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Evening Standard Crossword September 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 22 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 126 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#
Easily bentPLIANT6Across1 Complain against the repetitiveness?MURMUR6Across1 ConfusionPANIC5Across1 CollectGATHER6Across5 Short of time?UNDERAGE8Across7 ProofEVIDENCE8Across7 Close friendMATE4Across8 They're useful when moulding a new sideDIES4Across8 Of nosesNASAL5Across8 Noisy quarrelFRACAS6Across10 PureCHASTE6Across10 It flies North, perhaps, out EastHORNET6Across10 StraightforwardDIRECT6Across11 WatchedEYED4Across11 Fish lying on the bed?KIPPER6Across11 A fifty pound totalALL3Across14 RaceNATION6Across14 ManageRUN3Across14 BelievedTRUSTED7Across15 It's my disorder that makes things so hazyMISTY5Across16 IrritatesRILES5Across16 Is she ruddy beautiful?RUBY4Across17 DecomposesROTS4Across17 EnclosurePEN3Across18 Chap touring a film centre in ItalyMILAN5Across19 AgentREP3Across19 Light motorcycleMOPED5Across19 Loses colourFADES5Across21 PeruseREAD4Across21 Figures to accept a poem as perfectMODEL5Across21 So placed as to sit on the end of the bedSITED5Across22 MatureRIPEN5Across22 LiabilityDEBIT5Across23 Never hit an unmarried womanMISS4Across23 Buy food, clothes, etc.SHOP4Across23 StaunchSTEM4Across24 DevilSATAN5Across26 Where some players sit and read their notesDESKS5Across26 OwingDUE3Across27 A standard of soft warm-heartedness?PAR3Across28 Flying insectBEE3Across28 At half time, left a note for the kingATTILA6Across29 Primary sourceORIGIN6Across29 TeaseRAG3Across29 Possibly signed drawingDESIGN6Across30 VegetableCARROT6Across30 Red meatLAMB4Across31 TreacheryTREASON7Across31 Cars can turn round in themARCS4Across31 CombinedPOOLED6Across32 Expression of gratitudeTHANKYOU8Across32 Not moderately biased?UNFAIRLY8Across32 Sausage, slangBANGER6Across33 My dog?SETTER6Across33 LocationSITE4Across34 EscapedELUDED6Across35 ViperADDER5Across38 StretchEXTEND6Across39 SingerTENOR5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
She has many an alternative choiceMOTHER6Down1 FilchPILFER6Down1 Chiefly sorts the NY mailMAINLY6Down2 Counting frameABACUS6Down2 TreeASH3Down2 Golf pegsTEES4Down3 A trusty heart can be a bad thing!RUST4Down3 MaintainINSIST6Down3 Respects highlyADMIRES7Down4 New medical system?DECIMAL7Down4 FelineCAT3Down4 Prepare to prayKNEEL5Down5 ValleyGLEN4Down5 Sharp instruments?HARPS5Down5 See-sawTEETER6Down6 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down6 Condemn a railway after one short monthDECRY5Down6 WreckedRUINED6Down7 Market, trading centreMART4Down8 To a doctor and sailor, it's dullDRAB4Down8 Shade of brownTAN3Down9 It can easily get out of handEEL3Down9 CutSEVERED7Down9 Form an attachment with happiness at heartPIN3Down12 YelpYAP3Down12 To freeRID3Down12 General attitude of people in fishnet hosieryETHOS5Down13 EatDINE4Down13 Musical instrumentCELLO5Down13 Extra deliveriesWIDES5Down15 Sing like the SwissYODEL5Down15 GapRIFT4Down16 OutcomingDEBUT5Down17 Acting AwardOSCAR5Down18 Angry about an anagram?UPSET5Down18 Orienteering aidMAP3Down19 An abbreviation of automotive relevanceMOT3Down19 PenetratedPIERCED7Down20 Guided by a little lightLED3Down20 Writing toolPEN3Down20 I'd a slim chance of getting lostMISLAID7Down21 FussyFINICKY7Down21 Could an Eskimo use one?SKI3Down22 TooALSO4Down22 Torn clothRAG3Down22 Church talkSERMON6Down23 Could be lucky at many a meeting placeMASCOT6Down23 LitheSUPPLE6Down24 Parsley, for exampleHERB4Down24 Fairish girl?IRIS4Down24 CupidEROS4Down25 The more developed one, sir?SENIOR6Down25 Glib rapid speechPATTER6Down25 Singular dataDATUM5Down26 DirectionSOUTH5Down26 SpiteMALICE6Down26 Very strong personTITAN5Down27 The employees sat around being very noisySTAFF5Down27 RipeMATURE6Down28 By being a bit superiorPER3Down28 BleatBAA3Down28 Stout stickCLUB4Down30 Some time in a daze, we hearDAYS4Down30 ObtainGET3Down30 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 PermitLET3Down36 SelfEGO3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 22, 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.