xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Sunday, October 11, 2026
Advertisements

Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 7 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.

Also solved on August 7
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword   New York Times Crossword   Newsday Crossword   The Independent Crossword  

Across

Click a clue to reveal the answer
ClueLetters#Answer
Sluggish61 AcrossReveal answer → Light purple53 AcrossReveal answer → Modify a name for physical training53 AcrossReveal answer → Nighttime45 AcrossReveal answer → Subject58 AcrossReveal answer → What Ian needs to become a noted player58 AcrossReveal answer → Take away58 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey39 AcrossReveal answer → Not one's left sock!510 AcrossReveal answer → Consider410 AcrossReveal answer → Containing milk products510 AcrossReveal answer → A musical time for gunners at Gateshead311 AcrossReveal answer → Awful411 AcrossReveal answer → Slope down311 AcrossReveal answer → A quick blow to avoid finally512 AcrossReveal answer → Implant512 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark512 AcrossReveal answer → Aquatic bird713 AcrossReveal answer → Neither flattened nor sharpened!713 AcrossReveal answer → Trefoil613 AcrossReveal answer → Speed contests515 AcrossReveal answer → Designed average central heating515 AcrossReveal answer → Notch416 AcrossReveal answer → Cease418 AcrossReveal answer → A traveller in company?318 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight318 AcrossReveal answer → Tickets for the donkeys at the pierhead619 AcrossReveal answer → Of cats619 AcrossReveal answer → Through320 AcrossReveal answer → Tricky side for a batsman's stroke721 AcrossReveal answer → Draw with these721 AcrossReveal answer → Pose322 AcrossReveal answer → Coconut fibre422 AcrossReveal answer → The flag lady?422 AcrossReveal answer → Detest423 AcrossReveal answer → I can't afford it, darling423 AcrossReveal answer → Spike323 AcrossReveal answer → Light shoe724 AcrossReveal answer → With his skill, he makes an impression724 AcrossReveal answer → Discourteous424 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse425 AcrossReveal answer → Solitary hothead with unusual merit626 AcrossReveal answer → Entertains626 AcrossReveal answer → Hung628 AcrossReveal answer → There's nothing in turning left329 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable329 AcrossReveal answer → Respond530 AcrossReveal answer → Skinflint531 AcrossReveal answer → Handle the outing531 AcrossReveal answer → Dispersed remains of a student group732 AcrossReveal answer → Settled432 AcrossReveal answer → Sure732 AcrossReveal answer → Ripped433 AcrossReveal answer → Let out, say534 AcrossReveal answer → Regret334 AcrossReveal answer → At no time534 AcrossReveal answer → He could be mistaken for his motherless partner335 AcrossReveal answer → Figure535 AcrossReveal answer → Belonging to him335 AcrossReveal answer → Loves an anagram to unravel536 AcrossReveal answer → Require436 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird536 AcrossReveal answer → There could be more than two537 AcrossReveal answer → Gorge637 AcrossReveal answer → Fiend537 AcrossReveal answer → Being wined makes him drunk538 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom538 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

Click a clue to reveal the answer
ClueLetters#Answer
Coma61 DownReveal answer → Rum spilt by a learner on the wall!51 DownReveal answer → Jockey51 DownReveal answer → Renovated82 DownReveal answer → Works out that fruits contain water72 DownReveal answer → Planet72 DownReveal answer → Really63 DownReveal answer → Wooden town?44 DownReveal answer → Consigned94 DownReveal answer → Privy to44 DownReveal answer → Varied75 DownReveal answer → Prissy little chap, but original65 DownReveal answer → Loves deeply65 DownReveal answer → Artificial waterway56 DownReveal answer → Tart46 DownReveal answer → New diets bring their ups and downs56 DownReveal answer → Retain47 DownReveal answer → Clean feathers57 DownReveal answer → Amid fluttering hens, I do well57 DownReveal answer → Golf-peg38 DownReveal answer → Nothing39 DownReveal answer → Rested on the bottom39 DownReveal answer → A good understanding of French, originally712 DownReveal answer → Calls off712 DownReveal answer → Swindle314 DownReveal answer → Venerated914 DownReveal answer → Is he a regular guy?314 DownReveal answer → Because315 DownReveal answer → It blooms in a monastery garden516 DownReveal answer → Panatella, say516 DownReveal answer → Cut off517 DownReveal answer → The Russians ruined half Strasbourg517 DownReveal answer → One who is accident free?719 DownReveal answer → Interfered819 DownReveal answer → Fin719 DownReveal answer → Trite rhyme not taken seriously520 DownReveal answer → Go away hastily520 DownReveal answer → Whelp320 DownReveal answer → Quantity helping to raise fertility521 DownReveal answer → Ebbed721 DownReveal answer → Godly521 DownReveal answer → Ling723 DownReveal answer → Great fun (but keep it dark?)723 DownReveal answer → Tranquil624 DownReveal answer → No longer stony-hearted regarding dates624 DownReveal answer → He needs a bit of time325 DownReveal answer → For every325 DownReveal answer → Passionate626 DownReveal answer → Stick627 DownReveal answer → Flynn got right to the heart of the tricky role527 DownReveal answer → Colliery worker527 DownReveal answer → Colour very unusual in a tame vulture528 DownReveal answer → Spanish man528 DownReveal answer → Rotate429 DownReveal answer → Buffalo530 DownReveal answer → The boys turning up for the beer530 DownReveal answer → Ascend430 DownReveal answer → Weight331 DownReveal answer → Prison room432 DownReveal answer → Is it only half habitable?432 DownReveal answer → Neither direction is a short cut333 DownReveal answer → Point a weapon333 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 7, 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.