Evening Standard Crossword September 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 23 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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Cut52 AcrossReveal answer → Struggles to exercise extraordinary gifts, getting out of breath64 AcrossReveal answer → Marsupial64 AcrossReveal answer → Brolly87 AcrossReveal answer → Nimbus47 AcrossReveal answer → Just the weapon to turn the tables?87 AcrossReveal answer → Country you can possibly sail round at last68 AcrossReveal answer → People below the nobility68 AcrossReveal answer → Speaker68 AcrossReveal answer → Taut59 AcrossReveal answer → That elegant grace porpoises have510 AcrossReveal answer → Planet510 AcrossReveal answer → Youth311 AcrossReveal answer → Friend possessing one bucket413 AcrossReveal answer → Wand313 AcrossReveal answer → Tenant's payment413 AcrossReveal answer → She isn't so saintly as Stella414 AcrossReveal answer → Takes a seat414 AcrossReveal answer → She gives a soldier contradictory directions415 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher415 AcrossReveal answer → Superlative of good415 AcrossReveal answer → Droop316 AcrossReveal answer → Slope downwards316 AcrossReveal answer → Use leverage to satisfy curiosity?316 AcrossReveal answer → Adjoin417 AcrossReveal answer → Will he grow up a bigheaded rotter?417 AcrossReveal answer → Equipment418 AcrossReveal answer → Among419 AcrossReveal answer → Blame719 AcrossReveal answer → A noted passion for old Ireland419 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-foam420 AcrossReveal answer → Custom921 AcrossReveal answer → It gets noisier all the time921 AcrossReveal answer → Heap422 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecutes us wrongly for shortage of dues423 AcrossReveal answer → Is obliged to423 AcrossReveal answer → Keenly723 AcrossReveal answer → No love of old chateau wine424 AcrossReveal answer → Throw of dice424 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted425 AcrossReveal answer → Choose to go to pot?326 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace326 AcrossReveal answer → Romeo after a woman at all times427 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing327 AcrossReveal answer → Cedar, for example427 AcrossReveal answer → Present428 AcrossReveal answer → 'Woe is me', as a girl said429 AcrossReveal answer → Corrosive substance429 AcrossReveal answer → Finish330 AcrossReveal answer → Performed331 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately432 AcrossReveal answer → The blow that was Nero's undoing432 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly glib letter from an old seaman533 AcrossReveal answer → Drain533 AcrossReveal answer → First-rate533 AcrossReveal answer → Special delights that drive the taster wild634 AcrossReveal answer → Surgical knife634 AcrossReveal answer → Nobody can look forward to it for long835 AcrossReveal answer → Approximate calculation835 AcrossReveal answer → Wild praise for the old country636 AcrossReveal answer → Dedicate636 AcrossReveal answer → Gems636 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone437 AcrossReveal answer → Hurled538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hoodwinks51 DownReveal answer → Rubbish many can't stomach51 DownReveal answer → Parrot51 DownReveal answer → Terminate prematurely52 DownReveal answer → The use of ale, it could be said52 DownReveal answer → Drunkard32 DownReveal answer → Net43 DownReveal answer → Varsity man's word for murder?43 DownReveal answer → Vehicle33 DownReveal answer → Fish-eggs34 DownReveal answer → Weekly pay54 DownReveal answer → Tuck, perhaps54 DownReveal answer → Rug35 DownReveal answer → A sweet45 DownReveal answer → A certain bitterness is good for everybody45 DownReveal answer → Beverage56 DownReveal answer → Frightened66 DownReveal answer → The householder's occupation66 DownReveal answer → Saying nothing about naval service69 DownReveal answer → Necessitate69 DownReveal answer → Smack410 DownReveal answer → Relaxation711 DownReveal answer → Point a weapon311 DownReveal answer → Insolent Scandinavian?311 DownReveal answer → Despots512 DownReveal answer → Ordained712 DownReveal answer → Frolicking bears may suggest this dance512 DownReveal answer → Goes to bed713 DownReveal answer → Declined713 DownReveal answer → Projector needed for baseball713 DownReveal answer → Oozed714 DownReveal answer → Talk a lot in seeking asylum?315 DownReveal answer → Unopened flower315 DownReveal answer → Number516 DownReveal answer → One paid for knotting ropes pointlessly?316 DownReveal answer → Racket316 DownReveal answer → Grid-iron517 DownReveal answer → Combat618 DownReveal answer → Dislike being given the same errand twice?618 DownReveal answer → Deity318 DownReveal answer → A tooth520 DownReveal answer → The perfect way I had brewed ale520 DownReveal answer → Reduce one's share321 DownReveal answer → Towboat321 DownReveal answer → Whim321 DownReveal answer → Heart to heart attention322 DownReveal answer → Foot part322 DownReveal answer → A press release that's pretty thin?623 DownReveal answer → Change in form623 DownReveal answer → Ascend424 DownReveal answer → That man325 DownReveal answer → Carthaginian witch?325 DownReveal answer → Beneath526 DownReveal answer → She's in a grave state528 DownReveal answer → Evaluates528 DownReveal answer → Emulate529 DownReveal answer → Sign of a confused liar clutching a bottle opener530 DownReveal answer → Cheroot, for example530 DownReveal answer → Demonstrated how to go between two points531 DownReveal answer → Postpone531 DownReveal answer → Are they rolled into the porridge?432 DownReveal answer → Continuous pain432 DownReveal answer → Shy332 DownReveal answer → Robert gets out for 50 - or a duck!433 DownReveal answer → Fixed333 DownReveal answer → Bucket433 DownReveal answer → Fighting334 DownReveal answer → Argument335 DownReveal answer →

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