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Evening Standard Crossword August 12 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 12 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
FaithTRUST5Across1 PalePALLID6Across1 Accept no authority from a fatheaded oafFLOUT5Across1 FirmSTEADY6Across5 A slim assortment of postal packagesMAILS5Across6 Prickly plantsCACTI5Across6 WarshipCORVETTE8Across8 Inclined to cryTEARFUL7Across9 RighteousGOOD4Across9 In the wild, they don't contrive to save gasSAVAGES7Across9 MarryWED3Across10 Gigantic source of taintTITAN5Across10 DecorateADORN5Across10 The ones belonging to Thomas EastTHOSE5Across11 Pub gameDARTS5Across11 Short and interesting, at heartPITHY5Across12 CurtainDRAPE5Across12 DispatchesSENDS5Across12 CrocusSAFFRON7Across13 Given something to burnFUELLED7Across13 Opposite of wetDRY3Across15 FixedSET3Across15 This is breathlessly assertive!TIS3Across15 FeverAGUE4Across17 Part of a church in a state of collapseAPSE4Across17 SelfEGO3Across17 There's a national one for these peopleANTHEM6Across18 AsternAFT3Across18 ConfuseBEMUSE6Across18 Communicate by taxi with the FrenchCABLE5Across19 AssistantsAIDES5Across19 FellowDON3Across19 LudicrousABSURD6Across20 As emperor, he had his own columnTRAJAN6Across20 SketchDRAFT5Across20 WonderAWE3Across21 CelebritySTAR4Across22 DroopSAG3Across22 Price of sheet music, ostensiblyCOST4Across22 TreeELM3Across23 Perhaps a lofty Haydn piece?HAY3Across24 RegretRUE3Across24 24 hoursDAY3Across24 Famously lacking ability?NOTABLE7Across25 Part of speechPRONOUN7Across25 Go inENTER5Across26 Strong drinkSTOUT5Across26 LukewarmTEPID5Across26 We go in to the left (by rail, maybe?)TOWEL5Across27 Once moreAGAIN5Across27 NozzleSPOUT5Across28 Occasions of upsetting '16 Down'TIMES5Across28 Where, afresh, one went off to be a proprietorNEWTOWN7Across29 Afternoon showMATINEE7Across29 MinePIT3Across29 Females dim as can be?MAIDS5Across30 CantBEVEL5Across30 BanalTRITE5Across31 Looked to perambulate the dog about half a mile?OGLED5Across31 AgitateSTIR4Across33 BreakINTERVAL8Across34 StuporTRANCE6Across35 CharacterLETTER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A provocationREDRAG6Down2 Sick of being kept in reserve?LAIDUP6Down2 DwellingABODE5Down2 Valid way for us to get fitUSABLE6Down3 ConflictSTRIFE6Down3 ExistLIVE4Down3 DissuadeDETER5Down4 NumberTEN3Down4 Instant healthy-looking colour?TAN3Down4 SlumberSLEEP5Down5 VerdantGREEN5Down5 Singular thing to shoot on the river!RAPID5Down5 BorderEDGE4Down6 Somehow name the gasMETHANE7Down6 HugsCUDDLES7Down6 MotoredDROVE5Down7 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down7 Like a backward, pale appearance?ASHY4Down7 TeachersTUTORS6Down8 Would she fib about a fathead?LASSIE6Down8 BroaderWIDER5Down10 ThickDENSE5Down11 Growing need to change pace at one pointPECAN5Down12 EvadeDODGE5Down12 Compact, firmSOLID5Down12 DividedAPART5Down13 Cold mealSALAD5Down13 A woman with both hope and charity?FAITH5Down13 ConsumerEATER5Down14 PernicketyFUSSY5Down14 Piece of writing for the Standard, say?ESSAY5Down14 Beat both possibly outrightTHROB5Down15 ImpressSTAMP5Down15 Caused byDUETO5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 To pineYEARN5Down16 Strike as being old-fashioned?SMITE5Down16 Give everything not to be decapitated!ALLOT5Down18 Facial hairBEARD5Down18 Strong places to chuck a chap intoCASTLES7Down19 Arms depotARSENAL7Down19 She's Spanish, but there's a Roman versionRAMONA6Down21 Bracelet typeBANGLE6Down21 Preparing to rob of cover?CASING6Down22 Hidden gunmanSNIPER6Down22 You may well have a hand in it, albeit brieflySLEEVE6Down23 Summer monthAUGUST6Down23 Not so much heady as potty!NUTTY5Down25 SpeakUTTER5Down25 Fairy typePIXIE5Down25 Prison sentenceTIME4Down26 Post a letter to finish withSEND4Down26 DinNOISE5Down27 Figure of a magnificent womanTWO3Down28 SuiteSET3Down28 PraiseEXTOL5Down28 SillyINANE5Down30 PressIRON4Down31 CourageGRIT4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 12, 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.