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Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
ChooseELECT5Across1 Sun-bathedBASKED6Across5 SubsequentlyLATER5Across8 DilemmaQUANDARY8Across9 Some came round to give a hand - honestlySOHELPME8Across9 The gentleman father cut shortSIR3Across10 GroupsGENERA6Across10 Zodiac signLEO3Across10 A signal to abandonMAROON6Across11 WatchedEYED4Across11 Dental depositPLAQUE6Across11 AgreeASSENT6Across12 She's a no-good, knocking back drinkANGELA6Across12 Japanese warriorSAMURAI7Across13 Silence on the radio or the funeral march?DEADAIR7Across13 DryARID4Across14 The climbing plant, as one guessed, did cover itVINE4Across14 HarmDAMAGE6Across14 ComposureEQUANIMITY10Across15 Be under the false impression, being immature, personallyKIDONESELF10Across15 HonestSINCERE7Across15 Get moving to ensure you're prepared for an attackMOBILISE8Across17 HostileINIMICAL8Across17 FavouritePET3Across18 A group of spectators carrying it does prove disturbingAGITATE7Across18 Balance disorderVERTIGO7Across18 TavernINN3Across19 Undecided, to be frankOPEN4Across19 NotionIDEA4Across19 AgreementTREATY6Across21 Bring love into it, which is tediousBORING6Across21 FruitDATE4Across21 BirdHERON5Across23 GraspedHELD4Across24 Sounding low and feeling thoroughly miserablePLUMBINGTHEDEPTHS17Across24 Forgo retaliationTURNTHEOTHERCHEEK17Across24 SpotDOT3Across27 An iron and a wood I myself am carryingMASHIE6Across27 Male gooseGANDER6Across27 FishEEL3Across29 ChallengeDARE4Across29 Very funny way of conveying your disdain to an actorHOOT4Across29 Do exercises for a whileSTRETCH7Across30 Greedy personGLUTTON7Across30 TerseLACONIC7Across31 GatheredMASSED6Across32 PadreCHAPLAIN8Across33 Regarding careers, you share the same concern with himCOWORKER8Across33 LocationSITE4Across34 GuideLEADER6Across35 It's to do with showing regard for othersRESPECTING10Across35 Low-calorie food itemCRISPBREAD10Across35 Mount you put a bet on, when backingETNA4Across36 Of the mouthORAL4Across36 Announce that you're not running?DECLARE7Across37 AilmentILLNESS7Across37 VigilantALERT5Across38 Go on, chum! It's of very little importancePALTRY6Across38 ArriveTURNUP6Across38 LeftEXITED6Across39 Regard highlyESTEEM6Across40 Act in accordance with and you'll succeedFOLLOW6Across40 PromptREADY5Across40 ImmerseDIP3Across41 Taking about a quarter the time to dispose ofEAT3Across41 LineageANCESTRY8Across42 A lack of cars, usually, approaching a built-up areaSCARCITY8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SucceedingSUBSEQUENT10Down1 Gathering one's adding a few for convenience sakeROUNDINGUP10Down1 Leg jointKNEE4Down2 It's good form, you say, petPEKE4Down2 UntruthLIE3Down2 Old coinFARTHING8Down3 It's clear father came back by himselfAPPARENT8Down3 GraspCLENCH6Down3 Girl's school dressGYMSLIP7Down4 Hearing the sound of gongs, pokes one's nose inMEDDLES7Down4 SailorTAR3Down4 GeneratedBRED4Down5 Map referenceCOORDINATES11Down5 Not judgmental about Americans thinking only of women?BROADMINDED11Down5 AppearedSEEMED6Down6 HopefulOPTIMISTIC10Down6 Unable to be examined by the surgeon? That's unlikelyIMPROBABLE10Down6 EraseDELETE6Down7 Seasoned sausageSALAMI6Down7 Nonsense! Hit the ball to one sideDRIVEL6Down7 ExultantJUBILANT8Down8 Resumptions of the occurrencesGOINGSON8Down8 LingeredTARRIED7Down9 The stick they'll get if they don't work?STAFF5Down10 Not smoothLUMPY5Down10 YelpYAP3Down12 FactsDATA4Down13 IslandISLE4Down16 Be faster than the others when there's a sudden exodusOUTRUSH7Down16 DressedATTIRED7Down16 EnlistENROL5Down17 DissuadeDETER5Down20 RemarkableNOTABLE7Down20 The yard got a tip off that came to nothingPATIO5Down20 Go back and haggle some more withRETREAT7Down22 CabTAXI4Down22 VoterELECTOR7Down22 Certain to pour tea into - it's only to be expectedINCHARACTER11Down23 Principal actressLEADINGLADY11Down23 LowlyHUMBLE6Down24 Goes to pieces when the car stalls?BREAKSDOWN10Down25 Dry landTERRAFIRMA10Down25 MinusLESS4Down25 Taking little time to grade as poorSECONDRATE10Down26 StopDESIST6Down26 Laughing jackassKOOKABURRA10Down26 Taking on, or making a fuss, over the lost pointADOPTION8Down28 GiveDONATE6Down28 Witty remarkAPHORISM8Down28 PermitLET3Down30 Cosmetic itemLIPSTICK8Down31 Pan it dreadfully when he's appearing in it as an actorTHESPIAN8Down31 RelativeKINSMAN7Down32 Vilify, at a press gathering, the EnglishASPERSE7Down32 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 By word of mouth, when you gather round beforehandORALLY6Down34 Young henPULLET6Down34 Say it's awful meatROAST5Down35 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down35 StrayERR3Down36 FinishEND3Down37 Lap speedLICK4Down39 Baby's biscuitRUSK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 8, 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.