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Evening Standard Crossword August 15 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 15 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
EditREVISE6Across1 HiredRENTED6Across5 UnfastenedUNDID5Across9 Drying while you're phoningONTHELINE9Across9 PredaciousPREDATORY9Across9 InvoicedBILLED6Across10 Better than, when it comes to barbering?ACUTABOVE9Across10 HumbleHUMILIATE9Across10 Hand-gunPISTOL6Across11 PrincipleTENET5Across12 Delighted to detect, you saySENT4Across12 PrecipitationRAIN4Across12 ContusionBRUISE6Across13 Said it's a surface charmAPPEAL6Across13 LetterEPISTLE7Across14 After half an hour I send food round to feedNOURISH7Across14 Ran offFLED4Across14 DisadvantagesDRAWBACKS9Across15 A miniature plane, perhapsDWARFTREE9Across15 LairDEN3Across17 Unsafe vehicleDEATHTRAP9Across17 Sets straight on the subject of clothesREDRESSES9Across17 Furniture itemDRESSER7Across18 YieldCEDE4Across18 On the day, dead annoyed about its being full of holesRIDDLED7Across18 Golfer's assistantCADDIE6Across19 An animal and one dicky bird!PIGEON6Across19 FoulFETID5Across20 ResonationECHO4Across20 Decline to become enamoured ofFALL4Across20 ManagedFARED5Across22 Giving a guarantee, which is auspiciousPROMISING9Across23 MeanerNASTIER7Across23 Forced outDISLODGED9Across23 LooseBAGGY5Across24 SoonPRESENTLY9Across25 Set off and left after the other three, we're toldWENTFORTH9Across25 Moor by the river bankTIER4Across26 RotDECAY5Across26 OutletVENT4Across26 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Across27 Even though one has the odd bleat about itALBEIT6Across27 FriendALLY4Across29 BloomBLOSSOM7Across29 Is he grumbling about the old-fashioned transport?GROWLER7Across29 CouchBED3Across30 With set ideas, going off to do some bird-watching?HIDEBOUND9Across32 ToadySYCOPHANT9Across32 ChallengeDARE4Across32 EncipheredCODED5Across33 Is clearly irritated by and cancelsSCRATCHES9Across34 ContrivedUNNATURAL9Across34 An advertisement from "15"?LEAFLET7Across35 VenerateHONOUR6Across35 FruitAPRICOT7Across35 About a quarter recover? How surprising!REALLY6Across36 Involving wordsVERBAL6Across36 HumanMORTAL6Across36 Fool who will, given time, get senseTWIT4Across37 BroomBESOM5Across37 PrimatesAPES4Across37 Joyously unrestrainedEXUBERANT9Across38 An ally in one form or anotherCLASSMATE9Across38 ConsideredDEEMED6Across38 Type of paintingSTILLLIFE9Across39 ApproachedNEARED6Across39 Pay my debts? Lay off!DISCHARGE9Across39

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ImprovedUPGRADED8Down1 SnubREBUFF6Down1 Deem to be deliberateCONSIDER8Down1 Food shopDELICATESSEN12Down2 What happened when the flag was hoisted showing a flower?STANDARDROSE12Down2 FabricVELVET6Down2 Reckless young driverBOYRACER8Down3 Smiled when the spider got me agitatedSIMPERED8Down3 FatSUET4Down3 FinishedENDED5Down4 Song wordsLYRICS6Down4 The girl's been stood up again and that's toughSEVERE6Down4 MatureRIPEN5Down5 ProtectedSHIELDED8Down5 Speak ill of as "a ruddy awful paper"BALLYRAG8Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 EssentialIMPERATIVE10Down6 Prepared the bed for sleeping in - didn't like itTURNEDDOWN10Down6 Tie upTETHER6Down7 Deceitful craftinessSLEIGHT7Down7 Downcast and carrying an instrument, said helloSALUTED7Down7 The old man, like myself, had so healthy an upbringingMETHUSELAH10Down8 CommandingPEREMPTORY10Down8 DugDELVED6Down8 Misses one most, being crazy aboutOMITS5Down11 Communion tableALTAR5Down11 SnuggledNESTLED7Down13 LawfulLEGAL5Down15 Chess pieceBISHOP6Down16 Brief one on how to be a substitute?FILLIN6Down16 DrabDINGY5Down16 TroubledCARED5Down18 Food fishCOD3Down19 The girl who took your coat?PEG3Down19 PreventDEBAR5Down19 AgeDAY3Down21 DisastrousCATASTROPHIC12Down21 Spring waterAPRILSHOWERS12Down21 Attempt to get the keys to the garrisonEFFORT6Down22 PiousDEVOUT6Down22 NourishedFED3Down22 Like the shorts dirty from playing football?PITCHBLACK10Down23 Laid wasteDEVASTATED10Down23 The salesman's favourite words? I believe you!ILLBUYTHAT10Down24 GiganticGARGANTUAN10Down24 SwamBATHED6Down24 LookGLANCE6Down25 It is to the point, showing intelligenceWIT3Down25 StandardPAR3Down25 GuardCAPTOR6Down27 ShoutedYELLED6Down28 Spur onMOTIVATE8Down28 Authorises at last the transplantation of the rosesENDORSES8Down28 Boy's nameBENJAMIN8Down29 Left inside so germs spread, which is stupidGORMLESS8Down29 Thick syrupMOLASSES8Down30 DrilledBORED5Down30 As favours, prepared to keep in store, packagedROSETTES8Down30 "A terrible slob," I add, "hard to get rid of"ABOLISH7Down31 Group of organismsSPECIES7Down31 DevilDEMON5Down31 A drink before the playDRAMA5Down33 Greek islandCORFU5Down33 DieCUBE4Down33 AgitationUNREST6Down34 Supports the defensive effortsSTANDS6Down34 CupolaDOME4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 15, 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.