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Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 127 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#
SchemePLOT4Across1 Muscular and strongBRAWNY6Across4 FishDAB3Across4 Saint who took only half an hour to convert SaulURSULA6Across4 MoneyCASH4Across6 Where life reaches the height of toughness?ATTHETOP8Across7 Highest pointPINNACLE8Across7 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across8 One joins a rogue for something to eatSCAMPI6Across8 IlluminatedLIT3Across9 Put clothes onDRESS5Across10 Cleaner with a lot of appealCHARM5Across10 UndressedSTRIPPED8Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 ImitationCOPY4Across13 Somewhat undervalued fuel?DERV4Across13 To give Henry a ring is a saintly thingHALO4Across14 Indian garmentSARI4Across14 Girl’sHER3Across14 Lavish affectionDOTE4Across15 Slightly wetDAMP4Across15 AwayAPART5Across16 You may use a little in a letterINK3Across16 Single numberONE3Across16 Wound markSCAR4Across17 A win for Constable's hay cartWAIN4Across17 BeatenDEFEATED8Across19 Hearing organsEARS4Across19 Hounds could follow it back in the gardenDRAG4Across19 A blooming motor race!CARNATION9Across21 LukewarmTEPID5Across21 Fruit preserveMARMALADE9Across21 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across23 The side to triumph at midnightWING4Across23 DeflatedDEVALUED8Across23 NucleusCORE4Across24 So long, and thanks againTATA4Across24 RusticRURAL5Across24 FaucetTAP3Across26 Support in diametric opposition!AID3Across26 Pull alongDRAG4Across27 Employer of house rulesUSER4Across27 CoverLID3Across27 PokePROD4Across29 Arrest a skinhead, at bestSTOP4Across29 FootwearSHOE4Across31 Detained, he'd get out of jail in the endHELD4Across32 PerishesDIES4Across32 Robbed a drunken sot to a justifiable endSTOLE5Across33 YoungstersCHILDREN8Across33 Unit of weightSTONE5Across33 What to do when offered rubbishREFUSE6Across34 StrayERR3Across34 Catch fireIGNITE6Across34 Was bowled, yet continued the innings?PLAYEDON8Across35 WorryFRET4Across35 MarsupialKANGAROO8Across35 Turning one out of Trieste, possiblySTREET6Across36 NoiseDIN3Across36 FracturesBREAKS6Across36 TooALSO4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PotatoesSPUDS5Down1 Mind - it may be a gold one!WATCH5Down1 Go inENTER5Down2 A bargain obtained for the least possible!STEAL5Down2 TardyLATE4Down2 GirlLASS4Down3 At school, among one's bitter memories?TERM4Down3 SpruceTRIM4Down3 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down4 ExhaustedDEPLETED8Down4 Annoy an elevated clique?UPSET5Down4 CorpseBODY4Down5 Military land forceARMY4Down5 Foreigner turning up in the intervalsSLAV4Down5 EmbraceCLASP5Down6 StockingsNYLONS6Down6 Using an easy style that's good in the long run?LOPING6Down6 SickenAIL3Down7 StepSTAIR5Down8 SeemAPPEAR6Down9 Cider brewed for a short time, would you believeCREDIT6Down9 One with a taste for melodrama?HAM3Down11 Beam of lightRAY3Down11 Tree or horse out WestROWAN5Down12 SnakeADDER5Down12 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down12 Gave one article between two boysDONATED7Down13 Venezuelan capitalCARACAS7Down13 TenderOFFER5Down13 HeadgearHAT3Down14 The sound of thudding and poundingDIN3Down15 RepulseREPEL5Down15 WeirDAM3Down15 A giant is bigger than heIAN3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 DisputeARGUE5Down17 Disputes with some unpopular guestsARGUES6Down18 BeliefCREDIT6Down18 DealTRADE5Down18 SectionDIVISION8Down20 SkilfulADEPT5Down20 Criticise heatedlyROAST5Down20 Cleaning itemMOP3Down21 Numbers of detectivesCID3Down21 FatherDAD3Down22 Register, recordLOG3Down22 It looks black for JackTAR3Down22 RiskDANGER6Down23 Superlatively comprehensiveWIDEST6Down23 AttendantUSHER5Down25 Was victoriousWON3Down25 In the mountains it's most coldCOL3Down25 VigilantALERT5Down26 Took the rest to be badly speltSLEPT5Down28 TartACID4Down28 StinksREEKS5Down28 ThoughtIDEA4Down29 BellowsROARS5Down30 MinusLESS4Down30 A friend just for today, perhaps?TOADY5Down30 She comes from heaven with very little moneyPENNY5Down31 FiendDEMON5Down31 Prima donnaDIVA4Down32 Big squeeze at the endHUGE4Down32 River a bit nasty to cross?STYX4Down33 HerbSAGE4Down33

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