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Evening Standard Crossword October 8 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword October 8 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
These people are a bad bet, sirTRIBES6Across1 Playground itemSEESAW6Across1 ChoicePRIME5Across4 UltimateEVENTUAL8Across7 MassagedRUBBED6Across7 Lengthy sojourn in the fieldLONGSTOP8Across7 Where eruptions may start to burst?PERU4Across8 BombastRANT4Across8 ChargeFEE3Across9 To be preciseTHATIS6Across10 Public relations, to me, may be just for nowPROTEM6Across10 YouthLAD3Across10 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Across11 Nullifies horrendous ultimate chaos!UNDOES6Across11 PromptREADY5Across12 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across13 Polo ground record?LOG3Across14 CongealGEL3Across14 ShyTIMID5Across15 Such charges may be droppedDEPTH5Across16 QuickRAPID5Across16 After that, the National FrontTHEN4Across17 Unmarried womanMISS4Across17 DemeanDEBASE6Across17 Started to live with a killerBEGUN5Across19 StoryYARN4Across19 TagLABEL5Across19 StadiumARENA5Across20 Material I mend, maybeDENIM5Across21 Focal pointFOCUS5Across21 HeathenPAGAN5Across22 Do well to become advancedGETON5Across22 SkillART3Across22 EncounterMEET4Across23 Friendly with a woolly-headed memberWARM4Across23 ClothsDRAPERY7Across24 DetestsHATES5Across26 Half and half housing?SEMIS5Across26 PinchNIP3Across27 Large disorderly crowdMOB3Across28 Artists’s standEASEL5Across28 A childish story?FIB3Across28 BurningALIGHT6Across29 It's sad when a soldier's in the cart, perhapsTRAGIC6Across29 Car safety deviceAIRBAG6Across30 Just the bird to attract an alien?PULLET6Across30 But commonly reducedONLY4Across31 RodentsRATS4Across31 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across31 Thankful for fat mixed with gruelGRATEFUL8Across32 African countryETHIOPIA8Across32 ProperDECENT6Across33 RupturesBURSTS6Across33 Fox, maybe, or a teddyEDWARD6Across33 RidCLEAR5Across35 PuntKICK4Across37 CombineUNITE5Across38 RodentRAT3Across39 DoltOAF3Across41 MaterialMUSLIN6Across42 LearntHEARD5Across43

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A vessel to keep cosy?TEAPOT6Down1 MethodSYSTEM6Down1 FleetARMADA6Down1 Being foreign, he's not exactly a BritonBRETON6Down2 Roofing tilesSLATES6Down2 ScrapeABRADE6Down2 SolidifyGEL3Down3 MoistensWETS4Down3 Wherein the poor total is about a pound?SLUM4Down3 FairyPERI4Down4 Program item where Maud madly embraces an officerAGENDUM7Down4 GuaranteesENSURES7Down4 ShrillREEDY5Down5 A bit of catastrophe increases keenness!STROP5Down5 Spring bulbTULIP5Down5 SoftenMODERATE8Down6 A ship wrecked in beastly styleAPISH5Down6 Lose bloodBLEED5Down6 Shabby clothingRAGS4Down8 FactsDATA4Down8 He and 30 Down are aptly said to be apartPOLE4Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 Registered nameREG3Down9 VanishDISAPPEAR9Down11 Close friendPAL3Down12 The end room?DEN3Down12 Three could put you outETHER5Down13 Female relativeNIECE5Down13 DespatchSEND4Down14 Parrot typeMACAW5Down15 Singer in white, normallyTENOR5Down15 LakeMERE4Down16 Grain-storeBARN4Down18 Hang around the hotel too muchHOVER5Down18 PerfectIDEAL5Down18 Elizabeth's gambleBET3Down19 Register, recordLOG3Down19 A marginal intoxicant?GIN3Down20 Bread rollBUN3Down20 GlowRADIANCE8Down21 TrendFASHION7Down21 Girl wantedDESIREE7Down21 A short engagementGIG3Down22 DowelPEG3Down22 Building materialMORTAR6Down23 PlantTREE4Down23 Tree full of bats, potentially?WILLOW6Down23 Cleverly leading a seaman to a silly conclusionABLY4Down24 RecedesEBBS4Down24 AssistantAIDE4Down25 PantihoseTIGHTS6Down25 With this system, the police have a burden to shoulderMETHOD6Down25 PullYANK4Down26 Eye colourHAZEL5Down26 The boards used in making gatesSTAGE5Down26 She accepts backup just the sameMADAM5Down27 LevyTITHE5Down27 Girl's nameMIA3Down28 There's a fair place for itFUN3Down28 SmotherSTIFLE6Down29 European held in a vaultPOLE4Down30 Horse breedARAB4Down30 PreferenceLIKING6Down30 PerformerACTOR5Down32 StuffCRAM4Down34 PrecedeLEAD4Down36 BathTUB3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, October 8, 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.