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Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 17 2025 answers. The Sunday 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#
Detest vehementlyABHOR5Across1 TakeACCEPT6Across1 As a Musketeer, he could always have a shotATHOS5Across1 RecordDISC4Across5 Happily, a letter to a girlGAILY5Across6 Large rich mealFEAST5Across6 StaidSOBER5Across8 Mathematical considerations?FACTORS7Across9 BeverageTEA3Across9 Speaker's platformROSTRUM7Across9 FlatEVEN4Across10 ConfessADMIT5Across10 The boatbuilder's skill?CRAFT5Across10 ExistenceLIFE4Across11 Leading a masterAHEAD5Across11 StiffRIGID5Across11 Map-bookATLAS5Across12 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across12 Equine animal having bits of hay outside the pubHINNY5Across12 French beanHARICOT7Across13 Many a London district can be said to be on seaCLACTON7Across13 MendREPAIR6Across13 AgentREP3Across15 Short of vegetablesVEG3Across15 ObservedSEEN4Across16 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 A flowing Ketelbey pieceELBE4Across17 Lacking colour, Albion need a shakeupALBINO6Across18 ResoundECHO4Across18 Time to comeFUTURE6Across18 It's poetic, for instance, in a cathedralELEGY5Across19 SurrendersCEDES5Across19 Hard, determinedSTEELY6Across20 Look duly moved in a crescendo?LOUDLY6Across20 Seed-casePOD3Across20 FixedSET3Across22 Drinks with the trainer, maybeTEAS4Across22 Greek letterBETA4Across22 ParchedDRY3Across23 Frequently coming from the rooftopsOFT3Across24 PitMINE4Across24 That womanHER3Across24 Anybody with a certain amount of moneySOMEONE7Across25 ExcusePLEA4Across25 More than a fewSEVERAL7Across25 JavelinSPEAR5Across26 One taking the driver's turn?SCREW5Across26 Send back that timer!REMIT5Across27 Spring bulbTULIP5Across27 Try to win the love ofCOURT5Across28 Australian ones are sportingly specialRULES5Across28 HungDRAPED6Across28 Produce the goods reviled when returnedDELIVER7Across29 ProprietyDECORUM7Across29 Extra keys for dad, maybeADDED5Across30 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across30 RespondREACT5Across30 NervyTENSE5Across31 Lines from across the silver seaVERSE5Across31 FoundationROOT4Across32 DomesticatedTAME4Across33 LoiterLAG3Across34 NumberSEVEN5Across35 ExpiredDIED4Across36 AtelierSTUDIO6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DressATTIRE6Down1 The endless little stream of sensationTHRILL6Down2 MayhemBEDLAM6Down2 SupportCHAMPION8Down2 SummaryPRECIS6Down3 Wherein the work is away from the coldOFFICE6Down3 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down3 SatisfiedCONTENTED9Down4 Rested for a daySAT3Down4 DecomposeROT3Down4 PostponedDELAYED7Down5 A bad markSTAIN5Down5 Small Eurasian mammalSTOAT5Down5 Loftily, ostentatiously and heartily?GRANDLY7Down6 FlagIRIS4Down6 Very angryFURIOUS7Down6 GangCREW4Down7 DischargeEMIT4Down7 Looking grey can make one a bit reclusiveASHY4Down7 Tarantula, for exampleSPIDER6Down8 OceanSEA3Down8 Weighing heavily on the French at AdenLEADEN6Down8 How the summer games are contested?HOTLY5Down12 Bee substanceHONEY5Down12 It's played with little room for loveCELLO5Down13 DraconianHARSH5Down13 ReveredRESPECTED9Down14 Concerning an attackABOUT5Down14 AlludeREFER5Down14 TimidSHY3Down15 Measuring stickRULER5Down15 A dove fluttering around one, is worth watchingVIDEO5Down15 Of punishmentPENAL5Down16 Good variety of rose or evergreen shrubGORSE5Down16 FishEEL3Down17 A little light is shiningAGLOW5Down18 AgueFEVER5Down18 MaimedCRIPPLED8Down19 Proved to be the pick of the pollsELECTED7Down19 Fast sailing shipCLIPPER7Down19 HogPIG3Down20 Term of officeTENURE6Down21 Affront, usually right at the finishOFFEND6Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 Develop intoBECOME6Down22 The resident's occupationTENURE6Down22 Star signTAURUS6Down23 Messengers coming from various anglesANGELS6Down23 Possibly a pie's a warm brown colourSEPIA5Down25 Wooden shoeSABOT5Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 FlankSIDE4Down26 West Ham rather than Preston North End?SIDE4Down26 SlowlyADAGIO6Down27 Step on the gas, there's a good fellow!REV3Down28 Use scissorsCUT3Down28 GeneratedBRED4Down29 AscendedROSE4Down30 BrownTAN3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 17, 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.