Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 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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Scheme41 AcrossReveal answer → Muscular and strong64 AcrossReveal answer → Fish34 AcrossReveal answer → Saint who took only half an hour to convert Saul64 AcrossReveal answer → Money46 AcrossReveal answer → Where life reaches the height of toughness?87 AcrossReveal answer → Highest point87 AcrossReveal answer → Specimen68 AcrossReveal answer → One joins a rogue for something to eat68 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated39 AcrossReveal answer → Put clothes on510 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaner with a lot of appeal510 AcrossReveal answer → Undressed810 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately411 AcrossReveal answer → Imitation413 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat undervalued fuel?413 AcrossReveal answer → To give Henry a ring is a saintly thing414 AcrossReveal answer → Indian garment414 AcrossReveal answer → Girl’s314 AcrossReveal answer → Lavish affection415 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly wet415 AcrossReveal answer → Away516 AcrossReveal answer → You may use a little in a letter316 AcrossReveal answer → Single number316 AcrossReveal answer → Wound mark417 AcrossReveal answer → A win for Constable's hay cart417 AcrossReveal answer → Beaten819 AcrossReveal answer → Hearing organs419 AcrossReveal answer → Hounds could follow it back in the garden419 AcrossReveal answer → A blooming motor race!921 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm521 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit preserve921 AcrossReveal answer → Unemployment benefit423 AcrossReveal answer → The side to triumph at midnight423 AcrossReveal answer → Deflated823 AcrossReveal answer → Nucleus424 AcrossReveal answer → So long, and thanks again424 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic524 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet326 AcrossReveal answer → Support in diametric opposition!326 AcrossReveal answer → Pull along427 AcrossReveal answer → Employer of house rules427 AcrossReveal answer → Cover327 AcrossReveal answer → Poke429 AcrossReveal answer → Arrest a skinhead, at best429 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear431 AcrossReveal answer → Detained, he'd get out of jail in the end432 AcrossReveal answer → Perishes432 AcrossReveal answer → Robbed a drunken sot to a justifiable end533 AcrossReveal answer → Youngsters833 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight533 AcrossReveal answer → What to do when offered rubbish634 AcrossReveal answer → Stray334 AcrossReveal answer → Catch fire634 AcrossReveal answer → Was bowled, yet continued the innings?835 AcrossReveal answer → Worry435 AcrossReveal answer → Marsupial835 AcrossReveal answer → Turning one out of Trieste, possibly636 AcrossReveal answer → Noise336 AcrossReveal answer → Fractures636 AcrossReveal answer → Too437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Potatoes51 DownReveal answer → Mind - it may be a gold one!51 DownReveal answer → Go in52 DownReveal answer → A bargain obtained for the least possible!52 DownReveal answer → Tardy42 DownReveal answer → Girl43 DownReveal answer → At school, among one's bitter memories?43 DownReveal answer → Spruce43 DownReveal answer → Broom of twigs54 DownReveal answer → Exhausted84 DownReveal answer → Annoy an elevated clique?54 DownReveal answer → Corpse45 DownReveal answer → Military land force45 DownReveal answer → Foreigner turning up in the intervals45 DownReveal answer → Embrace56 DownReveal answer → Stockings66 DownReveal answer → Using an easy style that's good in the long run?66 DownReveal answer → Sicken37 DownReveal answer → Step58 DownReveal answer → Seem69 DownReveal answer → Cider brewed for a short time, would you believe69 DownReveal answer → One with a taste for melodrama?311 DownReveal answer → Beam of light311 DownReveal answer → Tree or horse out West512 DownReveal answer → Snake512 DownReveal answer → Rope-making fibre512 DownReveal answer → Gave one article between two boys713 DownReveal answer → Venezuelan capital713 DownReveal answer → Tender513 DownReveal answer → Headgear314 DownReveal answer → The sound of thudding and pounding315 DownReveal answer → Repulse515 DownReveal answer → Weir315 DownReveal answer → A giant is bigger than he316 DownReveal answer → Mineral316 DownReveal answer → Dispute517 DownReveal answer → Disputes with some unpopular guests618 DownReveal answer → Belief618 DownReveal answer → Deal518 DownReveal answer → Section820 DownReveal answer → Skilful520 DownReveal answer → Criticise heatedly520 DownReveal answer → Cleaning item321 DownReveal answer → Numbers of detectives321 DownReveal answer → Father322 DownReveal answer → Register, record322 DownReveal answer → It looks black for Jack322 DownReveal answer → Risk623 DownReveal answer → Superlatively comprehensive623 DownReveal answer → Attendant525 DownReveal answer → Was victorious325 DownReveal answer → In the mountains it's most cold325 DownReveal answer → Vigilant526 DownReveal answer → Took the rest to be badly spelt528 DownReveal answer → Tart428 DownReveal answer → Stinks528 DownReveal answer → Thought429 DownReveal answer → Bellows530 DownReveal answer → Minus430 DownReveal answer → A friend just for today, perhaps?530 DownReveal answer → She comes from heaven with very little money531 DownReveal answer → Fiend531 DownReveal answer → Prima donna432 DownReveal answer → Big squeeze at the end432 DownReveal answer → River a bit nasty to cross?433 DownReveal answer → Herb433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 23, 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.