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Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 129 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#
SluggishTORPID6Across1 Light purpleLILAC5Across3 Modify a name for physical trainingADAPT5Across3 NighttimeDARK4Across5 SubjectTOPIC5Across8 What Ian needs to become a noted playerMUSIC5Across8 Take awayMINUS5Across8 DonkeyASS3Across9 Not one's left sock!RIGHT5Across10 ConsiderDEEM4Across10 Containing milk productsDAIRY5Across10 A musical time for gunners at GatesheadRAG3Across11 AwfulVILE4Across11 Slope downDIP3Across11 A quick blow to avoid finallyRAPID5Across12 ImplantEMBED5Across12 Punctuation markCOLON5Across12 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Across13 Neither flattened nor sharpened!NATURAL7Across13 TrefoilCLOVER6Across13 Speed contestsRACES5Across15 Designed average central heatingMEANT5Across15 NotchDENT4Across16 CeaseSTOP4Across18 A traveller in company?REP3Across18 Unit of weightTON3Across18 Tickets for the donkeys at the pierheadPASSES6Across19 Of catsFELINE6Across19 ThroughPER3Across20 Tricky side for a batsman's strokeLEGPULL7Across21 Draw with thesePENCILS7Across21 PoseSIT3Across22 Coconut fibreCOIR4Across22 The flag lady?IRIS4Across22 DetestHATE4Across23 I can't afford it, darlingDEAR4Across23 SpikeEAR3Across23 Light shoeSLIPPER7Across24 With his skill, he makes an impressionPRINTER7Across24 DiscourteousRUDE4Across24 ExcusePLEA4Across25 Solitary hothead with unusual meritHERMIT6Across26 EntertainsAMUSES6Across26 HungDRAPED6Across28 There's nothing in turning leftNIL3Across29 VegetablePEA3Across29 RespondREACT5Across30 SkinflintMISER5Across31 Handle the outingTREAT5Across31 Dispersed remains of a student groupSEMINAR7Across32 SettledPAID4Across32 SureCERTAIN7Across32 RippedTORE4Across33 Let out, sayUTTER5Across34 RegretRUE3Across34 At no timeNEVER5Across34 He could be mistaken for his motherless partnerGOG3Across35 FigureSEVEN5Across35 Belonging to himHIS3Across35 Loves an anagram to unravelSOLVE5Across36 RequireNEED4Across36 Wading birdHERON5Across36 There could be more than twoTHREE5Across37 GorgeSTODGE6Across37 FiendDEMON5Across37 Being wined makes him drunkEDWIN5Across38 KingdomREALM5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ComaTRANCE6Down1 Rum spilt by a learner on the wall!MURAL5Down1 JockeyRIDER5Down1 RenovatedRESTORED8Down2 Works out that fruits contain waterFIGURES7Down2 PlanetJUPITER7Down2 ReallyINDEED6Down3 Wooden town?DEAL4Down4 ConsignedCOMMITTED9Down4 Privy toINON4Down4 VariedDIVERSE7Down5 Prissy little chap, but originalPRIMAL6Down5 Loves deeplyADORES6Down5 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Down6 TartACID4Down6 New diets bring their ups and downsTIDES5Down6 RetainKEEP4Down7 Clean feathersPREEN5Down7 Amid fluttering hens, I do wellSHINE5Down7 Golf-pegTEE3Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 Rested on the bottomSAT3Down9 A good understanding of French, originallyRAPPORT7Down12 Calls offCANCELS7Down12 SwindleCON3Down14 VeneratedRESPECTED9Down14 Is he a regular guy?REG3Down14 BecauseFOR3Down15 It blooms in a monastery gardenASTER5Down16 Panatella, sayCIGAR5Down16 Cut offSEVER5Down17 The Russians ruined half StrasbourgTSARS5Down17 One who is accident free?PLANNER7Down19 InterferedTAMPERED8Down19 FinFLIPPER7Down19 Trite rhyme not taken seriouslyLIGHT5Down20 Go away hastilySCRAM5Down20 WhelpPUP3Down20 Quantity helping to raise fertilityLITRE5Down21 EbbedRECEDED7Down21 GodlyPIOUS5Down21 LingHEATHER7Down23 Great fun (but keep it dark?)DELIGHT7Down23 TranquilSERENE6Down24 No longer stony-hearted regarding datesPITTED6Down24 He needs a bit of timeTIM3Down25 For everyPER3Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 StickADHERE6Down27 Flynn got right to the heart of the tricky roleERROL5Down27 Colliery workerMINER5Down27 Colour very unusual in a tame vultureMAUVE5Down28 Spanish manSENOR5Down28 RotateSPIN4Down29 BuffaloBISON5Down30 The boys turning up for the beerLAGER5Down30 AscendRISE4Down30 WeightTON3Down31 Prison roomCELL4Down32 Is it only half habitable?SEMI4Down32 Neither direction is a short cutNOR3Down33 Point a weaponAIM3Down33

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