Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2023 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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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ClimbSCALE5Across3 Transitory thingsEPHEMERA8Across9 SicknessNAUSEA6Across9 How it was specified arms should be dispensed with?LAIDDOWN8Across9 CanopyAWNING6Across10 Favouring on account ofFOR3Across10 UntruthLIE3Across10 He will speak at, either before or afterORATOR6Across11 HarmonyUNISON6Across11 SharpACUTE5Across11 Twist to the musicSTRAIN6Across12 TalentedGIFTED6Across12 PaceSTEP4Across12 Back in the same trap, which one finds puzzlingENIGMAS7Across13 LiqueurCURACAO7Across13 Broaches the return fightTAPS4Across14 AimGOAL4Across14 ProbabilityLIKELIHOOD10Across15 Pound for trying hard? It's an author's life!PENPUSHING10Across15 NipBITE4Across15 LockjawTETANUS7Across17 Said to have seenOBSERVED8Across17 BrisknessALACRITY8Across17 Having one call round on and smoothing things overIRONING7Across18 SpireSTEEPLE7Across18 It’s a hair of the dog the morning after, doctorDRAM4Across19 Second-handUSED4Across19 FastenTIE3Across20 Six-legged creatureINSECT6Across21 Half-turns a key, entering to get the picturesIMAGES6Across21 DrainSEWER5Across21 JoinSEAM4Across23 Kiwi fruitCHINESEGOOSEBERRY17Across24 Accepting a humiliatingly small tip?POCKETINGANINSULT17Across24 CircleRING4Across25 CalledNAMED5Across26 Give the odd trim to father in itIMPART6Across27 Hot springGEYSER6Across27 CrowdMOB3Across28 Go out together to get fruitDATE4Across29 ObligationDUTY4Across29 LivedRESIDED7Across30 Shifts out of investmentsSTREAKS7Across30 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Across30 Resolute from the beginning, making a case for the new lawSTALWART8Across33 AfreshANEW4Across33 High-ranking officialMANDARIN8Across33 DandyDUDE4Across35 The strain of motherhoodCRADLESONG10Across35 Movie auditionSCREENTEST10Across35 Force reluctantly to go to: it’s a boreDRAG4Across36 DecorationMEDAL5Across36 CompanyFIRM4Across36 A spray, perhaps, the so rich spoiled daughter goes in forORCHIDS7Across37 DuckMALLARD7Across37 Go backRETURN6Across38 AngleCORNER6Across38 The mother and son about to return travel a lotNOMADS6Across38 AmuseTICKLE6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40 ThinMEAGRE6Across40 Bother to get a gift for the babyRATTLE6Across40 NoiseDIN3Across41 United came out on top, we’re toldONE3Across41 CollarboneCLAVICLE8Across42 Opens up at sunset to the sailorsUNSCREWS8Across42

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HopefulOPTIMISTIC10Down1 “Old jalopy” does frighten and upset a bitRATTLETRAP10Down1 AnxietyANGST5Down1 SingletVEST4Down2 She’s up and getting an early startEDNA4Down2 QuiltDUVET5Down2 Senior female pupilHEADGIRL8Down3 Happenings after the resumption of activities?GOINGSON8Down3 OceanSEA3Down3 Long-tailed animalRACCOON7Down4 It’s peculiar, you conclude, to a certain kind of miceENDEMIC7Down4 SucculentCACTUS6Down4 TardyLATE4Down5 GoodsMERCHANDISE11Down5 Mood in which false evidence is thought up?FRAMEOFMIND11Down5 SheepEWE3Down6 In a precarious positionOUTONALIMB10Down6 What you own to be a need for exorcismPOSSESSION10Down6 RestrictLIMIT5Down7 VocalistSINGER6Down7 The old gold is for the clergymanPASTOR6Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 ReclusiveMONASTIC8Down8 Contend the figure has been entered in fullCOMPLETE8Down8 Dance and have your little funFLING5Down10 SensationalLURID5Down10 StressTENSION7Down13 HeathenPAGAN5Down14 An expert press agent held to have a cure for everythingPANACEA7Down16 FoesENEMIES7Down16 ThrilledTINGLED7Down16 CutSEVER5Down18 GirlsHER3Down19 “Prerogative” is perfectRIGHT5Down20 ResoluteSTOUT5Down20 Excessive amountSURFEIT7Down22 A little music, one allows, has charmsAMULETS7Down22 InflexibleRIGID5Down22 Starring actressLEADINGLADY11Down23 Can it tell you just where your golf ball has landed?LIEDETECTOR11Down23 MaleMAN3Down24 Old hearing aidEARTRUMPET10Down25 Insurance for the bit player in “The Fielder”?EXTRACOVER10Down25 MyselfYOURSTRULY10Down26 Writing to dictation is loweringTAKINGDOWN10Down26 DiscussionDEBATE6Down27 MonthMARCH5Down28 InspectedEXAMINED8Down28 The data for the book on textiles?MATERIAL8Down28 WhiskersBEARD5Down29 SwarthyDUSKY5Down31 Dessert itemICECREAM8Down31 What heights the incredibility had reached?TALLNESS8Down31 DissuadeDETER5Down32 ForetellPREDICT7Down32 Swoon as you hand round?PASSOUT7Down32 Flowing in the barLEGATO6Down34 InjureDAMAGE6Down34 LakeMERE4Down34 European countrySPAIN5Down35 Ring Michael when Al has gone outCHIME5Down35 EncounteredMET3Down36 IlluminatedLIT3Down37 PareTRIM4Down39 Brand nameMARK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 25, 2023. 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.