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Evening Standard Crossword September 24 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 24 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
DiminishABATE5Across2 Sharply inclinedSTEEP5Across3 How to address a motherly horse?MADAM5Across3 LariatLASSO5Across7 The ability to make a prisoner royalPOWER5Across8 HurlTHROW5Across8 Shish or donerKEBAB5Across8 Now play around with some dartsTODAY5Across10 Brings upREARS5Across10 WearyTIRED5Across10 ChafeRUB3Across11 Chap joining 19 Across for something to eatMAN3Across11 TearRIP3Across12 It's heatedly destructive and that's badARSON5Across12 Free of obstructionCLEAR5Across12 Free of blame in the way a sailor loves, perhapsABSOLVE7Across13 MelodiousMUSICAL7Across13 CourteousCIVIL5Across13 TunefulMELODIC7Across15 TendonSINEW5Across15 Accommodation for some honest soldiersNESTS5Across15 BellowedROARED6Across17 Where to make a start in drivingTEE3Across18 ContainerTUB3Across18 To receive dismissal can mean escapeGETOUT6Across19 OceanSEA3Across19 Relating to catsFELINE6Across19 StrayDEVIATE7Across20 Principal bullfighterMATADOR7Across21 Spirited meetings?SEANCES7Across21 Assist in a crimeABET4Across22 Historic ship ~n a naval overhead?HOOD4Across22 Lend a handHELP4Across23 ServantMAID4Across23 Stretched to half a week by the EditorEKED4Across23 Not eitherNEITHER7Across24 A listed arrangement of minor mattersDETAILS7Across24 AnnumYEAR4Across25 The cleaner was not him!WASHER6Across26 Lump of goldNUGGET6Across26 DiscussedDEBATED7Across26 Indirect anger?IRE3Across29 Girl's nameMIA3Across29 SpeakSAY3Across30 PolluteDEFILE6Across31 ShuteyeSLEEP5Across31 Bad mark for a boy getting out of lineSTAIN5Across31 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across32 Rascally as Jack?KNAVISH7Across32 Easy to take when slightly reducedLIGHT5Across34 EbbedRECEDED7Across34 Length of metal linksCHAIN5Across34 Don't starve in a humble atticEAT3Across35 Jump on one footHOP3Across35 Pancho's house?VILLA5Across36 Stopping deviceBRAKE5Across36 That hungry man's pub at Ponder's EndINNER5Across37 SurrendersCEDES5Across37 SlumberSLEEP5Across37 Legal possessorOWNER5Across38 An inclination to be less than uprightSLANT5Across38 HillTOR3Across38 HangDRAPE5Across39 BisectHALVE5Across40 WillowOSIER5Across41 MetalworkerSMITH5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RepeatRERUN5Down1 WirelessRADIO5Down1 They're much less dangerous when they stinkBOMBS5Down1 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Down2 Meant never to appear in the paperDENOTED7Down2 MovingASTIR5Down2 SeethedBOILED6Down3 PloughTILL4Down4 PourTEEM4Down4 Sacred area?ACRE4Down4 HoarseTHROATY7Down5 Makes up for having no eats?ATONES6Down5 Pencil rubberERASER6Down5 SubjectTOPIC5Down6 Grave dangerPERIL5Down6 An artist took one inMONET5Down6 VerdantGREEN5Down7 It's spoken in urban Tunbridge WellsBANTU5Down7 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down9 FreeRID3Down9 Lived in Iowa somewhereWAS3Down9 WishedDESIRED7Down11 Nightclub showCABARET7Down12 He takes satisfaction in his ability to engraveAVENGER7Down12 FelonyCRIME5Down13 SoundVALID5Down14 Water meadow?LEA3Down14 IncisionCUT3Down14 A punchy pair?SOCKS5Down16 African countryNIGER5Down16 MeadowLEA3Down16 Piano piece to peruse punctiliouslySTUDY5Down17 Sheds tearsWEEPS5Down17 PostponedDELAYED7Down18 Another name for Welsh granite?GERAINT7Down19 Male servantFOOTMAN7Down19 Demonstrates how to enter a shipSHOWS5Down20 CautionsWARNS5Down20 WeirdEERIE5Down21 So American, this composerSOUSA5Down21 FuseMERGE5Down21 CrawlCREEP5Down22 Figures to point a ragged sleeve outELEVENS7Down23 PaganHEATHEN7Down23 Male relativeNEPHEW6Down24 EarnDESERVE7Down24 Two ways to outface with a contradictionDENIAL6Down24 The Gershwin who composed an airIRA3Down25 Belonging to himHIS3Down25 ExtremeULTRA5Down27 WickedBAD3Down27 It's high in housingATTIC5Down27 TyrantDESPOT6Down28 LizardGECKO5Down28 High ground suiting the sick in outer HastingsHILLS5Down28 LeafPETAL5Down29 AdderVIPER5Down30 A bloomer can bring tearsASTER5Down30 DonateGIVE4Down32 MeatFLESH5Down32 Hank's new title of respectKHAN4Down32 In hiding a heavy heart, nominallyIAN3Down33 BarLEVER5Down33 Boy's nameROD3Down33 PassCOL3Down35 TotDRAM4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 24, 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.