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Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 18 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
PlunderBOOTY5Across1 Front of the neckTHROAT6Across4 Roughly treated by a gang with a plotMOBBED6Across4 GiftTALENT6Across5 She wove a hair matMATAHARI8Across7 LinoOILCLOTH8Across7 Hire chargeRENTAL6Across8 ReappearRECUR5Across8 Hardly bags to drinkSHORTS6Across8 Stamp a letter, we understandTREAD5Across10 Honour and prestigeGLORY5Across10 AnewAFRESH6Across10 GroupUNIT4Across11 In a close atmosphere, support is neededSEAT4Across13 Marquee, for exampleTENT4Across13 IdenticalSAME4Across14 ConsumingEATING6Across14 Near Scotland, perhaps, but not farYARD4Across14 Cast offSHED4Across15 Forward and backward in trepidationPERT4Across15 FoughtBATTLED7Across15 Pen partNIB3Across16 Could it be hailed as first in rank?CAB3Across16 Garden toolRAKE4Across17 Spread out and work two waysOPEN4Across17 EnclosurePEN3Across18 A bit abrasive, but women still wear themBRAS4Across19 HeroicEPIC4Across19 ColourRED3Across19 Excellent cover for a soldier, sayGREATCOAT9Across21 VaudevilleMUSICHALL9Across21 RemainderREST4Across21 RevoltREBEL5Across23 ColourPINK4Across23 Food to fight for?BUNS4Across23 Like a vixen?FOXY4Across24 Rabbit-like mammalHARE4Across24 PetalLEAF4Across24 BleatBAA3Across26 Money dad gets on the fourth of JulyPAY3Across26 Twelve inchesFOOT4Across27 Where the besiegers gained a hollow victory?TROY4Across27 ObscureDIM3Across27 SolidifyGEL3Across29 It's just uncommonly conclusiveONLY4Across29 Very keenAVID4Across29 HurricaneTORNADO7Across31 PouredTEEMED6Across32 Maybe a real king?LEAR4Across32 RiseGOUP4Across32 A possibly dangerous gliderSNAKE5Across33 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Across33 Shut up in winter, normallyINTERN6Across34 Boots for anglersWADERS6Across34 FruitDATE4Across34 A bookish travellerGULLIVER8Across35 IndefatigableTIRELESS8Across35 EscapedELUDED6Across35 EvaluateASSESS6Across36 Possibly finger one's hairFRINGE6Across36 Sea-duckEIDER5Across38 StretchEXTEND6Across39 SpeciesGENUS5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DittiesSONGS5Down1 A girl accepts it as friendshipAMITY5Down1 Partial or total darknessGLOOM5Down2 Absolute, sayUTTER5Down2 AwayOFF3Down2 Modelling materialCLAY4Down3 Fish in a London well!SHAD4Down3 PactTREATY6Down3 NumberTHREE5Down4 AyeYES3Down4 His stinginess upsets me sir!MISER5Down4 LoyalTRUE4Down5 Smallest of a litterRUNT4Down5 There's nothing in a half bottle to give you a kickBOOT4Down5 LingerLOITER6Down6 Foreign languageARABIC6Down6 Runs without runningEXTRAS6Down6 ObjectiveTARGET6Down7 Container of something toppingHATBOX6Down9 ApplaudedCHEERED7Down9 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 StriplingLAD3Down11 Can be chewed and tatteredRAG3Down11 RepeatRERUN5Down12 SleepNAP3Down12 Grace making a fuss over the sailorsADORN5Down12 Dismissal from workTHECHOP7Down13 ProngTINE4Down13 Summoned often, perhaps, in surroundings of squalorSENTFOR7Down13 Move on snowSKI3Down15 Rather like tea, it can be greenPEA3Down15 NothingNIL3Down16 She's spiteful though less than scathingCAT3Down16 CompetentABLE4Down16 LiabilityDEBIT5Down17 Trouble to take a squint around the streetPESTER6Down18 Try to obtain by requestingASKFOR6Down18 Art silk or any variantRAYON5Down20 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Down20 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down20 You can knock the stuffing out of himGUY3Down21 Girl's nameMIA3Down21 Being bashful, little company for a soldierCOY3Down22 TitferHAT3Down22 PipSEED4Down22 HeathensPAGANS6Down23 Prohibitive placard?BANNER6Down23 SmallLITTLE6Down24 TreeFIR3Down25 ElderlyAGED4Down25 Nigel Kennedy doesn't really possess such an animalELK3Down25 FeminineFEMALE6Down26 UncertainUNSURE6Down28 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 Roam around in anger?RANGE5Down28 Figure in service as a hard workerNAVVY5Down30 ManservantVALET5Down30 PermitLET3Down30 ThickDENSE5Down31 Long to get the amount of pay you deserveYEARN5Down31 DNA unitGENE4Down32 What some have a slim chance of gettingLEAN4Down32 Counsel possibly slick, getting Charlie offSILK4Down33 ActDEED4Down33 PaceSTEP4Down33 LimbLEG3Down36 BirdEMU3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, August 18, 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.