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Evening Standard Crossword September 6 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 6 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#
BaaBLEAT5Across1 ComfortSOLACE6Across1 Forehead with new tanBROWN5Across1 DangerRISK4Across5 Is there cause to sprinkle it?SAUCE5Across6 DisparageDECRY5Across6 TrustedHOPED5Across8 Criticise as dilapidatedRUNDOWN7Across9 TankVAT3Across9 Speaker's platformROSTRUM7Across9 CrippleMAIM4Across10 Not longSHORT5Across10 Material with some lasting possibilitySATIN5Across10 ProdPOKE4Across11 Nail bent at a right angle, comprehensivelyINALL5Across11 RuptureBURST5Across11 TinySMALL5Across12 FoundationBASIS5Across12 It's instrumental in Mozartian magicFLUTE5Across12 IronsPRESSES7Across13 It's a disappointment when the colours aren't fastWASHOUT7Across13 AtticGARRET6Across13 Heavy-heartedSAD3Across15 In college, little girl, there's more than oneLEG3Across15 DepartedLEFT4Across16 HotnessHEAT4Across17 Neat sort of room?ANTE4Across17 Guess how many!FIGURE6Across18 WickedEVIL4Across18 Steal cattleRUSTLE6Across18 I repeat, it's a winAGAIN5Across19 IrritatesRILES5Across19 CountrySWEDEN6Across20 Grow abundant in parts of the Thames riverTHRIVE6Across20 ConsumedATE3Across20 DecayROT3Across22 She did nothing but found Carthage and partner AeneasDIDO4Across22 Extract, pluckPULL4Across22 NoiseDIN3Across23 She shows zeal with no boy yet with love in her heartZOE3Across24 FoodDIET4Across24 Make mistakesERR3Across24 Inspirited to get ahead when attackedFIREDON7Across25 EncounterMEET4Across25 ExpandsDILATES7Across25 TruncheonBATON5Across26 Turf out!DIVOT5Across26 Dashing young man's sort of bank?BLOOD5Across27 Sign up for a courseENROL5Across27 Homeless dogSTRAY5Across28 It's played quietlyPIANO5Across28 InventDEVISE6Across28 Denied the need to hold a gunNEGATED7Across29 Spy planted in advanceSLEEPER7Across29 Admitted having been bought, perhapsOWNED5Across30 Board gameCHESS5Across30 TendencyTREND5Across30 KindsTYPES5Across31 East Ender seen to crack under strainTENSE5Across31 SchemePLAN4Across32 AtmosphereAURA4Across33 WrathIRE3Across34 AdhesivePASTE5Across35 StaggerREEL4Across36 Put onSTAGED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BrutalSAVAGE6Down1 Formerly acting presidentREAGAN6Down2 Pakistani cityLAHORE6Down2 EducatedLITERATE8Down2 ForceCOMPEL6Down3 Wither contortedly!WRITHE6Down3 NabARREST6Down3 ConsignedCOMMITTED9Down4 Nobody's said to double for herNUN3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 AnsweredREPLIED7Down5 Nowadays a superior officer is matureADULT5Down5 Book of mapsATLAS5Down5 So loveless at heart, he was a saint!SWITHIN7Down6 HeroIDOL4Down6 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Down6 RetainKEEP4Down7 Australian birdsEMUS4Down7 She has a way with herANNE4Down7 RapscallionRASCAL6Down8 Man'sHIS3Down8 One dropping in to see your hand?CALLER6Down8 Make a mess of something sweetFUDGE5Down12 StartBEGIN5Down12 Musical letter to DisneyWALTZ5Down13 StagePHASE5Down13 EndTERMINATE9Down14 Keep going southeast round the hillSTORE5Down14 KeenEAGER5Down14 CanTIN3Down15 PortlySTOUT5Down15 With a bit of luck, free from being sensational?LURID5Down15 Gives out cardsDEALS5Down16 Make progress at a noted collegeGETON5Down16 EnemyFOE3Down17 Mend (or immobilise?) the thingFIXIT5Down18 Tree sapRESIN5Down18 Calling onVISITING8Down19 Steered clear of a useless fellowAVOIDED7Down19 RecollectsRECALLS7Down19 PointAIM3Down20 Adjustable spannerWRENCH6Down21 How resoundingly one can beat the oppositionHOLLOW6Down21 EverlastingETERNAL7Down21 LarderPANTRY6Down22 Scorn letters with a repetitiveness about themDERIDE6Down22 EnvoyLEGATE6Down23 Carrying out small deedsDOINGS6Down23 Venture for half daysFORAY5Down25 TwelveDOZEN5Down25 OccupierTENANT6Down26 EmployerBOSS4Down26 Finished being connedDONE4Down26 GuardDEFEND6Down27 Even a little hope, traditionally, can be dearPET3Down28 HardenSET3Down28 BoxSPAR4Down29 RibbonTAPE4Down30 OwingDUE3Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, September 6, 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.