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Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 5 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 123 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#
SecureSAFE4Across1 Attack violentlyASSAIL6Across1 He's after a flier for certain duesTITHES6Across1 DroopSAG3Across4 RodCANE4Across6 Skill in abundance?TRICKERY8Across7 Draw near toAPPROACH8Across7 RingCIRCLE6Across8 Car's hooterHORN4Across8 Being no more, Antigone was against itGONE4Across8 EastORIENT6Across9 Pressed clothesIRONED6Across10 Be a sheep, yet attack!BEATUP6Across10 RankROW3Across10 Mistakes a deserter will make in timeERRATA6Across11 SaltySALINE6Across11 EnlistENROL5Across12 Fruit seedPIP3Across14 TrivialPETTY5Across14 Information incomplete for an officerGEN3Across14 InaneSILLY5Across15 Don's idea of a joke?PUTON5Across16 Of tidesTIDAL5Across16 GirlLASS4Across17 In central Harrow, the din is confusedROAR4Across17 EbbRECEDE6Across18 Wherein it's possible to hear a number of women?HAREM5Across19 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across19 FlightESCAPE6Across20 NoblemenDUKES5Across21 A scholar's old-fashioned popPATER5Across21 JockeyRIDER5Across22 Prepared to read about James Bond's boss?ARMED5Across22 Hand toolFILE4Across23 Can be likened to bites out of the coastBAYS4Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across24 Bulgarian capitalSOFIA5Across26 BruteBEAST5Across26 A French river and a South African one?SAONE5Across26 Garment to see on a master?MAC3Across28 SquanderWASTE5Across28 AcquiredGOT3Across28 Do photographers run them off in a sprint?PRINTS6Across29 TrebleTRIPLE6Across29 Large wooded areaFOREST6Across30 To run out of ink, possibly, cannot be seriousJOKING6Across30 EncounteredMET3Across30 Was due to "eUnited' getting no scoreOWED4Across31 First manADAM4Across31 Taken to them, is one relieved of filthy lucre?CLEANERS8Across32 Send this when on holidayPOSTCARD8Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 EnquiringASKING6Across33 HappeningsEVENTS6Across33 Dorothy wrote, say, a certain amount of verseSAYERS6Across33 DespatchedSENT4Across34 IlluminatedLIT3Across35 BoulderROCK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AntennaAERIAL6Down1 As felled with a loud cry?TIMBER6Down1 ForeignerALIEN5Down2 A nose for noise?HOOTER6Down2 Handsome youthADONIS6Down2 Touch downLAND4Down3 SurroundENCLOSE7Down3 Stray pets can give you a bit of a danceSTEP4Down3 ProphetSEER4Down4 InventsCREATES7Down4 Go in Cockney styleSCARPER7Down4 IncreaseGROW4Down5 Reach where you can have tea in a great settingGETAT5Down5 Of rabiesRABID5Down5 Steering deviceWHEEL5Down6 ScoldCHIDE5Down6 Nominally high-sounding fellow?HYMAN5Down6 ContinuousNONSTOP7Down7 Beer ingredientHOPS4Down8 Silly repetition?GAGA4Down8 AgentREP3Down9 None can match her goodnessNUN3Down9 LubricateOIL3Down11 Drink can start you ruminatingRUM3Down12 CoverLID3Down12 StrayERR3Down12 A private person?TOMMY5Down13 Relating to the noseNASAL5Down13 CompareLIKEN5Down15 A nasty death can never be popularHATED5Down15 GuidedLED3Down16 StillYET3Down17 He gets a zero markOSCAR5Down18 Detest vehementlyABHOR5Down18 Corny, maybe, but unsuited to vegetariansHAM3Down19 Unopened flowerBUD3Down19 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 Revolutionary racer with `i12^iRED3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Nurse in advance, let's suppose?PRETEND7Down21 StitchSEW3Down21 Local language formDIALECT7Down21 RendRIP3Down22 That woman in the Arabian NightsANN3Down22 BiscuitCRACKER7Down22 Rummage aboutFORAGE6Down23 WatchEYE3Down23 Where bloomers get slashedBAKERY6Down23 ArticleITEM4Down24 Electricity I had for a burnerACID4Down24 SheepEWE3Down25 Goes inENTERS6Down25 Spots before the eyesSIGHTS6Down25 HaltsSTOPS5Down26 A little dust detectable during inspectionSPECK5Down26 FeatSTUNT5Down27 ForemostFIRST5Down27 Given a drop from a can?OILED5Down27 DeityGOD3Down28 Cut down part of the sum owingMOW3Down28 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down29 Such sticks are burntJOSS4Down30 RepastMEAL4Down30 Lose colourFADE4Down30 SourTART4Down31

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