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Evening Standard Crossword September 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 25 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 121 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hippopotamus, in shortHIPPO5Across1 StaunchSTEM4Across1 One hastens with itSPEED5Across1 MaulPAW3Across4 Where there's some stress at certain pointsESSEN5Across6 DieCUBE4Across6 VentilatedAIRED5Across6 ComaTRANCE6Across8 Area of fruit treesORCHARD7Across9 He has little money for French wineVINCENT7Across9 AllyFRIEND6Across9 SlantSLOPE5Across10 To summarise, a military police officer's no dunderhead!RECAP5Across10 WonderAWE3Across10 Flashy guy suffering key interruptionsGAUDY5Across11 PugilistBOXER5Across11 SnakeCOBRA5Across12 Not obviously silly, perhapsSLILY5Across12 All-night watchVIGIL5Across12 He's free with his political viewsLIBERAL7Across13 Lean or bonyANGULAR7Across13 JavelinSPEAR5Across14 AvoidEVADE5Across15 Girl's nameMEL3Across15 He's a bit of a bladeLAD3Across15 Dismissed by a cross editorAXED4Across17 Norse godODIN4Across17 AuthorWRITER6Across18 Star signGEMINI6Across18 Hope Paris may be on the end of the lineASPIRE6Across18 Money to move around as you get richPLUSH5Across19 PurchaserBUYER5Across19 Term of officeTENURE6Across20 ScareFRIGHT6Across20 In Chile, we hear, it's coldCHILLY6Across20 Pastoral section of the Handel LargoDELL4Across22 Long series of eventsSAGA4Across22 EngineMOTOR5Across24 InsectANT3Across24 Athenian female?HEN3Across24 Where Arthur arrived frequently?CAMELOT7Across25 DiabolicSATANIC7Across25 EnquiredASKED5Across26 RestrictLIMIT5Across26 Old engine driverSTEAM5Across26 In broadcasting, Dora may be out of lineRADIO5Across27 RusticRURAL5Across27 Long pointed teethFANGS5Across28 The cost of a great ball?EARTH5Across28 DrunkardTOPER5Across28 A beastly study?ZOOLOGY7Across29 SlimSLENDER7Across29 Are they said to sum up the possibilities of publicity?ADMEN5Across30 ThickDENSE5Across30 AyeYES3Across30 One's private bookDIARY5Across31 Growing reason why I'm in sore distressOSIER5Across31 God-likeDIVINE6Across32 ReviewerCRITIC6Across33 LakeMERE4Across34 VesselPAN3Across35 EntranceGATE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It always comes firstPREFIX6Down2 Ibiza, for exampleISLAND6Down2 TrunkTORSO5Down2 TowerMINARET7Down3 Avoided showing a noted figure to be dead wrongEVADED6Down3 Toy weaponPOPGUN6Down3 ExcusePLEA4Down4 That lucky pickpocket?DIP3Down4 MineralORE3Down4 SpouseWIFE4Down5 It's involved in rowing with a bonehead, we hearSCULL5Down5 SeatCHAIR5Down5 We understand it to be communicativeENGLISH7Down6 BrittleCRISP5Down6 RefereeARBITER7Down6 Object of worshipIDOL4Down7 UnderBENEATH7Down7 Keep going to the Nag's Head and turning nastySTAY4Down7 NumberELEVEN6Down8 Captivate the last listenerENDEAR6Down8 MarryWED3Down11 The targeted auntSALLY5Down12 IntimidateCOW3Down12 IndistinctVAGUE5Down12 Major arteryAORTA5Down13 GreetingAVE3Down13 The tree of popular choiceLARCH5Down13 Very tall personGIANT5Down14 Start being cleverBEGIN5Down14 Italian cityMILAN5Down15 To be ill can be against the lawLIBEL5Down15 Light purpleLILAC5Down16 LimbARM3Down16 Traded blows?DEALT5Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 Like Uncle, in a stateASSAM5Down18 Gain access toGETAT5Down18 RestRESPITE7Down19 System of raised writingBRAILLE7Down19 Soldiers are also in the schemePLATOON7Down19 Her lad became a messengerHERALD6Down21 DecayROT3Down21 TolerateENDURE6Down21 PressingIRONING7Down22 Holds up for days, outwardlyDELAYS6Down22 Jungle expeditionSAFARI6Down22 SailorTAR3Down23 Hair colourGINGER6Down23 She puts her fortune on one matchLOTTIE6Down23 See fit to communicateCABLE5Down25 IndicationsSIGNS5Down25 GirlLASS4Down26 Sighs audibly at the sheer magnitudeSIZE4Down26 ChosenELITE5Down27 I, for instance, have nothingEGO3Down28 Gave food toFED3Down28 OrderEDICT5Down29 YapYELP4Down30 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 25, 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.