Evening Standard Crossword August 5 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for August 5 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Customary51 AcrossReveal answer → Fliers or fatheaded convicts!51 AcrossReveal answer → Map book51 AcrossReveal answer → Collision65 AcrossReveal answer → Spell "shape" differently56 AcrossReveal answer → Hot molten rock56 AcrossReveal answer → Reappear58 AcrossReveal answer → Toss an essayist a flower79 AcrossReveal answer → Word for word79 AcrossReveal answer → Scarcity610 AcrossReveal answer → Plait510 AcrossReveal answer → He's very efficient, if maybe flashy510 AcrossReveal answer → Hero411 AcrossReveal answer → Quoted as seen?511 AcrossReveal answer → Fry quickly511 AcrossReveal answer → For punishment, ring around mid-morning512 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve dozen512 AcrossReveal answer → Accommodated by a deceiver?713 AcrossReveal answer → One who resists change713 AcrossReveal answer → Comfort614 AcrossReveal answer → Change715 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel315 AcrossReveal answer → Aeroplane on the way to Gateshead?315 AcrossReveal answer → Hire417 AcrossReveal answer → Saintly, warm-hearted celebrity?417 AcrossReveal answer → Exaggerate618 AcrossReveal answer → Be generous when cheated out of a fast finish618 AcrossReveal answer → Obtain318 AcrossReveal answer → Gaze519 AcrossReveal answer → He'll sing a number as an alternative519 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity319 AcrossReveal answer → Lizard620 AcrossReveal answer → Smoking jacket?620 AcrossReveal answer → Member of the clergy421 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy state422 AcrossReveal answer → In entering the Foreign Office, one gets a sherry422 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade523 AcrossReveal answer → Born as324 AcrossReveal answer → Fashionable424 AcrossReveal answer → Yes, a Pole has a commission324 AcrossReveal answer → It eats fish (possibly plaice, by the way)725 AcrossReveal answer → Afternoon show725 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein to see the art of hairdressing?526 AcrossReveal answer → Of a town526 AcrossReveal answer → Hitch a ride with Tom527 AcrossReveal answer → Managed327 AcrossReveal answer → Smug smile527 AcrossReveal answer → Pulped food528 AcrossReveal answer → It means less in maths528 AcrossReveal answer → Rodents729 AcrossReveal answer → Age329 AcrossReveal answer → Liquid losses729 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly messenger530 AcrossReveal answer → Put down what sounds right530 AcrossReveal answer → Leaven531 AcrossReveal answer → Unaffected731 AcrossReveal answer → A pair royal (of kings?)531 AcrossReveal answer → Vendor632 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise434 AcrossReveal answer → Material635 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium538 AcrossReveal answer → Spoilt639 AcrossReveal answer → Finished540 AcrossReveal answer →

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A sally62 DownReveal answer → Inspect for what may seem a short time62 DownReveal answer → Fasten32 DownReveal answer → Burning63 DownReveal answer → A shiner, it seems, will make you scowl63 DownReveal answer → Come63 DownReveal answer → Cover34 DownReveal answer → A regular elbow bender34 DownReveal answer → Fixed34 DownReveal answer → Lake still in Scotland!55 DownReveal answer → Eerie55 DownReveal answer → Flag45 DownReveal answer → Foreign sportsman or cad, drunk on half a pint!76 DownReveal answer → Huge76 DownReveal answer → Combined66 DownReveal answer → Greeting from heaven?47 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately47 DownReveal answer → Inn67 DownReveal answer → Think right, and you can raise fees for it68 DownReveal answer → Tangled68 DownReveal answer → Hire79 DownReveal answer → Player with puffy cheeks512 DownReveal answer → Woman's name512 DownReveal answer → Cur312 DownReveal answer → Sewer513 DownReveal answer → Romanov stars, possibly?513 DownReveal answer → Tardy413 DownReveal answer → Follow514 DownReveal answer → Carpenter, female514 DownReveal answer → Colour515 DownReveal answer → Wonderful bit of reading, I see515 DownReveal answer → Become head girl at school?516 DownReveal answer → Curse416 DownReveal answer → Elk516 DownReveal answer → Giant517 DownReveal answer → Keyboard instrument518 DownReveal answer → Denis touring Australia with a group518 DownReveal answer → Plausible woman in a twisted belt719 DownReveal answer → Swimmer's device719 DownReveal answer → Expiation720 DownReveal answer → European language621 DownReveal answer → Note their confusion, both one and the other621 DownReveal answer → Improper treatment622 DownReveal answer → Region422 DownReveal answer → The finale sounds like Sibelius, say622 DownReveal answer → Mother's kind623 DownReveal answer → Cuts off623 DownReveal answer → Habit624 DownReveal answer → Inactive425 DownReveal answer → Snake525 DownReveal answer → Where it's cold, the police get rid of ice (having a right)525 DownReveal answer → Visitor626 DownReveal answer → Impulse426 DownReveal answer → Black spot426 DownReveal answer → Layer328 DownReveal answer → The force sometimes reduced328 DownReveal answer → Ruler628 DownReveal answer → Aye330 DownReveal answer → Peruse433 DownReveal answer → Individual336 DownReveal answer → Poem337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.