinctlySLUR4Across27 DiscussionDEBATE6Across28 Harsh criticism dangerous to airmenFLAK4Across29 Eye partIRIS4Across29 TimeTEMPO5Across30 Has he a chapter to himself?DEAN4Across32 Thailand, formerlySIAM4Across32 GullSKUA4Across32 Eleven on the shelf?ASIDE5Across33 ReviseEDIT4Across33 TrapSNARE5Across33 A gentle kiss from Mercedes?CARESS6Across34 SickILL3Across34 Study of plantsBOTANY6Across34 One not easy to knock the stuffing out ofTOUGHGUY8Across35 LoafBREAD5Across35 AlienateESTRANGE8Across35 Foolish mixture to wear?MOTLEY6Across36 ActDEED4Across36 Public speakerORATOR6Across36 MusicianPLAYER6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Opposite of headsTAILS5Down1 SimplyEASILY6Down1 At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible holeCHASM5Down1 PitCOALMINE8Down2 Terminate prematurelyABORT5Down2 She figures ways to be foxyVIXEN5Down2 When there's a panic, Alf turns quietFLAP4Down3 DecomposesROTS4Down3 PalePALLID6Down3 Bream colour?AMBER5Down4 Of the noseNASAL5Down4 ExaminedINSPECTED9Down4 HideSECRETE7Down5 Medal, slangGONG4Down5 A noisy tune is reasonableFAIR4Down5 FamilyCLAN4Down6 Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juiceREFUEL6Down6 ConservativesTORIES6Down6 ObserveNOTE4Down7 DonkeyASS3Down8 Goes inENTERS6Down9 About to polish one's rude answerREBUFF6Down9 Rowing bladeOAR3Down11 Soft, but it will get strongerWAX3Down11 Put forth effort and figure to get up in a treeEXERT5Down12 DiscourageDETER5Down12 Something to eat after a clean-up?BATHBUN7Down13 Petty gangsterHOODLUM7Down13 VanishDISAPPEAR9Down14 Put rubbish in thisBIN3Down15 HealthyFIT3Down15 It's great to be back from Gibraltar!BIG3Down15 DeityGOD3Down16 Wash up, matePAL3Down16 WeakenSAP3Down17 Girls one notices being absentMISSES6Down18 Dried grapeRAISIN6Down18 GreedRAPACITY8Down19 As once worn by roughs, we hear?RUFFS5Down20 ObtainGET3Down20 Tree sapRESIN5Down20 It doesn't make for good viewingFOG3Down21 Orienteering itemMAP3Down21 SilentUNHEARD7Down21 Vessel returning with some halibutTUB3Down22 Wheat spikeEAR3Down22 Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the batLEGATO6Down23 RelishSAVOUR6Down23 Tree typeFIR3Down25 Caught in a shady dealHAD3Down25 Of teethDENTAL6Down26 VaultCELLAR6Down27 StratumLAYER5Down28 Thanks for the pen, it's very niceTASTY5Down28 EmployedUSED4Down29 Language I long to learn?LINGO5Down30 DuctTUBE4Down30 Wet or showeryRAINY5Down30 Main drainSEWER5Down31 StrangeODD3Down31 In Africa, get to know some yardsKENYA5Down31 A handy transactionDEAL4Down32 CondimentSALT4Down32 Ship with only half a yard to move?ARGO4Down33 Ride on wavesSURF4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 21, 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.