Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 5th 2025) clues of Evening Standard Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 42 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Stop to give a lift?
Having departed from the house for good, was a blow
A firm master with an optical defect
Said to be fine in the use of pens
The devil will work with striking effect
A hat like this could belong to a Roman Catholic
Father of uniform sons
Loud sound of explosion in central Harrow
Substitute fieldsman?
Trimmed in twos, we're told
Revolutionary - or master traitor?
Mum's joining the Turk's Head staff
Less than severely cut
He gets it wrong a lot
Bound to be capable of effortless carpentry
It's full of interest when mum's out of service
A significant movie?
Picks up, one gathers
He had little to eat and might have been poisoned
Officer having to whistle for his money?
One beautifully suitable in a new role?
Prepare to move up in final position
Made an impressive show of petulance?
The wanderer Damon turned up
Fish or steak minced
The decorator's daughter?
In short, the sunny area familiar to travellers
Standard piece of apparatus
Get over being peevish
Just a bad molar
Some red roses returned, direct
A vehicle for French?
Could one help a sick dog to a few pieces of meat?
On the quiet, bent on getting a drink?
The chaps point to me
Being tight, they miss out half the beer
A concluding article on humanity
A warning cry of strange timbre
They help one to see the little bits mentioned
Jump downstairs?
A minor corporation?
The majority have a moist exterior