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Evening Standard Crossword October 24 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 24 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
ShatterSMASH5Across2 HurryHASTE5Across7 SoarTOWER5Across8 Therefore, for assault could be incarcerated againASARESULT9Across9 Something temporaryMAKESHIFT9Across9 CaperANTIC5Across10 Sea-bathing, mostlyINTHEMAIN9Across10 Kissing plant?MISTLETOE9Across10 The fifth or sixth letter in "knowledge"LORE4Across12 And notNOR3Across12 Base of neckNAPE4Across12 Is, alas, preparing to attackASSAIL6Across13 VisionMIRAGE6Across13 MapCHART5Across13 RaiseELEVATE7Across14 Raze the apartment between nine and elevenFLATTEN7Across14 The one served by the butter-fingered waitress in the tea-room?DROPSCONE9Across15 GambleLOTTERY7Across15 Affliction of the eyesBLINDNESS9Across15 A large hall for study and lessonsCONCOURSE9Across17 DiscloseREVEAL6Across17 Discouraging weaponDETERRENT9Across17 Ring through at a quarter past from workOPERATE7Across18 IntellectualEGGHEAD7Across18 Self-effacingMODEST6Across19 The guard with the money got shotSENTRY6Across19 BornNEE3Across19 NoisiestLOUDEST7Across20 Long-eared mammalHARE4Across20 Long to take one round the hotelACHE4Across20 An early lead!CHILDSTAR9Across23 ExcursionTRIP4Across23 Very hotSCORCHING9Across23 Person who disagreesDISSIDENT9Across25 Takes care of, when one ushers the sailor to the doorSEESABOUT9Across25 LoyalTRUE4Across25 Green vegetableLEEK4Across26 Until by myself with a bookTOME4Across26 MercifulLENIENT7Across26 Gloomy when the half moon came upMOROSE6Across27 Scold harshlyBERATE6Across27 Not presentMISSING7Across29 Measure the hair in need of cutting?FURLONG7Across29 TwitchingTIC3Across30 SimplerEASIER6Across31 Military wear is the antithesis of a baby's bonnet!FORAGECAP9Across32 Relative significanceMAGNITUDE9Across32 UniformREGULAR7Across34 A battle we need to fightWARONWANT9Across34 Artificial sweetenerSACCHARIN9Across34 Team sportNETBALL7Across35 Go on, lad. Push out the boatGONDOLA7Across35 Fixed goalTARGET6Across36 The papers he puts into groupsSHEETS6Across36 Famous personSTAR4Across37 The lady and the space man who's so intrepidHERO4Across37 Of kidneysRENAL5Across37 Did it enable gold prospectors to see in the dark?RUSHLIGHT9Across38 Economic oppressorEXPLOITER9Across38 ProhibitBAN3Across38 Does, stupidly, clown about and you suspend activitiesCLOSEDOWN9Across39 HugeLARGE5Across39 Attractive personDREAMBOAT9Across39 InflexibleRIGID5Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across41 IrritableTESTY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Open to suggestionAMENABLE8Down1 SwimBATHE5Down1 When I floated off, didn'tFAILEDTO8Down1 Children's playthingSKIPPINGROPE12Down2 "Between blonde and mouse" is not a bad descriptionFAIRTOMEDIUM12Down2 GazeSTARE5Down2 BonusDIVIDEND8Down3 Was better than the other polishes?OUTSHONE8Down3 Of mindMENTAL6Down3 DirtySOIL4Down4 Unclaimed animalsSTRAYS6Down4 The way to overcome a foolish fear is to attack itSTRAFE6Down4 CompetitionCONTEST7Down5 Deeply fixedEMBEDDED8Down5 Container nanny can't have?BILLYCAN8Down5 BlitheMERRY5Down6 Lung diseaseASBESTOSIS10Down6 Does she wield the big stick over malingerers?STAFFNURSE10Down6 Branch of mathematicsALGEBRA7Down7 On return, Rose Brown got through to the politicianSENATOR7Down7 Regardless of which contest one's competing in?INANYEVENT10Down8 BitternessRESENTMENT10Down8 SorrowWOE3Down9 A commotion that gets you upASTIR5Down11 Slight remainderTRACE5Down11 ForgiveCONDONE7Down11 HamperCRATE5Down13 UseAVAIL5Down14 For rises, still holds goodSTANDS6Down16 Golf-pegTEE3Down16 Make very wetDRENCH6Down16 ReasonableLOGICAL7Down18 Crockery itemMUG3Down19 The gentleman who took part in the uprisingSIR3Down19 CoachTRAIN5Down21 Pretty appealing to a child, it is!CHOCOLATEBOX12Down21 ImprovementAMELIORATION12Down21 Tawdry artKITSCH6Down22 Silly rot! A man about to become a mother!MATRON6Down22 GemPEARL5Down22 AmphibianSALAMANDER10Down23 Reduce the amount in order to create an impressionCUTAFIGURE10Down23 Unfair stateINEQUALITY10Down24 Got loaded and became bossyTOOKCHARGE10Down24 FlowerPETUNIA7Down24 Female deerDOE3Down25 A small male or a femaleSHE3Down25 NothingNIL3Down27 ObjectiveTARGET6Down28 OpeningAPERTURE8Down28 Be against including it or just the converseOPPOSITE8Down28 Cutting toolsMACHETES8Down29 LiabilityDEBIT5Down29 What made the newlyweds so unhappy in the front seats?FIRSTROW8Down29 CreateGENERATE8Down30 Cajole in order to circumvent?GETROUND8Down30 Deny knowledge ofDISAVOW7Down31 Mean to force Nigel to admit the old boyIGNOBLE7Down31 ShabbySEEDY5Down32 Surrounds the arenasRINGS5Down33 KeenEAGER5Down33 Bizarre costumeGETUP5Down33 Long stepSTRIDE6Down34 Something you pull with difficulty from the tool bag?WRENCH6Down34 SilenceGAG3Down35 UnusualRARE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 24, 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.