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Evening Standard Crossword September 7 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 7 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 126 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#
Shrub or small treeACACIA6Across1 Keep tearing endlessly aroundRETAIN6Across1 WaterwayCANAL5Across1 EasySIMPLE6Across5 Reckon to eat poorly at various timesESTIMATE8Across7 OilclothLINOLEUM8Across7 InfoDATA4Across8 High ground in VietnamETNA4Across8 TemptressSIREN5Across8 Loves deeplyADORES6Across10 PureCHASTE6Across10 Escape with a broken toe in a tug disasterGETOUT6Across10 CoachesTRAINS6Across11 PressIRON4Across11 Effective ruler of the street?REGENT6Across11 The sphere of royalty?ORB3Across14 CorsairPIRATE6Across14 BornNEE3Across14 LeastMINIMUM7Across15 Trips, hopefully without fallingRIDES5Across16 Mountain systemANDES5Across16 Is a dashing candidateRUNS4Across17 DirectionEAST4Across17 JewelGEM3Across18 Anybody can sing oneHUMAN5Across19 MouthfulSIP3Across19 Big, splendidGRAND5Across19 WirelessRADIO5Across21 NotchDENT4Across21 With the bad housing, Victor's in a terrible hole!HOVEL5Across21 Terry taking a bath, perhaps?TOWEL5Across22 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across22 RenovateRENEW5Across23 As a concert piece, it can't fail!CERT4Across23 Thick paperCARD4Across23 FeteGALA4Across24 RescuedSAVED5Across26 Summarise shortlyRECAP5Across26 FellowDON3Across27 Some legumes can take a lot of chewingGUM3Across28 Knight's titleSIR3Across28 His employer being out for half an hour, he'll give a loanUSURER6Across29 FashionsTRENDS6Across29 EraAGE3Across29 Detesting a thing being out of orderHATING6Across30 Older in yearsSENIOR6Across30 Take notice ofHEED4Across31 EmitRADIATE7Across31 River scene of historic battle in navy serviceYSER4Across31 LowerNETHER6Across32 Long thin loafBAGUETTE8Across32 Showed signs of wanting to communicateGESTURED8Across32 Speaks slowlyDRAWLS6Across33 Actors who no longer star, perhaps?EXTRAS6Across33 NimbusHALO4Across34 RoughCOARSE6Across35 LivedDWELT5Across38 GossipTATTLE6Across39 DemiseDEATH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The campanologist's double?RINGER6Down1 AflameABLAZE6Down1 In movies, they may get cars to crash!ACTORS6Down2 Red wineCLARET6Down2 TreeASH3Down2 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down3 Clever way to mend a netNEAT4Down3 AttackASSAIL6Down3 Female voiceSOPRANO7Down4 A drink the pit worker has a name forMINERAL7Down4 IlluminatedLIT3Down4 LukewarmTEPID5Down5 CutSNIP4Down5 Beaten in a friendly gameMATED5Down5 Tied upMOORED6Down6 AccumulateAMASS5Down6 Gets out for a bit of fun with the chapsGENTS5Down6 ScopeEXTENT6Down7 Puts onDONS4Down8 A noted heavyweight able to teach boysETON4Down8 Golf pegTEE3Down9 Point raised in abundanceNUB3Down9 DeclinedREFUSED7Down9 It's alcoholic, that's very clearGIN3Down12 EquipmentRIG3Down12 In addition toAND3Down12 Not even upset at the bitter endNEVER5Down13 TitleNAME4Down13 At no timeNEVER5Down13 Figure in a duet that can help one to sleepDUVET5Down15 CommandORDER5Down15 JotIOTA4Down16 LesserMINOR5Down17 Communion tableALTAR5Down18 Desires wild grouse, not duckURGES5Down18 HiatusGAP3Down19 The way of a showmanHOW3Down19 ExpiationPENANCE7Down20 Gibson in the part of Hamlet, possibly?MEL3Down20 Help, assistAID3Down20 Optimistic of finding fresh fuel for a flightHOPEFUL7Down21 ConundrumsRIDDLES7Down21 Jack's cunning artTAR3Down22 TidyNEAT4Down22 Boy's nameBEN3Down22 Picture houseCINEMA6Down23 Style estimated nicestCUTEST6Down23 Sea birdGANNET6Down24 DryARID4Down24 Top man reducing the rise in crimeEMIR4Down24 SlatLATH4Down25 Nobody would take them for slacksTIGHTS6Down25 CoercionDURESS6Down25 Around the North Pole, warm covers for climbersRUNGS5Down26 CounterfoilsSTUBS5Down26 AstoundedAGHAST6Down26 EdgeVERGE5Down27 Cures gone wrong, dammit!CURSE5Down27 SwellDILATE6Down28 Inflationary cause of the balloon going up?GAS3Down28 ObserveSEE3Down28 Garden hutSHED4Down30 A park with character, misterHYDE4Down30 FishEEL3Down30 TravelledRODE4Down33 ElderlyOLD3Down36 DrunkardSOT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, September 7, 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.