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Evening Standard Crossword October 4 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 4 2025 answers. The Saturday 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#
Light woodBALSA5Across1 Form of meat loaf maybe containing a lump of fatOFFAL5Across1 StemSTALK5Across2 Many a measure is a sure thingCINCH5Across6 FragmentSCRAP5Across6 HurryHASTE5Across7 FresherNEWER5Across8 TablelandPLATEAU7Across9 Pretend to be discerning?MAKEOUT7Across9 ChosenELITE5Across10 Folklore creatureTROLL5Across10 Stay out of bed for gymnastic exercise?SITUP5Across10 HorizontalLEVEL5Across11 Best way to get out of debtREPAY5Across11 ShamBOGUS5Across12 Paid and unpaid, maybe a rompPROAM5Across12 ObeseFAT3Across12 CommonGENERAL7Across13 Jack causes me total confusionMATELOT7Across13 RepulseREPEL5Across13 Favouring some show of force?FOR3Across15 AscertainedENSURED7Across15 A salary or wagePAY3Across15 A sound boat-race crew, as at ChiswickEYOT4Across17 WornERODED6Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 Ian Lee's girl?ELAINE6Across18 StudyPERUSE6Across18 ObtainGET3Across19 Investigate how 5lb got into the riverDELVE5Across19 ConcealsHIDES5Across19 A noisy but honest businessAFFAIR6Across20 PicturesqueSCENIC6Across20 TurnedROTATED7Across20 The choirmaster's daughter?IRMA4Across22 LocateSITE4Across22 CunningARCH4Across23 A double somersault would be too much for himLES3Across24 Hearing organEAR3Across24 FallDROP4Across25 Wool fatLANOLIN7Across25 Disgraceful tale to read to a backward ladSCANDAL7Across25 Come down and brighten upLIGHT5Across26 TelephoneHANDSET7Across26 Iron alloySTEEL5Across26 Cowboy showRODEO5Across27 Garment a soldier is allowedGILET5Across27 Rants wildly about mountain lakesTARNS5Across28 Synagogue ministerRABBI5Across28 Listener named for identificationEARMARK7Across29 IrregularERRATIC7Across29 She's greyish and may turn palerPEARL5Across30 ScrutiniseSTUDY5Across30 ObserveSEE3Across30 French undergroundMETRO5Across31 HarmDAMAGE6Across31 Long means more than twelve monthsYEARN5Across31 SweetDESSERT7Across34 AnimalLEMUR5Across37 AlsoTOO3Across38 CedeYIELD5Across39 TallyMATCH5Across40 PrematureEARLY5Across41 GemstonePEARL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
IrrigateWATER5Down1 Inflatable mattressAIRBED6Down2 War-horseSTEED5Down2 When Ida Fry packed up for the weekendFRIDAY6Down2 Being superstitious, a muleteer has oneAMULET6Down3 CashierTELLER6Down3 Abdominal organSPLEEN6Down3 TardyLATE4Down4 It gets a track athlete nowhereLAP3Down4 EverythingALL3Down4 DeniedREFUTED7Down5 Centre of the artsHEART5Down5 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 EntertainedFETED5Down6 Dog fit to be not beyond helpCURABLE7Down6 Acknowledges with praiseSALUTES7Down6 A particular way to make timeITEM4Down7 Snooker rodsCUES4Down7 A corny combination, but colourfulCRAYON6Down8 StadiaARENAS6Down8 FightingWAR3Down9 BetrothedENGAGED7Down11 State electricity?POWER5Down12 FundamentalBASIC5Down12 ReimburseREPAY5Down13 Aquatic birdsGEESE5Down13 Around the quarter deck, could be the dinner gong!MEDAL5Down13 VestibulePORCH5Down14 Swells loud during a soft compositionTOFFS5Down14 Not everNEVER5Down14 Narrow water, the line to take in crossingFIORD5Down15 StudentPUPIL5Down15 FixedSET3Down16 Republic in SW ArabiaYEMEN5Down16 Stately booze up?REGAL5Down16 TotteringDODDERY7Down18 Of the footPEDAL5Down18 Throw out that dud vet, I see!EVICT5Down18 By numbersDIGITAL7Down19 Past eventsHISTORY7Down19 Feeling no end upset, being cattyFELINE6Down21 PranceCAVORT6Down21 VisionDREAM5Down21 Comfort in distressSOLACE6Down22 Batch of trainees at the point of arrivalINTAKE6Down22 Shoe partUPPER5Down22 WoodTIMBER6Down23 The style to accommodate a girl, mister!MANNER6Down23 KneelerHASSOCK7Down24 Permitted by lawLEGAL5Down25 Fake note ~n what a pity!SHAME5Down25 The look of one left for ever?LEER4Down26 Plant ovuleSEED4Down26 BornNEE3Down27 The score to win by in the cold seasonTRY3Down28 Raised edgeRIM3Down28 HigherTALLER6Down28 LeafPETAL5Down29 DecorationMEDAL5Down32 DrainGULLY5Down33 DrunkardSOT3Down35 WearyTIRE4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, October 4, 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.