Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 7 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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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PromptREADY5Across2 HellHADES5Across7 SpateFLOOD5Across8 Deficit the firm can't carry?HEAVYLOSS9Across9 DogSTBERNARD9Across9 PrecipitousSTEEP5Across10 He deserves to succeedTRUEHEIR8Across10 OceanATLANTIC8Across10 ScullOAR3Across12 TipAPEX4Across12 Weapon a cavalryman will know how to handle?COLT4Across12 HoundBASSET6Across13 Introducing me to Dean, make me look smallDEMEAN6Across13 SkirmishMELEE5Across13 BirdsTITMICE7Across14 Dressed and waiting for youLINEDUP7Across14 DiplomaticTACTFUL7Across15 PositionSITUATION9Across15 Choose, from the bachelors?SINGLEOUT9Across15 RevisedEDITED6Across17 BleakCHEERLESS9Across17 Having quickly seen a label, open it upATAGLANCE9Across17 TellNARRATE7Across18 What the laundress who took up golf called a wood?NONIRON7Across18 SpotDOT3Across19 InterferedMEDDLED7Across20 OscillateSEESAW6Across20 "He's trying to sell a phony pearl," the daughter put inPEDLAR6Across20 BoastBRAG4Across21 Fish will do for me!CHAR4Across21 AppearSEEM4Across23 More surprising in someone not from these partsSTRANGER8Across24 GatherASSEMBLE8Across24 FaceDIAL4Across25 ValuablePRECIOUS8Across26 Carte blanche the off-duty employee has?FREEHAND8Across26 OustedDEPOSED7Across26 TreePINE4Across28 Recognises, we're told, from part of the IdentikitNOSE4Across28 He shoots at the bird - a redstartSNIPER6Across29 InvolveENTAIL6Across29 EntrapNET3Across30 Rectify when you change gearREDRESS7Across31 HideCONCEAL7Across31 ScornDERIDE6Across31 The slight possibility of being away from work?OFFCHANCE9Across34 RepeatREITERATE9Across34 AbradedSCRAPED7Across34 A place that hasn't come to the fore as a seaside resort?BACKWATER9Across36 p.m.AFTERNOON9Across36 MaterialSATIN5Across37 TwitchingTIC3Across38 Gracious! The pan is warm!CORDIAL7Across38 Quite highTALLISH7Across38 LiabilityDEBIT5Across39 Attitude the ancestors started out withSTANCE6Across39 InnTAVERN6Across39 StalkSTEM4Across40 Portray as the person the spectators are coming to seeDRAW4Across40 RevoltREBEL5Across40 ShipSCHOONER8Across41 A less peculiar fellow: a repSALESMAN8Across41 ReimburseREPAY5Across41 SweetenerSACCHARIN9Across42 Are peeved when you escort a girl toTAKEAMISS9Across42 AvariceGREED5Across42

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KillerASSASSIN8Down1 FlourishedWAVED5Down1 What the evangelist who arrives at the hotel hopes to do?CHECKSIN8Down1 MissingABSENT6Down2 Cheat everybody into, as you go from door to doorCALLON6Down2 ReadjustedRESET5Down2 HeavenPARADISE8Down3 Humiliation it is for a rider to take a toss?COMEDOWN8Down3 RegardESTEEM6Down3 DuoDUET4Down4 InventorEDISON6Down4 An aroma that's pronounced, you agreeASSENT6Down4 CoagulatedCLOTTED7Down5 FragmentPARTICLE8Down5 Support for the paperSTANDARD8Down5 MarketplaceFORUM5Down6 NeverthelessALLTHESAME10Down6 Quite realising you can't squeeze another thing in?FULLYAWARE10Down6 To comeINSTORE7Down7 Said drunkenly one had a haircutSHINGLE7Down7 The bird did fly inside to get under coverHIDDEN6Down8 SplitDIVIDE6Down8 LoutOAF3Down9 WadedPADDLED7Down11 Seems dad has turned against fruitAPPEARS7Down11 ErrandMESSAGE7Down11 UntidyMESSY5Down13 EnjoyedLIKED5Down14 A partially coiled rope is found insideLARIAT6Down16 ArouseAWAKEN6Down16 PassCOL3Down16 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down18 Got upRISEN5Down19 Dough re me?NOTES5Down19 UnderstandSEE3Down20 The usual knock-upPAR3Down20 NumberDIGIT5Down21 Of oldOLDEN5Down22 WayROUTE5Down22 So he took the nice one outHENCE5Down22 Become visible now, in the gloomSHADOW6Down23 MealDINNER6Down23 ThreatenedMENACED7Down24 Have a meal, dining out, and a drinkGINANDLIME10Down25 Infra digBENEATHONE10Down25 Because it's in place ofFOR3Down26 ChumPAL3Down26 Valid if you're a member of the policeINFORCE7Down27 VitalityPEP3Down27 MoraleSPIRITS7Down27 WishDESIRE6Down28 PerformedACTED5Down29 Urging one, as it's high-priorityPRESSING8Down30 OpeningAPERTURE8Down30 What you're nibbling on as you put the baby to sleep?ROCKCAKE8Down31 WaterfallCATARACT8Down31 AssessedRATED5Down32 LotionLINIMENT8Down32 Ill-tempered, nagging and mousy?SHREWISH8Down32 BlessingBENISON7Down33 CouchDIVAN5Down33 Not free to take Diane off to churchCHAINED7Down33 Wouldn't allow "26 Down" to take offFORBAD6Down35 FortunateINLUCK6Down35 TeaseRIB3Down35 Speaks proudly about the small craftBOASTS6Down36 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36 RecommendADVISE6Down36 Something edible found in a container in the rubbish dumpTURNIP6Down37 UproarOUTCRY6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, August 7, 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.