Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 26 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 133 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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TestASSAY5Across2 Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomerFASTER6Across4 MollifyPACIFY6Across4 Witty retortREPARTEE8Across7 CeaseSTOP4Across7 Swift travellerGULLIVER8Across7 On paper, the person in chargeEDITOR6Across8 SkilfulEXPERT6Across8 AttackASSAIL6Across8 LarcenyTHEFT5Across9 In macaroni, once, a pungent ingredientONION5Across10 PushSHOVE5Across10 TipEND3Across11 A diminutive figure, but growingWEED4Across13 PleadPRAY4Across13 VehicleCAR3Across13 Western snake that stings rather than bitesWASP4Across14 SetteeSOFA4Across14 RequireNEED4Across15 GirdleBELT4Across15 Is in the record as an imperfect utteranceLISP4Across15 Many will disagree with itFEW3Across16 BathTUB3Across16 Definite articleTHE3Across16 Big catLION4Across17 Club with a possibly lofty purposeIRON4Across17 PaddleWADE4Across18 Too long to wait for a half of sausagesAGES4Across19 Single entityUNIT4Across19 ErasedDELETED7Across19 GroupUNIT4Across20 Boiled sweetLEMONDROP9Across21 Awkwardly situated in a game, rooks need movingSNOOKERED9Across21 DomesticatedTAME4Across22 Reminders that a key can be put to use!CUES4Across23 ProhibitionVETO4Across23 MagicSORCERY7Across23 RelativeAUNT4Across24 Behind the clockLATE4Across24 AlwaysEVER4Across25 Distress of women who've lost a couple of lettersWOE3Across26 Sheep's cryBAA3Across26 Actress and singer dear to the FrenchCHER4Across27 DepartedGONE4Across27 OwnedHAD3Across27 LakeMERE4Across28 Go back, darlings!STEP4Across29 HeroicEPIC4Across29 PerformedDID3Across30 FreeRID3Across31 OrificeVENT4Across32 To take us on, perhaps, requires intelligenceNOUS4Across32 Finish breakfast at leisure, then lead onTEASE5Across33 FactoryPLANT5Across33 FarewellADIEU5Across33 The idea that beef's about a poundBELIEF6Across34 StarvationFAMINE6Across34 Names a couple of Chopin piecesFREDERIC8Across35 Regardless ofNOMATTER8Across35 DecapitateBEHEAD6Across36 FigurineSTATUE6Across36 It's hard to keep fish in a dirty placeSTEELY6Across36 FrankOPEN4Across37 HandleTREAT5Across38

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ScumDROSS5Down1 A little light is shiningAGLOW5Down1 BoulderSTONE5Down1 LampoonSPOOF5Down2 The Spanish girl's boyELVIS5Down2 InclinedAPT3Down2 Not falseTRUE4Down3 Hero worthy of a medalLION4Down3 ProsecuteSUE3Down3 StillYET3Down4 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down4 Allows to go cold, pronouncedly!FREES5Down4 SpringSPA3Down5 SnugCOSY4Down5 Slip across the roadSKID4Down5 TrampleTREAD5Down6 Plane journeyFLIGHT6Down6 Suggests it's OK to interrupt womenEVOKES6Down6 PlanetSATURN6Down9 Go and tread unwarily around the pierheadDEPART6Down9 FetidFOUL4Down10 Talk the hind leg off a horse?NAG3Down11 AscertainedENSURED7Down11 Jump on one footHOP3Down11 Suppose there's nothing to long forOPINE5Down12 InventedDEVISED7Down12 ManservantVALET5Down12 We slink around getting things to eatWINKLES7Down13 Long narrow flagPENNANT7Down13 BodyCADAVER7Down13 RespectedREVERED7Down14 Game derived partly from polo?LOO3Down15 JeerBOO3Down15 InstructTEACH5Down16 GratuityTIP3Down16 Supplied by a G-manFED3Down16 WhiskersBEARD5Down17 DampWET3Down18 Girl's nameIMOGEN6Down18 A name for certain parts of a horoscopeROSCOE6Down18 Girl's nameIMOGEN6Down18 DistinguishedNOTED5Down20 Genoese fliers? No no!GEESE5Down20 MeadowLEA3Down21 HillTOR3Down21 Girl appealSUE3Down21 It's receptive at the heart centreEAR3Down22 OwingDUE3Down22 Being secretive, finished in courtCOVERT6Down23 QuitVACATE6Down23 NoblemanEARL4Down24 He gets a bit of shut-eye at "13 Down"LES3Down25 Pastry dishPIE3Down25 ViewVISTA5Down26 Angry, making a lot of noise in parts of HungaryHUFFY5Down28 UprightONEND5Down28 JockeyRIDER5Down29 Hang around waiting for the feathers?TARRY5Down30 Ski-slopePISTE5Down30 Piece to listen to in silencePEACE5Down31 Spicy dishCURRY5Down31 The exact place, it appearsNICE4Down32 Pig-penSTY3Down32 RepulsiveVILE4Down32 Not at homeAWAY4Down33 Orderly in quite a big wayTIDY4Down33 FavouritePET3Down33 HatchetAXE3Down34 ChildTOT3Down35

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