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Evening Standard Crossword August 6 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 6 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
TautTIGHT5Across3 Hair colourAUBURN6Across4 High enough to be a record in Middlesex?ALPINE6Across4 A sound legal document from the benevolent people?GOODWILL8Across7 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across7 The Beatles had one to rideTICKET6Across8 Car shedGARAGE6Across8 HurryHASTEN6Across9 DoshMONEY5Across10 PointingAIMING6Across10 Finish breakfast with something to eat in a momentTRICE5Across10 ExpiateATONE5Across11 PipSEED4Across12 Thankless errata can be exceptionalRARE4Across13 Warm and snugCOSY4Across13 Complete extentSPAN4Across14 Every one has a terrible acheEACH4Across14 Simon turning up again!PURE4Across15 TinsCANS4Across15 ManufacturedMADE4Across15 Do you do so with emphasis?BET3Across16 SquibDUD3Across16 Dad exploits them as delaysUSES4Across17 ExtortEXTRACT7Across17 Pronounce indistinctlySLUR4Across17 Connects with matchesTIES4Across19 ReviseEDIT4Across19 BornNEE3Across20 Where there's a river crossingBRENTFORD9Across21 EnsureGUARANTEE9Across21 SoarTOWER5Across21 EagerKEEN4Across23 Reason for a visitCALL4Across23 PlacedLAID4Across23 She's said to be slimmerLENA4Across24 SingletVEST4Across24 AdoreLOVE4Across25 Bad actorHAM3Across26 The method to get distanceWAY3Across26 FamousNOTED5Across26 Attracted a doctor opposite waysDREW4Across27 TalonCLAW4Across27 UnusualODD3Across28 Imagining there's no monarch is pretty unconvincingTHIN4Across29 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across29 FearedDREADED7Across30 Area low and to the rightMOOR4Across32 Lacking fatLEAN4Across32 River of service to meMEUSE5Across33 Examine thoroughlyPROBE5Across33 SmellREEK4Across33 Statements made possessivelyCLAIMS6Across34 Military traineesCADETS6Across34 Quotations from old religious writingsEXTRACTS8Across35 QuiversTREMBLES8Across35 Swimming-poolLIDO4Across35 AgainstVERSUS6Across36 They feed the peopleSWEDES6Across36 BisectHALVE5Across36 FestivalEASTER6Across38 RelaxingEASING6Across39 IntendedMEANT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PacifiesCALMS5Down1 An entrance of stoneAGATE5Down1 PursueCHASE5Down1 Steam bathSAUNA5Down2 To be no-end nice is good for you!TONIC5Down2 AdvantageASSET5Down2 RemainSTAY4Down3 During a wet week, it's just too cuteTWEE4Down3 BeverageTEA3Down3 Gaseous elementARGON5Down4 WholeINTACT6Down4 Table carved from the rock?ALTAR5Down4 PassHAND4Down5 InterBURY4Down5 Walk at speedPACE4Down5 FastenTIE3Down6 Richly seasoned stewRAGOUT6Down6 Out of line, they're relatively apt to make a sceneNIECES6Down6 GiantTITAN5Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 Valuable commoditiesASSETS6Down9 Cromwellian general whose anger was weighty?IRETON6Down9 ChooseOPT3Down11 Is he apt to be called Sunshine?RAY3Down11 Chuck is after Charlie, the boor!CHURL5Down12 FollowENSUE5Down12 BurstEXPLODE7Down13 Evidently he doesn't steal silentlyRUSTLER7Down13 Towed vehicleCARAVAN7Down13 ExhaustDRAIN5Down14 As used in writing a pointed article?PEN3Down15 Vicious dogCUR3Down15 Where to sleep if you live at Land's EndBED3Down16 ErasedDELETED7Down16 PerishDIE3Down16 PulledTOWED5Down18 Rarely producing new modelsSELDOM6Down18 Surgical knifeLANCET6Down18 SolidifyGEL3Down19 I scold when angryIRATE5Down20 DiscourageDETER5Down20 JewelGEM3Down21 Sea-horse?BAY3Down21 NovelNEW3Down22 Like the risks in safe workFEW3Down22 RegalROYAL5Down22 Martial artKARATE6Down23 Short of experience, visit the town centreCALLOW6Down23 CurDOG3Down24 Short quick punchJAB3Down25 Her opposition helped make historyHIS3Down25 ImpelledDRIVEN6Down27 Those blooming things round the door?ROSES5Down28 CommandORDER5Down28 ContinuesLASTS5Down28 ThickDENSE5Down29 ToysDOLLS5Down30 A feeling about the part of 'Quasimodo'HUNCH5Down30 NumberDIGIT5Down31 UntidyMESSY5Down31 Informative in a fresh wayNEWSY5Down31 Lower limbsLEGS4Down32 EvadeDODGE5Down32 Neither severe nor bitterMILD4Down32 There's mud on the motorway again!MIRE4Down33 CougarPUMA4Down33 ManageFARE4Down34 BorderHEM3Down36 ConsumeEAT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 6, 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.