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Evening Standard Crossword August 1 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 1 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
AspersionSLUR4Across1 DroopSAG3Across4 ThrowCAST4Across6 Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girlCATCHIT7Across8 NightwearPYJAMAS7Across8 TactDIPLOMACY9Across9 PossessOWN3Across9 Going off then to pack a kind of vaseONTHETURN9Across9 TimetableSCHEDULE8Across10 MaskVEIL4Across11 A commotion that gets you upASTIR5Across13 Hair dyeHENNA5Across13 Extremely angryIRATE5Across14 NothingNIL3Across14 Hard on the heels of the flower peopleIRISH5Across14 Make-believePRETEND7Across15 In the women's group, one is quite charmingWINSOME7Across15 Continue, on getting power, to resist changePERSIST7Across16 ShortBRIEF5Across16 SchoolbagSATCHEL7Across16 CourageousBRAVE5Across17 Questions the dailyPAPER5Across17 PoetryVERSE5Across18 Finish the asparagus off, darlingSUGAR5Across18 DiligentSTUDIOUS8Across19 That game is peculiar, good gracious!RUMMY5Across20 FruitLEMON5Across20 GroupBUNCH5Across21 Croatian capitalZAGREB6Across22 Offer to pull outEXTEND6Across22 FindLOCATE6Across23 CadgeSCROUNGE8Across23 Stays away from, because there's a chasm inAVOIDS6Across23 LateTARDY5Across24 ShiverTREMBLE7Across25 Mad that father and I can't travel togetherFRANTIC7Across25 HairyHIRSUTE7Across27 Gossip, does listen to, yesHEARSAY7Across27 CroneHAG3Across27 Walk wearilyTRUDGE6Across30 Goes for the chapsCRACKS6Across30 RiseSOAR4Across31 MeanINTEND6Across31 Shopkeeper who's behaving as though he were a doctor?DRAPER6Across31 For about an hour, were formulating the questionWHERE5Across32 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Across32 AspirationAMBITION8Across33 PoseSIT3Across34 Give battle now, besiegingAWARD5Across35 ChasmABYSS5Across35 DependRELY4Across35 Happen again and again, when you set the dog onRECUR5Across36 Parasitic insectLOUSE5Across36 FastenTIE3Across36 Except for a round at the localBARRING7Across37 Word-guessing gameHANGMAN7Across37 InterBURY4Across37 Talked turkey!GOBBLED7Across39 Rather oldELDERLY7Across39 In a ship, it keeps the interior from getting dirtyLINER5Across41 PerfectIDEAL5Across41 Frightening a flyAWING5Across42 WirelessRADIO5Across42 Entering into an agreement that's potentially goodPROMISING9Across43 Wild flowerBUTTERCUP9Across43 Can a bar provide them for very little money?PEANUTS7Across44 Easily bentPLIABLE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrongMATTER6Down1 Young swanCYGNET6Down1 Long raceMARATHON8Down2 Mark the urban area where there's shortageSCARCITY8Down2 DearthLACK4Down2 Blue gemstoneLAPISLAZULI11Down3 Drink you having during flight when it's cold?NIPINTHEAIR11Down3 StaggerREEL4Down3 FreedLIBERATED9Down4 Well, then I got confused and embarrassedINTHEPINK9Down4 FakeSPURIOUS8Down4 ValleyGLEN4Down5 Footwear itemSLIPPER7Down5 They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots!SHOWERS7Down5 LidCOVER5Down6 ImpenetrableIMPERVIOUS10Down6 Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistanceSTANDSOVER10Down6 WonderAWE3Down7 Unit of landACRE4Down7 So you take leave at the end of SeptemberERGO4Down7 Game-birdSNIPE5Down8 ToolCHISEL6Down10 Having the salesman walk up to is smartDAPPER6Down10 VegetableCABBAGE7Down11 Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset byDISPUTE7Down11 PossessionASSET5Down12 What the male star breaks?HEARTS6Down12 StickADHERE6Down12 PurchaserBUYER5Down13 Pen-pointNIB3Down14 MealLUNCH5Down15 SillyINANE5Down17 LobbyFOYER5Down18 The face is both stern and very goodGRIMACE7Down19 CookedROASTED7Down19 ClamberSCRAMBLE8Down20 PlanetMERCURY7Down21 With drink taken, unfortunately drive backMARSALA7Down21 PigHOG3Down22 What you dived into the grocer's for?PEARLBARLEY11Down24 Add unnecessary ornamentationGILDTHELILY11Down24 Got upAROSE5Down25 JPMAGISTRATE10Down26 Evidence that the strip club is on fire?NAKEDFLAME10Down26 SoiledDIRTY5Down26 Sound indication that there's pork for dinner?CRACKLING9Down28 HarmfulINJURIOUS9Down28 WalkGAIT4Down28 With water, there's call to be economicalSPARING7Down29 WorshippedREVERED7Down29 StumpSTUB4Down29 BitterSOUR4Down30 A minor attackCHARGE6Down30 English riverTHAMES6Down30 AberrantABNORMAL8Down32 Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-upWARPAINT8Down32 SickenAIL3Down32 Draw into conversation, as you promiseENGAGE6Down33 SinewTENDON6Down33 ActorsPLAYERS7Down34 Prim and a little proper with the rather discourteousPRUDISH7Down34 InterfereMEDDLE6Down38 They're foolish to do it, anyhow, when one's aroundIDIOTS6Down38 Say something angrily when you scratch yourself onBARK4Down40 Percussion instrumentDRUM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 1, 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.