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Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 26 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 128 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#
QuickerFASTER6Across1 Hat typeFEDORA6Across4 At first, bus permits can be excellentSUPERB6Across4 SailorSEAMAN6Across5 OuterEXTERNAL8Across7 Be markedly sharper than one's opponentOUTPOINT8Across7 Plenty of room for canoes to manoeuvreOCEANS6Across8 RuminateCOGITATE8Across8 Bursts outERUPTS6Across8 DetailITEM4Across9 An instrumental piece shows how to play thisBANJO5Across10 BarrierDAM3Across10 HibernianIRISH5Across10 BoulderSTONE5Across12 Mineral forming parts of coralCOAL4Across13 Ruminant mammalDEER4Across13 List of dishesMENU4Across14 A matching two piece skirtTUTU4Across14 WagersBETS4Across15 Where mum needs fifty pounds for the shoppingMALL4Across15 WeakenSAP3Across15 Cheek!LIP3Across16 MeshNET3Across16 Trees may be in this meadow at Flamborough HeadLEAF4Across17 MoveSTIR4Across17 SkillART3Across17 ConsumeEAT3Across18 Copied letters to the EditorAPED4Across19 Golf clubIRON4Across19 EnquireASK3Across19 ChangeALTER5Across20 It doesn't seem long when father goes by airTIMEFLIES9Across21 ForerunnerHARBINGER9Across21 WonderAWE3Across21 SpikeEAR3Across22 The nickname for Auntie!BEEB4Across23 SickILL3Across23 Sound qualityTONE4Across23 Mound of drifted sandDUNE4Across24 StrayERR3Across24 Some areas, typically, are right on the mapEAST4Across24 TautTENSE5Across26 SummitTOP3Across26 A cat gets cross with himMAN3Across26 Deposited pounds for charity!LAID4Across27 EncounterMEET4Across27 Make woollensKNIT4Across29 The milkman's name?EMIL4Across29 FinishEND3Across29 Maternal bird?TERN4Across32 Pulls with a ropeTOWS4Across32 Forbidding earth to be called dirtGRIME5Across33 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Rob of renown?DEFAME6Across34 MeetCONVERGE8Across34 TemperamentNATURE6Across34 Solo game?NAPOLEON8Across35 DeadlyLETHAL6Across35 NewspapermanREPORTER8Across35 My work on one article shows shortsightednessMYOPIA6Across36 PropertyESTATE6Across36 Light motorcyclesMOPEDS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Jeans fabricDENIM5Down1 Do but disbelieveDOUBT5Down1 TarnishSTAIN5Down2 FragranceAROMA5Down2 Undersupply from the best intentionsSTINT5Down2 Its double act did not surviveDODO4Down3 LabourTOIL4Down3 Curved structureARCH4Down3 Pigeon perch?STOOL5Down4 RespondREACT5Down4 Nation's warshipsFLEET5Down4 Take off for somewhere in the Isle of ManPEEL4Down5 StrictSTERN5Down5 SullenDOUR4Down5 Managed to get detectives sourRANCID6Down6 ParchedARID4Down6 DecomposingROTTEN6Down6 StadiumARENA5Down7 Somewhere near DoverCALAIS6Down9 Stand down from a jobRESIGN6Down9 HangDRAPE5Down10 Flighty article on the United KingdomAUK3Down11 ManufacturerMAKER5Down11 ColourRED3Down11 She's duly mentionedJULIE5Down12 Girl's nameSUSAN5Down12 BeginSTART5Down12 Is able to accept a fife variation as stimulating!CAFFEIN7Down13 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down13 Scoffs atDERIDES7Down13 WeirdEERIE5Down14 She helps to uplift the teamMAE3Down15 Food fishBIB3Down15 MustySTALE5Down15 BegPLEAD5Down16 The French boy?LES3Down16 And notNOR3Down16 It's significant there are two of them outside a gambling centreEMBLEM6Down18 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Down18 He has a favourite piece of versePETER5Down20 StinksREEKS5Down20 A portentous figure?TEN3Down21 Jump on one footHOP3Down21 A Shropshire one is poeticLAD3Down22 Pistachio, for exampleNUT3Down22 Love appleTOMATO6Down23 Hardly a barley productBARELY6Down23 ElevateRAISE5Down25 Less than ten cents is not very cleverDIM3Down25 OfferBID3Down25 SurpassEXCEL5Down27 Water jugsEWERS5Down28 The place for blood and sand?ARENA5Down28 FeelingSENSE5Down28 Quick, agileNIFTY5Down30 DarknessNIGHT5Down30 Al joins this worker for a drinkMINER5Down30 RipsTEARS5Down31 ImpetuousRASH4Down31 Was inclined to need money for the ante, maybeLEANT5Down31 MelodyTUNE4Down32 Pack strikingly wellTAMP4Down32 TrialTEST4Down32 A good but quiet lightGLOW4Down33 Nautical cryAHOY4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, October 26, 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.