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Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 14 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
Get to suitBECOME6Across4 CollectionBATCH5Across4 Scattered, scantySPARSE6Across4 Edible snailESCARGOT8Across7 In optics, a bit of looker?EYEPIECE8Across7 SkulkedLURKED6Across7 EngravesETCHES6Across8 Get together against backing a dog and a horseGANGUP6Across8 TaxiCAB3Across9 Frog noiseCROAK5Across10 Nominally you'll find a clue in central DakarALIAS5Across10 EpochERA3Across10 SwordSABRE5Across12 InsectsBEES4Across13 YieldCROP4Across13 Joe, by the way, is the tenorGIST4Across13 The high cost of terrorism?BOMB4Across14 NoblemanEARL4Across14 Fronded plantFERN4Across15 GatherAMASS5Across15 Writers of a footnote about certain pointsPENS4Across15 Anger, annoyVEX3Across16 Not all crab apples can be eatenBAP3Across16 CrudeVULGAR6Across17 End partTAIL4Across17 Kick in the rear?BOOT4Across17 Biblical name in every thesaurusESAU4Across19 UnguisNAIL4Across19 ApertureHOLE4Across19 PresentTHERE5Across20 Grand old guard giving timely informationGOLDWATCH9Across21 Christmas showPANTOMIME9Across21 EnergyZIP3Across22 PlanetMARS4Across23 Nevertheless one may be thought really to existYETI4Across23 Vessel for flowersVASE4Across24 She's back, more than half asleepELSA4Across24 EbbedRECEDED7Across24 Karate expertDAN3Across26 Satisfied with a methodical startMET3Across26 Prevalent depression in the countryside?VALE4Across27 TotalSUM3Across27 SharpenWHET4Across27 DeleteERASE5Across28 Pressure on a youth with nothing to hide?LOAD4Across29 MiddayNOON4Across29 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across31 Dispose of, part used, for lb50SELL4Across32 Plant ovuleSEED4Across32 ProverbADAGE5Across33 Border on being edgyVERGE5Across33 RueREGRET6Across33 Charm a chap with temptationALLURE6Across34 Surgical stitchSUTURE6Across34 A case of 'hit and run' involving childrenROUNDERS8Across35 An explosiveDYNAMITE8Across35 ViewSCENE5Across35 AgainstVERSUS6Across36 Nowadays, an opening is always comingADVENT6Across36 TimberWOOD4Across37 ShareQUOTA5Across38 FaucetTAP3Across39 StrayERR3Across41 AreaREGION6Across42 VigilantALERT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Food they bake badly at Birkenhead?KEBAB5Down1 Fight with swordsFENCE5Down1 EvokeELICIT6Down1 Material may be minedDENIM5Down2 ThespianACTOR5Down2 RutGROOVE6Down2 InsectBEE3Down3 Long journeyTREK4Down3 Make a little love with a light touchKISS4Down3 SingerBASS4Down4 GuideSTEER5Down4 Start to live with spiritBEGIN5Down4 EmbarrassABASH5Down5 CurvesARCS4Down5 Is incapable of hypocrisy?CANT4Down5 NegligentCARELESS8Down6 The terrorists twice gave mum a turnMAUMAU6Down6 Israeli monetary unitSHEKEL6Down6 HaulDRAG4Down8 SportTENNIS6Down9 Liquid maybe, but a mug will take only halfASSETS6Down9 AstonishmentAMAZEMENT9Down11 Owl fluttering near the groundLOW3Down11 Torn clothRAG3Down11 Good man's boat wrecked around Beachy HeadABBOT5Down12 Communion tableALTAR5Down12 On the cards as good advice?GETWELL7Down13 DearBELOVED7Down13 Cat-noisePURR4Down14 A case of seediness?POD3Down15 SeizureFIT3Down15 ContendVIE3Down16 ParchedARID4Down16 Utterance of a bachelor on fishing lunchBAH3Down16 SolutionANSWER6Down18 DregsLEES4Down18 Is he a Romeo to a girl?OLIVER6Down18 Climb on a fish's back, perhaps?SCALE5Down20 ImproveAMEND5Down20 Achieve one's target at lastGET3Down21 CustomaryHABITUAL8Down21 Cooking vesselPAN3Down21 The dealer's drink?ALE3Down22 Floor coveringMAT3Down22 NoblemanPEER4Down23 Grown-upMATURE6Down23 Held to rhyme with 'howled'YELLED6Down23 With wages cut, will he joke?WAG3Down25 Corgi, sayDOG3Down25 RemedyCURE4Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Warning of real disaster starting tomorrow?ALERT5Down28 Takes notice ofHEEDS5Down28 NuclearATOMIC6Down29 FinishENDING6Down30 Desert's fertile spotOASIS5Down30 Tell someone the arrangement?ORDER5Down30 Possibly needs to be thickDENSE5Down31 At no timeNEVER5Down31 FlowerASTER5Down32 LatherSUDS4Down32 Satisfied it's safeSURE4Down32 Do such tomatoes taste like grapes?VINE4Down33 First manADAM4Down33 EquipmentGEAR4Down34 WagonCART4Down36 FixPEG3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 14, 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.