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Evening Standard Crossword September 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 23 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 132 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#
CutSEVER5Across2 Struggles to exercise extraordinary gifts, getting out of breathFIGHTS6Across4 MarsupialWOMBAT6Across4 BrollyUMBRELLA8Across7 NimbusHALO4Across7 Just the weapon to turn the tables?REVOLVER8Across7 Country you can possibly sail round at lastISLAND6Across8 People below the nobilityGENTRY6Across8 SpeakerORATOR6Across8 TautTENSE5Across9 That elegant grace porpoises havePOISE5Across10 PlanetEARTH5Across10 YouthLAD3Across11 Friend possessing one bucketPAIL4Across13 WandROD3Across13 Tenant's paymentRENT4Across13 She isn't so saintly as StellaELLA4Across14 Takes a seatSITS4Across14 She gives a soldier contradictory directionsGIRL4Across15 PitcherEWER4Across15 Superlative of goodBEST4Across15 DroopSAG3Across16 Slope downwardsDIP3Across16 Use leverage to satisfy curiosity?PRY3Across16 AdjoinABUT4Across17 Will he grow up a bigheaded rotter?BRAT4Across17 EquipmentGEAR4Across18 AmongAMID4Across19 BlameREPROOF7Across19 A noted passion for old IrelandEIRE4Across19 Sea-foamSURF4Across20 CustomTRADITION9Across21 It gets noisier all the timeCRESCENDO9Across21 HeapDUMP4Across22 Prosecutes us wrongly for shortage of duesSUES4Across23 Is obliged toMUST4Across23 KeenlyEAGERLY7Across23 No love of old chateau wineHATE4Across24 Throw of diceROLL4Across24 RegrettedRUED4Across25 Choose to go to pot?OPT3Across26 EmbraceHUG3Across26 Romeo after a woman at all timesEVER4Across27 NothingNIL3Across27 Cedar, for exampleTREE4Across27 PresentHERE4Across28 'Woe is me', as a girl saidALAS4Across29 Corrosive substanceACID4Across29 FinishEND3Across30 PerformedDID3Across31 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across32 The blow that was Nero's undoingONER4Across32 Possibly glib letter from an old seamanBLIGH5Across33 DrainSEWER5Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 Special delights that drive the taster wildTREATS6Across34 Surgical knifeLANCET6Across34 Nobody can look forward to it for longTOMORROW8Across35 Approximate calculationESTIMATE8Across35 Wild praise for the old countryPERSIA6Across36 DedicateDEVOTE6Across36 GemsJEWELS6Across36 GemstoneOPAL4Across37 HurledTHREW5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HoodwinksDUPES5Down1 Rubbish many can't stomachTRIPE5Down1 ParrotMACAW5Down1 Terminate prematurelyABORT5Down2 The use of ale, it could be saidAVAIL5Down2 DrunkardSOT3Down2 NetMESH4Down3 Varsity man's word for murder?BLUE4Down3 VehicleVAN3Down3 Fish-eggsROE3Down4 Weekly payWAGES5Down4 Tuck, perhapsFRIAR5Down4 RugMAT3Down5 A sweetMINT4Down5 A certain bitterness is good for everybodyGALL4Down5 BeverageCOCOA5Down6 FrightenedAFRAID6Down6 The householder's occupationTENURE6Down6 Saying nothing about naval serviceSILENT6Down9 NecessitateENTAIL6Down9 SmackSLAP4Down10 RelaxationLEISURE7Down11 Point a weaponAIM3Down11 Insolent Scandinavian?OLE3Down11 DespotsTSARS5Down12 OrdainedDECREED7Down12 Frolicking bears may suggest this danceSABRE5Down12 Goes to bedRETIRES7Down13 DeclinedREFUSED7Down13 Projector needed for baseballPITCHER7Down13 OozedDRIPPED7Down14 Talk a lot in seeking asylum?GAS3Down15 Unopened flowerBUD3Down15 NumberSEVEN5Down16 One paid for knotting ropes pointlessly?PRO3Down16 RacketDIN3Down16 Grid-ironGRILL5Down17 CombatBATTLE6Down18 Dislike being given the same errand twice?RESENT6Down18 DeityGOD3Down18 A toothMOLAR5Down20 The perfect way I had brewed aleIDEAL5Down20 Reduce one's shareCUT3Down21 TowboatTUG3Down21 WhimFAD3Down21 Heart to heart attentionEAR3Down22 Foot partTOE3Down22 A press release that's pretty thin?SPARSE6Down23 Change in formMUTATE6Down23 AscendRISE4Down24 That manHIM3Down25 Carthaginian witch?HAG3Down25 BeneathUNDER5Down26 She's in a grave stateVESTA5Down28 EvaluatesRATES5Down28 EmulateRIVAL5Down29 Sign of a confused liar clutching a bottle openerLIBRA5Down30 Cheroot, for exampleCIGAR5Down30 Demonstrated how to go between two pointsSHOWN5Down31 PostponeDEFER5Down31 Are they rolled into the porridge?OATS4Down32 Continuous painACHE4Down32 ShyCOY3Down32 Robert gets out for 50 - or a duck!BLOB4Down33 FixedSET3Down33 BucketPAIL4Down33 FightingWAR3Down34 ArgumentROW3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, September 23, 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.