Evening Standard Crossword September 20 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 20 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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Allude53 AcrossReveal answer → Country64 AcrossReveal answer → He has a holiday, all the same64 AcrossReveal answer → Appearing to be a bloomer87 AcrossReveal answer → Insinuation87 AcrossReveal answer → A Spaniard is a handsome fellow68 AcrossReveal answer → Picture house68 AcrossReveal answer → Brainy69 AcrossReveal answer → Rigid510 AcrossReveal answer → Sight610 AcrossReveal answer → Protection with strings attached510 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefied511 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly412 AcrossReveal answer → That terrible police inspector again!413 AcrossReveal answer → Traffic marker413 AcrossReveal answer → Row, rank414 AcrossReveal answer → Regrets causing sure chaos414 AcrossReveal answer → He'll help with an idea415 AcrossReveal answer → Burden415 AcrossReveal answer → Idol415 AcrossReveal answer → Clever start for Sylvester?316 AcrossReveal answer → Groove316 AcrossReveal answer → Drop in and see everybody417 AcrossReveal answer → Delighted717 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise417 AcrossReveal answer → In China, a girl conceals love419 AcrossReveal answer → Mosque prayer leader419 AcrossReveal answer → Lair320 AcrossReveal answer → He seeks to please, but makes Ena dismal921 AcrossReveal answer → Ruse921 AcrossReveal answer → Spree521 AcrossReveal answer → Travel permit423 AcrossReveal answer → Cordial not particularly hot423 AcrossReveal answer → Mild423 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy eating place?424 AcrossReveal answer → Tumult424 AcrossReveal answer → Reign425 AcrossReveal answer → Was victorious326 AcrossReveal answer → Inexperienced person with some weak ideas326 AcrossReveal answer → Number526 AcrossReveal answer → The chairman's daughter?427 AcrossReveal answer → Poke427 AcrossReveal answer → Beaker328 AcrossReveal answer → Place in a difficult situation429 AcrossReveal answer → Housetop429 AcrossReveal answer → Biggest730 AcrossReveal answer → A patch of sea, really?432 AcrossReveal answer → Cure432 AcrossReveal answer → Let a learner relax533 AcrossReveal answer → Equine mammal533 AcrossReveal answer → Parched433 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally a girl after some man?634 AcrossReveal answer → Hair colour634 AcrossReveal answer → Fated to be flung out of the street, indeed!835 AcrossReveal answer → Criminal underworld835 AcrossReveal answer → Always435 AcrossReveal answer → Expunge636 AcrossReveal answer → Though full of steak in extremes of gaiety, quick to complain636 AcrossReveal answer → Boring tool536 AcrossReveal answer → Charge638 AcrossReveal answer → Bowed639 AcrossReveal answer → Condition540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Opposite of last51 DownReveal answer → Craig hiding in Havana, perhaps51 DownReveal answer → Fragment51 DownReveal answer → Unfasten52 DownReveal answer → A passion that's burning52 DownReveal answer → Skirmish52 DownReveal answer → Red meat43 DownReveal answer → Many confess to being short43 DownReveal answer → Colour33 DownReveal answer → Bedtime drink54 DownReveal answer → Rubber64 DownReveal answer → Brassy looking, a bird can be beautiful54 DownReveal answer → Flat45 DownReveal answer → Not any45 DownReveal answer → Change the hose, it's worn45 DownReveal answer → Free36 DownReveal answer → Expanding bullet66 DownReveal answer → Without working, accepting a number greedily66 DownReveal answer → Enjoyed57 DownReveal answer → Alliance58 DownReveal answer → Spectral colour69 DownReveal answer → One may wish them to be sweet69 DownReveal answer → Gratuity311 DownReveal answer → Youngster quietly raised311 DownReveal answer → Name that's so wrong for a jalopy512 DownReveal answer → Worries512 DownReveal answer → Enchantment713 DownReveal answer → Figures a woman to be in difficulty713 DownReveal answer → Regulate713 DownReveal answer → Old-fashioned514 DownReveal answer → He has a part in Pygmalion315 DownReveal answer → Meadow315 DownReveal answer → So a motherless man has a relationship316 DownReveal answer → Liberate716 DownReveal answer → Tup316 DownReveal answer → Satan518 DownReveal answer → How tormentedly I dream of love618 DownReveal answer → Dealer in fabrics618 DownReveal answer → Girl’s319 DownReveal answer → A billiard shot to queue up for?520 DownReveal answer → French underground520 DownReveal answer → Transgression321 DownReveal answer → Being loaded, he always has some women321 DownReveal answer → Help, assist322 DownReveal answer → It has its vacationist side322 DownReveal answer → Thrust522 DownReveal answer → Loudness623 DownReveal answer → Victor's a champion!623 DownReveal answer → Equipment324 DownReveal answer → Lettuce325 DownReveal answer → No negative rules325 DownReveal answer → Gift627 DownReveal answer → Cash for the game528 DownReveal answer → Waterway528 DownReveal answer → Scope528 DownReveal answer → Throw529 DownReveal answer → Keyboard instrument530 DownReveal answer → They're taken to be conscientious530 DownReveal answer → Avoid531 DownReveal answer → Gives food to531 DownReveal answer → Is inclined to start trying conclusions531 DownReveal answer → Gargantuan432 DownReveal answer → Deal532 DownReveal answer → Just a marginal cough?432 DownReveal answer → Unwilling to give much for a bit of help433 DownReveal answer → Not low433 DownReveal answer → Twosome434 DownReveal answer → Donkey336 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, September 20, 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.