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Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 124 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#
Nun's costumeHABIT5Across1 ThrongCROWD5Across1 A black suitCLUBS5Across1 BroadcastingSOWING6Across5 As used in making pies around Christmas, initially?SPICE5Across6 FlavourTASTE5Across6 PerchROOST5Across8 PosyNOSEGAY7Across9 Evidently cereal repastOATMEAL7Across9 SaveREDEEM6Across10 CookerSTOVE5Across10 To a medical person, it means scopeAMBIT5Across10 Brings upREARS5Across11 We hear it has charmsMUSIC5Across11 OtherwiseELSE4Across11 Prevents arrests?STOPS5Across12 IndicationsSIGNS5Across12 Like that Baconian theory, a bit unreliableSTREAKY7Across13 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across13 CustomerPATRON6Across14 FatherDAD3Across15 Harlesden's youth centre?LES3Across15 CompeteCONTEND7Across15 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 Employer of a shifty ruseUSER4Across17 EnclosurePEN3Across18 Convince, guaranteeASSURE6Across18 Some rubbish about a safety deviceREFUSE6Across18 ScullOAR3Across19 Not smoothROUGH5Across19 Certainly not the distaffSPEAR5Across19 Extra terrestrials, as around the Nile, possiblyALIENS6Across20 Small cupboardCLOSET6Across20 ExpensiveDEAR4Across21 I had to back the Gunners to attackRAID4Across22 NuisancePEST4Across22 RemediedCURED5Across23 Farmyard birdHEN3Across24 SkinPELT4Across24 There's a 'water' kind (in the Euphrates?)RAT3Across24 Scolds harshlyBERATES7Across25 A number happening to be in the fringes of societySEVENTY7Across25 Fairy typePIXIE5Across26 I avow it's a southern river!SWEAR5Across26 Eurasian mammalSTOAT5Across27 Soundly bred on plain foodBREAD5Across27 FixedSET3Across27 By sheltering the sick, make a nameBILLY5Across28 RobustHARDY5Across28 Legendary builder who redeveloped our slumROMULUS7Across29 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across29 FishEEL3Across29 Starting with fifty, he returned with nineLENIN5Across30 Thin porridgeGRUEL5Across30 Something electrifyingly hairy?SHOCK5Across31 EnticeTEMPT5Across31 AloofDISTANT7Across31 TraderDEALER6Across32 InsectFLEA4Across34 HarmonyUNISON6Across35 CrawlCREEP5Across38 OrdainDECREE6Across39 CogsTEETH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
National songANTHEM6Down2 Fish-eggsROE3Down2 It's after 51 thousand that there are restrictionsLIMITS6Down2 It's for water but contains oilBOILER6Down3 GarlandWREATH6Down3 With no successINVAIN6Down3 Rested, then returned to an incomplete taskSAT3Down4 RabbitDOE3Down4 Foot partTOE3Down4 PaceSTEP4Down5 May it form friendshipAMITY5Down5 DangerPERIL5Down5 SquanderedWASTED6Down6 More than plentiful evidence of embroidery skillSAMPLER7Down6 DiscolourTARNISH7Down6 StoreGARNER6Down7 Yes votesAYES4Down7 Extra soft, with a bit of lustrePLUS4Down7 Many wage adjustments mean troubleCRISES6Down8 Deposit on teethTARTAR6Down8 ThreateningOMINOUS7Down9 Wooden shoeSABOT5Down12 CircuitLAP3Down12 Avoids reading things full of rubbish?SKIPS5Down12 Sea-eagleERNE4Down13 To tease us up is sweet!SUGAR5Down13 GameMATCH5Down13 FiendDEMON5Down14 A terrible fire at the end of the street involves repairREFIT5Down14 Lord socially acceptable in disorganised clanLUCAN5Down15 Continental quiltDUVET5Down15 FormerlyONCE4Down16 At journey's end, see many looking off-colourSEEDY5Down16 Financial liabilitiesDEBTS5Down16 ChallengedDARED5Down17 ConcurAGREE5Down18 Speedy winner in a famous carRACER5Down18 Musical performanceRECITAL7Down19 Where wintry precipitation's almost done?SNOWDON7Down19 TrainRETINUE7Down20 Annie's boy?LAURIE6Down21 MissiveLETTER6Down21 SoonANON4Down22 Monarch's residencePALACE6Down22 You can do what you like with itRELISH6Down22 Of the emphatic type?ITALIC6Down23 Parody, imitationSENDUP6Down23 CushionedPADDED6Down24 Old place name, rum as can beSARUM5Down25 Bearing of offspringBIRTH5Down25 PetalLEAF4Down25 In which a woman could give herself airs?SARI4Down26 Leaf of a bookPAGE4Down26 CashierTELLER6Down26 Busoni piece usually without conductorBUS3Down28 BandSTRIPE6Down28 StrikeHIT3Down28 ShelterLEE3Down30 TribeRACE4Down33 EntrapNET3Down36 AbroadOUT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 28, 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.