Evening Standard Crossword October 3 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 3 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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Obstacle52 AcrossReveal answer → Blaze47 AcrossReveal answer → Wrap68 AcrossReveal answer → Engine59 AcrossReveal answer → The fairest of the fair99 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor99 AcrossReveal answer → To hide it, put on an overcoat810 AcrossReveal answer → Novel810 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil311 AcrossReveal answer → In a twinkling and words to that effect412 AcrossReveal answer → Stack of paper412 AcrossReveal answer → He doesn't allow colours613 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle313 AcrossReveal answer → Fall over613 AcrossReveal answer → Student714 AcrossReveal answer → Think it's a trap I myself set outside714 AcrossReveal answer → Again415 AcrossReveal answer → Had deteriorated and was taking dope?915 AcrossReveal answer → Inject against disease915 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage316 AcrossReveal answer → Jurisdiction over naval affairs917 AcrossReveal answer → Someone important in the dairy?917 AcrossReveal answer → Cartilage718 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle418 AcrossReveal answer → Follow on and acquit themselves really well718 AcrossReveal answer → Comfort719 AcrossReveal answer → I would have gone running out to get him620 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted420 AcrossReveal answer → Sanctuary620 AcrossReveal answer → So little time-an hour-to ourselves421 AcrossReveal answer → Norse god421 AcrossReveal answer → Destiny422 AcrossReveal answer → Erased723 AcrossReveal answer → Severe headache824 AcrossReveal answer → Does try to enter the competitions824 AcrossReveal answer → Flat425 AcrossReveal answer → Open to suggestion826 AcrossReveal answer → It's not simple to make up826 AcrossReveal answer → Managed327 AcrossReveal answer → On the subject of surplus428 AcrossReveal answer → Betting machine428 AcrossReveal answer → Present428 AcrossReveal answer → Expel air from the nose629 AcrossReveal answer → Cold tart629 AcrossReveal answer → Performed330 AcrossReveal answer → Kept at a low temperature731 AcrossReveal answer → Gets on to Peg, who won't talk to one on the phone731 AcrossReveal answer → Defective331 AcrossReveal answer → Dexterity533 AcrossReveal answer → Required and rang to get934 AcrossReveal answer → Eroded by wind and rain934 AcrossReveal answer → Sausage636 AcrossReveal answer → Adam?936 AcrossReveal answer → Something with no chance of success936 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken437 AcrossReveal answer → He doesn't believe in buying stock738 AcrossReveal answer → Fold538 AcrossReveal answer → Endow with new skills738 AcrossReveal answer → Lets the sow loose after all639 AcrossReveal answer → Great noise639 AcrossReveal answer → Group of countries with common interest440 AcrossReveal answer → Like that far-fetched story about the giant?440 AcrossReveal answer → Rose up against authority841 AcrossReveal answer → The summit is a strange place to find a pub in841 AcrossReveal answer → Get rid of942 AcrossReveal answer → Making sure, or one will be wrong942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fair81 DownReveal answer → Giant51 DownReveal answer → Getting the ticket a long time after for the trips81 DownReveal answer → Device producing electricity62 DownReveal answer → Puzzled to find oneself on the ground beside the horse?62 DownReveal answer → Border32 DownReveal answer → Feign83 DownReveal answer → Topless is best of all83 DownReveal answer → Child33 DownReveal answer → Girl’s34 DownReveal answer → Make possible64 DownReveal answer → Dear girl, come back in for a little sustenance64 DownReveal answer → Away35 DownReveal answer → Herb85 DownReveal answer → Room for more in the nursery85 DownReveal answer → Unsoiled56 DownReveal answer → Small rodent106 DownReveal answer → Din in to the groom that's where he should eat106 DownReveal answer → Competition77 DownReveal answer → Join the English diplomat77 DownReveal answer → "A broken flute", I put in, "is useless"68 DownReveal answer → Sensual68 DownReveal answer → Stove410 DownReveal answer → Wed711 DownReveal answer → Swiss cheese711 DownReveal answer → Go back? Just the opposite!711 DownReveal answer → Ebbed712 DownReveal answer → Made713 DownReveal answer → Renovated714 DownReveal answer → Understanding, try to put it away inside616 DownReveal answer → Says616 DownReveal answer → Soar516 DownReveal answer → Pale517 DownReveal answer → Sprite318 DownReveal answer → Fool519 DownReveal answer → It tastes spicy and cold, dear519 DownReveal answer → Monkey320 DownReveal answer → Talk about fuel?320 DownReveal answer → Lair321 DownReveal answer → Measures the pointers on the dial522 DownReveal answer → Meat prepared for Muslims522 DownReveal answer → Does it melt when the music's hot?623 DownReveal answer → Crazy person623 DownReveal answer → Job424 DownReveal answer → Stupidly1025 DownReveal answer → What the body-snatchers charged for their wares?1025 DownReveal answer → Playing card326 DownReveal answer → Essential526 DownReveal answer → Transport back from the races326 DownReveal answer → Waiter on a ship727 DownReveal answer → Agrees it's not for dogs727 DownReveal answer → Rustic529 DownReveal answer → Warn one then about the rate of exchange830 DownReveal answer → Fabled S. American city830 DownReveal answer → Merely superficial831 DownReveal answer → Listen for the funny word in it: "travail"831 DownReveal answer → Soaked832 DownReveal answer → Insane332 DownReveal answer → If you don't look at it so closely, it's very good832 DownReveal answer → Mouthful333 DownReveal answer → Less expensive733 DownReveal answer → Shutting up with the salt water fish733 DownReveal answer → Wrath334 DownReveal answer → Stag's horn635 DownReveal answer → Fate335 DownReveal answer → Dog not nervous of shooting635 DownReveal answer → Small securable compartment636 DownReveal answer → Had sunk, without exception, into the morass636 DownReveal answer → It's a river, lady, and a great big one!637 DownReveal answer → Remove a cargo637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, October 3, 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.