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Evening Standard Crossword September 26 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 26 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
GainPROFIT6Across1 MoodTEMPER6Across5 Play with songsMUSICAL7Across8 ThrottleSTRANGLE8Across8 Understanding, egg on verballyINSIGHT7Across8 LocationSITE4Across9 Does it take flight when it sees a saw?PLANETREE9Across9 Pilot's safety devicePARACHUTE9Across9 LettuceCOS3Across10 SaluteGREET5Across12 PinaforeAPRON5Across13 Like the book, "The Jewel", that's not abridged?UNCUT5Across13 ViceCLAMP5Across14 The man said to have been mauled by the lionCLAUD5Across14 Named, we're told, as having been seenSIGHTED7Across15 KettledrumsTIMPANI7Across15 MournfulSAD3Across15 Police, informallyOLDBILL7Across16 Book-keepRESERVE7Across16 BenefactorDONOR5Across17 ScullOAR3Across17 The large one with the elasticLITHE5Across17 Greek letterALPHA5Across18 ManagedRAN3Across18 To which the wife consigned her photo?FLAME5Across18 LubricateOIL3Across19 DeleteERASE5Across20 Black and blueDIRTY5Across20 SoilEARTH5Across20 SickILL3Across21 Cargo shipTANKER6Across22 Season the waterSPRING6Across22 WrathIRE3Across22 Says the point is againstAVERSE6Across23 PinchNIP3Across23 FlowerAZALEA6Across23 DefectiveDUD3Across24 Will it help one not to lag behind others at table?CATCHUP7Across25 FruitAPRICOT7Across25 FamousNOTED5Across26 QuietSILENCE7Across27 The draught is waterCURRENT7Across27 WatchEYE3Across29 DessertTRIFLE6Across30 A strange logo, good gracious! DrearyGLOOMY6Across30 Straight after, call homeHONEST6Across31 FaultDEFECT6Across31 Journalists are importunatePRESS5Across32 Navigation aidSONAR5Across32 AgitateSTIR4Across33 YearnedHANKERED8Across34 She'll come back when readyTESSA5Across35 MusicianPLAYER6Across35 ReverieDREAM5Across35 InteriorINSIDE6Across36 Open at the above timeOVERT5Across36 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across36 There's no way booze is a cure!NOSTRUM7Across37 CurlRINGLET7Across37 Guaranteed to be convinced in the endENSURED7Across39 SupernaturalUNCANNY7Across39 Good and angry, said what one thought ofAIRED5Across41 Odds of 1 to 1EVENS5Across41 Get confused and put two Ds in "drink"ADDLE5Across42 BlemishSTAIN5Across42 With passion, start performing in and be very goodFIRSTRATE9Across43 CompetitorCONTENDER9Across43 MelodicTUNEFUL7Across44 Believe it gets rid of fliesSWALLOW7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Does give a rap when one's uncomplimentary about!KNOCKS6Down1 RottenPUTRID6Down1 How you regretted biting into the lemon?BITTERLY8Down2 MonstrousFIENDISH8Down2 ProportionRATIO5Down2 SumCALCULATION11Down3 Gets frightened on finding the eggs hatchedCHICKENSOUT11Down3 StuntFEAT4Down3 Wood-workerCARPENTER9Down4 AnimalTIGER5Down4 The boys get on with difficulty, carrying the bagGLADSTONE9Down4 SubjectTHEME5Down5 Flavouring, I understand, goes in as wellANISEED7Down5 Power sourceBATTERY7Down5 ApeCHIMPANZEE10Down6 What makes you so hot on performing?STAGEFEVER10Down6 HazeMIST4Down6 Either didn't remove or took offLEFT4Down7 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Down7 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Conditional releasePAROLE6Down10 ThrongCROWD5Down10 Upturned, the dirt is caked on - really badPUTRID6Down10 Young pilchardSARDINE7Down11 CompactSOLID5Down11 Do they speak your name on the telephone?CALLERS7Down11 InsectCICADA6Down12 VerdantGREEN5Down12 Cling to - had come loose beforeADHERE6Down12 PreciseEXACT5Down13 TendencyTREND5Down14 BirdSNIPE5Down15 DigDELVE5Down16 Get all the notes sorted out and make plansARRANGE7Down19 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down19 Works out, when the snares set have caught nothingREASONS7Down21 Cold-blooded creatureREPTILE7Down21 Decreasing the felling ofCUTTINGDOWN11Down24 ScenicPICTURESQUE11Down24 BeforeUNTIL5Down25 LightILLUMINATE10Down26 Gave the impression, when one happened onCAMEACROSS10Down26 AlternativeOTHER5Down27 Because the estate's to be broken up, getting a previewFORETASTE9Down28 BoredomENNUI5Down28 WanderedMEANDERED9Down28 Fix up and put into safekeeping againRESTORE7Down29 MasterTEACHER7Down29 CedeYIELD5Down30 BoredomTEDIUM6Down30 Deduce from, when you conveneGATHER6Down30 BeseechPRAY4Down31 Not so wonderful that you can't leave behind?PASSABLE8Down32 OminousSINISTER8Down32 MuddleMESS4Down32 Some months, he reckonsSUMMER6Down33 SailorRATING6Down33 Is amazed and angry, caught up in the snowdriftWONDERS7Down34 RemainingSTAYING7Down34 Sporting associationLEAGUE6Down38 Very keen, when the herd stampedes, to runREDHOT6Down38 That's wrong, popSLIP4Down40 Black birdCROW4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 26, 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.