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Evening Standard Crossword August 30 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 30 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 124 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#
StartsBEGINS6Across1 PriceCOST4Across1 A quick breather in the post officePRESTO6Across1 TopCAP3Across4 MudMIRE4Across6 OddPECULIAR8Across7 Agreement to do something properlyVERYWELL8Across7 Bad time for a tiny totMITE4Across8 AssertAVER4Across8 MineralORE3Across9 Burdensome or laboured field studyLEADEN6Across10 RibbonSTREAMER8Across10 Small finchCANARY6Across10 Secretive, shifty lout excluded from the cricket clubOCCULT6Across11 UnhearingDEAF4Across11 EraseDELETE6Across11 PoemODE3Across14 DivanBED3Across14 Harry Enfield's wish?YEN3Across14 SumTOTAL5Across16 ViceCLAMP5Across16 Loathes running heats!HATES5Across16 Sound qualityTONE4Across17 Deity in authorityTHOR4Across17 BeatenDEFEATED8Across19 Military traineeCADET5Across19 He plays the piano on the pier, perhapsPIPER5Across19 SpreeREVEL5Across21 Determined not to prevent being blown up!MINED5Across21 ShelterHAVEN5Across21 Warning deviceSIREN5Across22 Taken to the inner manEATEN5Across22 LegendMYTH4Across23 Container of a brown bookendTANK4Across23 Rendered inoperativeDISABLED8Across23 ChallengedDARED5Across24 Learned it was hard to get out of the wayHEARD5Across26 Landed estateMANOR5Across26 GuidedLED3Across27 Foot digitTOE3Across28 Adhesive for a broken mugGUM3Across28 Hitchcock's boys?ALFRED6Across29 AwakenAROUSE6Across29 Pancake mixBATTER6Across30 Barbara's out, that is, with the kiddiesBABIES6Across30 American notes that have been in circulationUSED4Across31 UrchinBRAT4Across31 OpposedANTI4Across31 Peers irrationally around for an amount of money, and takes it!PRESUMES8Across32 Pause for restBREATHER8Across32 IntermissionINTERVAL8Across33 Had a fling before the match!TOSSED6Across33 Sprinkle with flour, etc.DREDGE6Across33 FreezeICE3Across34 ParadiseEDEN4Across35 DeityGOD3Across36 GirdleBELT4Across37

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Bay lynxBOBCAT6Down1 This bird will always turn up for some milletPULLET6Down1 CurseOATH4Down2 An eight foot snooker rest?SPIDER6Down2 IntrudeINVADE6Down2 ActiveSPRY4Down3 FastenedTIED4Down3 As used in Provencal cooking?OVEN4Down3 Badly executedLYNCHED7Down4 ViedCOMPETED8Down4 HushQUIETEN7Down4 DividePART4Down5 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down5 For a start, is it socially acceptable to be in debt?DEBUT5Down5 PatternMODEL5Down6 Marks made by bolts?BLOTS5Down6 InhumanCRUEL5Down6 WrathIRE3Down7 KingdomREALM5Down8 SoonANON4Down8 Where, in Ireland, love's to blossom?MAYO4Down8 BeforeERE3Down9 Group of potentatesTEN3Down9 Auction itemLOT3Down12 BorderedEDGED5Down12 It can be steered in an arcCAR3Down12 TenderOFFER5Down13 UnspokenTACIT5Down13 Len seems to have eaten some more fruit!LEMON5Down13 LeverBAR3Down14 BirdRAVEN5Down15 SatanDEVIL5Down15 Stripes, in the sense of punishmentLINES5Down15 NimbleAGILE5Down17 ConceitPRIDE5Down18 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 Can its occupants figure to be in a nasty hole?HOVEL5Down18 A part in that theatre of mine!PIT3Down19 VehicleCAR3Down19 Writer of a pointed article?PEN3Down20 AbandonedDESERTED8Down20 LairDEN3Down20 HairyHIRSUTE7Down21 Pretended to have discerned?MADEOUT7Down21 YouthLAD3Down22 Former French coinSOU3Down22 Be less than terribly wrongERR3Down22 DappleMOTTLE6Down23 Potatoes, say, cooked by BusterTUBERS6Down23 Surrounded by many having to help outAMID4Down24 Abominable snowmanYETI4Down24 Were touchingly affectionateKISSED6Down25 PungentACRID5Down25 ObstacleHURDLE6Down25 ConsumedEATEN5Down26 In a film, one in seven is so cheerfulHAPPY5Down26 Venemous snakeMAMBA5Down26 The PM's postAFTER5Down27 Group of nineNONET5Down27 BrownTAN3Down28 It's good when you talkGAS3Down28 CircleRING4Down28 ClutchGRAB4Down29 PoetBARD4Down30 Broken stub, maybeBUST4Down30 DescentFALL4Down30 ExpertACE3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, August 30, 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.