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Evening Standard Crossword September 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 21 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 130 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#
VoucherDOCKET6Across1 Parrot typeMACAW5Across3 A sound clause, but potentially damagingCLAWS5Across3 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across5 CogTOOTH5Across8 It's after seed, this birdPIPIT5Across8 Book of IslamKORAN5Across8 ObscureDIM3Across9 New poems with racy associationsEPSOM5Across10 PrecipitationRAIN4Across10 CryptVAULT5Across10 Dog given remedial treatment by EdCUR3Across11 PeelRIND4Across11 Boy's nameTOM3Across11 He may march to his musicPIPER5Across12 MoralETHIC5Across12 InsurgentREBEL5Across12 FindsLOCATES7Across13 Can seem somehow, to suggest dangerMENACES7Across13 StrangledCHOKED6Across13 ApproachesNEARS5Across15 It's worth making an about-turn in the valleyVALUE5Across15 DejectedDOWN4Across16 Decimal pointDOT3Across18 He does his job in wet areasTAR3Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 Quoting what one's said to be seeing?CITING6Across19 Apple typeRUSSET6Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 Canter around the corner in mid positionCENTRAL7Across21 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Across21 At that timeTHEN4Across22 Ken of Hampstead?WOOD4Across22 SpotDOT3Across22 ExpensiveDEAR4Across23 Viola's voice?ALTO4Across23 BarrierDAM3Across23 Make impossibleRULEOUT7Across24 To give a girl fur is a damaging thing to doDISABLE7Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 ConsiderDEEM4Across25 A case of one and one not making twoELEVEN6Across26 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across26 AudaciousDARING6Across28 An animated art formRAT3Across29 IlluminatedLIT3Across29 WooCOURT5Across30 EnlistENROL5Across31 In colour, it can be described as greatTITAN5Across31 Name a centre of development out EastTERENCE7Across32 FoundationROOT4Across32 IllegalILLICIT7Across32 PressIRON4Across33 Thing that breaks when it falls?NIGHT5Across34 TavernINN3Across34 Steam bathSAUNA5Across34 In truth, it's monotonousRUT3Across35 CoinPENNY5Across35 MerrimentFUN3Across35 Performs songs at the pianoPLAYS5Across36 ActDEED4Across36 Continental quiltDUVET5Across36 Sort of saw for cutting a joint?TENON5Across37 ManiaFRENZY6Across37 Wall paintingMURAL5Across37 He had some fabulous ideasAESOP5Across38 Spanish manSENOR5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InferDEDUCE6Down1 Is it better to be cold-hearted?NICER5Down1 EngineMOTOR5Down1 CalmCOMPOSED8Down2 Greek letter judged to be illegally copiedPIRATED7Down2 Muslim fastRAMADAN7Down2 DeservedEARNED6Down3 She mixes oilsLOIS4Down4 SatisfiedCONTENTED9Down4 PrimatesAPES4Down4 BarredSTRIPED7Down5 In very small numbers, it can be a nuisanceWEEVIL6Down5 Tree-lined streetAVENUE6Down5 CountryWALES5Down6 FashionableCHIC4Down6 Is it fishy in parts?SPRAT5Down6 NakedNUDE4Down7 Distress signalFLARE5Down7 The boatswain's alternativeBOSUN5Down7 FastenTIE3Down8 Legendary birdROC3Down9 Puny bit of humour?PUN3Down9 Apply to become a painter?PERTAIN7Down12 EntourageRETINUE7Down12 ToddlerTOT3Down14 TotteringDODDERING9Down14 Buccaneer's vessel?CAN3Down14 VigourVIM3Down15 Valuable thingASSET5Down16 Where the French are about to be unwell?LILLE5Down16 Urge a horse to take one around, possibly?EGGON5Down17 SorrowWOE3Down17 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down17 ConjurorMAGICIAN8Down19 German measlesRUBELLA7Down19 In which to be nude during a clever act?CABARET7Down19 We set out to be charmingSWEET5Down20 CoverLID3Down20 ConditionSTATE5Down20 ThighboneFEMUR5Down21 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down21 Desire to give a man tea, we hearCOVET5Down21 Having a sense of dutyDUTIFUL7Down23 Changed when alerted?ALTERED7Down23 Tell, narrateRELATE6Down24 Her need is for changeDENISE6Down24 Was it exclusive in Prohibition?BAR3Down25 LubricateOIL3Down25 MethodMANNER6Down26 MeansAGENCY6Down27 Sort of thread Leslie endlessly tanglesLISLE5Down27 At the right momentONCUE5Down27 He's avuncular in playVANYA5Down28 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down28 TrampledTROD4Down29 Ultimate, lastFINAL5Down30 Should he be a good liar?ACTOR5Down30 ManageCOPE4Down30 AttemptTRY3Down31 DataINFO4Down32 A familiar name for the duckTHEO4Down32 She's so good, none can match herNUN3Down33 Vicious dogCUR3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, September 21, 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.