Evening Standard Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 23 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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Demon53 AcrossReveal answer → Intended53 AcrossReveal answer → Slogs wildly, but not without polish53 AcrossReveal answer → Nautical chairman?58 AcrossReveal answer → Friends58 AcrossReveal answer → Stripped69 AcrossReveal answer → Relaxing610 AcrossReveal answer → Of birth510 AcrossReveal answer → Captured tank, perhaps, out East510 AcrossReveal answer → Knight's title311 AcrossReveal answer → Giant511 AcrossReveal answer → Write a splendid piece for the piano311 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude412 AcrossReveal answer → Value of an order512 AcrossReveal answer → Foundation512 AcrossReveal answer → Force to be a soldier?713 AcrossReveal answer → Mongoose713 AcrossReveal answer → Manage415 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm515 AcrossReveal answer → Let's copy the Europeans!515 AcrossReveal answer → Renovated717 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow of 50, nowadays318 AcrossReveal answer → Afflict318 AcrossReveal answer → Veteran actor; corny, but possibly athletic619 AcrossReveal answer → Study619 AcrossReveal answer → Fate320 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely ugly721 AcrossReveal answer → To us, Rosie getting upset is no laughing matter721 AcrossReveal answer → Eater521 AcrossReveal answer → They're of one accord422 AcrossReveal answer → Flat422 AcrossReveal answer → A hitch not mentioned423 AcrossReveal answer → Excursion423 AcrossReveal answer → As well423 AcrossReveal answer → Prosperity724 AcrossReveal answer → Sound replacement724 AcrossReveal answer → Overlook425 AcrossReveal answer → High price of devious arson on the fifth of November626 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned526 AcrossReveal answer → Digging tool626 AcrossReveal answer → Coal-scuttle328 AcrossReveal answer → A corps or unit329 AcrossReveal answer → Possesses329 AcrossReveal answer → Erased730 AcrossReveal answer → It can spoil satin531 AcrossReveal answer → Pick-me-up531 AcrossReveal answer → Mistakenly calls the operator for something to eat732 AcrossReveal answer → Stitches732 AcrossReveal answer → Afresh433 AcrossReveal answer → Flower534 AcrossReveal answer → Reversible vessel534 AcrossReveal answer → Record many a bad score335 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual435 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaning utensil335 AcrossReveal answer → Coniferous tree536 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve536 AcrossReveal answer → Sleeveless garment permitted to a soldier536 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude537 AcrossReveal answer → It takes money to feed one537 AcrossReveal answer → Prise538 AcrossReveal answer → Points out a line on the map of France538 AcrossReveal answer → Column638 AcrossReveal answer → Cad639 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Artist's stand51 DownReveal answer → Trail51 DownReveal answer → Old Bill, an artist, is a bit of a nut51 DownReveal answer → Ground72 DownReveal answer → Swiss psychologist joining the French in wild places72 DownReveal answer → Start52 DownReveal answer → Encountered33 DownReveal answer → Hotness44 DownReveal answer → Revised64 DownReveal answer → Legal right that heartens foreigners44 DownReveal answer → Tidy45 DownReveal answer → In the film world, merely ordinary pictures65 DownReveal answer → Unifies65 DownReveal answer → Brown36 DownReveal answer → Intense beam of light56 DownReveal answer → Sad about half the team being overfed!56 DownReveal answer → Emulate57 DownReveal answer → French capital57 DownReveal answer → Triangular part of a model tank57 DownReveal answer → Heron58 DownReveal answer → Large area you can only half search?39 DownReveal answer → Neckwear item39 DownReveal answer → Mum's out to do wrong, I see, but not a lot712 DownReveal answer → Menacing712 DownReveal answer → Remark713 DownReveal answer → A duck has a right to be feathered!314 DownReveal answer → Young goat314 DownReveal answer → The object of a rough night?516 DownReveal answer → Cockerel716 DownReveal answer → Tows516 DownReveal answer → Devil517 DownReveal answer → Metal worker, not necessarily black517 DownReveal answer → Plunged518 DownReveal answer → Border319 DownReveal answer → Brawl719 DownReveal answer → Australian term for a dislocated spine?719 DownReveal answer → Banquet520 DownReveal answer → Couples with quiet manners520 DownReveal answer → Medicinal plant taken for Neptunian ends in salt water521 DownReveal answer → Wading bird521 DownReveal answer → Stream522 DownReveal answer → Presupposes723 DownReveal answer → As court painter, could he ring the monarch?723 DownReveal answer → Give a name to a blend of tea624 DownReveal answer → Safe624 DownReveal answer → Cushion324 DownReveal answer → Consume325 DownReveal answer → Chap brought up in the heart of Paris325 DownReveal answer → There's room for the cat to stray out of it anew527 DownReveal answer → Ramshackle dwelling527 DownReveal answer → Wish627 DownReveal answer → Contented528 DownReveal answer → Bill can get a kiss out of Elsie, initially528 DownReveal answer → Essential528 DownReveal answer → Traded529 DownReveal answer → Reimburse530 DownReveal answer → He's jolly bony!530 DownReveal answer → Flavour531 DownReveal answer → Disparage532 DownReveal answer → Magnitude432 DownReveal answer → Cut an article in three ways432 DownReveal answer → A fortune in clothing333 DownReveal answer → Steal333 DownReveal answer → Present434 DownReveal answer → Frenzied336 DownReveal answer → Hill337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 23, 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.