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Evening Standard Crossword October 23 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 23 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
InexpensiveCHEAP5Across1 Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flameBURST5Across1 BetWAGER5Across2 Name a bar used by American burglarsJIMMY5Across6 Goes by boatSAILS5Across6 PainACHE4Across7 CombinedUNITED6Across8 BeliefTRUST5Across9 Ill-fated shipTITANIC7Across9 Get rid of the things we doubt?WEEDOUT7Across9 SubsideABATE5Across10 Tasteful feature of Goya's picturesASPIC5Across10 VehicleCAR3Across11 Mark East gives us a frightSCARE5Across11 MerrimentMIRTH5Across11 Stall the couple who have nothingBOOTH5Across12 LukewarmTEPID5Across12 RotterCAD3Across13 FretsWORRIES7Across13 They're held to mean dismissalCATCHES7Across13 WeakenSAP3Across15 It's fully licensed, folks!PUB3Across15 FrankOPEN4Across15 FishCOD3Across16 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Across17 In North America, a hut that's ramshackleUTAH4Across17 Not much butter or jamSCRAPE6Across18 WheedleCAJOLE6Across18 FinishedDONE4Across18 An all-girl sort of bandALICE5Across19 LibertyFREEDOM7Across19 PreviousPRIOR5Across19 Blood vesselARTERY6Across20 Eventually, not too lateINTIME6Across20 SwerveVEER4Across20 Same form of tableMESA4Across22 Thin fogMIST4Across22 PleasantNICE4Across22 ScoundrelRUFFIAN7Across23 Daisy is missing for a timeDAY3Across24 BornNEE3Across24 Perfect ending and motive for a crimeTREASON7Across25 InfersDEDUCES7Across25 PryNOSE4Across25 AnaestheticETHER5Across26 Can be sung in a sariARIAS5Across26 AttemptTRY3Across27 She always gives a boy a bit of a kissVICKI5Across27 Style of carCOUPE5Across27 Standard railway guard!PARRY5Across28 Log boatsRAFTS5Across28 SecureSAFE4Across28 Its tip, you see, is not a hot one!ICEBERG7Across29 DisplayEXHIBIT7Across29 A growing reason to remember AyrtonSENNA5Across30 Brimless capBERET5Across30 FastenTIE3Across30 ThawsMELTS5Across31 Cries, 'Yes!' receiving fifty quidYELLS5Across31 YouthLAD3Across31 ScoffSNEER5Across33 RespectREVERE6Across36 GemstoneOPAL4Across37 TendencyTREND5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FragmentSCRAP5Down1 Socialise, informallyHOBNOB6Down2 DampWET3Down2 Get squatters out of the house?UNSEAT6Down2 Rod will make a changeSWITCH6Down3 AnimalGNU3Down3 Clothes, garmentsATTIRE6Down3 GrooveRUT3Down4 Not the complete sleuthTEC3Down4 Baked foodPIE3Down4 HealthyFIT3Down5 Upon parting, it may be said out of loveADIOS5Down5 DetestsHATES5Down5 StartedBEGAN5Down6 In all fairness, nothing but hard waterJUSTICE7Down6 AlikeSIMILAR7Down6 Sour-tasting substanceACID4Down7 It's at church, this irritationITCH4Down7 DeadlyLETHAL6Down8 It's a profitable differenceMARKUP6Down8 FootwearSHOE4Down10 NunneryCONVENT7Down11 BackREVERSE7Down12 Man's nameTERRY5Down12 Has she beautiful French?BELLE5Down12 FunnyCOMICAL7Down13 A trophy I had, being a divine archer!CUPID5Down13 Adult human femaleWOMAN5Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 Chosen wayROUTE5Down14 Nice soldiers with a bit of styleTASTY5Down14 Walks erratically in spacePACES5Down15 Relating to soundSONIC5Down15 Started with a bang, perhaps, out EastBEGAN5Down16 NuisancesPESTS5Down16 BoatsCRAFT5Down16 PostponeDELAY5Down17 FellowDON3Down18 Bad marks for being crass?SCARS5Down18 LidCOVER5Down18 Specious excusePRETEXT7Down19 Bush countryAMERICA7Down19 RegretRUE3Down21 DistantREMOTE6Down21 Indigenous, a word you can alter as an optionNATIVE6Down21 Change in formMUTATE6Down22 Run, if only just?MANAGE6Down22 Group of sevenSEPTET6Down23 Brown will maybe lose out with a growl!SORREL6Down23 PressIRON4Down24 SatanDEVIL5Down25 Catty name for a tow-headed baby, perhaps?TABBY5Down25 LubricatedOILED5Down26 Fencing swordEPEE4Down26 Taking heart as a familyAKIN4Down26 Use leverage to obtain informationPRY3Down28 Raised edgeRIM3Down28 DeadlyFATAL5Down29 ObtainGET3Down32 FixedSET3Down33 WatchEYE3Down34 WandROD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, October 23, 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.