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Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 25 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
DebacleFIASCO6Across1 This, and mortar, make a working combinationPESTLE6Across1 DaubSMEAR5Across1 SlabTABLET6Across5 Scott's novel way to hold a wild revelWAVERLEY8Across7 DisparageBELITTLE8Across7 Card gameSOLO4Across8 Fine fabric, but it looks weakLAME4Across8 CompelFORCE5Across8 AssociationLEAGUE6Across10 SweetmeatTOFFEE6Across10 Possibly a curse from outer space?SAUCER6Across10 ToilLABOUR6Across11 CloseNEAR4Across11 He keeps his uniform in a big boxCURATE6Across11 Some submarine trap?NET3Across14 ScornDERIDE6Across14 JokeGAG3Across14 HarmonyCONCERT7Across15 See poems as secret writingsCODES5Across16 DawdleDALLY5Across16 What a hen provides for a horse, in certain ways?EGGS4Across17 TribeCLAN4Across17 PermitLET3Across18 Hail with tears in one's eyes?GREET5Across19 TuneAIR3Across19 BetWAGER5Across19 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across21 ReposeREST4Across21 Excited when shot?FIRED5Across21 Point a lot out, maybe, as soundTONAL5Across22 Greek authorAESOP5Across22 PointedAIMED5Across23 Projection manager?BOSS4Across23 OnlyMERE4Across23 HadesHELL4Across24 Belonging to themTHEIR5Across26 Possibly partial provision for light protectionVISOR5Across26 PinchNIP3Across27 Figure modern times to be just crazyMAD3Across28 HelmsmanCOX3Across28 Habituated to being ruined?INURED6Across29 Floor of a fireplaceHEARTH6Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across29 Eccentric airman's maid?MARIAN6Across30 ComfortSOLACE6Across30 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across31 LastingDURABLE7Across31 One chap you could flatten!IRON4Across31 StationarySTATIC6Across32 TrustworthyCREDIBLE8Across32 Diplomatic mission of a head of government in a state of elationLEGATION8Across32 HandgunPISTOL6Across33 Don't persist when a chap is on short timeDESIST6Across33 StripPEEL4Across34 SmotherSTIFLE6Across35 SeaOCEAN5Across38 RebelledRIOTED6Across39 LeafPETAL5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Follow us up in an absolute sensePURSUE6Down1 GambolFROLIC6Down1 Signs of trouble started by expertsTRACES6Down2 CatchwordSLOGAN6Down2 LowMOO3Down2 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Down3 Were in jugEWER4Down3 InfluenceAFFECT6Down3 City fortressCITADEL7Down4 Cut in crude fashion by an editorREDUCED7Down4 Fish-eggsROE3Down4 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 NurseTEND4Down5 Beg for people to finish in a homePLEAD5Down5 CarrierBEARER6Down6 JadedWEARY5Down6 Wherein the cows get extras around mid-afternoon?BYRES5Down6 GiftTALENT6Down7 Long storySAGA4Down8 A breatherLUNG4Down8 DragLUG3Down9 Supplied the requirements of the police?MET3Down9 ChorusREFRAIN7Down9 Tosh from a protester?ROT3Down12 FishEEL3Down12 Drinks counterBAR3Down12 Optical outcome of a wild stare?TEARS5Down13 CeremonyRITE4Down13 Open soreULCER5Down13 You need a good car when in FranceARRAS5Down15 Capital of VietnamHANOI5Down15 FormerlyONCE4Down16 ShyTIMID5Down17 SuppleLITHE5Down18 Not much of a grin, perhaps!GRAIN5Down18 Used to beWAS3Down19 Drink with some girls and a motherless manGIN3Down19 RepelREPULSE7Down20 It can easily get out of handEEL3Down20 HiatusGAP3Down20 Nottingham's wooded areas?FORESTS7Down21 SureCERTAIN7Down21 To the ruling head, a high placeTOR3Down22 DirtySOIL4Down22 AtmosphereAIR3Down22 Grinding teethMOLARS6Down23 Nobles at court out Hammersmith way?BARONS6Down23 CavalrymanHUSSAR6Down24 School testEXAM4Down24 The immortal love racketODIN4Down24 JumpLEAP4Down25 For a heavenly body's space visitant, it's late in the daySUNSET6Down25 ViewEYEFUL6Down25 Clubhouse!VILLA5Down26 DenseTHICK5Down26 HiddenLATENT6Down26 Edges of a roofEAVES5Down27 Rush to get a letter to pressSURGE5Down27 GorgeRAVINE6Down28 Spoil master Rex?MAR3Down28 FishCOD3Down28 OozeSEEP4Down30 Watch your head!MIND4Down30 FastenTIE3Down30 DivotCLOD4Down33 FaucetTAP3Down36 MeadowLEA3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. 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.