Evening Standard Crossword September 26 2025 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 26 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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Gain61 AcrossReveal answer → Mood65 AcrossReveal answer → Play with songs78 AcrossReveal answer → Throttle88 AcrossReveal answer → Understanding, egg on verbally78 AcrossReveal answer → Location49 AcrossReveal answer → Does it take flight when it sees a saw?99 AcrossReveal answer → Pilot's safety device99 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce310 AcrossReveal answer → Salute512 AcrossReveal answer → Pinafore513 AcrossReveal answer → Like the book, "The Jewel", that's not abridged?513 AcrossReveal answer → Vice514 AcrossReveal answer → The man said to have been mauled by the lion514 AcrossReveal answer → Named, we're told, as having been seen715 AcrossReveal answer → Kettledrums715 AcrossReveal answer → Mournful315 AcrossReveal answer → Police, informally716 AcrossReveal answer → Book-keep716 AcrossReveal answer → Benefactor517 AcrossReveal answer → Scull317 AcrossReveal answer → The large one with the elastic517 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter518 AcrossReveal answer → Managed318 AcrossReveal answer → To which the wife consigned her photo?518 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricate319 AcrossReveal answer → Delete520 AcrossReveal answer → Black and blue520 AcrossReveal answer → Soil520 AcrossReveal answer → Sick321 AcrossReveal answer → Cargo ship622 AcrossReveal answer → Season the water622 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath322 AcrossReveal answer → Says the point is against623 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch323 AcrossReveal answer → Flower623 AcrossReveal answer → Defective324 AcrossReveal answer → Will it help one not to lag behind others at table?725 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit725 AcrossReveal answer → Famous526 AcrossReveal answer → Quiet727 AcrossReveal answer → The draught is water727 AcrossReveal answer → Watch329 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert630 AcrossReveal answer → A strange logo, good gracious! Dreary630 AcrossReveal answer → Straight after, call home631 AcrossReveal answer → Fault631 AcrossReveal answer → Journalists are importunate532 AcrossReveal answer → Navigation aid532 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate433 AcrossReveal answer → Yearned834 AcrossReveal answer → She'll come back when ready535 AcrossReveal answer → Musician635 AcrossReveal answer → Reverie535 AcrossReveal answer → Interior636 AcrossReveal answer → Open at the above time536 AcrossReveal answer → Pick-me-up536 AcrossReveal answer → There's no way booze is a cure!737 AcrossReveal answer → Curl737 AcrossReveal answer → Guaranteed to be convinced in the end739 AcrossReveal answer → Supernatural739 AcrossReveal answer → Good and angry, said what one thought of541 AcrossReveal answer → Odds of 1 to 1541 AcrossReveal answer → Get confused and put two Ds in "drink"542 AcrossReveal answer → Blemish542 AcrossReveal answer → With passion, start performing in and be very good943 AcrossReveal answer → Competitor943 AcrossReveal answer → Melodic744 AcrossReveal answer → Believe it gets rid of flies744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Does give a rap when one's uncomplimentary about!61 DownReveal answer → Rotten61 DownReveal answer → How you regretted biting into the lemon?82 DownReveal answer → Monstrous82 DownReveal answer → Proportion52 DownReveal answer → Sum113 DownReveal answer → Gets frightened on finding the eggs hatched113 DownReveal answer → Stunt43 DownReveal answer → Wood-worker94 DownReveal answer → Animal54 DownReveal answer → The boys get on with difficulty, carrying the bag94 DownReveal answer → Subject55 DownReveal answer → Flavouring, I understand, goes in as well75 DownReveal answer → Power source75 DownReveal answer → Ape106 DownReveal answer → What makes you so hot on performing?106 DownReveal answer → Haze46 DownReveal answer → Either didn't remove or took off47 DownReveal answer → Sicilian volcano47 DownReveal answer → Additional57 DownReveal answer → Conditional release610 DownReveal answer → Throng510 DownReveal answer → Upturned, the dirt is caked on - really bad610 DownReveal answer → Young pilchard711 DownReveal answer → Compact511 DownReveal answer → Do they speak your name on the telephone?711 DownReveal answer → Insect612 DownReveal answer → Verdant512 DownReveal answer → Cling to - had come loose before612 DownReveal answer → Precise513 DownReveal answer → Tendency514 DownReveal answer → Bird515 DownReveal answer → Dig516 DownReveal answer → Get all the notes sorted out and make plans719 DownReveal answer → Aquatic bird719 DownReveal answer → Works out, when the snares set have caught nothing721 DownReveal answer → Cold-blooded creature721 DownReveal answer → Decreasing the felling of1124 DownReveal answer → Scenic1124 DownReveal answer → Before525 DownReveal answer → Light1026 DownReveal answer → Gave the impression, when one happened on1026 DownReveal answer → Alternative527 DownReveal answer → Because the estate's to be broken up, getting a preview928 DownReveal answer → Boredom528 DownReveal answer → Wandered928 DownReveal answer → Fix up and put into safekeeping again729 DownReveal answer → Master729 DownReveal answer → Cede530 DownReveal answer → Boredom630 DownReveal answer → Deduce from, when you convene630 DownReveal answer → Beseech431 DownReveal answer → Not so wonderful that you can't leave behind?832 DownReveal answer → Ominous832 DownReveal answer → Muddle432 DownReveal answer → Some months, he reckons633 DownReveal answer → Sailor633 DownReveal answer → Is amazed and angry, caught up in the snowdrift734 DownReveal answer → Remaining734 DownReveal answer → Sporting association638 DownReveal answer → Very keen, when the herd stampedes, to run638 DownReveal answer → That's wrong, pop440 DownReveal answer → Black bird440 DownReveal answer →

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