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Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 29 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 122 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#
SingletsVESTS5Across1 EmphasiseSTRESS6Across1 Unhappy about a pupil's foodSALAD5Across1 MethodMANNER6Across5 Humour a companion - a charmer!WITCH5Across6 AngryIRATE5Across6 NegligentCARELESS8Across8 LudicrousRISIBLE7Across9 RosterROTA4Across9 Go down as the originatorFOUNDER7Across9 OwnsHAS3Across10 Blazing awayAFIRE5Across10 UnadornedPLAIN5Across10 Often dropped, never picked upAITCH5Across11 BeerLAGER5Across11 They can swim, dearDUCKS5Across12 StingSMART5Across12 PalatableSAPID5Across12 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Across13 It moves people, in a small wayMINIBUS7Across13 HardenSET3Across15 NoticedSAW3Across15 We finish last in the rainWET3Across15 DryARID4Across17 To help out a raw beginner is uninterestingARID4Across17 AlsoTOO3Across17 Where sailors may be almost out of earshot, somehowASHORE6Across18 LubricateOIL3Across18 ShapeFIGURE6Across18 One of those pieces of eightOCTET5Across19 DeserveMERIT5Across19 FussADO3Across19 Public speakerORATOR6Across20 Be good enough to carry on?BEHAVE6Across20 CapBERET5Across20 SkillART3Across21 Engage inWAGE4Across22 RegretRUE3Across22 Substantial amount of timber?DEAL4Across22 EnquireASK3Across23 Expertise, or pieces of adroitnessART3Across24 ObscureDIM3Across24 Religious sisterNUN3Across24 Strength needed when struggling to copy out a numberPOTENCY7Across25 Afternoon showMATINEE7Across25 KinglyROYAL5Across26 Look weary when you fall out of loveDROOP5Across26 CompetitorRIVAL5Across26 Craze to which the airman possibly has no right!MANIA5Across27 AutomatonROBOT5Across27 Paved areaPATIO5Across28 A note is not a full sized letterMINIM5Across28 Applaud a lot, it's Eric!CLAPTON7Across29 Illegal hunterPOACHER7Across29 SpikeEAR3Across29 Animal to see lame, maybeCAMEL5Across30 One who perseveresTRIER5Across30 ImproviseADLIB5Across31 The Great Tchaikovsky, for instance?PETER5Across31 FormerlyONCE4Across33 FinalTERMINAL8Across34 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 VictorWINNER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cream cakeECLAIR6Down2 Business relationship?AFFAIR6Down2 HeaddressTIARA5Down2 Fearfully apologetic?AFRAID6Down3 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Down3 FlatEVEN4Down3 VapourSTEAM5Down4 TransgressionSIN3Down4 John's rabbit?DOE3Down4 SkinflintMISER5Down5 String instrumentSITAR5Down5 Great stream of effortless industryINDUS5Down5 StandardNORM4Down6 Softest piece of cake in the West!WEAKEST7Down6 IllegalILLICIT7Down6 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Peruse writingREAD4Down7 Flag ladyIRIS4Down7 WobbleTEETER6Down8 Will such a spaniel raise an attentive ear?COCKER6Down8 LearntHEARD5Down10 RageSTORM5Down11 Not a great performer, but he has been capped!DUNCE5Down12 StaidSOBER5Down12 Cut offSEVER5Down12 DressARRAY5Down13 TruckWAGON5Down13 When mum's holding a bottle opener, it can be dangerous!MAMBA5Down13 SumTOTAL5Down14 Backless seatDIVAN5Down14 Thing going wrong in the darkNIGHT5Down14 They bring much woe to us chapsWOMEN5Down15 QuenchSLAKE5Down15 Girl's nameSUSAN5Down15 IrrigateWATER5Down16 Native American tentTEPEE5Down16 Home entertainment can be said to have visionTELLY5Down16 He told us the old, old storiesAESOP5Down18 UltimateFINAL5Down18 How the "general" has commandOVERALL7Down19 TV screenMONITOR7Down19 Not a single mistake!ERRATA6Down21 HearsayRUMOUR6Down21 Make things clear if need may beDEFINE6Down22 SorcererWIZARD6Down22 Such service can keep Tommy busyACTIVE6Down23 Star signGEMINI6Down23 Another of the flower girlsPOPPY5Down25 InteriorINNER5Down25 MonthMARCH5Down25 Thick cableROPE4Down26 On a roll, one may have them in handDICE4Down26 ExteriorOUTER5Down27 Clean up for the dogMOP3Down28 VegetablePEA3Down28 PointerARROW5Down28 AstoundAMAZE5Down30 PlaguePEST4Down31 OmenSIGN4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 29, 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.