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Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 9 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 126 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#
RegalROYAL5Across1 Cutlery item for which a bird gets a billSPOON5Across1 PupWHELP5Across2 For which you need a partner in attendance?DANCE5Across6 Speak loudlySHOUT5Across6 ExistenceLIFE4Across7 VentOUTLET6Across8 BelieveTRUST5Across9 White antTERMITE7Across9 Can tire badly, to be sureCERTAIN7Across9 ForbiddenTABOO5Across10 Bill is in this, maybe as tenorVOICE5Across10 FreeRID3Across11 Virginia is just about sick of the house!VILLA5Across11 Star signARIES5Across11 It goes round in loopsSPOOL5Across12 Celebration, partyBEANO5Across12 KnockRAP3Across13 Without endFOREVER7Across13 Makes loud noises like puffersBELLOWS7Across13 InformationGEN3Across15 A serviceable stopperBUS3Across15 ReviseEDIT4Across15 FaucetTAP3Across16 CupidEROS4Across17 Issue the time to returnEMIT4Across17 Take a small measure, note, before a larger oneACCEPT6Across18 Kind, sympatheticHUMANE6Across18 PresentHERE4Across18 One player's remark ignored by othersASIDE5Across19 RestrictedLIMITED7Across19 BandGROUP5Across19 Protect, guardSHIELD6Across20 Bad smell of fish at SpitheadSTENCH6Across20 SingerALTO4Across20 If returning twice to get the girlFIFI4Across22 Give out cardsDEAL4Across22 MongrelMUTT4Across22 JealousENVIOUS7Across23 Sailor found among vegetariansTAR3Across24 Shade of brownTAN3Across24 Had he skill in bridge?SPARTAN7Across25 LastlyFINALLY7Across25 Sea-eagleERNE4Across25 Sedate, soberSTAID5Across26 A youngster takes it to be an outdated measureCUBIT5Across26 ImitateAPE3Across27 Agents getting food at the Saracen's HeadSPIES5Across27 Whole rangeGAMUT5Across27 Old writer never without a plotPLATO5Across28 HutCABIN5Across28 FairyPERI4Across28 Pointed outcome of medical researchDECIMAL7Across29 Selfish driverROADHOG7Across29 Around the end of June, Fred was releasedFREED5Across30 Girl's nameHELEN5Across30 DefectiveDUD3Across30 BeliefTENET5Across31 They change colourDYERS5Across31 NoiseDIN3Across31 SkulkSNEAK5Across33 EconomyTHRIFT6Across36 ThoughtIDEA4Across37 SurrenderYIELD5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InflexibleRIGID5Down1 Public speakerORATOR6Down2 DampWET3Down2 Abbreviated just for nowPROTEM6Down2 Secretive lout thrown out of the cricket clubOCCULT6Down3 BirdEMU3Down3 Makes amendsATONES6Down3 TankardPOT3Down4 French bornNEE3Down4 Boy's nameLEO3Down4 ConsumedATE3Down5 You can take them up a ladderSTEPS5Down5 CinderEMBER5Down5 PreventDEBAR5Down6 Something unionists don't believe in?DIVORCE7Down6 Rise to one's feetSTANDUP7Down6 Brave personHERO4Down7 Vanilla extract with colourful possibilitiesANIL4Down7 IrregularUNEVEN6Down8 Ring some reservists?CALLUP6Down8 JoinSEAM4Down10 DiscountedREBATED7Down11 SwellDISTEND7Down12 Facial hairBEARD5Down12 Social leader with desire to be fashionableSWISH5Down12 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 For an animal, one has the finest aroundBEAST5Down13 BanquetFEAST5Down13 BelongPERTAIN7Down14 SongbirdROBIN5Down14 Brown is a survivorLIVER5Down14 Keep in shape so as to suit?BEFIT5Down15 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down15 The beer drinker may take it in handSTEIN5Down16 RecentlyNEWLY5Down16 ShinboneTIBIA5Down16 AnnoyancePIQUE5Down17 BorderHEM3Down18 Take up, when likely to be out of the partyADOPT5Down18 Hot and stickyHUMID5Down18 Greedy gutsGLUTTON7Down19 Account number used or chargedACCUSED7Down19 IndividualONE3Down21 Zimbabwean capitalHARARE6Down21 Interfere with the packer?TAMPER6Down21 HarmDAMAGE6Down22 Pretty sick, being among the lesser swimmersFRILLY6Down22 Of high mountainsALPINE6Down23 Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomerFASTER6Down23 FrankOPEN4Down24 LocatesFINDS5Down25 Join the session when there's something wrong about itSITIN5Down25 FrillRUCHE5Down26 CertainSURE4Down26 Grant an unprecedented shareCEDE4Down26 Go softly, as when pussyfootingPAD3Down28 CribCOT3Down28 JockeyRIDER5Down29 MouthfulSIP3Down32 Pig-penSTY3Down33 SheepEWE3Down34 ChildKID3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 9, 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.