Evening Standard Crossword August 21 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 123 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 21 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Go by41 AcrossReveal answer → Fail to remember61 AcrossReveal answer → Hot music?61 AcrossReveal answer → Lie34 AcrossReveal answer → Yielding46 AcrossReveal answer → A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?)87 AcrossReveal answer → High and mighty87 AcrossReveal answer → Posture68 AcrossReveal answer → Young salmon48 AcrossReveal answer → One's holiday in the balance?48 AcrossReveal answer → Frank69 AcrossReveal answer → Absolutely correct610 AcrossReveal answer → In a mad poet, one sees a first-class back - the dope!610 AcrossReveal answer → Moose310 AcrossReveal answer → A refreshingly Continental little place611 AcrossReveal answer → Prior to611 AcrossReveal answer → Twist512 AcrossReveal answer → Mesh314 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve514 AcrossReveal answer → Clever style of fishing?314 AcrossReveal answer → Royal515 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe step out for a quarter hour, by arrangement516 AcrossReveal answer → Iraqi currency516 AcrossReveal answer → Eyelid inflammation417 AcrossReveal answer → Regards as a key agreement417 AcrossReveal answer → Consent618 AcrossReveal answer → To come to the right conclusion can be heavenly!519 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse, storehouse519 AcrossReveal answer → Colour620 AcrossReveal answer → Seraglio521 AcrossReveal answer → Recognised to end in chaos521 AcrossReveal answer → Of Cuba522 AcrossReveal answer → As a flier, he takes part in aeronautics522 AcrossReveal answer → Put flowers in this423 AcrossReveal answer → An excuse to leap wildly?423 AcrossReveal answer → Sum524 AcrossReveal answer → Planet526 AcrossReveal answer → Like526 AcrossReveal answer → Projected through simulation?526 AcrossReveal answer → By way of the Roman road328 AcrossReveal answer → Put528 AcrossReveal answer → Spider's trap328 AcrossReveal answer → When to redevelop Acton East?629 AcrossReveal answer → Single-cell organism629 AcrossReveal answer → Expunge630 AcrossReveal answer → In random fire, the marines are not so soft630 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual330 AcrossReveal answer → Skip a year?431 AcrossReveal answer → Object of worship431 AcrossReveal answer → Geographical location of huge heat dispersal832 AcrossReveal answer → Beginners832 AcrossReveal answer → Alive632 AcrossReveal answer → Disputed633 AcrossReveal answer → Brave people633 AcrossReveal answer → The way to a meeting-place633 AcrossReveal answer → Staunch434 AcrossReveal answer → Consume335 AcrossReveal answer → Moist436 AcrossReveal answer →

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Banquets61 DownReveal answer → The word for freedom61 DownReveal answer → Garret52 DownReveal answer → Ladies may have high ones62 DownReveal answer → Small pointed beard62 DownReveal answer → Mountain lake43 DownReveal answer → Honest73 DownReveal answer → An entrance one can get out of43 DownReveal answer → Liberate44 DownReveal answer → Tedium74 DownReveal answer → The way bread is cooked74 DownReveal answer → Reverse45 DownReveal answer → Peter the painter?55 DownReveal answer → Claw55 DownReveal answer → Guide56 DownReveal answer → Because56 DownReveal answer → Look around for a spoon?56 DownReveal answer → Defect77 DownReveal answer → Small horse48 DownReveal answer → Like fire spreading all over the place48 DownReveal answer → Decay39 DownReveal answer → Not a nice place to stay around mid-day39 DownReveal answer → Meadow311 DownReveal answer → Group on TV?312 DownReveal answer → Seizure312 DownReveal answer → Ocean312 DownReveal answer → Barnaby's rude about golf513 DownReveal answer → Speed contests513 DownReveal answer → Wild515 DownReveal answer → Powerful central heating in the back room515 DownReveal answer → Obtain316 DownReveal answer → Fate317 DownReveal answer → Aboard which to have chat with a Yankee?518 DownReveal answer → Tribal badge518 DownReveal answer → Less than rancorous exclamation319 DownReveal answer → Touch lightly and quickly319 DownReveal answer → Prisoner719 DownReveal answer → Join me at the Nag's Head, chaps!320 DownReveal answer → Writing tool320 DownReveal answer → Fresh paint can help give a smart appearance721 DownReveal answer → Knock321 DownReveal answer → Male spouse721 DownReveal answer → Snooker rod322 DownReveal answer → She may finish up in the kitchen322 DownReveal answer → Maintained722 DownReveal answer → Velvet-like fabric623 DownReveal answer → Stretch323 DownReveal answer → Plagiarist one has to chatter about623 DownReveal answer → Cain's brother424 DownReveal answer → Enlightenment for a Los Angeles politician?424 DownReveal answer → Elderly325 DownReveal answer → Happenings625 DownReveal answer → To get there, I have to follow a car625 DownReveal answer → Spring over526 DownReveal answer → Try moving east to the West End!526 DownReveal answer → Hatred527 DownReveal answer → Wanderer527 DownReveal answer → Seemingly quarrelsome oarsman?527 DownReveal answer → Marry328 DownReveal answer → Be competitive in life on the Continent328 DownReveal answer → Best529 DownReveal answer → A puce jumper430 DownReveal answer → Monster430 DownReveal answer → Plate430 DownReveal answer → Dash431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 21, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.