Evening Standard Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 21 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Save61 AcrossReveal answer → Pay for the loud music Dora's upset about64 AcrossReveal answer → Nullify64 AcrossReveal answer → Scrutinise45 AcrossReveal answer → A machine on hire, perhaps, or inherited87 AcrossReveal answer → Food of the gods87 AcrossReveal answer → Garments for professional people?68 AcrossReveal answer → Married Spanish woman68 AcrossReveal answer → Seraph58 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean39 AcrossReveal answer → Noblemen510 AcrossReveal answer → Deficit410 AcrossReveal answer → In one short month, we do a clean job510 AcrossReveal answer → Hypocrisy411 AcrossReveal answer → Reject512 AcrossReveal answer → Suspend413 AcrossReveal answer → Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller?413 AcrossReveal answer → Clear613 AcrossReveal answer → Satisfy414 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of cat a chap gets cross with?414 AcrossReveal answer → There's little point in removing it from rabbit stew415 AcrossReveal answer → Flash of lightning415 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel316 AcrossReveal answer → It's a very good seat316 AcrossReveal answer → Record416 AcrossReveal answer → Make an issue of something417 AcrossReveal answer → Group of three417 AcrossReveal answer → Excursion418 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid419 AcrossReveal answer → Is this river in some way mountainous?419 AcrossReveal answer → Antelope320 AcrossReveal answer → Flowed windingly921 AcrossReveal answer → Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fathead921 AcrossReveal answer → Seated322 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress423 AcrossReveal answer → Pilots have plenty423 AcrossReveal answer → Consume323 AcrossReveal answer → Connoisseur of colour?424 AcrossReveal answer → Observed424 AcrossReveal answer → Girl424 AcrossReveal answer → Imitated425 AcrossReveal answer → She joins me at golf326 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet326 AcrossReveal answer → Remnant of brass tubing427 AcrossReveal answer → Pronounce indistinctly427 AcrossReveal answer → Discussion628 AcrossReveal answer → Harsh criticism dangerous to airmen429 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part429 AcrossReveal answer → Time530 AcrossReveal answer → Has he a chapter to himself?432 AcrossReveal answer → Thailand, formerly432 AcrossReveal answer → Gull432 AcrossReveal answer → Eleven on the shelf?533 AcrossReveal answer → Revise433 AcrossReveal answer → Trap533 AcrossReveal answer → A gentle kiss from Mercedes?634 AcrossReveal answer → Sick334 AcrossReveal answer → Study of plants634 AcrossReveal answer → One not easy to knock the stuffing out of835 AcrossReveal answer → Loaf535 AcrossReveal answer → Alienate835 AcrossReveal answer → Foolish mixture to wear?636 AcrossReveal answer → Act436 AcrossReveal answer → Public speaker636 AcrossReveal answer → Musician637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Opposite of heads51 DownReveal answer → Simply61 DownReveal answer → At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible hole51 DownReveal answer → Pit82 DownReveal answer → Terminate prematurely52 DownReveal answer → She figures ways to be foxy52 DownReveal answer → When there's a panic, Alf turns quiet43 DownReveal answer → Decomposes43 DownReveal answer → Pale63 DownReveal answer → Bream colour?54 DownReveal answer → Of the nose54 DownReveal answer → Examined94 DownReveal answer → Hide75 DownReveal answer → Medal, slang45 DownReveal answer → A noisy tune is reasonable45 DownReveal answer → Family46 DownReveal answer → Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juice66 DownReveal answer → Conservatives66 DownReveal answer → Observe47 DownReveal answer → Donkey38 DownReveal answer → Goes in69 DownReveal answer → About to polish one's rude answer69 DownReveal answer → Rowing blade311 DownReveal answer → Soft, but it will get stronger311 DownReveal answer → Put forth effort and figure to get up in a tree512 DownReveal answer → Discourage512 DownReveal answer → Something to eat after a clean-up?713 DownReveal answer → Petty gangster713 DownReveal answer → Vanish914 DownReveal answer → Put rubbish in this315 DownReveal answer → Healthy315 DownReveal answer → It's great to be back from Gibraltar!315 DownReveal answer → Deity316 DownReveal answer → Wash up, mate316 DownReveal answer → Weaken317 DownReveal answer → Girls one notices being absent618 DownReveal answer → Dried grape618 DownReveal answer → Greed819 DownReveal answer → As once worn by roughs, we hear?520 DownReveal answer → Obtain320 DownReveal answer → Tree sap520 DownReveal answer → It doesn't make for good viewing321 DownReveal answer → Orienteering item321 DownReveal answer → Silent721 DownReveal answer → Vessel returning with some halibut322 DownReveal answer → Wheat spike322 DownReveal answer → Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the bat623 DownReveal answer → Relish623 DownReveal answer → Tree type325 DownReveal answer → Caught in a shady deal325 DownReveal answer → Of teeth626 DownReveal answer → Vault627 DownReveal answer → Stratum528 DownReveal answer → Thanks for the pen, it's very nice528 DownReveal answer → Employed429 DownReveal answer → Language I long to learn?530 DownReveal answer → Duct430 DownReveal answer → Wet or showery530 DownReveal answer → Main drain531 DownReveal answer → Strange331 DownReveal answer → In Africa, get to know some yards531 DownReveal answer → A handy transaction432 DownReveal answer → Condiment432 DownReveal answer → Ship with only half a yard to move?433 DownReveal answer → Ride on waves433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.