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Evening Standard Crossword September 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 15 2025 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EmployedUSED4Across1 Noisy confused situationBEDLAM6Across4 TearRIP3Across4 How to coach half the family?BUSILY6Across4 BearingMIEN4Across6 A drink with a mate?CHINATEA8Across7 Brown sugarDEMERARA8Across7 SpotPIMPLE6Across8 GuidesSTEERS6Across8 Wildly chants part of the refrainSNATCH6Across8 FirewoodTINDER6Across9 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across10 ClefKEY3Across10 Nimble as a soldier taking the drink roundAGILE5Across10 SlumberSLEEP5Across12 One of the underpinnings of the stage?PROP4Across13 Watch faceDIAL4Across13 Sort of skirt for the car?MINI4Across14 Lacking fatLEAN4Across14 PermitGRANT5Across14 Would you credit a sailor catching one in a boat?CRAB4Across15 Abode of SatanHELL4Across15 SingerTENOR5Across15 Under a cloud, perhaps, we finish lastWET3Across16 VegetablePEA3Across16 Peruse writingREAD4Across17 Frighten the ducks on the quiet?SHOO4Across17 MaintainALLEGE6Across18 EpochsERAS4Across19 Where seafarers have to travel?AFAR4Across19 TransfixIMPALE6Across20 Sportively go the whole ninety minutes?PLAYFULLY9Across21 Active at nightNOCTURNAL9Across21 He's back from IcelandALEC4Across23 Prison roomCELL4Across23 AnimalTIGER5Across24 Glasgow, for exampleCITY4Across24 She remains a bit of a ladyISLA4Across24 SkulkSNEAK5Across26 UncookedRAW3Across26 Cook a lot of little fishFRY3Across26 ElderlyAGED4Across27 Something to eat at the seaside, perhapsKALE4Across27 ShyTIMID5Across28 Norse godODIN4Across29 Read a letter when you're ableSCAN4Across29 LayerPLY3Across30 PrejudiceBIAS4Across32 The present is contained in a metal boxHERE4Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 She's out for the morning - what a pity!SHAME5Across33 PassELAPSE6Across33 TrapSNARE5Across33 Reckon random gunfire lacks point or directionFIGURE6Across34 LiberatedFREE4Across34 Freshwater mammalsOTTERS6Across34 In sport, a number of games can be nervous!NINETIES8Across35 FaucetTAP3Across35 SweatPERSPIRE8Across35 To leap around in a gamePELOTA6Across36 AlwaysEVER4Across36 Population countCENSUS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PerfectIDEAL5Down1 Give the sheep a bit of a scare as you run awaySCRAM5Down1 Greek letterOMEGA5Down2 Participate sedentarilySITIN5Down2 StationarySTILL5Down2 Spoken, verbalORAL4Down3 Old Jack, seen as a rogue at Mile EndCADE4Down3 ExhaustDEPLETE7Down3 HerbBASIL5Down4 SmellREEK4Down4 Port, as provided in a new barBASRA5Down4 CompassionPITY4Down5 Single combatDUEL4Down5 Hiss at a pensioner on the boxSOAP4Down5 LesserMINOR5Down6 ConcursAGREES6Down6 There's room for it where things are all boxed upLOCKER6Down6 EverlastingETERNAL7Down7 Above average abilityTALENT6Down9 Extra swell for everybody?NOBALL6Down9 BornNEE3Down11 Little RockGIB3Down11 SelfEGO3Down11 The kind of stockings I sell?LISLE5Down12 SpringSPA3Down12 EnlistENROL5Down12 FixPEG3Down13 For the record, a side viewPROFILE7Down13 InfersDEDUCES7Down13 Head coveringHAT3Down15 Copy a letter out, being backwardCOY3Down15 Close friendPAL3Down16 EntrapNET3Down16 Kings take this route in LondonWAY3Down16 EquipmentRIG3Down17 One who gets a kick out of computers?HACKER6Down18 Chocolate finger cakeECLAIR6Down18 FaintnessLANGUOR7Down19 There's a hush when Alf turns up with the newsFLASH5Down20 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down20 Sort of wood from Plymouth?PLY3Down21 NovelNEW3Down21 EncounteredMET3Down21 Speak American at the Norwegian centre?USE3Down22 SecretPRIVATE7Down22 To freeRID3Down22 Cows, bulls, etc.CATTLE6Down23 FinishEND3Down23 Over the turbulent river, note, you'll get somewhereARRIVE6Down23 SickILL3Down25 TreeFIR3Down25 Sticky situationJAM3Down25 EntertainAMUSE5Down27 Where to fight, with heavy heart, to earn some change?ARENA5Down28 PantsGASPS5Down28 OutcomeISSUE5Down29 Boy's nameDAVID5Down30 Like a shed, is able to accommodate some bikesCABIN5Down30 PlaguePEST4Down30 YapYELP4Down31 Not everNEVER5Down31 Topical recent lettersNEWSY5Down31 Victor's first name?HUGO4Down32 Flying insectsBEES4Down32 A measure of good taste, perhapsSTEP4Down33 CummerbundSASH4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 15, 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.