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Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 28 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 MatRUG3Across4 ReverseBACK4Across6 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across8 The complaint about the sliced bacon is going too farABITTHICK9Across9 ConventionalFORMAL6Across9 BirdCHAFFINCH9Across9 The main abode?HOUSEBOAT9Across10 PermitLET3Across10 SluggishLETHARGIC9Across10 BungleMUFF4Across12 BeliefCREED5Across12 Stash away in the cellar?SALT4Across12 HarshSEVERE6Across13 Put a PS about the roundabout having been very popular?ADORED6Across13 The person disembarking from the boatLIGHTER7Across14 PostponeDEFER5Across14 IntenseEXTREME7Across14 ObjectDEMUR5Across15 Sombre information about the young French wineGRAVENEWS9Across15 CarryTRANSPORT9Across15 FortitudeENDURANCE9Across17 With the exterior a write off don't moveWAITTHERE9Across17 The son went off and lumbered one withSADDLED7Across18 CalmSERENE6Across18 GetRECEIVE7Across18 MuteSILENT6Across19 Improvised, which compensated forMADEUP6Across19 InsectFLEA4Across20 AdvantageousUSEFUL6Across20 Consequently, you repeat, it is only fairSOSO4Across20 Delicacy, father, and limberness are required for itFRAGILITY9Across23 IgnoreDISREGARD9Across23 PrincipleTENET5Across24 ConjectureSPECULATE9Across25 Went through the notes too quicklyOVERSPENT9Across25 PoetryVERSE5Across26 NicheNOOK4Across26 Curl up or flattenROLL4Across26 ShoutSCREAM6Across27 The lion's running after a girlALISON6Across27 TormentTEASE5Across28 SpearTRIDENT7Across29 A seal about to lug off something floating in the waterSEAGULL7Across29 BorderHEM3Across30 He pesters Hill, the advisorTORMENTOR9Across32 FollowedSUCCEEDED9Across32 CopeMANAGE6Across32 YearlyANNUAL6Across33 TradeDEAL4Across34 AdultFULLGROWN9Across34 There is the phone the tots were playing withONTHESPOT9Across34 FastenTIE3Across35 SnipBARGAIN7Across35 The note below says "To Wash"LAUNDER7Across35 Got clear, or was caughtNETTED6Across36 TardyLATE4Across36 PerchesROOSTS6Across36 The one that didn't get on with youTHEE4Across37 DepartedGONE4Across37 Not too young to be taught a lesson!SCHOOLAGE9Across38 SlyUNDERHAND9Across38 Feeling out of sorts in your armchair and uncomfortable?ILLATEASE9Across39 AdequateTOLERABLE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Oriental swordSCIMITAR8Down1 Having the ticket and the times of the journeysPASSAGES8Down1 US citySANFRANCISCO12Down2 One may be seen kissing others in the hallBILLIARDBALL12Down2 LingerHOVER5Down2 AnimalANTELOPE8Down3 Does it complain when the gardener pulls it up?BINDWEED8Down3 YieldCONCEDE7Down3 MenaceTHREAT6Down4 Goes round to get the garmentsSKIRTS6Down4 StaggerREEL4Down4 Now revealed to have come out and been followedSHADOWED8Down5 FlowerBLUEBELL8Down5 TalentGIFT4Down5 Number presentATTENDANCE10Down6 With no reduction in the price - and fat it is!FULLFIGURE10Down6 Canal-boatBARGE5Down6 DesignPATTERN7Down7 They don't worry the steeple jack - he has bad sightHEIGHTS7Down7 CastleCHATEAU7Down7 Speed upACCELERATE10Down8 Began to trade, perhaps, in beerSTARTEDOUT10Down8 ColourGREEN5Down11 BirdEMU3Down11 Extravagant? Wrong again!OUTRE5Down11 LettuceCOS3Down12 LairDEN3Down13 SliceSLIVER6Down16 EncounteredMET3Down16 Bringing back rice (about a pound) and a cakeECLAIR6Down16 ManageRUN3Down17 In spring, is allowed toMAY3Down19 UnhappySAD3Down19 RaiseELEVATE7Down19 Make clearLEAVENODOUBT12Down21 FixedSET3Down21 Leading, with the hurdle race nearly overONEJUMPAHEAD12Down21 EverlastingETERNAL7Down22 ExcursionOUTING6Down22 Wobbling for an instantASHAKE6Down22 UntruthLIE3Down23 To start with, be embarrassed by the early enthusiasmFIRSTFLUSH10Down23 CheeseDANISHBLUE10Down23 UnintentionalACCIDENTAL10Down24 An attempt to intimidate that doesn't work?IDLETHREAT10Down24 TotalSUM3Down25 WatchEYE3Down25 Concede the point, on netting itOWN3Down25 TinySMALL5Down27 What is harder to explain is I don't know himSTRANGER8Down28 Fabled cityELDORADO8Down28 SneakTELLTALE8Down29 BeginSTART5Down29 Food in aspic?SETMEALS8Down29 OfferedTENDERED8Down30 WarmthHEAT4Down30 I need time to consider - switch the light onLETMESEE8Down30 ManufacturedMADE4Down31 MendsREPAIRS7Down31 Lures into trouble and one's lad is ruinedLEADSON7Down31 "Not even a collar", you sayROUGH5Down33 BetterCURED5Down33 Get in after tying up the boatOBTAIN6Down34 IcyFROSTY6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 28, 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.