Evening Standard Crossword August 1 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 1 2026 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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ScopeAMBIT5Across1 Marriage with a redhead?MATCH5Across1 PrickleTHORN5Across4 Piles of unusual shape?HEAPS5Across6 Injures with a knifeSTABS5Across6 BumpyUNEVEN6Across7 US stateGEORGIA7Across9 The DA, for instance, has been known to reduce one's overheadsHAIRCUT7Across9 CerealRYE3Across9 NimbleAGILE5Across10 In port, the authority I had for tartanPLAID5Across10 PlunderROB3Across10 Of the moonLUNAR5Across11 This way, possibly true love comes into itROUTE5Across11 IntervalPAUSE5Across12 A state registered nurse holds the firm in contemptSCORN5Across12 AspectFACET5Across12 Way outEXIT4Across13 CrucialPIVOTAL7Across13 The beast can show zeal in setting a broken leg!GAZELLE7Across13 An old hand at the surgery?VET3Across15 ObtainGET3Across15 SoreULCER5Across15 They're of one accordAYES4Across17 Prayer-bookMISSAL6Across17 SedimentLEES4Across17 Move hurriedlySCURRY6Across18 Longing to push teacher into the riverDESIRE6Across18 Result of putting one's foot down?SPEED5Across19 RippedTORN4Across19 RockSTONE5Across19 Turning one way, perhapsSTREET6Across20 Handsome young manADONIS6Across20 PrecipitationSLEET5Across20 FrenziedMAD3Across22 Being religious, has little time for starting troubleSECT4Across22 ChallengeDARE4Across22 Verily, each comes to a sticky end!YEA3Across24 EbbedRECEDED7Across24 DarkDIM3Across24 Past being educational?HISTORY7Across25 GreetsSALUTES7Across25 LooseSLACK5Across26 For me to back a lad is an honourMEDAL5Across26 River-dwelling mammalHIPPO5Across27 FriendPAL3Across27 Spare weapon?SPEAR5Across27 A drop one can get in a barMINIM5Across28 Greek authorAESOP5Across28 PromenadeFRONT5Across28 Wanted a chap to be on timeYEARNED7Across29 Without purposeAIMLESS7Across29 Remained stationary, or maybe ranSTOOD5Across30 DesireYEARN5Across30 Sacred songPSALM5Across31 A negative point, invariablyNEVER5Across31 RosterROTA4Across31 TidyNEATEN6Across33 CofferCHEST5Across35 DeclineWANE4Across37 ObscureVAGUE5Across38 BroadcastSOW3Across39 FaucetTAP3Across41 ShyMODEST6Across42 StitchedSEWED5Across43

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ConstraintDURESS6Down1 BirdMAGPIE6Down2 Twenty-four hours? Not a bit of it!ALLDAY6Down2 SystemREGIME6Down2 See to an apiarist's needs in the gardenCHIVES6Down3 Snow housesIGLOOS6Down3 ThroughPER3Down3 Caught in a shady dealHAD3Down4 SortTYPE4Down4 Golf pegTEE3Down4 CentreHEART5Down5 TestTRIAL5Down5 The cost in pence for a cerealPRICE5Down5 StillnessSILENCE7Down6 CurbRESTRAIN8Down6 Hasty when pushedHURRIED7Down6 TenseTAUT4Down7 It's opposed to both Windsor and HarrowETON4Down7 IntellectNOUS4Down8 Amphibious rodentBEAVER6Down8 Just the club for a teetotaller in wildest PeruPUTTER6Down8 InnocentBLAMELESS9Down11 Had the rest wrongly speltSLEPT5Down12 Abstains from eatingFASTS5Down12 Happy about the hissing when a drink's carbonatedGASSY5Down13 AppealPLEAD5Down13 Snake poisonVENOM5Down14 RankTIER4Down14 Animal easily crossed with a dogZEBRA5Down14 ExcellentGREAT5Down15 Such recordings can be capital at Monte!VIDEO5Down15 ClothedCLAD4Down16 Snappy in quite stylish fashionTESTY5Down16 Wheel surroundsTYRES5Down16 Lived up to a bad nameDEVIL5Down18 PaceSTEP4Down18 CreepSNEAK5Down18 Cut of beefSIRLOIN7Down19 Eve's upset and visibly angry when cutSEVERED7Down19 GodlikeDIVINE6Down21 Vessel used in brewingTEAPOT6Down21 DrinkLEMONADE8Down21 Disburdened, maybe set out to walkSTRIDE6Down22 CoercionDURESS6Down22 AdroitDEFT4Down23 Spring backRECOIL6Down23 A nice sea trip with TomCRUISE6Down23 RodCANE4Down25 Companion of Tom and DickHARRY5Down25 ChideSCOLD5Down25 In Ireland, a girl to loveMAYO4Down26 Practice boxingSPAR4Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 They're adult in many waysMEN3Down28 SnakeASP3Down28 Wild assONAGER6Down29 PactTREATY6Down30 SharpACUTE5Down32 ParticleATOM4Down34 LeaderHEAD4Down36 SorrowWOE3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 1, 2026. 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.