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Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 20 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 124 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#
Martial artKUNGFU6Across1 ChairSEAT4Across1 In fact, the worst conclusion possibly hurtsTRUTHS6Across1 ObscureDIM3Across4 KnifeSTAB4Across6 Eye diseaseGLAUCOMA8Across7 The remaining six balls, evidently not neededLEFTOVER8Across7 I'm in Los Angeles, that great cityLIMA4Across8 SuretyBAIL4Across8 SickenAIL3Across9 Incarcerate to prevent further speeches?SHUTUP6Across10 ContemnedDESPISED8Across10 VersePOETRY6Across10 Punishment about it is limitedFINITE6Across11 AleBEER4Across11 YearlyANNUAL6Across11 Born asNEE3Across14 CurveARC3Across14 Legendary giant mastered by his partnerGOG3Across14 Man's nameTOMMY5Across16 CabinBERTH5Across16 In the sun, perhaps, they get a bit of a red backNUDES5Across16 EvaluateRATE4Across17 It flows to the southwest in a Scandinavian countryEDEN4Across17 ShoesFOOTWEAR8Across19 Bread makerBAKER5Across19 The "cat" I have in courtCIVET5Across19 CompositionESSAY5Across21 Support for a singer getting out of lineBASIS5Across21 To fatherBEGET5Across21 ColourGREEN5Across22 She's a bit mad in the morningMADAM5Across22 FluctuateYOYO4Across23 Called up some strangersRANG4Across23 PartSEPARATE8Across23 DirectionNORTH5Across24 Portable seat in an American saloonSEDAN5Across26 ShinboneTIBIA5Across26 BarrierDAM3Across27 EnclosurePEN3Across28 You won't find him in WeatherfieldHER3Across28 As worn beneath the tree-tops?TRUNKS6Across29 ImmediatelyATONCE6Across29 Eight pintsGALLON6Across30 Term of address for misguided brutes?BUSTER6Across30 Nicodemus's birds can't flyEMUS4Across31 CeaseSTOP4Across31 ConfederateALLY4Across31 Does it grow naturally on broken-down old weirs?WILDROSE8Across32 American cityLASVEGAS8Across32 StartINITIATE8Across33 Thought it wrong to take time outNOTION6Across33 Army chaplainsPADRES6Across33 SheepEWE3Across34 Sea-eagleERNE4Across35 SnoopPRY3Across36 ArrivedCAME4Across37

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Smoked herringKIPPER6Down1 Foolishly lets us fightTUSSLE6Down1 AlwaysEVER4Down2 The sea god's possibly torn itTRITON6Down2 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down2 UnsightlyUGLY4Down3 SortTYPE4Down3 It's given open-handedlySLAP4Down3 Discolourations, we hear, on the map of SurreySTAINES7Down4 AnguishDISTRESS8Down4 Group of fiveQUINTET7Down4 ManufacturedMADE4Down5 Stand-in doctorLOCUM5Down5 Don't be too greedy to consume duck!AVOID5Down5 FurSABLE5Down6 The Tories lose nothing by such experimentsTRIES5Down6 Public meetingRALLY5Down6 FastenTIE3Down7 VigilantALERT5Down8 CurvedBENT4Down8 Little support for a sportsman who's slippingLUGE4Down8 AngerIRE3Down9 Victimise a vesselMUG3Down9 And notNOR3Down12 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down12 Union headNUT3Down12 ShroudCOVER5Down13 FriendshipAMITY5Down13 Joint contribution advanced by a groupTENON5Down13 WonderAWE3Down14 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Down15 SurroundedCASED5Down15 Yes, Sarah has this kind of hempSISAL5Down15 EmulateRIVAL5Down17 InnHOTEL5Down18 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Down18 One who goes down as a deceiver of referees?DIVER5Down18 The ADC cannot possibly be a gentleman!CAD3Down19 InsectBEE3Down19 Go from a girl - Bond's bossVIM3Down20 GreedRAPACITY8Down20 KnowledgeKEN3Down20 Large fernBRACKEN7Down21 The punters trust themBANKERS7Down21 TuberYAM3Down22 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Down22 Friday, perhapsMAN3Down22 ScreamedYELLED6Down23 In effect, a riot in UlsterRESULT6Down23 Star-making skillsARTS4Down24 MerelyONLY4Down24 At Gateshead, the forest is of horticultural interestGARDEN6Down25 ExteriorOUTER5Down25 Snow leopardsOUNCES6Down25 WigwamTEPEE5Down26 A school with "pull" in the Kentish areaSTOWE5Down26 Furniture itemTABLE5Down26 Brilliantly deniedDULLY5Down27 RaiseBOOST5Down27 FriendPAL3Down28 Sing a bit of SchumannHUM3Down28 HobbleLIMP4Down28 RecordDISC4Down29 PantGASP4Down30 Befallen without mishapBEEN4Down30 StaunchSTEM4Down30 PossessOWN3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 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.