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Evening Standard Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Call off61 AcrossReveal answer → Posh headgear of birds out for a bit of fun61 AcrossReveal answer → Leaf52 AcrossReveal answer → Voting age87 AcrossReveal answer → Aperture47 AcrossReveal answer → In the gents outfitters, chaps say naughty things87 AcrossReveal answer → Game associable with Napoleon48 AcrossReveal answer → Baby68 AcrossReveal answer → Rotate48 AcrossReveal answer → Feel59 AcrossReveal answer → Red or Irish setter, maybe, or an old sailor610 AcrossReveal answer → Nutty sweet610 AcrossReveal answer → Kidnap611 AcrossReveal answer → A tool in pieces611 AcrossReveal answer → Shoot311 AcrossReveal answer → Intimidate313 AcrossReveal answer → Not many occupy a safe world314 AcrossReveal answer → Doze314 AcrossReveal answer → Employed415 AcrossReveal answer → Colour316 AcrossReveal answer → Rant wildly about love, yet betray516 AcrossReveal answer → Truck516 AcrossReveal answer → At the time, a tow-headed female417 AcrossReveal answer → Former Russian emperor417 AcrossReveal answer → Staff418 AcrossReveal answer → Number519 AcrossReveal answer → Encourage719 AcrossReveal answer → Steve's cup?519 AcrossReveal answer → Pleased420 AcrossReveal answer → Relocates521 AcrossReveal answer → Is this town a military one?521 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly422 AcrossReveal answer → Jury522 AcrossReveal answer → He's not yet an officer, and mostly no gentleman522 AcrossReveal answer → Check on723 AcrossReveal answer → Walkway423 AcrossReveal answer → A wooden smile?423 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise425 AcrossReveal answer → Yes, boy, he's a classic hero526 AcrossReveal answer → Anxiety526 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet327 AcrossReveal answer → Tup328 AcrossReveal answer → Aboard, he gets a firm kiss328 AcrossReveal answer → Admonish428 AcrossReveal answer → Indifference629 AcrossReveal answer → What any doe may become, eventually629 AcrossReveal answer → Made slow progress as an airman630 AcrossReveal answer → Painfully630 AcrossReveal answer → Defective330 AcrossReveal answer → Neglect makes Timothy much upset!431 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter331 AcrossReveal answer → Eager431 AcrossReveal answer → In a difficult situation, went round the bend!832 AcrossReveal answer → Toilet832 AcrossReveal answer → Cut533 AcrossReveal answer → Wild goings-on when Rose drunkenly embraces Joe633 AcrossReveal answer → Thing633 AcrossReveal answer → Take636 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude437 AcrossReveal answer → Cede538 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
It's worn - blimey - on TV!61 DownReveal answer → Brass instrument61 DownReveal answer → Premium51 DownReveal answer → Puma62 DownReveal answer → Like a horse used for a trick62 DownReveal answer → Fix32 DownReveal answer → Fasting period43 DownReveal answer → Smoking people out brings a bad atmosphere43 DownReveal answer → Also33 DownReveal answer → Untruth34 DownReveal answer → French wine74 DownReveal answer → You can take them in pairs74 DownReveal answer → Absent35 DownReveal answer → Just the smallest bit stale, perhaps55 DownReveal answer → Happen again55 DownReveal answer → Enlist56 DownReveal answer → Oneness56 DownReveal answer → Livery colour?56 DownReveal answer → Food fish48 DownReveal answer → Secure as possible at the back of a cafe48 DownReveal answer → Knock39 DownReveal answer → Not highly disreputable?39 DownReveal answer → Excuse410 DownReveal answer → Botched711 DownReveal answer → Talk of the town?312 DownReveal answer → Slandered712 DownReveal answer → Speck312 DownReveal answer → A rota arranged for distribution of blood supplies513 DownReveal answer → Clot713 DownReveal answer → Bread part513 DownReveal answer → Marriage714 DownReveal answer → Fastening pin515 DownReveal answer → Will he also clean the master's car?515 DownReveal answer → Send516 DownReveal answer → Wilt517 DownReveal answer → Vegetable318 DownReveal answer → Fragment518 DownReveal answer → Anybody can answer this clue518 DownReveal answer → Acted up again319 DownReveal answer → Put on319 DownReveal answer → Conservative tax?320 DownReveal answer → Congeal320 DownReveal answer → A German boss?721 DownReveal answer → Fellow321 DownReveal answer → Heavy knife721 DownReveal answer → Cash demanded fishily?322 DownReveal answer → Mine322 DownReveal answer → Packing up the fight game?623 DownReveal answer → Father623 DownReveal answer → Prayer ending424 DownReveal answer → Story424 DownReveal answer → The divorcee takes it as a way out424 DownReveal answer → Prime625 DownReveal answer → On the catwalk, they're seldom upset625 DownReveal answer → Dullard526 DownReveal answer → Buckets526 DownReveal answer → Lord Haw-Haw's girl?526 DownReveal answer → Burns, but is no towering inferno527 DownReveal answer → Simplistic527 DownReveal answer → Mechanical part of a camera328 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs328 DownReveal answer → Wild529 DownReveal answer → "Fuss" is a verb430 DownReveal answer → Scottish isle430 DownReveal answer → Encountered332 DownReveal answer → Pig pen333 DownReveal answer → Strive334 DownReveal answer → Wand335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.