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Evening Standard Crossword August 22 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 22 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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Improve61 AcrossReveal answer → Abrupt65 AcrossReveal answer → Imperil88 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle-like99 AcrossReveal answer → Speed49 AcrossReveal answer → Making one feel guilty, is irritating99 AcrossReveal answer → Rabble-rouser810 AcrossReveal answer → Man’s310 AcrossReveal answer → Stop! Don't switch on again!810 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part412 AcrossReveal answer → Jam512 AcrossReveal answer → Even out when you have a lucky streak412 AcrossReveal answer → Street613 AcrossReveal answer → Saw coming out with613 AcrossReveal answer → Fiasco714 AcrossReveal answer → Ship it requires nerve for one to travel on714 AcrossReveal answer → Tomfoolery915 AcrossReveal answer → At risk when telephoning915 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent315 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable317 AcrossReveal answer → Whatsitsname917 AcrossReveal answer → Meant to carry out the repair, for a change917 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet318 AcrossReveal answer → Harass about the large number requiring tenants718 AcrossReveal answer → Powerful family718 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath319 AcrossReveal answer → Proposal put foward as a gesture620 AcrossReveal answer → Handle520 AcrossReveal answer → Appease620 AcrossReveal answer → Each321 AcrossReveal answer → Puncture that's a real pain in the neck!421 AcrossReveal answer → Prayer ending421 AcrossReveal answer → Curve322 AcrossReveal answer → Finish323 AcrossReveal answer → Rather so myself, wouldn't you agree?824 AcrossReveal answer → Roof window824 AcrossReveal answer → Hill324 AcrossReveal answer → Mortal526 AcrossReveal answer → Allowed to, though one was hurt by826 AcrossReveal answer → High and dry826 AcrossReveal answer → Shorts for children428 AcrossReveal answer → Betting chances428 AcrossReveal answer → The last one was more friendly with629 AcrossReveal answer → Recently629 AcrossReveal answer → Yelp329 AcrossReveal answer → Amusing731 AcrossReveal answer → Gets information about the return from savings731 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive433 AcrossReveal answer → Is it second nature for a gunman to have one?934 AcrossReveal answer → Shown on TV934 AcrossReveal answer → Complete834 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb-hole635 AcrossReveal answer → Mood636 AcrossReveal answer → Again having a job after the suspension936 AcrossReveal answer → Quite satisfactory, informally936 AcrossReveal answer → A saucer from the cupboard738 AcrossReveal answer → Reduction738 AcrossReveal answer → Retaining one's balance, don't give in to639 AcrossReveal answer → Red gems639 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerable - just440 AcrossReveal answer → Pavement edge440 AcrossReveal answer → Loss of dignity suffered by a grounded pilot?841 AcrossReveal answer → Greedily consumed841 AcrossReveal answer → Pretending to be discerning942 AcrossReveal answer → Bride's bottom drawer942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Very hungry81 DownReveal answer → Are a scream about the allotment!81 DownReveal answer → Excursion62 DownReveal answer → Boredom52 DownReveal answer → Let you know if the steak is coming up62 DownReveal answer → Slipshod83 DownReveal answer → He won't introduce his mates to each other83 DownReveal answer → Side43 DownReveal answer → Rascal54 DownReveal answer → Planet64 DownReveal answer → Won't work when you try to light it64 DownReveal answer → Shoot55 DownReveal answer → Very grand85 DownReveal answer → 'The colours,' you storm, 'are glaring'85 DownReveal answer → Soil46 DownReveal answer → Contemptuous106 DownReveal answer → Made little of, in a funny sort of way106 DownReveal answer → Rubbish77 DownReveal answer → Additional57 DownReveal answer → Isolate the bad clues the Ed altered77 DownReveal answer → Internet company68 DownReveal answer → Notes the feet are wobbly and weak68 DownReveal answer → Raise510 DownReveal answer → Home-made and mended711 DownReveal answer → Javelin511 DownReveal answer → Depending711 DownReveal answer → Observe512 DownReveal answer → Vision513 DownReveal answer → Consumed514 DownReveal answer → Prompt515 DownReveal answer → Flower516 DownReveal answer → Elbow616 DownReveal answer → Side with one another616 DownReveal answer → Nude519 DownReveal answer → A sleeping place for the big rats outside!519 DownReveal answer → Dull to get involved with320 DownReveal answer → Place320 DownReveal answer → Harmonic sounds522 DownReveal answer → Fat, order some seconds522 DownReveal answer → Damp and clinging623 DownReveal answer → Kids one ensures will have a nap623 DownReveal answer → Polynesian garment1025 DownReveal answer → Inspired by the imp who set loose a snake in the monastery?1025 DownReveal answer → Command525 DownReveal answer → Is standing right by the gentleman326 DownReveal answer → Dried grass326 DownReveal answer → Speak527 DownReveal answer → Having the pearls, leaves high and dry?727 DownReveal answer → Porch727 DownReveal answer → Concerning528 DownReveal answer → Place of great riches830 DownReveal answer → Getting nice rugs to scatter about830 DownReveal answer → Fish530 DownReveal answer → He's been called just as you have831 DownReveal answer → Union official831 DownReveal answer → Despatched431 DownReveal answer → Create when gate crashing Rene comes in832 DownReveal answer → Idler832 DownReveal answer → Chamber432 DownReveal answer → Pilot733 DownReveal answer → Both drunk and broke733 DownReveal answer → Suds635 DownReveal answer → I don't bother to insert the key attached to it635 DownReveal answer → Continue to provide a synopsis636 DownReveal answer → Usual practices636 DownReveal answer → First batter637 DownReveal answer → Squabbling, are lined up637 DownReveal answer →

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