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Evening Standard Crossword September 19 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 138 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 19 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 138 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#
LubricantGREASE6Across1 Illegal drugHEROIN6Across5 TroubledCARED5Across9 Stiff, while the previous one had a nice flexible coverINELASTIC9Across9 FruitTANGERINE9Across9 StewRAGOUT6Across10 Like the melody from the film "The Ghosts"HAUNTING8Across10 DocileOBEDIENT8Across10 CounselADVISE6Across11 JoyfulMERRY5Across12 Defence featureMOAT4Across12 Run - and come to griefTRIP4Across12 HitSTRUCK6Across13 Run for officeCAREER6Across13 Geometric shapePYRAMID7Across14 PaceSTEP4Across14 Go off to get some beer or don't botherLEAVEBE7Across14 Right about the real trouble with the car partREARLIGHT9Across15 Need for actionEMERGENCY9Across15 Was about to be involved inCONCERNED9Across17 HormoneADRENALIN9Across17 BowNOD3Across17 BuildingEDIFICE7Across18 Is annoying and one gives a Mickey Finn toPUTSOUT7Across18 SilentMUTE4Across18 I can't repair the hole in the caseACTION6Across20 EarthquakeTREMOR6Across20 DislikedHATED5Across20 Parking in the wrong one, to start withOPEN4Across21 LackMISS4Across21 PonderedMUSED5Across22 PapersDOSSIER7Across23 Set of lettersALPHABET8Across24 Heads towards, which helps to bring aboutMAKESFOR8Across24 StartedBEGAN5Across24 Shopkeeper who's a gossipmonger?RETAILER8Across26 DomesticatedTAMED5Across26 InclinationTENDENCY8Across26 In spite of the uniformEVEN4Across28 Eastern EuropeanTURK4Across28 Seemed angered by, which was all too illuminatingGLARED6Across29 SpokenORAL4Across29 Vinegar acidACETIC6Across29 MarryWED3Across30 Wished one hadn't put in a cherry tree?REPINED7Across31 Fit of angerTANTRUM7Across31 TardyLATE4Across32 SeraglioHAREM5Across33 Kept down the work when urged toOPPRESSED9Across34 Paying farePASSENGER9Across34 ProhibitedBANNED6Across35 Tower of London guardBEEFEATER9Across36 VoucherTICKET6Across36 Happening to have noticed, on the outside, a numberSEVENTEEN9Across36 RevoltREBEL5Across37 It runs fast and sounds as though it does!CHEETAH7Across38 DecayedROTTED6Across38 Rank of the nobilityEARLDOM7Across38 Going to the net I foozled again, on the wholeENTIRE6Across39 ReclinedRESTED6Across39 FelineOCELOT6Across39 Run "Roundhead" in the raceTROT4Across40 Gastropod molluscSLUG4Across40 NotoriousINFAMOUS8Across41 Document in which there will be no cross-referencesPEDIGREE8Across41 Poisonous fungusTOADSTOOL9Across42 Being sufficient for driving as far asRUNNINGTO9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Headlong rush of cattleSTAMPEDE8Down1 OrnateGARISH6Down1 Make look presentableGIFTWRAP8Down1 HireENGAGE6Down2 She leans out to grab oneSELINA6Down2 BirdEAGLET6Down2 LengthDISTANCE8Down3 In order to be honestSTRAIGHT8Down3 DrossSCUM4Down3 ConsumedEATEN5Down4 PulchritudeBEAUTY6Down4 Stress that is a c-coinACCENT6Down4 LearntHEARD5Down5 Furniture itemBOOKCASE8Down5 Getting you there faster, it lessens the shock considerablySHORTCUT8Down5 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down6 Hot dried berryPEPPERCORN10Down6 Extracting from and leavingPULLINGOUT10Down6 LoathsomeODIOUS6Down7 LivelyVIBRANT7Down7 Having supported right through, transgressedSTRAYED7Down7 Escaping notice, you understand, in nun's disguiseUNSEEN6Down8 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down8 RequiredNEEDED6Down8 PeculiarityODDNESS7Down11 Apt, when the time gets closeTENDING7Down11 RevelROISTER7Down13 CandleTAPER5Down15 Went ahead and held up, also - stole fromLOOTED6Down16 Japanese female companionGEISHA6Down16 Foot leverPEDAL5Down16 Wall paintingMURAL5Down18 Mere suspicion, you findTRACE5Down19 Lazy personIDLER5Down19 PrincipleTENET5Down19 RubbishTAT3Down20 Music, to create atmosphereAIR3Down20 FellowDON3Down21 Bring upon oneselfINCUR5Down22 Dress downPREEN5Down22 EncounteredMET3Down22 Spiritualist's meetingSEANCE6Down23 Seed by which pop raised an applePIPPIN6Down23 WarplaneBOMBER6Down24 Winter is here in no time - it's disappointingFALLSSHORT10Down25 GemstoneGARNET6Down25 Board gameBACKGAMMON10Down25 Left again the day afterRED3Down26 SpasmTIC3Down26 Make a poor shot into a good oneRETOUCH7Down27 SellMARKET6Down27 PlugSTOPPER7Down27 NotchedDENTED6Down28 PaddledWADED5Down30 Herbivorous reptileTORTOISE8Down30 Restored to favour, one considered, againREDEEMED8Down30 DissuadeDETER5Down31 Admiring greatly, is always within call forREVERING8Down31 AbstinentTEETOTAL8Down31 Tropical flowerMARIGOLD8Down32 Offering to serve the peopleDONATION8Down32 ExpressionlessDEADPAN7Down33 Sure to be specificCERTAIN7Down33 PresentHERE4Down33 DistanceMILE4Down34 MuscularSTRONG6Down35 Had been crying, one quickly sawPEEPED6Down35 .....and I am in floods of tears, which is ironicalSATIRE6Down36 RespirationBREATH6Down36 Mobile rang in the middle of the speech which does infuriateENRAGE6Down37 Animal fatTALLOW6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 19, 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.