Evening Standard Crossword October 22 2025 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 22 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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Accident51 AcrossReveal answer → Slays53 AcrossReveal answer → Choose possibly to take Lee to court53 AcrossReveal answer → Indeed65 AcrossReveal answer → It's rough being right in a mess!58 AcrossReveal answer → Hurry58 AcrossReveal answer → Twists out of shape58 AcrossReveal answer → Astounded610 AcrossReveal answer → Tough master embraced by a female510 AcrossReveal answer → Weird510 AcrossReveal answer → Greedy411 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a grimace from a Scot311 AcrossReveal answer → Knight's title311 AcrossReveal answer → Was Gertrude a mug?512 AcrossReveal answer → Circular512 AcrossReveal answer → According to reason713 AcrossReveal answer → Clip one unfairly in a game713 AcrossReveal answer → Realm614 AcrossReveal answer → Stories515 AcrossReveal answer → Lodge715 AcrossReveal answer → Full of pith, yet not vegetable515 AcrossReveal answer → Continental street of sadness318 AcrossReveal answer → Conflict318 AcrossReveal answer → Feline318 AcrossReveal answer → Goes into business to create upsets619 AcrossReveal answer → Seed-case319 AcrossReveal answer → Sixty seconds619 AcrossReveal answer → Regulate721 AcrossReveal answer → Barely runs on narrow lines721 AcrossReveal answer → Guide421 AcrossReveal answer → Goddess who lives again?422 AcrossReveal answer → Small pointed missile422 AcrossReveal answer → Entertained523 AcrossReveal answer → Thick paper423 AcrossReveal answer → French name for a bit of a renegade423 AcrossReveal answer → The fear possibly associated with a white one?724 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting for discussion724 AcrossReveal answer → Consider424 AcrossReveal answer → Solution626 AcrossReveal answer → Try to get free perhaps?626 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier327 AcrossReveal answer → Males329 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity329 AcrossReveal answer → Strain a gut?329 AcrossReveal answer → Gamble731 AcrossReveal answer → Indian instrument531 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly early bird at the egg farm531 AcrossReveal answer → Canada's ratable system732 AcrossReveal answer → Abundant732 AcrossReveal answer → Dirty632 AcrossReveal answer → Worried about the future?534 AcrossReveal answer → Carry434 AcrossReveal answer → Male voice534 AcrossReveal answer → It doesn't agree with the number on a tin opener335 AcrossReveal answer → Reviser635 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of annoyance335 AcrossReveal answer → Something a woman's burnt?536 AcrossReveal answer → Lustre536 AcrossReveal answer → A canoe could be lost in it537 AcrossReveal answer → Fact537 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared538 AcrossReveal answer → A long piece can still be comic538 AcrossReveal answer → Tree538 AcrossReveal answer → Advocate639 AcrossReveal answer → Penniless540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Worker in stone51 DownReveal answer → Urchin who hasn't finished playing51 DownReveal answer → Fruit72 DownReveal answer → Mat32 DownReveal answer → Costers' companions?72 DownReveal answer → Follow63 DownReveal answer → Object of worship44 DownReveal answer → Owns34 DownReveal answer → Galatea's keeping us waiting44 DownReveal answer → Peruse45 DownReveal answer → Rings you can get from most chemists65 DownReveal answer → Edible seed65 DownReveal answer → Beast66 DownReveal answer → Chair on poles56 DownReveal answer → Doctrine you can read up56 DownReveal answer → Gaped67 DownReveal answer → Fastening pin57 DownReveal answer → Language usable for a letter to an aunt57 DownReveal answer → Manipulate fraudulently39 DownReveal answer → Managed to participate in athletics?39 DownReveal answer → Barred79 DownReveal answer → Rattlesnake, informally712 DownReveal answer → Possibly restless peelers?712 DownReveal answer → Promise312 DownReveal answer → Challenge413 DownReveal answer → Charlie has half an hour with the dog314 DownReveal answer → Container314 DownReveal answer → Border416 DownReveal answer → Eastern floral centre516 DownReveal answer → Of the moon516 DownReveal answer → Sum517 DownReveal answer → Where some Belgians are in the money, presumably517 DownReveal answer → Shabby517 DownReveal answer → School prefect719 DownReveal answer → Quickly get out in the alley!719 DownReveal answer → Notions520 DownReveal answer → Relegated720 DownReveal answer → Latest thing in ties520 DownReveal answer → Hard part of bread521 DownReveal answer → One corner in heaven that's just like velvet521 DownReveal answer → Abroad422 DownReveal answer → Metropolis723 DownReveal answer → In historical times, wonderfully green outskirts of the City723 DownReveal answer → Gloomy624 DownReveal answer → Woody ways into a well-defended place624 DownReveal answer → Tranquil624 DownReveal answer → Pinch325 DownReveal answer → Discharge425 DownReveal answer → Centre of revolution325 DownReveal answer → Tune626 DownReveal answer → Time when dark527 DownReveal answer → Impertinent, say, about saints527 DownReveal answer → Liquid for drinking528 DownReveal answer → Good times for cash payments around Tuesday528 DownReveal answer → Clothing628 DownReveal answer → It's essentially oily and flowery530 DownReveal answer → Entrap330 DownReveal answer → Build530 DownReveal answer → A fantastic wine?432 DownReveal answer → Ribbed cloth432 DownReveal answer → A bit fishy, but heroes use it333 DownReveal answer → Expensive433 DownReveal answer → On strike333 DownReveal answer → Lair336 DownReveal answer → Elderly337 DownReveal answer →

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