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Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
SlurSLIGHT6Across1 JumpsLEAPS5Across3 Ruffians getting the Yanks out of breath?THUGS5Across3 VentOUTLET6Across5 PositionATTITUDE8Across8 Lofty accommodationATTIC5Across8 MistakeERROR5Across8 DepositedLAID4Across9 Given only lb4, I'd be angry!LIVID5Across10 Tree sapRESIN5Across10 AyeYES3Across10 To be the boss, you need dash!RUN3Across11 ForbidBAN3Across11 See a bird as a criminalCROOK5Across12 SkinflintMISER5Across12 War horseSTEED5Across12 New part of Los Angeles, where French is spokenSENEGAL7Across13 Of the sidesLATERAL7Across13 Japanese padded quiltFUTON5Across15 FishEEL3Across15 Going on foot, indeed comes to a sticky end!WELLY5Across15 LowMOO3Across17 State drama company?REP3Across18 ManageRUN3Across18 CorpulenceFAT3Across18 Live somewhere posh?RESIDE6Across19 ExpertACE3Across19 DistantREMOTE6Across19 CensureBLAME5Across20 DefectiveDUD3Across21 School prefectMONITOR7Across21 He can order a chap to change gearMANAGER7Across21 Badly missingAWOL4Across22 Water jugEWER4Across22 GreetingAVE3Across22 Male deerSTAG4Across23 Be warm hearted and put up with thingsBEAR4Across23 YearsAGE3Across23 And notNOR3Across24 Being worn, can it cause a skid?SLIPPER7Across24 DisfiguresDEFACES7Across24 CouchSETTEE6Across26 AssessedRATED5Across26 What's the score?TWENTY6Across26 Kind of drum needing attention?EAR3Across29 FellowDON3Across29 Male catTOM3Across29 Prophet's little house by the seaHOSEA5Across31 Artist's standEASEL5Across31 Deer meatVENISON7Across32 Maybe scared about the piano getting scratched?SCRAPED7Across32 LakeTARN4Across33 Seaman determined to get aroundABOUT5Across34 ObstinacyTENACITY8Across34 Naked figuresNUDES5Across34 Something supportive for a sportsmanTEE3Across35 FeverishHECTIC6Across35 Signal agreementNOD3Across35 She makes a promising start with a noblemanPEARL5Across36 DisregardIGNORE6Across36 Reddish fluidBLOOD5Across36 Such charges may be droppedDEPTH5Across37 People from DenmarkDANES5Across37 Hunts or looks around central HackneySEEKS5Across38 RipsRENDS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of a townURBAN5Down1 Scatter carelessly, it's trueSTREW5Down1 SuppleLITHE5Down2 The digger has a name for itMINERAL7Down2 Dead, almost deadDONEFOR7Down2 WinGAIN4Down3 Have a fling?HURL4Down4 HeinousEVIL4Down4 BelieveTRUST5Down4 FatOBESE5Down5 Frown on goods starting to be inferiorGLOWER6Down5 FavourPREFER6Down5 ConverseTALK4Down6 Bill, the Dickens of a villain!SIKES5Down6 WheySERUM5Down6 FlierPILOT5Down7 ChosenELITE5Down7 Grazing for a group of horses?FIELD5Down7 RodentRAT3Down9 Vessel in which a nut gets crackedTUN3Down9 LongYEARN5Down10 DaubSMEAR5Down11 Afternoon showMATINEE7Down12 StaidSOBER5Down12 How to surpass in competenceCAPABLY7Down12 PreciseEXACT5Down13 Indigent, being reduced in rank?GEN3Down14 ManagedRAN3Down14 FearDREAD5Down14 FinishedENDED5Down15 Has it a regular route around the interior?LINER5Down16 Sounds a hornTOOTS5Down16 LoadedLADEN5Down16 Long to finish a story and get paidYEARN5Down17 WhinnyNEIGH5Down17 Regard as a wraithlike spectreRESPECT7Down19 RevolvesROTATES7Down19 TantaliseTEASE5Down20 She has complete confidenceFAITH5Down20 Social conventions further southMORES5Down21 ThawsMELTS5Down21 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Down23 Be judged and scoldedBERATED7Down23 MisleadDELUDE6Down24 Source of bleats and whinniesSTABLE6Down24 The usual, of coursePAR3Down25 Confidence trickCON3Down25 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down25 PrematureEARLY5Down27 Have they less than two husbands between them?WOMEN5Down27 GarretATTIC5Down27 Male voiceTENOR5Down28 Comes close to Spithead?NEARS5Down28 BoredomENNUI5Down28 ExteriorOUTER5Down30 They're falsely called choppersTEETH5Down30 Cowboy showRODEO5Down30 TangleKNOT4Down31 SellVEND4Down32 Something to do with a strawSUCK4Down32 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down32 Go and reciprocatePEP3Down33 Male offspringSON3Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, September 16, 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.