Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 123 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 5 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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Secure41 AcrossReveal answer → Attack violently61 AcrossReveal answer → He's after a flier for certain dues61 AcrossReveal answer → Droop34 AcrossReveal answer → Rod46 AcrossReveal answer → Skill in abundance?87 AcrossReveal answer → Draw near to87 AcrossReveal answer → Ring68 AcrossReveal answer → Car's hooter48 AcrossReveal answer → Being no more, Antigone was against it48 AcrossReveal answer → East69 AcrossReveal answer → Pressed clothes610 AcrossReveal answer → Be a sheep, yet attack!610 AcrossReveal answer → Rank310 AcrossReveal answer → Mistakes a deserter will make in time611 AcrossReveal answer → Salty611 AcrossReveal answer → Enlist512 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit seed314 AcrossReveal answer → Trivial514 AcrossReveal answer → Information incomplete for an officer314 AcrossReveal answer → Inane515 AcrossReveal answer → Don's idea of a joke?516 AcrossReveal answer → Of tides516 AcrossReveal answer → Girl417 AcrossReveal answer → In central Harrow, the din is confused417 AcrossReveal answer → Ebb618 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein it's possible to hear a number of women?519 AcrossReveal answer → Two-footed animal519 AcrossReveal answer → Flight620 AcrossReveal answer → Noblemen521 AcrossReveal answer → A scholar's old-fashioned pop521 AcrossReveal answer → Jockey522 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared to read about James Bond's boss?522 AcrossReveal answer → Hand tool423 AcrossReveal answer → Can be likened to bites out of the coast423 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade524 AcrossReveal answer → Bulgarian capital526 AcrossReveal answer → Brute526 AcrossReveal answer → A French river and a South African one?526 AcrossReveal answer → Garment to see on a master?328 AcrossReveal answer → Squander528 AcrossReveal answer → Acquired328 AcrossReveal answer → Do photographers run them off in a sprint?629 AcrossReveal answer → Treble629 AcrossReveal answer → Large wooded area630 AcrossReveal answer → To run out of ink, possibly, cannot be serious630 AcrossReveal answer → Encountered330 AcrossReveal answer → Was due to "eUnited' getting no score431 AcrossReveal answer → First man431 AcrossReveal answer → Taken to them, is one relieved of filthy lucre?832 AcrossReveal answer → Send this when on holiday832 AcrossReveal answer → Forthcoming632 AcrossReveal answer → Enquiring633 AcrossReveal answer → Happenings633 AcrossReveal answer → Dorothy wrote, say, a certain amount of verse633 AcrossReveal answer → Despatched434 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated335 AcrossReveal answer → Boulder436 AcrossReveal answer →

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Antenna61 DownReveal answer → As felled with a loud cry?61 DownReveal answer → Foreigner52 DownReveal answer → A nose for noise?62 DownReveal answer → Handsome youth62 DownReveal answer → Touch down43 DownReveal answer → Surround73 DownReveal answer → Stray pets can give you a bit of a dance43 DownReveal answer → Prophet44 DownReveal answer → Invents74 DownReveal answer → Go in Cockney style74 DownReveal answer → Increase45 DownReveal answer → Reach where you can have tea in a great setting55 DownReveal answer → Of rabies55 DownReveal answer → Steering device56 DownReveal answer → Scold56 DownReveal answer → Nominally high-sounding fellow?56 DownReveal answer → Continuous77 DownReveal answer → Beer ingredient48 DownReveal answer → Silly repetition?48 DownReveal answer → Agent39 DownReveal answer → None can match her goodness39 DownReveal answer → Lubricate311 DownReveal answer → Drink can start you ruminating312 DownReveal answer → Cover312 DownReveal answer → Stray312 DownReveal answer → A private person?513 DownReveal answer → Relating to the nose513 DownReveal answer → Compare515 DownReveal answer → A nasty death can never be popular515 DownReveal answer → Guided316 DownReveal answer → Still317 DownReveal answer → He gets a zero mark518 DownReveal answer → Detest vehemently518 DownReveal answer → Corny, maybe, but unsuited to vegetarians319 DownReveal answer → Unopened flower319 DownReveal answer → Perform719 DownReveal answer → Revolutionary racer with `i12^i320 DownReveal answer → For every320 DownReveal answer → Nurse in advance, let's suppose?721 DownReveal answer → Stitch321 DownReveal answer → Local language form721 DownReveal answer → Rend322 DownReveal answer → That woman in the Arabian Nights322 DownReveal answer → Biscuit722 DownReveal answer → Rummage about623 DownReveal answer → Watch323 DownReveal answer → Where bloomers get slashed623 DownReveal answer → Article424 DownReveal answer → Electricity I had for a burner424 DownReveal answer → Sheep325 DownReveal answer → Goes in625 DownReveal answer → Spots before the eyes625 DownReveal answer → Halts526 DownReveal answer → A little dust detectable during inspection526 DownReveal answer → Feat527 DownReveal answer → Foremost527 DownReveal answer → Given a drop from a can?527 DownReveal answer → Deity328 DownReveal answer → Cut down part of the sum owing328 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up529 DownReveal answer → Such sticks are burnt430 DownReveal answer → Repast430 DownReveal answer → Lose colour430 DownReveal answer → Sour431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, October 5, 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.