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Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2025 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MovingASTIR5Across3 TuneMELODY6Across4 Such a hole as to make you stare?GAPING6Across4 Such a detective may charm, perhaps, by his mannerARMCHAIR8Across7 Australian cityADELAIDE8Across7 A German substituteERSATZ6Across8 Injury, woundLESION6Across8 GainPROFIT6Across9 Book of mapsATLAS5Across10 BeerBITTER6Across10 A surname? Everybody has oneALLAN5Across10 SwiftRAPID5Across11 ResponsibilityONUS4Across12 Makes sure that it's returned undamagedSEES4Across13 Canvas shelterTENT4Across13 ProphetSEER4Across14 The 'red' kind backs out of the wayDEER4Across14 She can crack a nutAUNT4Across15 Plant ovuleSEED4Across15 SingerALTO4Across15 Today, a word of warning?NOW3Across16 PrimateAPE3Across16 Sugar beet extract we all haveGARB4Across17 AffairROMANCE7Across17 Way of walkingGAIT4Across17 Prepared to admitOPEN4Across19 Slippery fishesEELS4Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 A twister's device to get a drinkCORKSCREW9Across21 Boxer's training itemPUNCHBALL9Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 RegretsRUES4Across23 List of protagonistsROTA4Across23 GreedyAVID4Across23 Ten volunteers aren't muchIOTA4Across24 NoblemanEARL4Across24 HobbleLIMP4Across25 DowelPEG3Across26 A masked marauder!FOX3Across26 FrogmanDIVER5Across26 Any one young fellow out of hundredsBODY4Across27 CautionWARN4Across27 OfferBID3Across28 How Charlie has to go shortCHAS4Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 SicknessDISEASE7Across30 It's not to be sniffed at!GLUE4Across32 Untidy stateMESS4Across32 Plan well for a famous abodeCHART5Across33 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Across33 TartACID4Across33 Coronation route?STREET6Across34 Provides foodCATERS6Across34 Shows a consuming interest in being humble!EATSCROW8Across35 TeachesEDUCATES8Across35 RosterROTA4Across35 Earth, for examplePLANET6Across36 A scholarly introductionPRIMER6Across36 EmulateRIVAL5Across36 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across38 SmallLITTLE6Across39 ClassGRADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down1 A lad's fresh foodSALAD5Down1 TrailSPOOR5Down1 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down2 Look kindly on the photographerSMILE5Down2 Market-placeFORUM5Down2 Hearing organsEARS4Down3 The aching part due to wagging?CHIN4Down3 TuneAIR3Down3 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down4 PostureSTANCE6Down4 A faster colour than red?GREEN5Down4 BirdIBIS4Down5 MissingLOST4Down5 Afterthought about an American catPUSS4Down5 FreeRID3Down6 SagsDROOPS6Down6 Thought it up in timeNOTION6Down6 BoothSTALL5Down7 OffspringBROOD5Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 The lab's reply?RETORT6Down9 Hot drinkTEA3Down11 Collegiate member?LEG3Down11 Is it mostly borrowed from jargon?ARGOT5Down12 QuarrelARGUE5Down12 WanderingNOMADIC7Down13 Go down in reserve team?SUBSIDE7Down13 Ties upTETHERS7Down13 AgreeableSAPID5Down14 Vessel of an unfamiliar kindARK3Down15 So or thusSIC3Down15 Not the first to get freshNEW3Down16 StormTEMPEST7Down16 EverythingALL3Down16 RelaxedEASED5Down18 Having a growing potentialARABLE6Down18 SolutionANSWER6Down18 SolidifyGEL3Down19 She has tastePEACH5Down20 Girl's nameELLEN5Down20 Dog breedPUG3Down21 He guides many an animalCOX3Down21 ForbidBAN3Down22 Being timid, coolly robbed of some dollarsCOY3Down22 JockeyRIDER5Down22 RecollectRECALL6Down23 A bad lot getting worse?ROTTER6Down23 NoiseDIN3Down24 Drink delicatelySIP3Down25 Organ necessary in rehearsalEAR3Down25 CoarseRIBALD6Down27 Ring true, possibly, in a superficial senseOUTER5Down28 TriteBANAL5Down28 Thing of valueASSET5Down28 CubedDICED5Down29 The aforementionedDITTO5Down30 It's dangerous to be breezy with a hotheadHAIRY5Down30 ArteryAORTA5Down31 TantaliseTEASE5Down31 School we joined with some gustoSTOWE5Down31 IntendMEAN4Down32 ConsumedEATEN5Down32 Plant that grows as a sort of tree out EastGEUM4Down32 See timber in terms of financeCASH4Down33 Hosiery itemSOCK4Down33 JettyPIER4Down34 MatRUG3Down36 UntruthLIE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 26, 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.