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Evening Standard Crossword August 19 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 19 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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#
PerfectIDEAL5Across2 Major religionISLAM5Across3 Something written with diplomacy about the ruling headTRACT5Across3 IdiotFOOL4Across7 Cat man?FELIX5Across8 AceEXPERT6Across8 DiscourageDETER5Across8 JumpedLEAPT5Across9 Pursuit, possibly on a horseHOBBY5Across10 TriteBANAL5Across10 A favourite trumpet piecePET3Across11 LabelTAB3Across11 LettuceCOS3Across11 Backless sofaDIVAN5Across12 Having it in person may be vitalORGAN5Across12 Points a piece of furniture out as being reasonableTENABLE7Across13 Attacking footballerSTRIKER7Across13 Pig-penSTY3Across13 ThemeTOPIC5Across15 Sportingly describable as the slippery slope?PISTE5Across15 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 StriveVIE3Across16 PainACHE4Across18 Slope downwardsDIP3Across18 Of Urdu derivation, it means no goodDUD3Across18 To rotPERISH6Across19 There's spiritual advice to keep this upPECKER6Across19 StainTARNISH7Across19 FairyPERI4Across20 RelegatesDEMOTES7Across21 In which girls may be all bent on playing the gameNETBALL7Across21 ProphetSEER4Across22 Neckwear itemsTIES4Across22 Make a bit healthier!HEAL4Across22 Signals agreementNODS4Across23 Don't go to the wrong spotSTOP4Across23 VehicleOMNIBUS7Across23 Afoot, a frightening thing to say to Jim?GYMSHOE7Across24 Small streamRIVULET7Across24 EmporiumSHOP4Across25 CharmAMULET6Across26 It's sad when tracks go round an endless linePATHOS6Across26 ExpireDIE3Across27 YieldCEDE4Across28 Terry has little means of communicationTEL3Across29 Chronic drunkardSOT3Across29 CatTOM3Across30 To a saint, yes, they can affect viewersSTYES5Across31 DefectiveDUD3Across31 Water lilyLOTUS5Across31 Small rounded stonesPEBBLES7Across32 A note one left of negligible significanceMINIMAL7Across32 ViceCLAMP5Across33 Jelly snake, I seeASPIC5Across34 GovernsRULES5Across34 Made a hole in the dough? Oh no!DUG3Across35 AfflictAIL3Across35 Moira confused an islanderMAORI5Across36 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across36 FleetARMADA6Across36 In school, Derek became so inevitablyOLDER5Across37 SeniorELDER5Across37 CreepINCH4Across37 FoldPLEAT5Across38 Playful talk?SPIEL5Across38 End of lifeDEATH5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CultsSECTS5Down1 WandererNOMAD5Down1 Swim round the pierhead and drive offREPEL5Down1 Apart fromBESIDES7Down2 See intricate detail as something strongly defensibleCITADEL7Down2 SickILL3Down2 EpochERA3Down3 MoveSTIR4Down4 PermitLET3Down4 Unusually meaty?RARE4Down4 ImitateAPE3Down5 A good house converted cheap at LeatherheadCHAPEL6Down5 SubsidesABATES6Down5 VeracityTRUTH5Down6 Landed estateMANOR5Down6 Processed, some nicotine is medicinalTONIC5Down6 French capitalPARIS5Down7 Diminish what the seaman had to eatABATE5Down7 HillTOR3Down9 Boy in trouble, naturallyLEN3Down9 CouplePAIR4Down10 StormTEMPEST7Down11 ChamberBEDROOM7Down12 Men of the traditional school?OLDBOYS7Down12 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down12 PlottedSCHEMED7Down13 An objectionable word?BUT3Down14 LongedYEARNED7Down14 Girl's nameKIM3Down14 FulcrumPIVOT5Down16 Slip along and get the fishSKATE5Down16 SoundVALID5Down16 Large strong boxCHEST5Down17 Burst out with pure nonsense on finishing last!ERUPT5Down17 FollowENSUE5Down17 DonkeyASS3Down18 Such synthetic stuff can show a split, notePLASTIC7Down19 StudiesPERUSES7Down19 Fragments said to follow fission?CHIPS5Down20 Take illegallySTEAL5Down20 Smart refusal to be put out of the raceNATTY5Down21 DevilIMP3Down21 Player's first gameDEBUT5Down21 SportNETBALL7Down23 The way to give the firm supportSOLIDLY7Down23 Begin againRESUME6Down24 So pigs can spread it?GOSSIP6Down24 AccountBILL4Down24 Hit in a high arcLOB3Down25 Female always in the newsHEN3Down25 StoreHOARD5Down26 Roadside hotelMOTEL5Down27 Is it bound to be a salt product?ATLAS5Down27 SensationalLURID5Down28 Hotheaded pair of listeners, one learnsHEARS5Down28 DullardDUNCE5Down29 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down30 Intoxicating Elgar compositionLAGER5Down30 NuisancePEST4Down32 WickedBAD3Down32 That optically disadvantaged trio?MICE4Down32 Result of wet weather in BermudaMUD3Down33 TopCAP3Down33 Removable coverLID3Down33 WonderAWE3Down34 MinePIT3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 19, 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.