Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 4 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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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FatGREASE6Across1 Body partWAIST5Across3 Hide away where half of us get new hatsSTASH5Across3 NoticeESPY4Across5 EmulateRIVAL5Across8 Land of initially weak beers?WALES5Across8 Pear ciderPERRY5Across8 AbroadOUT3Across9 A charge exists for hiring themTAXIS5Across10 Music-workOPUS4Across10 Style of carCOUPE5Across10 A mined extract of platinumTIN3Across11 DressGOWN4Across11 Girl's nameMIA3Across11 Nominally, she's not without grey matterPEARL5Across12 HeronEGRET5Across12 OrganHEART5Across12 IntricateCOMPLEX7Across13 A little girl meant to ramble in the countryVIETNAM7Across13 SoreTENDER6Across13 Fertile spotOASIS5Across15 A frame in the artist's studioEASEL5Across15 MinusLESS4Across16 VegetablePEA3Across18 Fishy ingredient for stuffingFIN3Across18 PetalLEAF4Across18 A head unearthed in the garden?CELERY6Across19 State without proofALLEGE6Across19 Girl'sHER3Across20 Kid a communist it's a danceFOXTROT7Across21 NecessaryNEEDFUL7Across21 Sixty minutesHOUR4Across22 Behind the right earREAR4Across22 EncounteredMET3Across22 Loose scrumRUCK4Across23 He's said to have given Abel 'stick'CAIN4Across23 YelpYAP3Across23 Speaker's platformROSTRUM7Across24 Highly original form of male sinSEMINAL7Across24 BroadWIDE4Across24 CutAXED4Across25 React fearfully to the cold?SHIVER6Across26 BatsmanOPENER6Across26 TraderDEALER6Across28 One briefly imprisoned for a trick?CON3Across29 Chest boneRIB3Across29 SwoonFAINT5Across30 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across31 I say, Edward, that's sharp!HONED5Across31 Playful baby snake?RATTLER7Across32 WarmthHEAT4Across32 Motorcycle attachmentSIDECAR7Across32 FateDOOM4Across33 Let the learner have the hammerGAVEL5Across34 ConsumeEAT3Across34 Type of coffeeMOCHA5Across34 Article in good woodOAK3Across35 RenovateRENEW5Across35 Tennis shotLOB3Across35 Show undue pride, having left the butter out?GLOAT5Across36 ActDEED4Across36 Showy displayECLAT5Across36 Are upset about no good passionANGER5Across37 ReviserEDITOR6Across37 ChangeALTER5Across37 In Wales, not the place for top people?NEATH5Across38 DeepnessDEPTH5Across38

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ExpansionGROWTH6Down1 Pulsating material?SATIN5Down1 Evil spiritDEMON5Down1 StretchedEXTENDED8Down2 Attacked and destroyed the new fortWENTFOR7Down2 CoverWRAPPER7Down2 ScoopSHOVEL6Down3 They're the manyTHEM4Down4 OffendedDISGUSTED9Down4 ZenithAPEX4Down4 KeenlyEAGERLY7Down5 There's a tree in the middle of the road!STREET6Down5 Roll of paperSCROLL6Down5 SumTOTAL5Down6 ApertureSLOT4Down6 Meat menHALAL5Down6 PullYANK4Down7 ShootSPRIG5Down7 Crashed flier long imprisonedLIFER5Down7 RegretRUE3Down8 EdgeRIM3Down9 Tell stories for money, that isLIE3Down9 This creature may be part henPANTHER7Down12 Go towardsHEADFOR7Down12 Sheltered sideLEE3Down14 RestREMAINDER9Down14 There's nothing in returning a kissNIX3Down14 ChartMAP3Down15 AntitoxinSERUM5Down16 Bit of a bloomer by the boysSEPAL5Down16 Taking a rest from veracity?LYING5Down17 GenderSEX3Down17 SearchesSEEKS5Down17 SoonestEARLIEST8Down19 CountryAUSTRIA7Down19 Funny figures in black rockCOMICAL7Down19 The end of a foxBRUSH5Down20 StrikeHIT3Down20 PulsateTHROB5Down20 Naked figuresNUDES5Down21 ToldRELATED7Down21 A fan embraces Joe, the villain!FAGIN5Down21 German measlesRUBELLA7Down23 In Switzerland, they are not put up in tinsCANTONS7Down23 DistantREMOTE6Down24 Seated in decorous fashionSEDATE6Down24 Another denial?NOT3Down25 To freeRID3Down25 ConsideredDEEMED6Down26 Bomb-holeCRATER6Down27 Buddy, very good about moneyHOLLY5Down27 HarmonyPEACE5Down27 Person, for instance, in the forefront of vegetarianismVEGAN5Down28 WandererNOMAD5Down28 CastSHED4Down29 Highland games logCABER5Down30 Dogs used by SpekePEKES5Down30 FoodFARE4Down30 DragTOW3Down31 PhotographSHOT4Down32 To be out of work upsets some actressesREST4Down32 Prisoner of the GulagLAG3Down33 CribCOT3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, August 4, 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.