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Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 7 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across1 GraspGRIP4Across1 More than a little, we gatherAMASS5Across1 FelineCAT3Across4 Burns or rases, possiblySEARS5Across6 ManufacturedMADE4Across6 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across6 TuneAIR3Across9 Officer and politician work in agreementCOMPACT7Across9 ObstructionBARRIER7Across9 Half an hour getting dry out in the laneDRURY5Across10 PoseATTITUDE8Across10 Hold upDELAY5Across10 Like a poor golfer's luck?ROUGH5Across11 ClothedCLAD4Across11 CircularROUND5Across11 Of his works, were many in wrought iron?RODIN5Across12 DefeatsBEATS5Across12 FacetiousJOCULAR7Across13 Bloomer by Albert, a novel sleuthCAMPION7Across13 BanBAR3Across14 Smart joint?HIP3Across15 InsectBEE3Across15 DulcetSWEET5Across16 Night birdsOWLS4Across17 Neglect to return from BaltimoreOMIT4Across17 She could give a sneerSERENA6Across18 Turn asideDIVERT6Across18 Shortage of nice guysGENTS5Across19 Senior memberDOYEN5Across19 SurrenderedCONCEDED8Across19 Prevented from being a drifterMOORED6Across20 InsightACUMEN6Across20 PrincipleTENET5Across21 Beaten hollowDENT4Across22 Male voiceALTO4Across22 EasingRELAXING8Across23 Where Ray went wrongAYR3Across24 ManagedFARED5Across24 Opposite of coldHOT3Across24 One drawn to serve apprenticeship?TRAINEE7Across25 Straw hatsBOATERS7Across25 Encouragement to listen to Beethoven's fourthHEART5Across26 Group of nineNONET5Across26 One mounted with saintly mien?STAIR5Across27 CouchesSOFAS5Across27 HairpieceWIG3Across27 Projected productionsFILMS5Across28 Private teacherTUTOR5Across28 Guy is light, having nothing on!LAMPOON7Across29 One thousand millionBILLION7Across29 Funny feature of bread rollsDROLL5Across30 Raising agentYEAST5Across30 NuisancesPESTS5Across31 Would a miser pinch her?PENNY5Across31 AbruptCURT4Across31 Go byOVERTAKE8Across33 ProsecuteSUE3Across34 AleBEER4Across35 WagesPAY3Across36 GaspPANT4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Keep quiet or unseenLIELOW6Down2 CeremonyRITE4Down2 Can such grass make one sheep turn on another?MARRAM6Down2 It can be ignored ad libSCRIPT6Down3 BucketPAIL4Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 Such sauce seems soppy but not very softSOY3Down4 CampaignerCRUSADER8Down4 Scottish riverTAY3Down4 RankTIER4Down5 A racy egg containerSPOON5Down5 CommandORDER5Down5 ParrotMACAW5Down6 Writers using a concealed cribSCRIBES7Down6 SureCERTAIN7Down6 The very opposite of Windsor?ETON4Down7 CupidEROS4Down7 SickenAIL3Down7 Delay, loiterLINGER6Down8 Recover, for instance, in wet weatherREGAIN6Down8 HangDRAPE5Down8 How oarsman fell out?ROWED5Down12 SneerSCOFF5Down12 PigmeatBACON5Down12 BeneathUNDER5Down13 It gives one pauseCOMMA5Down13 JinxJONAH5Down13 WagerBET3Down14 InfluenceCLOUT5Down14 Small, but maybe of some prominence?MINOR5Down14 RenovateRENEW5Down15 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down15 Female embracing me for want of butch types?HEMEN5Down15 Stick to good glassPASTE5Down16 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down16 FurnishEQUIP5Down17 Initial advantage to a flier, perhaps?START5Down18 LeatheryTOUGH5Down18 WarehouseDEPOT5Down18 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down19 He can order everybody aboutGENERAL7Down19 SpeechDELIVERY8Down20 May come out of bed to rebuild a storeyOYSTER6Down21 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Down21 To dine out with a girl is heavenlyDIVINE6Down22 LabelTAG3Down22 Adjust, accustomATTUNE6Down22 Replacement cardinal?NEWMAN6Down23 TestTRYOUT6Down23 StomachBELLY5Down25 Catches an unwary sprat?TRAPS5Down25 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 To climb it is hard, being sickHILL4Down26 ArrestsNABS4Down26 Go inENTER5Down26 Dandy maybe, but a failure without moneyFOP3Down28 CageCOOP4Down28 SummitTOP3Down28 CeaseSTOP4Down29 HideSKIN4Down30 RegretRUE3Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, October 7, 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.