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Evening Standard Crossword September 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 8 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Asian countryJAPAN5Across3 Where a bad lie, of course, is approximate?ROUGH5Across3 MaliceSPITE5Across4 NuclearATOMIC6Across7 Weakens enough to point to the wrong listWILTS5Across8 Festive occasionsGALAS5Across8 ConiferFIR3Across9 HillTOR3Across10 HerbBASIL5Across10 Do a stretch up the riverREACH5Across10 You can make it hot for somebodyTEA3Across11 For everyPER3Across11 Test match?TRIAL5Across12 RegionalLOCAL5Across12 Compact, firmSOLID5Across12 CouplePAIR4Across13 White woman nominallyBLANCHE7Across13 Part of a golf courseFAIRWAY7Across13 Stimulate a youngster with a bit of hopePEPUP5Across15 Cut into cubesDICED5Across15 FruitMELON5Across15 ShrewVIRAGO6Across17 It doesn't deserve full belief!LIE3Across18 StillYET3Across18 There's reason, perhaps, to call a lady thisSENORA6Across19 EntranceGATE4Across19 Scold harshlyBERATE6Across19 RelativeNIECE5Across20 ReasonsMOTIVES7Across21 Certain soldiers' right to be spaced outREDCAPS7Across21 Act of lendingLOAN4Across22 Around closing time, a boy may take an orderOBEY4Across22 EmployUSE3Across22 Player to watch a lot?SEED4Across23 AmmunitionAMMO4Across23 Personal belongingsEFFECTS7Across24 UnluckyHAPLESS7Across24 A smasher, once apt to lead seamen astrayWRECKER7Across24 Bees are kept hereAPIARY6Across26 Hang on to one's positionHOLDIT6Across26 VegetablePEA3Across27 TreePLANE5Across28 Excess fleshFAT3Across29 Is he timeless?TIM3Across29 Unwanted optical effectsSTYES5Across31 PlayDRAMA5Across31 TemperMOOD4Across31 An entertainer, trite as can beARTISTE7Across32 Road-surfacing materialBITUMEN7Across32 RemainedSTAYED6Across33 Thing of valueASSET5Across34 If she gives you a ring, you'll hear from herBELLE5Across34 Neither may come from '19 Across'NOR3Across35 DozeNAP3Across35 PerformerACTOR5Across35 Lived wildly, the rascal!DEVIL5Across36 GorseFURZE5Across36 Like the attraction of a rich man?FATAL5Across37 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across37 IdiotDOLT4Across37 InstrumentPIANO5Across38 Prose compositionESSAY5Across38 Doing something knottyTYING5Across38 TearRIP3Across39 FishCOD3Across41 BeatDEFEAT6Across42 FlatLEVEL5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Lordly name?TITLE5Down1 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down1 OccurHAPPEN6Down1 He found Livingstone very remoteSTANLEY7Down2 Continue, persevereCARRYON7Down2 ReasonMOTIVE6Down2 IntelligenceWIT3Down3 Nautical cryAHOY4Down4 Grain-storeSILO4Down4 A great character, possibly in pantoOGRE4Down4 TinePRONG5Down5 ToleratesABIDES6Down5 They were fabulously sour to the foxGRAPES6Down5 PullingTRACTION8Down6 She made a new start after breaking a heelHELEN5Down6 Deepest pointNADIR5Down6 Bitter about Charlie having to clean and polishSCOUR5Down7 Fastening pinRIVET5Down7 TranceCOMA4Down8 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down9 Pleasant land?LEA3Down9 ControllerREGULATOR9Down11 Being in this, you aren't really transported!THECART7Down12 Gratify, make happySATISFY7Down12 Not dryWET3Down14 WealthyRICH4Down14 Figures in plain clothesCID3Down14 MislayLOSE4Down16 The ability to make some flower potsPOWER5Down16 PacifiesCALMS5Down16 Tantrum in a flooded fieldPADDY5Down17 WarehouseDEPOT5Down17 HarvestREAP4Down18 Ghost that can give you the creeps around opening timeSPECTRE7Down19 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down19 Maybe tigerish fliers?MOTHS5Down20 Appeal humblyPLEAD5Down20 RSVPREPLY5Down21 RudeIMPOLITE8Down21 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Down21 SpotESPY4Down23 Adjusts, accustomsATTUNES7Down23 Airmen's assembly for group discussionSEMINAR7Down23 It's shrewd to get out of the way thusWISELY6Down24 Rubs outERASES6Down24 NuisancePEST4Down25 It's wholly associated with caboodleKIT3Down25 Popular petCAT3Down25 SleighSLED4Down26 In polyglot terminology, a fish eaterOTTER5Down27 Haughty, arrogantPROUD5Down27 Such cards are no credit to anyoneDEBIT5Down28 AstonishAMAZE5Down28 WorshippedADORED6Down29 PropertyESTATE6Down30 Ward offREPEL5Down30 The last thing to give you warts?STRAW5Down30 JigDANCE5Down32 Did an avalanche engulf him?ALAN4Down32 Greek letterBETA4Down32 It's almost a toss-up whether he's soberSOT3Down33 Orienteering itemMAP3Down33 ParchedARID4Down34 CalmCOOL4Down36 FixPEG3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, September 8, 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.