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Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 24 2025 answers. The Sunday 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#
Spanish manSENOR5Across3 The happy aspect of ignoranceBLISS5Across3 FunSPORT5Across4 HitSTRUCK6Across7 Player giving royalty the pipPIPER5Across8 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Across8 DogCUR3Across9 NumberTEN3Across10 RoyalREGAL5Across10 Brown holds it, being a giantTITAN5Across10 An objectionable word?BUT3Across11 Floor coveringMAT3Across11 Stories that come back repeatedlySAGAS5Across12 FirearmRIFLE5Across12 SumTOTAL5Across12 CheeseEDAM4Across13 Ran out two menPETERED7Across13 Arm boneHUMERUS7Across13 Where equality is capitalPARIS5Across15 Roofing slabsTILES5Across15 SatPOSED5Across15 PercolateDISTIL6Across17 A legendary flier from RochdaleROC3Across18 FlipperFIN3Across18 Refer to everything due to changeALLUDE6Across19 BorderEDGE4Across19 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 PlanetJUPITER7Across21 The occasion of retirementBEDTIME7Across21 Handle clumsilyMAUL4Across22 Fat lady sawn in half, by the way?LARD4Across22 DrunkardSOT3Across22 Share a cigarette end? That's niceCUTE4Across23 SummonCALL4Across23 Ill-fated shipTITANIC7Across24 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Concealment of one's insurance being expired?COVERUP7Across24 Small tree or shrubACACIA6Across26 Is done differently by an inventorEDISON6Across26 NothingNIL3Across27 HelpedAIDED5Across28 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Across29 Diminutive drama groupREP3Across29 Gasps on finding a tin opener among the cooking vesselsPANTS5Across31 Stair partRISER5Across31 MuddleMESS4Across31 Later time for prompt deliveryNEXTDAY7Across32 LockjawTETANUS7Across32 CloserNEARER6Across33 Shoe fastenersLACES5Across34 His heavenly support was simply titanicATLAS5Across34 To give a gent this name could be a bloomer!IAN3Across35 24 hoursDAY3Across35 RidgeCREST5Across35 Measure a tiler could useLITRE5Across36 MeadowFIELD5Across36 In a pond usually, nets around the shallow endNEWTS5Across37 To fatherBEGET5Across37 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across37 StockSTORE5Across38 PerceiveSENSE5Across38 Put your foot down!TREAD5Across38 BroadcastSOW3Across39 SerpentASP3Across41 PesterMOLEST6Across42 SkilfulADEPT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Instinctive feelings, however briefVIBES5Down1 Whole rangeGAMUT5Down1 EvaluateASSESS6Down1 Approached wild deer in measured fashionMETERED7Down2 Having important consequencesFATEFUL7Down2 ColonnadeARCADE6Down2 DeedACT3Down3 CupidEROS4Down4 CertainSURE4Down4 Just the sort of role for the 'heavy'?LEAD4Down4 ConceitPRIDE5Down5 Public speakerORATOR6Down5 Such a diet involves various platesSTAPLE6Down5 DemoteRELEGATE8Down6 Lisa's exotic plantSISAL5Down6 Ancient artefactRELIC5Down6 Quick and quiet in attackRAPID5Down7 Artist's standEASEL5Down7 RetainedKEPT4Down8 Male sheepRAM3Down9 In a position of repute?PUT3Down9 SilentNOISELESS9Down11 An army division, perhapsSECTION7Down12 CountryTUNISIA7Down12 RendRIP3Down14 ObjectMIND4Down14 A famous sculptor took him inROD3Down14 ApertureSLOT4Down16 Raise the flag on approaching delivery?RUNUP5Down16 Light purpleLILAC5Down16 Figure to get level after a slow startSEVEN5Down17 VendsSELLS5Down17 ObservedSEEN4Down18 Could be currently shocking, so spare me distress!AMPERES7Down19 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Down19 The rest of the nightSLEEP5Down20 BedaubSMEAR5Down20 Bear to rub in with difficultyBRUIN5Down21 StuckCEMENTED8Down21 TraitorJUDAS5Down21 RipTEAR4Down23 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down23 They have their kicks and possibly penaltiesCUPTIES7Down23 Street trader's price for a half of beerCOSTER6Down24 DeclamationTIRADE6Down24 AncestryLINE4Down25 About to kiss a boyREX3Down25 Pistachio, for exampleNUT3Down25 ExpiredDIED4Down26 One bent on holding up the boat?DAVIT5Down27 Polite, civicCIVIL5Down27 To begin with, a red one can flySTART5Down28 Prison roomsCELLS5Down28 ForcedDRIVEN6Down29 ShortageDEARTH6Down30 PurchaserBUYER5Down30 Show a six-footer into the officePANTO5Down30 FragmentSCRAP5Down32 Bananas are too much for herNANA4Down32 Golf pegsTEES4Down32 Bird turning up among the wadersDAW3Down33 HorseNAG3Down33 ParticleATOM4Down34 ReposeREST4Down36 GainedWON3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 24, 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.