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Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
PhantomGHOST5Across1 Fast transport for a quiet country roadPLANE5Across1 FeebleFRAIL5Across2 Geese to look up to?SKEIN5Across6 EraEPOCH5Across6 AnnoyancePIQUE5Across7 SagDROOP5Across8 According to reasonLOGICAL7Across9 Tell how the axle pin brokeEXPLAIN7Across9 RescuedSAVED5Across10 Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across10 Kept coolONICE5Across10 PerchROOST5Across11 A vegetable vesselGOURD5Across11 TeaseTAUNT5Across12 The correct directionRIGHT5Across12 PossessOWN3Across12 Get betterRECOVER7Across13 Put off by the song during an actDELAYED7Across13 SlumberSLEEP5Across13 A worn machine partMAC3Across15 InterferedMEDDLED7Across15 Jump on one footHOP3Across15 Rode around the riverODER4Across17 AlightedLANDED6Across17 Minute particleATOM4Across17 And Eva managed to sort out where Reno wasNEVADA6Across18 Take for grantedASSUME6Across18 FishCOD3Across19 Dashing young man known as a Red?BLOOD5Across19 Very tall personGIANT5Across19 Grand amours understood to be fittingGLOVES6Across20 PressedIRONED6Across20 DelineatedDEFINED7Across20 Organ one's brokenNOSE4Across22 Cut into cubesDICE4Across22 RindPEEL4Across23 One has the makings of a great timeEON3Across24 Karate expertDAN3Across24 ExpensiveDEAR4Across25 LodgerBOARDER7Across25 To glide freely at height can be a joy!DELIGHT7Across25 Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girlLAIRD5Across26 RegainRECOVER7Across26 DisparageDECRY5Across26 Aircraft detection systemRADAR5Across27 It's strikingly misplaced in a down to earth wayDIVOT5Across27 Time for a showerAPRIL5Across28 Spaghetti, for examplePASTA5Across28 A great day to go to Chile, possibly in a carrierVEHICLE7Across29 Principal bullfighterMATADOR7Across29 Two? Goody!SHOES5Across30 CantBEVEL5Across30 LettuceCOS3Across30 KindsTYPES5Across31 EraseDELETE6Across31 Showed interest when priced a hundred lessPRIED5Across31 BroadcastSCATTER7Across34 TroubledCARED5Across37 FastenTIE3Across38 QuiltDUVET5Across39 FretWORRY5Across40 GodDEITY5Across41 PostponeDEFER5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HouseVILLA5Down1 Protection for the headHELMET6Down2 MeltedFUSED5Down2 Sort of proprietor who got the job?LANDED6Down2 It tastes heavenly with ambrosiaNECTAR6Down3 HarvestedREAPED6Down3 Skiing raceSLALOM6Down3 DetailITEM4Down4 No longer noted as a river?EXE3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 PokedPRODDED7Down5 Material authority I hadPLAID5Down5 Cheroot, for exampleCIGAR5Down5 SharpenedHONED5Down6 Observed to be soundly locatedSIGHTED7Down6 SincereEARNEST7Down6 One tied at speed?KNOT4Down7 ConspiracyPLOT4Down7 The incursion Dorian madeINROAD6Down8 Traditional practiceCUSTOM6Down8 BirdOWL3Down9 DeterminedDECIDED7Down11 Anglers' films?REELS5Down12 LukewarmTEPID5Down12 InclineSLOPE5Down13 QuickRAPID5Down13 A trick to avoidDODGE5Down13 Go inENTER5Down14 No elm can yield fruit!LEMON5Down14 Punctuation markCOLON5Down14 His associate makes him motherless!MAGOG5Down15 Hot and stickyHUMID5Down15 FellowDON3Down16 Boy's namePETER5Down16 Is he young to be in uniform?CADET5Down16 OustedDEPOSED7Down18 Irritate, displeaseANNOY5Down18 Number with a name that's well knownNOTED5Down18 Are best corrected by scoldsBERATES7Down19 CommonGENERAL7Down19 Look with desire, being fairly poorLOWISH6Down21 PlunderRAVAGE6Down21 DissuadeDETER5Down21 DolefulDREARY6Down22 Pin-up by a youngsterNIPPER6Down22 GenerateBREED5Down22 MiddleCENTRE6Down23 Bird giving a shriek?SHRIKE6Down23 Reading-deskLECTERN7Down24 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down25 Though priestly, he did hide some of the rulesDRUID5Down25 Nothing but the deepest affectionLOVE4Down26 Panto characterDAME4Down26 BedCOT3Down27 A record height?ALP3Down28 A containerPOT3Down28 EbbRECEDE6Down28 PerformerACTOR5Down29 SubsequentlyLATER5Down32 CogsTEETH5Down33 TuneAIR3Down35 DiscourteousRUDE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 20, 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.