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Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 129 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#
Jungle expeditionSAFARI6Across1 BeatTHRASH6Across1 Indicates there's nothing in a few beersPOINTS6Across1 Plant-studyBOTANY6Across5 RefurbishRENOVATE8Across7 Chief country with a prominent shorelineHEADLAND8Across7 The place for the low soldiery?BASE4Across8 Mexican snackTACO4Across8 ConsumerEATER5Across9 In which to be accountably indebtedTHERED6Across10 ReiterateREPEAT6Across10 Tropical American birdTOUCAN6Across10 Very little timeMINUTE6Across11 Picture houseCINEMA6Across11 FriskGAMBOL6Across11 LawfulLEGAL5Across12 AlwaysEVER4Across14 Bread rollBUN3Across14 A drink to help make you alertALE3Across14 Celestial bodyCOMET5Across16 Rises irregularly, gentlemenSIRES5Across16 Drawn matchesTIES4Across17 Could she be good for a song?LADY4Across17 GalaFETE4Across18 Arrived at the corner with a beast of burdenCAMEL5Across19 TreeCEDAR5Across19 NowTODAY5Across20 TagLABEL5Across21 A bit old to be seeing someone?DATED5Across21 DevilSATAN5Across22 Best!WORST5Across22 PublicisedAIRED5Across22 SketchedDREW4Across23 Cove with a bit of beach, apparentlyCHAP4Across23 TraceVESTIGE7Across23 NumberSEVEN5Across24 SeniorELDER5Across26 One of no importance to Oscar Wilde?WOMAN5Across26 Lowest pointNADIR5Across26 A snake round one's neck!BOA3Across28 ChargeFEE3Across28 Dramatic utterances actors can't hear?ASIDES6Across29 ParchedARID4Across29 ImprovesAMENDS6Across29 Cooled that hot enthusiast EdwardFANNED6Across30 BeerALE3Across30 FindLOCATE6Across30 A rising singerLARK4Across31 DryARID4Across31 Painting of a personPORTRAIT8Across32 FruitDATE4Across32 Deep fissure exploited by cavers and some seamenCREVASSE8Across32 SlumberSLEEP5Across33 View or glanceEYEFUL6Across33 Just the chap to wander around?ANDREW6Across33 AnimalRABBIT6Across35 SoonerRATHER6Across36 SatanDEVIL5Across37 LowerDEEPER6Across38 EvadedELUDED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ObjectiveTARGET6Down1 Group of sevenSEPTET6Down1 Weapon of Shakespearean characterPISTOL6Down1 Close down before time, almostNEARLY6Down2 Counting frameABACUS6Down2 KnockedRAPPED6Down2 Wherein to be sheltered, if only outwardlySHED4Down3 PressIRON4Down3 Stop upSEAL4Down3 Ed Davis cleverly gave warningADVISED7Down4 Of current affairsTOPICAL7Down4 LoathedHATED5Down4 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 StartedBEGAN5Down5 Am run ragged in Belgium!NAMUR5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Has a poor work rate, but is left in the side, possiblyIDLES5Down6 Gain access toGETAT5Down6 WalkerAMBLER6Down7 ShoutedYELLED6Down8 CylinderTUBE4Down8 Being decorative, is carefully drawnBEAD4Down8 ContainerCAN3Down9 Diocese in southeast MiddlesexSEE3Down9 And notNOR3Down12 Love of footballNIL3Down12 Non-JewGENTILE7Down13 FuseMERGE5Down13 Nominal asset, possiblyTESSA5Down13 ExcludeDEBAR5Down15 ElectorVOTER5Down15 Pasty person?PATSY5Down15 RantedRAVED5Down16 A religionISLAM5Down18 A detective so upset at farewellADIOS5Down18 SphereFIELD5Down18 FelineCAT3Down19 In a crack-up, maybe a write-offCAR3Down19 PrincipleTENET5Down19 Methodical start by the policeMET3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 In Ireland, a deceived girlDONEGAL7Down21 LongingYEN3Down21 PantriesLARDERS7Down21 EraAGE3Down22 TransgressionSIN3Down22 A roll or bunWAD3Down22 Reach a decisionDECIDE6Down23 He wrote, maybe on cardCONRAD6Down23 Henry from ShanklinHANK4Down24 HolySACRED6Down24 Peruse writingREAD4Down24 It's handy when cutting curvesPADSAW6Down25 PracticableVIABLE6Down25 Snout beetleWEEVIL6Down25 One usually has hands over faceWATCH5Down26 DiaperNAPPY5Down26 Has one such feelings when confused?MIXED5Down27 DisparageDECRY5Down27 DartedDASHED6Down27 In favour ofFOR3Down28 Sound sheepishBAA3Down28 BredREARED6Down28 A puce jumperFLEA4Down30 OverdueLATE4Down30 ChangeALTER5Down30 WeirdEERIE5Down31 TeamSIDE4Down33 ShroudPALL4Down34

About this puzzle

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