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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 16 September 2025 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 16 September 2025 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (16 September 2025) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Ruffians getting the Yanks out of breath?
T
H
U
G
S
Lofty accommodation
A
T
T
I
C
Given only lb4 I'd be angry!
L
I
V
I
D
To be the boss you need dash!
R
U
N
See a bird as a criminal
C
R
O
O
K
New part of Los Angeles where French is spoken
S
E
N
E
G
A
L
Going on foot indeed comes to a sticky end!
W
E
L
L
Y
State drama company?
R
E
P
Live somewhere posh?
R
E
S
I
D
E
He can order a chap to change gear
M
A
N
A
G
E
R
Badly missing
A
W
O
L
Be warm hearted and put up with things
B
E
A
R
Being worn can it cause a skid?
S
L
I
P
P
E
R
What's the score?
T
W
E
N
T
Y
Kind of drum needing attention?
E
A
R
Prophet's little house by the sea
H
O
S
E
A
Maybe scared about the piano getting scratched?
S
C
R
A
P
E
D
Seaman determined to get around
A
B
O
U
T
Something supportive for a sportsman
T
E
E
She makes a promising start with a nobleman
P
E
A
R
L
Such charges may be dropped
D
E
P
T
H
Hunts or looks around central Hackney
S
E
E
K
S
Scatter carelessly it's true
S
T
R
E
W
The digger has a name for it
M
I
N
E
R
A
L
Have a fling?
H
U
R
L
Frown on goods starting to be inferior
G
L
O
W
E
R
Bill the Dickens of a villain!
S
I
K
E
S
Grazing for a group of horses?
F
I
E
L
D
Vessel in which a nut gets cracked
T
U
N
How to surpass in competence
C
A
P
A
B
L
Y
Indigent being reduced in rank?
G
E
N
Has it a regular route around the interior?
L
I
N
E
R
Long to finish a story and get paid
Y
E
A
R
N
Regard as a wraithlike spectre
R
E
S
P
E
C
T
She has complete confidence
F
A
I
T
H
Social conventions further south
M
O
R
E
S
Be judged and scolded
B
E
R
A
T
E
D
Source of bleats and whinnies
S
T
A
B
L
E
The usual of course
P
A
R
Have they less than two husbands between them?
W
O
M
E
N
Comes close to Spithead?
N
E
A
R
S
They're falsely called choppers
T
E
E
T
H
Something to do with a straw
S
U
C
K
Go and reciprocate
P
E
P

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 16 September 2025 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is RUN which contains 3 Characters.
  • To be the boss you need dash! is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is SENEGAL which contains 7 Characters.
  • New part of Los Angeles where French is spoken is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 16 September 2025 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are J,Q,X,Z