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Evening Standard Crossword October 22 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 22 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
AccidentCRASH5Across1 SlaysKILLS5Across3 Choose possibly to take Lee to courtELECT5Across3 IndeedREALLY6Across5 It's rough being right in a mess!HARSH5Across8 HurryHASTE5Across8 Twists out of shapeWARPS5Across8 AstoundedAGHAST6Across10 Tough master embraced by a femaleHEMAN5Across10 WeirdEERIE5Across10 GreedyAVID4Across11 Bit of a grimace from a ScotMAC3Across11 Knight's titleSIR3Across11 Was Gertrude a mug?STEIN5Across12 CircularROUND5Across12 According to reasonLOGICAL7Across13 Clip one unfairly in a gamePINOCLE7Across13 RealmDOMAIN6Across14 StoriesTALES5Across15 LodgeDEPOSIT7Across15 Full of pith, yet not vegetableMEATY5Across15 Continental street of sadnessRUE3Across18 ConflictWAR3Across18 FelineCAT3Across18 Goes into business to create upsetsSETSUP6Across19 Seed-casePOD3Across19 Sixty secondsMINUTE6Across19 RegulateCONTROL7Across21 Barely runs on narrow linesSTREAKS7Across21 GuideLEAD4Across21 Goddess who lives again?ISIS4Across22 Small pointed missileDART4Across22 EntertainedFETED5Across23 Thick paperCARD4Across23 French name for a bit of a renegadeRENE4Across23 The fear possibly associated with a white one?FEATHER7Across24 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Across24 ConsiderDEEM4Across24 SolutionANSWER6Across26 Try to get free perhaps?ASKFOR6Across26 BarrierDAM3Across27 MalesMEN3Across29 GratuityTIP3Across29 Strain a gut?TUG3Across29 GambleLOTTERY7Across31 Indian instrumentSITAR5Across31 Possibly early bird at the egg farmLAYER5Across31 Canada's ratable systemALBERTA7Across32 AbundantCOPIOUS7Across32 DirtySOILED6Across32 Worried about the future?TENSE5Across34 CarryTOTE4Across34 Male voiceTENOR5Across34 It doesn't agree with the number on a tin openerNOT3Across35 ReviserEDITOR6Across35 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Across35 Something a woman's burnt?ASHES5Across36 LustreSHEEN5Across36 A canoe could be lost in itOCEAN5Across37 FactDATUM5Across37 PreparedREADY5Across38 A long piece can still be comicSTRIP5Across38 TreeALDER5Across38 AdvocateLAWYER6Across39 PennilessNEEDY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Worker in stoneMASON5Down1 Urchin who hasn't finished playingGAMIN5Down1 FruitAPRICOT7Down2 MatRUG3Down2 Costers' companions?ESCORTS7Down2 FollowSHADOW6Down3 Object of worshipIDOL4Down4 OwnsHAS3Down4 Galatea's keeping us waitingLATE4Down4 PeruseREAD4Down5 Rings you can get from most chemistsCHIMES6Down5 Edible seedLENTIL6Down5 BeastANIMAL6Down6 Chair on polesSEDAN5Down6 Doctrine you can read upTENET5Down6 GapedYAWNED6Down7 Fastening pinRIVET5Down7 Language usable for a letter to an auntBANTU5Down7 Manipulate fraudulentlyRIG3Down9 Managed to participate in athletics?RAN3Down9 BarredSTRIPED7Down9 Rattlesnake, informallyRATTLER7Down12 Possibly restless peelers?SLEEPER7Down12 PromiseVOW3Down12 ChallengeDARE4Down13 Charlie has half an hour with the dogCUR3Down14 ContainerCAN3Down14 BorderEDGE4Down16 Eastern floral centreASTER5Down16 Of the moonLUNAR5Down16 SumTOTAL5Down17 Where some Belgians are in the money, presumablyYPRES5Down17 ShabbySEEDY5Down17 School prefectMONITOR7Down19 Quickly get out in the alley!SKITTLE7Down19 NotionsIDEAS5Down20 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down20 Latest thing in tiesFINAL5Down20 Hard part of breadCRUST5Down21 One corner in heaven that's just like velvetSILKY5Down21 AbroadAFAR4Down22 MetropolisCAPITAL7Down23 In historical times, wonderfully green outskirts of the CityREGENCY7Down23 GloomyDISMAL6Down24 Woody ways into a well-defended placeFOREST6Down24 TranquilSERENE6Down24 PinchNIP3Down25 DischargeEMIT4Down25 Centre of revolutionHUB3Down25 TuneMELODY6Down26 Time when darkNIGHT5Down27 Impertinent, say, about saintsSASSY5Down27 Liquid for drinkingWATER5Down28 Good times for cash payments around TuesdayFETES5Down28 ClothingATTIRE6Down28 It's essentially oily and floweryATTAR5Down30 EntrapNET3Down30 BuildPUTUP5Down30 A fantastic wine?ASTI4Down32 Ribbed clothCORD4Down32 A bit fishy, but heroes use itROE3Down33 ExpensiveDEAR4Down33 On strikeOUT3Down33 LairDEN3Down36 ElderlyOLD3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 22, 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.