Evening Standard Crossword October 8 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for October 8 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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ClueLetters#Answer

These people are a bad bet, sir61 AcrossReveal answer → Playground item61 AcrossReveal answer → Choice54 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimate87 AcrossReveal answer → Massaged67 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthy sojourn in the field87 AcrossReveal answer → Where eruptions may start to burst?48 AcrossReveal answer → Bombast48 AcrossReveal answer → Charge39 AcrossReveal answer → To be precise610 AcrossReveal answer → Public relations, to me, may be just for now610 AcrossReveal answer → Youth310 AcrossReveal answer → Lying face upwards611 AcrossReveal answer → Nullifies horrendous ultimate chaos!611 AcrossReveal answer → Prompt512 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately413 AcrossReveal answer → Polo ground record?314 AcrossReveal answer → Congeal314 AcrossReveal answer → Shy515 AcrossReveal answer → Such charges may be dropped516 AcrossReveal answer → Quick516 AcrossReveal answer → After that, the National Front417 AcrossReveal answer → Unmarried woman417 AcrossReveal answer → Demean617 AcrossReveal answer → Started to live with a killer519 AcrossReveal answer → Story419 AcrossReveal answer → Tag519 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium520 AcrossReveal answer → Material I mend, maybe521 AcrossReveal answer → Focal point521 AcrossReveal answer → Heathen522 AcrossReveal answer → Do well to become advanced522 AcrossReveal answer → Skill322 AcrossReveal answer → Encounter423 AcrossReveal answer → Friendly with a woolly-headed member423 AcrossReveal answer → Cloths724 AcrossReveal answer → Detests526 AcrossReveal answer → Half and half housing?526 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch327 AcrossReveal answer → Large disorderly crowd328 AcrossReveal answer → Artists’s stand528 AcrossReveal answer → A childish story?328 AcrossReveal answer → Burning629 AcrossReveal answer → It's sad when a soldier's in the cart, perhaps629 AcrossReveal answer → Car safety device630 AcrossReveal answer → Just the bird to attract an alien?630 AcrossReveal answer → But commonly reduced431 AcrossReveal answer → Rodents431 AcrossReveal answer → Prima-donna431 AcrossReveal answer → Thankful for fat mixed with gruel832 AcrossReveal answer → African country832 AcrossReveal answer → Proper633 AcrossReveal answer → Ruptures633 AcrossReveal answer → Fox, maybe, or a teddy633 AcrossReveal answer → Rid535 AcrossReveal answer → Punt437 AcrossReveal answer → Combine538 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent339 AcrossReveal answer → Dolt341 AcrossReveal answer → Material642 AcrossReveal answer → Learnt543 AcrossReveal answer →

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A vessel to keep cosy?61 DownReveal answer → Method61 DownReveal answer → Fleet61 DownReveal answer → Being foreign, he's not exactly a Briton62 DownReveal answer → Roofing tiles62 DownReveal answer → Scrape62 DownReveal answer → Solidify33 DownReveal answer → Moistens43 DownReveal answer → Wherein the poor total is about a pound?43 DownReveal answer → Fairy44 DownReveal answer → Program item where Maud madly embraces an officer74 DownReveal answer → Guarantees74 DownReveal answer → Shrill55 DownReveal answer → A bit of catastrophe increases keenness!55 DownReveal answer → Spring bulb55 DownReveal answer → Soften86 DownReveal answer → A ship wrecked in beastly style56 DownReveal answer → Lose blood56 DownReveal answer → Shabby clothing48 DownReveal answer → Facts48 DownReveal answer → He and 30 Down are aptly said to be apart48 DownReveal answer → Nothing39 DownReveal answer → Registered name39 DownReveal answer → Vanish911 DownReveal answer → Close friend312 DownReveal answer → The end room?312 DownReveal answer → Three could put you out513 DownReveal answer → Female relative513 DownReveal answer → Despatch414 DownReveal answer → Parrot type515 DownReveal answer → Singer in white, normally515 DownReveal answer → Lake416 DownReveal answer → Grain-store418 DownReveal answer → Hang around the hotel too much518 DownReveal answer → Perfect518 DownReveal answer → Elizabeth's gamble319 DownReveal answer → Register, record319 DownReveal answer → A marginal intoxicant?320 DownReveal answer → Bread roll320 DownReveal answer → Glow821 DownReveal answer → Trend721 DownReveal answer → Girl wanted721 DownReveal answer → A short engagement322 DownReveal answer → Dowel322 DownReveal answer → Building material623 DownReveal answer → Plant423 DownReveal answer → Tree full of bats, potentially?623 DownReveal answer → Cleverly leading a seaman to a silly conclusion424 DownReveal answer → Recedes424 DownReveal answer → Assistant425 DownReveal answer → Pantihose625 DownReveal answer → With this system, the police have a burden to shoulder625 DownReveal answer → Pull426 DownReveal answer → Eye colour526 DownReveal answer → The boards used in making gates526 DownReveal answer → She accepts backup just the same527 DownReveal answer → Levy527 DownReveal answer → Girl's name328 DownReveal answer → There's a fair place for it328 DownReveal answer → Smother629 DownReveal answer → European held in a vault430 DownReveal answer → Horse breed430 DownReveal answer → Preference630 DownReveal answer → Performer532 DownReveal answer → Stuff434 DownReveal answer → Precede436 DownReveal answer → Bath340 DownReveal answer →

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