Evening Standard Crossword October 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 23 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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Inexpensive51 AcrossReveal answer → Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame51 AcrossReveal answer → Bet52 AcrossReveal answer → Name a bar used by American burglars56 AcrossReveal answer → Goes by boat56 AcrossReveal answer → Pain47 AcrossReveal answer → Combined68 AcrossReveal answer → Belief59 AcrossReveal answer → Ill-fated ship79 AcrossReveal answer → Get rid of the things we doubt?79 AcrossReveal answer → Subside510 AcrossReveal answer → Tasteful feature of Goya's pictures510 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle311 AcrossReveal answer → Mark East gives us a fright511 AcrossReveal answer → Merriment511 AcrossReveal answer → Stall the couple who have nothing512 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm512 AcrossReveal answer → Rotter313 AcrossReveal answer → Frets713 AcrossReveal answer → They're held to mean dismissal713 AcrossReveal answer → Weaken315 AcrossReveal answer → It's fully licensed, folks!315 AcrossReveal answer → Frank415 AcrossReveal answer → Fish316 AcrossReveal answer → Woodwind instrument417 AcrossReveal answer → In North America, a hut that's ramshackle417 AcrossReveal answer → Not much butter or jam618 AcrossReveal answer → Wheedle618 AcrossReveal answer → Finished418 AcrossReveal answer → An all-girl sort of band519 AcrossReveal answer → Liberty719 AcrossReveal answer → Previous519 AcrossReveal answer → Blood vessel620 AcrossReveal answer → Eventually, not too late620 AcrossReveal answer → Swerve420 AcrossReveal answer → Same form of table422 AcrossReveal answer → Thin fog422 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant422 AcrossReveal answer → Scoundrel723 AcrossReveal answer → Daisy is missing for a time324 AcrossReveal answer → Born324 AcrossReveal answer → Perfect ending and motive for a crime725 AcrossReveal answer → Infers725 AcrossReveal answer → Pry425 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic526 AcrossReveal answer → Can be sung in a sari526 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt327 AcrossReveal answer → She always gives a boy a bit of a kiss527 AcrossReveal answer → Style of car527 AcrossReveal answer → Standard railway guard!528 AcrossReveal answer → Log boats528 AcrossReveal answer → Secure428 AcrossReveal answer → Its tip, you see, is not a hot one!729 AcrossReveal answer → Display729 AcrossReveal answer → A growing reason to remember Ayrton530 AcrossReveal answer → Brimless cap530 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten330 AcrossReveal answer → Thaws531 AcrossReveal answer → Cries, 'Yes!' receiving fifty quid531 AcrossReveal answer → Youth331 AcrossReveal answer → Scoff533 AcrossReveal answer → Respect636 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone437 AcrossReveal answer → Tendency538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fragment51 DownReveal answer → Socialise, informally62 DownReveal answer → Damp32 DownReveal answer → Get squatters out of the house?62 DownReveal answer → Rod will make a change63 DownReveal answer → Animal33 DownReveal answer → Clothes, garments63 DownReveal answer → Groove34 DownReveal answer → Not the complete sleuth34 DownReveal answer → Baked food34 DownReveal answer → Healthy35 DownReveal answer → Upon parting, it may be said out of love55 DownReveal answer → Detests55 DownReveal answer → Started56 DownReveal answer → In all fairness, nothing but hard water76 DownReveal answer → Alike76 DownReveal answer → Sour-tasting substance47 DownReveal answer → It's at church, this irritation47 DownReveal answer → Deadly68 DownReveal answer → It's a profitable difference68 DownReveal answer → Footwear410 DownReveal answer → Nunnery711 DownReveal answer → Back712 DownReveal answer → Man's name512 DownReveal answer → Has she beautiful French?512 DownReveal answer → Funny713 DownReveal answer → A trophy I had, being a divine archer!513 DownReveal answer → Adult human female513 DownReveal answer → Erased714 DownReveal answer → Chosen way514 DownReveal answer → Nice soldiers with a bit of style514 DownReveal answer → Walks erratically in space515 DownReveal answer → Relating to sound515 DownReveal answer → Started with a bang, perhaps, out East516 DownReveal answer → Nuisances516 DownReveal answer → Boats516 DownReveal answer → Postpone517 DownReveal answer → Fellow318 DownReveal answer → Bad marks for being crass?518 DownReveal answer → Lid518 DownReveal answer → Specious excuse719 DownReveal answer → Bush country719 DownReveal answer → Regret321 DownReveal answer → Distant621 DownReveal answer → Indigenous, a word you can alter as an option621 DownReveal answer → Change in form622 DownReveal answer → Run, if only just?622 DownReveal answer → Group of seven623 DownReveal answer → Brown will maybe lose out with a growl!623 DownReveal answer → Press424 DownReveal answer → Satan525 DownReveal answer → Catty name for a tow-headed baby, perhaps?525 DownReveal answer → Lubricated526 DownReveal answer → Fencing sword426 DownReveal answer → Taking heart as a family426 DownReveal answer → Use leverage to obtain information328 DownReveal answer → Raised edge328 DownReveal answer → Deadly529 DownReveal answer → Obtain332 DownReveal answer → Fixed333 DownReveal answer → Watch334 DownReveal answer → Wand335 DownReveal answer →

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