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Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 18 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Forename for a school head and artist?SANDRA6Across1 Middle Eastern languageARABIC6Across1 MonthMARCH5Across4 EasternORIENTAL8Across7 SaveREDEEM6Across7 Turn up with the cash, darling, and that will partly cover youPULLOVER8Across7 A not exactly safe place for coffee?CAFE4Across8 Pith helmetTOPI4Across8 PassCOL3Across9 DefeatedBEATEN6Across10 No amateur figures to be long-windedPROLIX6Across10 CotBED3Across10 SullenMOROSE6Across11 Get the damaged boat inOBTAIN6Across11 RefuteREBUT5Across12 SpiralCOIL4Across13 Railway timetable extract?MET3Across14 AgentREP3Across14 FresherNEWER5Across15 Bachelor embracing a girl before marriageBANNS5Across16 ManservantVALET5Across16 Behind the right earREAR4Across17 Hereditary unitGENE4Across17 DeclineREFUSE6Across17 One with news of a tame tiger?PAPER5Across19 DuctTUBE4Across19 Golf termBOGEY5Across19 JavelinSPEAR5Across20 A cheap drinkWATER5Across21 InstructTUTOR5Across21 DestinedFATED5Across22 One flapping around the Rhone?HERON5Across22 SailorTAR3Across22 NuisancePEST4Across23 Swimmer getting back in practiceCARP4Across23 WishedDESIRED7Across24 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across26 Plenty of supportersPILES5Across26 ChildTOT3Across27 Small amountTAD3Across28 ShabbySEEDY5Across28 Talk out of turn againNAG3Across28 Arrival, comingADVENT6Across29 Only one club in a suit!HEARTS6Across29 Martial artKARATE6Across30 Splendidly fly around, in a wayFINELY6Across30 Musical work, usually not AmericanOPUS4Across31 School testEXAM4Across31 DaggerKRIS4Across31 A better lakeSUPERIOR8Across32 Without charge, slangBUCKSHEE8Across32 GatherMUSTER6Across33 StylusNEEDLE6Across33 Though not wise, the message may merit discussionTHEMES6Across33 CogsTEETH5Across35 TurnROLL4Across37 UnderBELOW5Across38 FishEEL3Across39 EntrapNET3Across41 EraseDELETE6Across42 FlowerASTER5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A meal goes down fine, gathered round the pianoSUPPER6Down1 Car safety deviceAIRBAG6Down1 SummaryPRECIS6Down1 In business, he'll give a handDEALER6Down2 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down2 RespectADMIRE6Down2 NetworkWEB3Down3 Metal moneyCOIN4Down3 Top in geometryAPEX4Down3 AdditionalMORE4Down4 Cry about one's flab?BLUBBER7Down4 Get betterRECOVER7Down4 WarningALERT5Down5 A road north associated with the birdsAVIAN5Down5 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 Broke upCRUMBLED8Down6 Does a smooth job, like JeremyIRONS5Down6 PrecipitationSLEET5Down6 Mountain lakeTARN4Down8 Food listMENU4Down8 In which to be unconscious of an optical fault?COMA4Down8 High spirits, vitalityPEP3Down9 A leader of fashion gets it at the gym, perhapsFIT3Down9 PennilessDESTITUTE9Down11 Beam of lightRAY3Down12 Jack backs rate reductionTAR3Down12 Bring on what is able to become irremediable?INCUR5Down13 DispatchesSENDS5Down13 GuideLEAD4Down14 Tribal badgeTOTEM5Down15 Stick up some notable personageBATON5Down15 SportWEAR4Down16 WorryFRET4Down18 Is she from Sheffield?EFFIE5Down18 AntelopeELAND5Down18 It's usual to make dad ringleaderPAR3Down19 HoweverBUT3Down19 A writer to shut up?PEN3Down20 DeityGOD3Down20 MatchlessPEERLESS8Down21 DiscolourTARNISH7Down21 We get tough with a horse operaWESTERN7Down21 Father's girl?HER3Down22 ChargeFEE3Down22 Exhibit or flauntPARADE6Down23 ReposeREST4Down23 But he didn't rule the wavesCANUTE6Down23 Starts to seem old and somehow sageAGES4Down24 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Down24 AnySOME4Down25 From that timeTHENCE6Down25 On the quiet, yes, at certain points they receive moneyPAYEES6Down25 CaribouDEER4Down26 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down26 New shape stagePHASE5Down26 If electric, 50 amperesLAMPS5Down27 Turn out, expelEVICT5Down27 LevyTAX3Down28 What a pin-up might feel in the air?NIP3Down28 WornERODED6Down29 Because, at the revolutionary centre, there's a strongholdFORT4Down30 EagerKEEN4Down30 ShoutedYELLED6Down30 BoulderSTONE5Down32 HutSHED4Down34 PitcherEWER4Down36 LimbLEG3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 18, 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.