Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 133 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 26 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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Test52 AcrossReveal answer → Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomer64 AcrossReveal answer → Mollify64 AcrossReveal answer → Witty retort87 AcrossReveal answer → Cease47 AcrossReveal answer → Swift traveller87 AcrossReveal answer → On paper, the person in charge68 AcrossReveal answer → Skilful68 AcrossReveal answer → Attack68 AcrossReveal answer → Larceny59 AcrossReveal answer → In macaroni, once, a pungent ingredient510 AcrossReveal answer → Push510 AcrossReveal answer → Tip311 AcrossReveal answer → A diminutive figure, but growing413 AcrossReveal answer → Plead413 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle313 AcrossReveal answer → Western snake that stings rather than bites414 AcrossReveal answer → Settee414 AcrossReveal answer → Require415 AcrossReveal answer → Girdle415 AcrossReveal answer → Is in the record as an imperfect utterance415 AcrossReveal answer → Many will disagree with it316 AcrossReveal answer → Bath316 AcrossReveal answer → Definite article316 AcrossReveal answer → Big cat417 AcrossReveal answer → Club with a possibly lofty purpose417 AcrossReveal answer → Paddle418 AcrossReveal answer → Too long to wait for a half of sausages419 AcrossReveal answer → Single entity419 AcrossReveal answer → Erased719 AcrossReveal answer → Group420 AcrossReveal answer → Boiled sweet921 AcrossReveal answer → Awkwardly situated in a game, rooks need moving921 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated422 AcrossReveal answer → Reminders that a key can be put to use!423 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibition423 AcrossReveal answer → Magic723 AcrossReveal answer → Relative424 AcrossReveal answer → Behind the clock424 AcrossReveal answer → Always425 AcrossReveal answer → Distress of women who've lost a couple of letters326 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep's cry326 AcrossReveal answer → Actress and singer dear to the French427 AcrossReveal answer → Departed427 AcrossReveal answer → Owned327 AcrossReveal answer → Lake428 AcrossReveal answer → Go back, darlings!429 AcrossReveal answer → Heroic429 AcrossReveal answer → Performed330 AcrossReveal answer → Free331 AcrossReveal answer → Orifice432 AcrossReveal answer → To take us on, perhaps, requires intelligence432 AcrossReveal answer → Finish breakfast at leisure, then lead on533 AcrossReveal answer → Factory533 AcrossReveal answer → Farewell533 AcrossReveal answer → The idea that beef's about a pound634 AcrossReveal answer → Starvation634 AcrossReveal answer → Names a couple of Chopin pieces835 AcrossReveal answer → Regardless of835 AcrossReveal answer → Decapitate636 AcrossReveal answer → Figurine636 AcrossReveal answer → It's hard to keep fish in a dirty place636 AcrossReveal answer → Frank437 AcrossReveal answer → Handle538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Scum51 DownReveal answer → A little light is shining51 DownReveal answer → Boulder51 DownReveal answer → Lampoon52 DownReveal answer → The Spanish girl's boy52 DownReveal answer → Inclined32 DownReveal answer → Not false43 DownReveal answer → Hero worthy of a medal43 DownReveal answer → Prosecute33 DownReveal answer → Still34 DownReveal answer → Oyster's gem54 DownReveal answer → Allows to go cold, pronouncedly!54 DownReveal answer → Spring35 DownReveal answer → Snug45 DownReveal answer → Slip across the road45 DownReveal answer → Trample56 DownReveal answer → Plane journey66 DownReveal answer → Suggests it's OK to interrupt women66 DownReveal answer → Planet69 DownReveal answer → Go and tread unwarily around the pierhead69 DownReveal answer → Fetid410 DownReveal answer → Talk the hind leg off a horse?311 DownReveal answer → Ascertained711 DownReveal answer → Jump on one foot311 DownReveal answer → Suppose there's nothing to long for512 DownReveal answer → Invented712 DownReveal answer → Manservant512 DownReveal answer → We slink around getting things to eat713 DownReveal answer → Long narrow flag713 DownReveal answer → Body713 DownReveal answer → Respected714 DownReveal answer → Game derived partly from polo?315 DownReveal answer → Jeer315 DownReveal answer → Instruct516 DownReveal answer → Gratuity316 DownReveal answer → Supplied by a G-man316 DownReveal answer → Whiskers517 DownReveal answer → Damp318 DownReveal answer → Girl's name618 DownReveal answer → A name for certain parts of a horoscope618 DownReveal answer → Girl's name618 DownReveal answer → Distinguished520 DownReveal answer → Genoese fliers? No no!520 DownReveal answer → Meadow321 DownReveal answer → Hill321 DownReveal answer → Girl appeal321 DownReveal answer → It's receptive at the heart centre322 DownReveal answer → Owing322 DownReveal answer → Being secretive, finished in court623 DownReveal answer → Quit623 DownReveal answer → Nobleman424 DownReveal answer → He gets a bit of shut-eye at "13 Down"325 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish325 DownReveal answer → View526 DownReveal answer → Angry, making a lot of noise in parts of Hungary528 DownReveal answer → Upright528 DownReveal answer → Jockey529 DownReveal answer → Hang around waiting for the feathers?530 DownReveal answer → Ski-slope530 DownReveal answer → Piece to listen to in silence531 DownReveal answer → Spicy dish531 DownReveal answer → The exact place, it appears432 DownReveal answer → Pig-pen332 DownReveal answer → Repulsive432 DownReveal answer → Not at home433 DownReveal answer → Orderly in quite a big way433 DownReveal answer → Favourite333 DownReveal answer → Hatchet334 DownReveal answer → Child335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.