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Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 3 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 134 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#
MarionettePUPPET6Across1 RigorousSTRICT6Across4 Hatchet man in the computer world?HACKER6Across4 HarryHECTOR6Across5 Work worthy of performance with loveCONCERTO8Across7 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Of the faceFACIAL6Across8 He may raise a dismissive fingerUMPIRE6Across8 CoupledYOKED5Across9 Sect with foreign friends at Crouch EndAMISH5Across10 SlumberingASLEEP6Across10 Vote inELECT5Across10 WaveRIPPLE6Across11 StorehouseDEPOT5Across12 That elegiac poetGRAY4Across13 RenownFAME4Across13 DisastrousDIRE4Across14 FrozenICED4Across14 Mope around composing something beautifulPOEM4Across14 ApproximatelyORSO4Across15 Useless when emptyVOID4Across15 Small barrelKEG3Across16 Beast in a foreign uniformGNU3Across16 State outcry at Number TenOHIO4Across17 ManagedRAN3Across17 Prima donnaDIVA4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Nonsense about India causing confusionRIOT4Across19 ParadiseEDEN4Across19 DissuadeDETER5Across20 You can chew dates quickly, it's trueSTEADFAST9Across21 From childhoodMANANDBOY9Across21 PaddledWADED5Across22 It's a question of timeWHEN4Across23 Farm buildingBARN4Across23 FriskedCAPERED7Across23 Type of duckTEAL4Across24 Many a beast has bulkMASS4Across24 RotDECAY5Across24 HoweverBUT3Across26 PrincipleTENET5Across26 Be sure to keep your eyes openSEE3Across26 CognateAKIN4Across27 The boaster's gameBRAG4Across27 Weave on thisLOOM4Across29 HeroIDOL4Across29 Operates in American waysUSES4Across29 PlusAND3Across30 Is this animal the ultimate stallion?LION4Across32 CertainSURE4Across32 Of the earsOTIC4Across32 Old Jack's vesselKETCH5Across33 GiantTITAN5Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Cries out between hushes?SHOUTS6Across34 DefeatedBEATEN6Across34 Imposed by brute strength in the endENFORCED8Across35 Attain successGETAHEAD8Across35 AgreeCONCUR6Across35 EruptsBURSTS6Across36 Stoppers used by bakersBRAKES6Across36 ExcitedROUSED6Across36 CapBERET5Across37 ScatterSPREAD6Across38 NumbDEADEN6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Without clothesNAKED5Down1 Fragmentary conflict?SCRAP5Down1 CalmPLACID6Down1 Following, behindAFTER5Down2 Girl, middle-class, over nine maybeANNIE5Down2 ChickenPULLET6Down2 Superlative of goodBEST4Down3 Time-share network?MESH4Down3 WatchedEYED4Down3 CouchesSOFAS5Down4 DrinkerTOPER5Down4 She charms men one at a timeHOURI5Down4 Wading birdHERON5Down5 Run against othersRACE4Down5 Duplicate what the reporter wroteCOPY4Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 CowardlyCRAVEN6Down6 Rambling ranter possiblyERRANT6Down6 KnockedTAPPED6Down7 StaggeredREELED6Down8 Diverse dramas in portMADRAS6Down9 Single-cell organismAMOEBA6Down9 IlluminatedLIT3Down11 Cut across the fieldMOW3Down11 TreeCEDAR5Down12 Struck by a most unusual eye-openerSMOTE5Down12 ParadePAGEANT7Down13 Benny was a fine fellowGOODMAN7Down13 Desperate, hurriedFRANTIC7Down13 Roman road skirting ViennaVIA3Down15 YieldedCEDED5Down15 Egg cellsOVA3Down15 Obtained leave for a short timeGOT3Down16 Design transferDECAL5Down16 Lock openerKEY3Down16 HellHADES5Down18 Plant the fowl peckedHENBIT6Down18 CongenitalINNATE6Down18 AlludeREFER5Down19 The outcome is sure not right!ISSUE5Down20 ToysDOLLS5Down20 BeamRAY3Down21 Floor coveringMAT3Down21 The woman with some fresh eggsSHE3Down21 LairDEN3Down22 A smoke for the boyFAG3Down22 DampWET3Down22 Writing deskBUREAU6Down23 The sheepish wimp contradicts himWETHER6Down23 Field-eventDISCUS6Down24 Head movementNOD3Down25 Dry in next to no timeSEC3Down25 AngleCORNER6Down25 TendedNURSED6Down27 Male monarchsKINGS5Down28 SinewTENDON6Down28 Eros's strange bloomersROSES5Down28 LubricatedOILED5Down30 To persevere can be a punishing thingSTICK5Down30 VentilatedAIRED5Down30 Like dark deedsSHADY5Down31 FixesMENDS5Down31 ChallengedDARED5Down31 Boy's nameOTIS4Down32 Lady of fortuneLUCK4Down32 Maybe granny sounds negativeKNOT4Down33 InstrumentTUBA4Down33 Slightly openAJAR4Down33 ObserveNOTE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 3, 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.