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Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
ImproveBETTER6Across1 AbruptSUDDEN6Across5 ImperilENDANGER8Across8 Uncle-likeAVUNCULAR9Across9 SpeedRATE4Across9 Making one feel guilty, is irritatingHAIRSHIRT9Across9 Rabble-rouserAGITATOR8Across10 Man’sHIS3Across10 Stop! Don't switch on again!LEAVEOFF8Across10 Eye partIRIS4Across12 JamWEDGE5Across12 Even out when you have a lucky streakROLL4Across12 StreetAVENUE6Across13 Saw coming out withSAYING6Across13 FiascoDEBACLE7Across14 Ship it requires nerve for one to travel onGALLEON7Across14 TomfooleryHIGHJINKS9Across15 At risk when telephoningONTHELINE9Across15 RodentRAT3Across15 VegetablePEA3Across17 WhatsitsnameTHINGUMMY9Across17 Meant to carry out the repair, for a changeAMENDMENT9Across17 HatchetAXE3Across18 Harass about the large number requiring tenantsTORMENT7Across18 Powerful familyDYNASTY7Across18 WrathIRE3Across19 Proposal put foward as a gestureMOTION6Across20 HandleTREAT5Across20 AppeasePACIFY6Across20 EachALL3Across21 Puncture that's a real pain in the neck!BORE4Across21 Prayer endingAMEN4Across21 CurveARC3Across22 FinishEND3Across23 Rather so myself, wouldn't you agree?SOMEWHAT8Across24 Roof windowSKYLIGHT8Across24 HillTOR3Across24 MortalHUMAN5Across26 Allowed to, though one was hurt bySUFFERED8Across26 High and dryHELPLESS8Across26 Shorts for childrenTOTS4Across28 Betting chancesODDS4Across28 The last one was more friendly withCLOSER6Across29 RecentlyLATELY6Across29 YelpYAP3Across29 AmusingCOMICAL7Across31 Gets information about the return from savingsNESTEGG7Across31 InactiveIDLE4Across33 Is it second nature for a gunman to have one?AUTOMATIC9Across34 Shown on TVTELEVISED9Across34 CompleteTHOROUGH8Across34 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 MoodTEMPER6Across36 Again having a job after the suspensionREMISSION9Across36 Quite satisfactory, informallyHUNKYDORY9Across36 A saucer from the cupboardDRESSER7Across38 ReductionCUTBACK7Across38 Retaining one's balance, don't give in toRESIST6Across39 Red gemsRUBIES6Across39 Tolerable - justFAIR4Across40 Pavement edgeKERB4Across40 Loss of dignity suffered by a grounded pilot?COMEDOWN8Across41 Greedily consumedDEVOURED8Across41 Pretending to be discerningMAKINGOUT9Across42 Bride's bottom drawerTROUSSEAU9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Very hungryFAMISHED8Down1 Are a scream about the allotment!SHAREOUT8Down1 ExcursionOUTING6Down2 BoredomENNUI5Down2 Let you know if the steak is coming upFILLET6Down2 SlipshodSLOVENLY8Down3 He won't introduce his mates to each otherBIGAMIST8Down3 SideTEAM4Down3 RascalROGUE5Down4 PlanetURANUS6Down4 Won't work when you try to light itSTRIKE6Down4 ShootSPRIG5Down5 Very grandMAJESTIC8Down5 'The colours,' you storm, 'are glaring'FLAGRANT8Down5 SoilDIRT4Down6 ContemptuousDISDAINFUL10Down6 Made little of, in a funny sort of wayLAUGHEDOFF10Down6 RubbishGARBAGE7Down7 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Isolate the bad clues the Ed alteredSECLUDE7Down7 Internet companyDOTCOM6Down8 Notes the feet are wobbly and weakEFFETE6Down8 RaiseHOIST5Down10 Home-made and mendedKNITTED7Down11 JavelinSPEAR5Down11 DependingRELYING7Down11 ObserveWATCH5Down12 VisionDREAM5Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down14 PromptREADY5Down15 FlowerTULIP5Down16 ElbowJOSTLE6Down16 Side with one anotherELEVEN6Down16 NudeNAKED5Down19 A sleeping place for the big rats outside!ROOST5Down19 Dull to get involved withMAT3Down20 PlacePUT3Down20 Harmonic soundsMUSIC5Down22 Fat, order some secondsOBESE5Down22 Damp and clingingCLAMMY6Down23 Kids one ensures will have a napTEASES6Down23 Polynesian garmentGRASSSKIRT10Down25 Inspired by the imp who set loose a snake in the monastery?HOLYTERROR10Down25 CommandORDER5Down25 Is standing right by the gentlemanSIR3Down26 Dried grassHAY3Down26 SpeakUTTER5Down27 Having the pearls, leaves high and dry?STRANDS7Down27 PorchPORTICO7Down27 ConcerningABOUT5Down28 Place of great richesELDORADO8Down30 Getting nice rugs to scatter aboutSECURING8Down30 FishANGLE5Down30 He's been called just as you haveNAMESAKE8Down31 Union officialCONVENOR8Down31 DespatchedSENT4Down31 Create when gate crashing Rene comes inGENERATE8Down32 IdlerLAYABOUT8Down32 ChamberROOM4Down32 PilotAVIATOR7Down33 Both drunk and brokeSMASHED7Down33 SudsLATHER6Down35 I don't bother to insert the key attached to itTIEDON6Down35 Continue to provide a synopsisRESUME6Down36 Usual practicesHABITS6Down36 First batterOPENER6Down37 Squabbling, are lined upINAROW6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 22, 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.