Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2025 Answers

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Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 29 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Sum52 AcrossReveal answer → Singer47 AcrossReveal answer → Burnt the fish - a kind of mullet78 AcrossReveal answer → Evade68 AcrossReveal answer → Bounce back78 AcrossReveal answer → A tightwad toff, but he does wish to help99 AcrossReveal answer → Penned59 AcrossReveal answer → Six-sided99 AcrossReveal answer → Couch311 AcrossReveal answer → Concede513 AcrossReveal answer → Cast in "Mystified"513 AcrossReveal answer → Bow313 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricated514 AcrossReveal answer → The sequence of events in the wake of514 AcrossReveal answer → Detail415 AcrossReveal answer → Am taking these round, as before715 AcrossReveal answer → Obstetrics nurse715 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten316 AcrossReveal answer → Type of house716 AcrossReveal answer → An opportunity for a key man?716 AcrossReveal answer → So the chap on the outside is the TV lawyer517 AcrossReveal answer → Heathen517 AcrossReveal answer → Fly the cockney across518 AcrossReveal answer → Drill418 AcrossReveal answer → Secret agents518 AcrossReveal answer → Complication719 AcrossReveal answer → Practise golf in the children's playground520 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude420 AcrossReveal answer → Scope520 AcrossReveal answer → Attack622 AcrossReveal answer → Lofty422 AcrossReveal answer → Get really confused when you argue with622 AcrossReveal answer → Given723 AcrossReveal answer → Colour623 AcrossReveal answer → Refused to authorise "The Sound of Music"623 AcrossReveal answer → Worry725 AcrossReveal answer → He seems surprised by the hors d'oeuvre725 AcrossReveal answer → Always425 AcrossReveal answer → Enslavement727 AcrossReveal answer → A competition, as opposed to a match727 AcrossReveal answer → Defective327 AcrossReveal answer → Table428 AcrossReveal answer → Dismissed as "an ignominious defeat all round"630 AcrossReveal answer → Performed330 AcrossReveal answer → Fears630 AcrossReveal answer → Tremble631 AcrossReveal answer → The R in "country," or "wrench"631 AcrossReveal answer → Hint331 AcrossReveal answer → Puts the money safely away for tips532 AcrossReveal answer → Hold-up532 AcrossReveal answer → Beneath533 AcrossReveal answer → Let out again and given food outside535 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance hall535 AcrossReveal answer → It's twaddle, so go back in and rest536 AcrossReveal answer → Steam bath536 AcrossReveal answer → Acid636 AcrossReveal answer → Order a c-cooker737 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument737 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken437 AcrossReveal answer → Famous538 AcrossReveal answer → Walk after mum with a rather ungainly walk739 AcrossReveal answer → Type of glass739 AcrossReveal answer → Just a little heat for the empty room541 AcrossReveal answer → Storey541 AcrossReveal answer → The land at first does have an appeal542 AcrossReveal answer → Male relative542 AcrossReveal answer → Not allowing to fly with not much training943 AcrossReveal answer → Sports hall943 AcrossReveal answer → Sounded furious and ran back into the vehicle744 AcrossReveal answer → Spire744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Allow61 DownReveal answer → Swift51 DownReveal answer → Make you pay for, when you order61 DownReveal answer → Computer programs82 DownReveal answer → Have to bring round to see Robert82 DownReveal answer → Pull32 DownReveal answer → Unbearable113 DownReveal answer → Be given collectively, at the meeting113 DownReveal answer → Also33 DownReveal answer → Tarnish on copper94 DownReveal answer → Shelter34 DownReveal answer → Just act naturally and don't go in fancy dress94 DownReveal answer → Expert35 DownReveal answer → Isn't off beat in it for a moment75 DownReveal answer → Agriculture75 DownReveal answer → Track56 DownReveal answer → Deign106 DownReveal answer → From the start, he was crazy about the little darling106 DownReveal answer → Cab47 DownReveal answer → She stands for everything English47 DownReveal answer → Threesome410 DownReveal answer → Crockery item610 DownReveal answer → On the way to Oslo, changed seats610 DownReveal answer → Off-cream on the outside, the inside in red711 DownReveal answer → Ceremonial flight711 DownReveal answer → Prejudiced711 DownReveal answer → Oscillate612 DownReveal answer → Scorned712 DownReveal answer → Were apprehensive when a "35" ran amok612 DownReveal answer → Wandering713 DownReveal answer → Exhaust714 DownReveal answer → Trample516 DownReveal answer → Receded517 DownReveal answer → Wager318 DownReveal answer → It's five to nine, so carve the meat719 DownReveal answer → Unlawful719 DownReveal answer → Hill321 DownReveal answer → Child's room721 DownReveal answer → Very emotional at the tennis break point721 DownReveal answer → Rotate424 DownReveal answer → By which you start to lay claim to the pillow?1124 DownReveal answer → Support with evidence1124 DownReveal answer → Comprehend1026 DownReveal answer → More or less the first thing you associate with a fairground?1026 DownReveal answer → Call526 DownReveal answer → Pop or otherwise, music right for the occasion928 DownReveal answer → Driver928 DownReveal answer → The cat, as usual, then scuttles inside729 DownReveal answer → Pilot729 DownReveal answer → Sweetener529 DownReveal answer → Flaw630 DownReveal answer → You'll withhold consent? Rubbish!630 DownReveal answer → Immediately after the shed, change direction832 DownReveal answer → Anxiety832 DownReveal answer → Pig-pen332 DownReveal answer → Over there633 DownReveal answer → The case is a female, at hospital633 DownReveal answer → Vase333 DownReveal answer → Inutile734 DownReveal answer → When the working week comes to a close, they're palsy-walsy!734 DownReveal answer → Spot334 DownReveal answer → Wand335 DownReveal answer → Supernatural638 DownReveal answer → Stronger and less slovenly638 DownReveal answer → Measure the crack the rain's come through440 DownReveal answer → Toy440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 29, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.