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Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
Cruel, viciousBRUTAL6Across1 EmphasiseSTRESS6Across1 Stop to give a lift?PULLUP6Across1 SupposeASSUME6Across5 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Having departed from the house for good, was a blowLEFTHOOK8Across7 A firm master with an optical defectCOMA4Across8 Be on fireBURN4Across8 CoinsPENCE5Across9 Said to be fine in the use of pensSPOKEN6Across10 DaftSTUPID6Across10 NutCASHEW6Across10 The devil will work with striking effectIMPACT6Across11 Outward appearanceFACADE6Across11 ExaminerTESTER6Across11 DissuadeDETER5Across12 A hat like this could belong to a Roman CatholicRED3Across14 FrankOPEN4Across14 Gave food toFED3Across14 ClawTALON5Across16 Father of uniform sonsPADRE5Across16 FreeRID3Across17 Loud sound of explosion in central HarrowROAR4Across17 StrongboxSAFE4Across17 ChokeCLOG4Across18 Substitute fieldsman?COVER5Across19 Landed estateMANOR5Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across20 Trimmed in twos, we're toldPARED5Across21 Defeated competitorLOSER5Across21 DepositLODGE5Across22 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across22 Revolutionary - or master traitor?MARAT5Across22 Mum's joining the Turk's Head staffMAST4Across23 QuitVACATED7Across23 American ostrichRHEA4Across23 TwistSCREW5Across24 Less than severely cutSEVER5Across26 PostponeDEFER5Across26 PigmeatBACON5Across26 He gets it wrong a lotTIM3Across28 Born asNEE3Across28 Bound to be capable of effortless carpentryPRANCE6Across29 ScorchCHAR4Across29 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across29 TrustworthyHONEST6Across30 It's full of interest when mum's out of serviceMUSEUM6Across30 JointHIP3Across30 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 A significant movie?OMEN4Across31 PartisanONESIDED8Across32 Picks up, one gathersCOLLECTS8Across32 DandyDUDE4Across32 RegionalLOCAL5Across33 He had little to eat and might have been poisonedTASTER6Across33 Boy's nameERNEST6Across33 BattleACTION6Across35 EraserRUBBER6Across36 FresherNEWER5Across37 DeservedEARNED6Across38 ProperDECENT6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DivisionSECTOR6Down1 RupturesBURSTS6Down1 Officer having to whistle for his money?PURSER6Down1 One beautifully suitable in a new role?LOOKER6Down2 HairpieceTOUPEE6Down2 DaredRISKED6Down2 Prepare to move up in final positionPLAN4Down3 Touch downLAND4Down3 RushedSPED4Down3 Made an impressive show of petulance?STAMPED7Down4 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 DrainSEWER5Down4 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 PerformedACTED5Down5 The wanderer Damon turned upNOMAD5Down5 ProphetSEER4Down6 Fish or steak mincedSKATE5Down6 TwelveDOZEN5Down6 InnumerableUNTOLD6Down7 InfuriateENRAGE6Down8 PolishBUFF4Down8 The decorator's daughter?CORA4Down8 To freeRID3Down9 In short, the sunny area familiar to travellersMED3Down9 Standard piece of apparatusPAR3Down12 VehicleCAR3Down12 Get over being peevishCROSS5Down13 GiganticTITANIC7Down13 SidestepDODGE5Down13 FundamentalBASIC5Down15 Just a bad molarMORAL5Down15 ThrowPITCH5Down15 Not everNEVER5Down16 EncipheredCODED5Down18 In frontAHEAD5Down18 Some red roses returned, directORDER5Down18 A vehicle for French?CAR3Down19 LeeredOGLED5Down19 Angry crowdMOB3Down19 Could one help a sick dog to a few pieces of meat?VET3Down20 MeshNET3Down20 On the quiet, bent on getting a drink?PARCHED7Down21 Wool fatLANOLIN7Down21 UncookedRAW3Down21 GuidedLED3Down22 The chaps point to meMEN3Down22 SpicyHOT3Down22 FameRENOWN6Down23 Being tight, they miss out half the beerMISERS6Down23 Foot partHEEL4Down24 AbradeSCRAPE6Down24 A concluding article on humanityAMEN4Down24 Roof-beamRAFTER6Down25 A warning cry of strange timbreTIMBER6Down25 PainterARTIST6Down25 They help one to see the little bits mentionedSPECS5Down26 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down26 GropeFUMBLE6Down27 Jump downstairs?VAULT5Down27 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Down27 Signal agreementNOD3Down28 RueREGRET6Down28 A minor corporation?TUM3Down28 The majority have a moist exteriorMOST4Down30 ConcealHIDE4Down30 SharpenedHONED5Down30 PeeledPARED5Down31 SolitaryLONE4Down33 EnticeLURE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 5, 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.