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Evening Standard Crossword August 13 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 13 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Sacred beetleSCARAB6Across1 GraspGRIP4Across1 At intervals, dad exercisesPAUSES6Across1 GrooveRUT3Across4 TobogganSLED4Across6 Enjoyment of foodAPPETITE8Across7 Seize the occasion, but don't do so immediatelyTAKETIME8Across7 River put to no practical purpose?OUSE4Across8 WitchesHAGS4Across8 ThroughPER3Across9 Bell that didn't mean a lot to a dogCURFEW6Across10 AteCONSUMED8Across10 Rubs outERASES6Across10 Watchful about central Kilburn, he was nearer VictoriaALBERT6Across11 CheeseEDAM4Across11 HateDETEST6Across11 Charged particleION3Across14 ConiferFIR3Across14 A foot backAFT3Across14 Romantic flowersROSES5Across16 ViperADDER5Across16 For music, improves the pitchTUNES5Across16 Farm buildingBARN4Across17 Is commonly given a unique finishONLY4Across17 RestrictedCONFINED8Across19 Playful skip or leapCAPER5Across19 Turn up distrustful and self-assertivePUSHY5Across19 PrincipleTENET5Across21 An arresting thing for a sailor to sayBELAY5Across21 WooCOURT5Across21 UntidyMESSY5Across22 A fatherly bloomer?POPPY5Across22 Walking stickCANE4Across23 Titled little boy?BART4Across23 YearningDESIROUS8Across23 VisionDREAM5Across24 In a struggle to treat a wartATWAR5Across26 BuffaloBISON5Across26 GainWIN3Across27 FaucetTAP3Across28 A vessel? Yes, on the starboard sideJAR3Across28 Counties with a common endSHIRES6Across29 Very nearlyALMOST6Across29 Large wooded areaFOREST6Across30 Weight of a cocky little boxer?BANTAM6Across30 A distance from homeAWAY4Across31 StaunchSTEM4Across31 Yes votesAYES4Across31 Piling up in capital styleACCRUING8Across32 Makes biggerENLARGES8Across32 LastCONTINUE8Across33 In one main sense, he knows the ropesSEADOG6Across33 ConservativesTORIES6Across33 WrathIRE3Across34 ProvokeGOAD4Across35 And notNOR3Across36 ThrowTOSS4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExcellentSUPERB6Down1 Villa in Mexico oncePANCHO6Down1 SpaceROOM4Down2 Conventional in a materialistic way?STUFFY6Down2 MotiveREASON6Down2 Fish typeBASS4Down3 MailPOST4Down3 Cook, using some steam and little waterSTEW4Down3 Not necessarily wealthy or wiseHEALTHY7Down4 StayedREMAINED8Down4 Young hareLEVERET7Down4 NeatTIDY4Down5 Flying toysKITES5Down5 Provided drink all round when the day was victoriousGIVEN5Down5 RateSPEED5Down6 Small men in urgent straitsGENTS5Down6 CultsSECTS5Down6 GuidedLED3Down7 DeleteERASE5Down8 Brush thisHAIR4Down8 By word of mouth or a letterORAL4Down8 InformationGEN3Down9 Fixed the telly?SET3Down9 HillTOR3Down12 RebukeSCOLD5Down12 Purchase, by the sound of itBUY3Down12 FishANGLE5Down13 Chair carried on polesSEDAN5Down13 Allude in freer usageREFER5Down13 HealthyFIT3Down14 Short stoppagePAUSE5Down15 RenovateRENEW5Down15 Soft or mushy, like certain fiction?PULPY5Down15 LureDECOY5Down17 WakenROUSE5Down18 MonthAPRIL5Down18 Where to go upNORTH5Down18 Go very quietly out EastPEP3Down19 LettuceCOS3Down19 Outskirts of Salisbury, for instanceSAY3Down20 InventorDESIGNER8Down20 SnoopPRY3Down20 ReprimandCENSURE7Down21 Confirmed the dreary fellow was ejectedBOREOUT7Down21 CanTIN3Down22 A lowMOO3Down22 Knock up to standardPAR3Down22 Move swiftly alongCAREER6Down23 You couldn't give one straight to a monkeyBANANA6Down23 Tray fashioned in aesthetic styleARTY4Down24 PrimatesAPES4Down24 Subduing, thanks to an old ChineseTAMING6Down25 ProportionRATIO5Down25 Goes inENTERS6Down25 PointedAIMED5Down26 In this state, you shouldn't go short of teaASSAM5Down26 Bread makerBAKER5Down26 To gain a companion, a cranky thing to do?WINCH5Down27 Facial expressionSMILE5Down27 PlaythingTOY3Down28 Is there much talk of exercising it?JAW3Down28 ImageICON4Down28 TableLIST4Down29 Go without foodFAST4Down30 Plenty to carryBAGS4Down30 NiggleFUSS4Down30 EpochERA3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 13, 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.