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Evening Standard Crossword August 19 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 19 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 122 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#
CharlatanQUACK5Across1 MaterialFABRIC6Across1 Lubbers helping with the cleaningSWABS5Across1 SufferingORDEAL6Across5 Bear corporal punishmentSTICK5Across6 NipPINCH5Across6 AmbassadorDIPLOMAT8Across8 Attack by enemy planesAIRRAID7Across9 DuctTUBE4Across9 A composition from CremonaROMANCE7Across9 OceanSEA3Across10 Go in for what may be graphic languageARGOT5Across10 CoilTWIST5Across10 Romeo joins a friend at the gatheringRALLY5Across11 Is priced atCOSTS5Across11 She can bring us a bit of heavenVENUS5Across12 PerformerACTOR5Across12 RoyalREGAL5Across12 SlimSLENDER7Across13 Much displeased by one form of greedANGERED7Across13 VehicleBUS3Across15 CouchBED3Across15 A number quietly on edgeLIP3Across15 Male voiceALTO4Across17 That somewhat rigorous Russian!IGOR4Across17 ProhibitBAN3Across17 A movie was made out of itAFRICA6Across18 SickILL3Across18 SpudPOTATO6Across18 Unsafe transport in the outskirts of SurreySCARY5Across19 OrganLIVER5Across19 EpochERA3Across19 PicturesqueSCENIC6Across20 Good place to spend half an hour amid companionsCHURCH6Across20 ShineGLOSS5Across20 ExpertACE3Across21 StreetcarTRAM4Across22 Golf-pegTEE3Across22 A brutal character, therefore backwardOGRE4Across22 FamilyKIN3Across23 Part of a ship sometimes replacedHIP3Across24 ExpireDIE3Across24 Belonging to usOUR3Across24 Variant of a dose that can taste saltySEAFOOD7Across25 MediumAVERAGE7Across25 RecoverRALLY5Across26 Plans to make millions out of sterling!PLOTS5Across26 VitalityVERVE5Across26 Condescend to keep out of the job-centreSTOOP5Across27 Thin biscuitWAFER5Across27 HappeningEVENT5Across28 Australia's koalas have good health!SKOAL5Across28 Everything may be left to himLEGATEE7Across29 Italian dishRAVIOLI7Across29 PerformedDID3Across29 Something pretty exciting to the cockney, we hearFRILL5Across30 Hard mineralBERYL5Across30 LethalFATAL5Across31 Spares among the off-duty reserves?TYRES5Across31 RemedyCURE4Across33 FinalTERMINAL8Across34 ImproveBETTER6Across35 PulledYANKED6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
IllUNWELL6Down2 Sending the circuitryWIRING6Down2 LivingALIVE5Down2 Dealer good enough to take out his heartless brotherBROKER6Down3 Croupier's workplaceCASINO6Down3 ReignRULE4Down3 FunnyCOMIC5Down4 EquipmentKIT3Down4 Is it so tip-top to be a boozer?SOT3Down4 SurpassOUTDO5Down5 CommandORDER5Down5 Revealed by the barman?BARED5Down5 FruitDATE4Down6 Untidy about the neck?SCRUFFY7Down6 Mounted bullfighterPICADOR7Down6 StrollAMBLE5Down7 Object of worshipIDOL4Down7 Take a seat for light refreshmentsTEAS4Down7 Strong cordCATGUT6Down8 That side of Glasgow with its own language?CELTIC6Down8 PassSPEND5Down10 DiminishABATE5Down11 Figure to draw a plantVETCH5Down12 WrathANGER5Down12 ArtefactRELIC5Down12 ImpTROLL5Down13 AuthoritySAYSO5Down13 Would it's last letter alone suffice?AITCH5Down13 DangerousRISKY5Down14 AnaestheticETHER5Down14 Rose and dressedGOTUP5Down14 Talk is no good in oil production!LINGO5Down15 MildBLAND5Down15 Iraqi portBASRA5Down15 FearDREAD5Down16 French riverSOMME5Down16 Dad's visibly angry when trimmed!PARED5Down16 Sign of fresh air to the east and southARIES5Down18 IrritatePEEVE5Down18 In the theatre, it's incisiveSCALPEL7Down19 UngrudgingLIBERAL7Down19 He strikes one as a forcing batHITTER6Down21 Priest's assistantCURATE6Down21 A high note, discordantOFFKEY6Down22 Petty detailsTRIVIA6Down22 To tear madly round and round!ROTATE6Down23 ScheduleAGENDA6Down23 Old-fashioned engine driverSTEAM5Down25 AccustomINURE5Down25 BypassAVOID5Down25 ExtremelyVERY4Down26 The statistician's daughter?POLL4Down26 ChangeALTER5Down27 One of those court matchmakersSET3Down28 PixieELF3Down28 WagonLORRY5Down28 PictureIMAGE5Down30 TrialTEST4Down31 OmenSIGN4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 19, 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.