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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 131 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#
Card gameWHIST5Across3 IrrigateWATER5Across3 Good victuals can be provided thus fullyCHEER5Across3 Assume it's a leg-pullPUTON5Across8 Extra paymentBONUS5Across8 AstonishedAMAZED6Across9 Unit of weightOUNCE5Across10 SeasonWINTER6Across10 A bad thing to call an elephantROGUE5Across10 Pantomime cat?TOM3Across11 In favour ofFOR3Across11 DruggedDOPED5Across11 Not a place to be allowed outINLET5Across12 FrankOPEN4Across12 HutCABIN5Across12 Like the unfamiliar ways in prisonSTRANGE7Across13 SeamanMARINER7Across13 FormerlyONCE4Across15 Post offREMIT5Across15 Bent on milking the applause?BOWED5Across15 LivedRESIDED7Across17 Rowing bladeOAR3Across18 Has she vowed not to take orders?NUN3Across18 Next toBESIDE6Across19 Get four wrong again and there'll be a big fussFURORE6Across19 DeityGOD3Across20 HerniaRUPTURE7Across21 FigureDIGIT5Across21 Its eight members are legless!OCTOPUS7Across21 A bit hard to find in the food line?RARE4Across22 RegretsRUES4Across22 Star maker in old RussiaTSAR4Across23 Clenched handFIST4Across23 ShapeFORM4Across23 To me, a certain degreeMEASURE7Across24 Ill-fated shipTITANIC7Across24 HazeMIST4Across25 Surrounded by soldiers, a deserter gets free!GRATIS6Across26 InsightACUMEN6Across26 KeenEAGER5Across26 DeedACT3Across28 RacketDIN3Across29 To make provision, one needs foresightPRO3Across29 VariedDIVERSE7Across30 Could it give guidance in solving arson?SONAR5Across31 Of the noseNASAL5Across31 Unenthusiastic about the centrepiece being maybe remoteCONTROL7Across32 Exact copyREPLICA7Across32 CeaseSTOP4Across33 Not dirtyCLEAN5Across34 Artist who took the part of Lucie ManetteMANET5Across34 Apt to be on the end of a pipeTAP3Across35 FactsDATA4Across35 Land measureARE3Across35 Turning toolLATHE5Across36 JamWEDGE5Across36 Possibly grips a little hollySPRIG5Across36 Move furtivelySNEAK5Across37 Musical timesTEMPI5Across37 Address the publicORATE5Across38 Location of Edinburgh's dismissive policeLEITH5Across38 PlantAZALEA6Across38 LaceholeEYELET6Across39 DealTRADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
As yetSOFAR5Down1 ChiefMAJOR5Down1 Victims there to be shot at?BUTTS5Down1 Eager to learnCURIOUS7Down2 When the love went out of it, Carmen was distraughtROMANCE7Down2 HellHADES5Down2 MarryWED3Down3 Perceive soundHEAR4Down4 WorshippedADORED6Down4 A hot individual can sharpen things upHONE4Down4 PitcherEWER4Down5 The underworld is a noted puzzleEREBUS6Down5 Private evening partySOIREE6Down5 FreeRID3Down6 MelodiesTUNES5Down6 It spins as it risesROTOR5Down6 HurtSTING5Down7 PungentACRID5Down7 KO shot?OUTER5Down7 AvariceGREED5Down8 And notNOR3Down9 Equatorial high ground?TOR3Down9 Shows no interest in rediscovered regionsIGNORES7Down12 SureCERTAIN7Down12 FlawlessPERFECT7Down13 If you eat it, don't bolt itNUT3Down14 SaltpetreNITRE5Down14 Card gameNAP3Down14 In one way or another, poorerWORSE5Down16 ImitateMIMIC5Down16 CompetitionCONTEST7Down16 Incisors, for exampleTEETH5Down17 Nice people, each having doctors aroundDEARS5Down17 PlungedDIVED5Down18 WidenBROADEN7Down19 VigourVIM3Down19 Finicky fellow's American place at Flamborough HeadFUSSPOT7Down19 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Down20 Green jumpersFROGS5Down20 Like the nose, say, it needs to be blownORGAN5Down21 Picture puzzleREBUS5Down21 WearyTIRED5Down22 European countryFINLAND7Down23 Tow-headed cad, a bit of a pigTROTTER7Down23 I'm crazed with anger at the deception!MIRAGE6Down24 RugMAT3Down24 CashierTELLER6Down24 Vessel's incomplete journeyURN3Down25 PinchNIP3Down25 CircledRINGED6Down27 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Down27 Has fun or gets upset with politiciansROMPS5Down27 TestASSAY5Down28 Exaggeratedly masculineMACHO5Down28 It can be spoken (not fluently!) in part of BaltimoreTAMIL5Down28 SumTOTAL5Down29 Sentimental and so very soft at the story's endSOPPY5Down30 Atlantic, for exampleOCEAN5Down30 RecoverRALLY5Down31 Boat of logsRAFT4Down32 GroundEARTH5Down32 Recent reduction in cashCENT4Down32 Charge heavily for a quarter of an hour one morningRAM3Down33 AngerIRE3Down33 TolerateBEAR4Down34 DampWET3Down36 WatchEYE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 16, 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.