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Evening Standard Crossword September 27 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 27 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 124 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#
Bullet that expandsDUMDUM6Across1 CouplePAIR4Across1 Does it contain provisions that will make things difficult?HAMPER6Across1 TavernINN3Across4 Go byPASS4Across6 PuerileIMMATURE8Across7 To do so may entail us in keeping warmINSULATE8Across7 Fatherly points for the little manPAWN4Across8 Flying mammalsBATS4Across8 EdgeRIM3Across9 Friendly as Delilah could never quite beALLIED6Across10 ArguedDISPUTED8Across10 ToleratesABIDES6Across10 Best, despite possible lack of ultimate fitnessFINEST6Across11 SignOMEN4Across11 PowerfulPOTENT6Across11 MeadowLEA3Across14 InsectANT3Across14 Gigantic creature, one of `iThem^i?ANT3Across14 Fails to winLOSES5Across16 TradedDEALT5Across16 Double the scoreFORTY5Across16 Hand partPALM4Across17 Can mean a lot to the PolesTONS4Across17 SuppliedPROVIDED8Across19 Main drainSEWER5Across19 Sent by tubePIPED5Across19 RepulseREPEL5Across21 One who falsely uses a shock ending in creating fearFAKER5Across21 CavitiesHOLES5Across21 Morocco's capitalRABAT5Across22 Nominally American poet?HOMER5Across22 Cultivate landFARM4Across23 A puce jumperFLEA4Across23 AdministratorDIRECTOR8Across23 AgreeTALLY5Across24 At table, one making clamour for a half of beerDINER5Across26 ExcludeDEBAR5Across26 DelveDIG3Across27 Teacher's titleSIR3Across28 Cypriot city, in short?RIO3Across28 Shrewdness that maybe came unstuck at firstACUMEN6Across29 ExcusedEXEMPT6Across29 Showing kindlinessBENIGN6Across30 An attractive bar, perhapsMAGNET6Across30 A guest's complaint?AGUE4Across31 CompassionPITY4Across31 Heavy metalLEAD4Across31 One may be bent on filing themTOENAILS8Across32 Slow-moving creatureTORTOISE8Across32 ProofEVIDENCE8Across33 It may have been spent in IsraelSHEKEL6Across33 DolefulDREARY6Across33 ShelterLEE3Across34 CarryBEAR4Across35 CaskTUN3Across36 SketchedDREW4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbscondDECAMP6Down1 Where young Simpson has a little houseHOBART6Down1 GreedyAVID4Down2 Flat areas to be found in Alps?PLAINS6Down2 Royal crownDIADEM6Down2 Unmarried womanMISS4Down3 MatureRIPE4Down3 Bacon or cheese, perhapsRIND4Down3 If cruel, can be the devil!LUCIFER7Down4 MeantINTENDED8Down4 WheedlesCAJOLES7Down4 NakedNUDE4Down5 MelodiesTUNES5Down5 Father of a Latin scholar?PATER5Down5 InclinedPRONE5Down6 Irascible letters to penTESTY5Down6 CultsSECTS5Down6 ObjectiveAIM3Down7 StenchSMELL5Down8 BeakBILL4Down8 Scheme of the port authority at central GreenwichPLAN4Down8 Light afternoon mealTEA3Down9 Sort of weather we get on TuesdayWET3Down9 HillTOR3Down12 JetSPOUT5Down12 Show willingNOD3Down12 RegalROYAL5Down13 Not everNEVER5Down13 Keep shopSTORE5Down13 TuneAIR3Down14 Hold upDELAY5Down15 LukewarmTEPID5Down15 His progress is pedestrianHIKER5Down15 SharpACUTE5Down17 PrickleTHORN5Down18 Add or attachANNEX5Down18 Accidentally cop it in the eyeOPTIC5Down18 She gets"OPAM3Down19 WeepSOB3Down19 "Oby, when you spoil herPER3Down20 ScornDERISION8Down20 MoistenWET3Down20 Whaler's spearHARPOON7Down21 Are the workers behind him?FOREMAN7Down21 LimbLEG3Down22 Male sheepRAM3Down22 A he-man's edgy sideHEM3Down22 Concluding partFINALE6Down23 What it costs to get in shape?FIGURE6Down23 Only a bit of baloneyLONE4Down24 DryARID4Down24 Cunning description of the National Gallery?ARTFUL6Down25 NimbleAGILE5Down25 ApeMONKEY6Down25 StratumLAYER5Down26 Flighty trio in the pub?DARTS5Down26 End of lifeDEATH5Down26 Some are barely artisticNUDES5Down27 Man's facial hairBEARD5Down27 ObserveSEE3Down28 Tease somewhat outrageously?RAG3Down28 EncounterMEET4Down28 ActDEED4Down29 Lost bloodBLED4Down30 Good service that means a lotMASS4Down30 PainACHE4Down30 BeverageTEA3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, September 27, 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.