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Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 8 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 128 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#
FactsDATA4Across1 PamperCOSSET6Across4 FavouritePET3Across4 Furnish in flexible fashion?SUPPLY6Across4 LocationSITE4Across6 Warning that comes with a new coatWETPAINT8Across7 If absolutely necessaryATAPINCH8Across7 BrawlFRACAS6Across8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Across8 A frame? You can count on itABACUS6Across8 Close toNEARBY6Across9 Lock of hairTRESS5Across10 CunningSLY3Across10 To make an impression, put your foot down!STAMP5Across10 BarLEVER5Across12 Go less than a metre at the weekendTREK4Across13 LakeMERE4Across13 As done by a man of conviction?TIME4Across14 MediocreSOSO4Across14 FlatLEVEL5Across14 Such surgeons can deal with wooden limbsTREE4Across15 UnclothedBARE4Across15 ElbowNUDGE5Across15 In a word, one nilTEN3Across16 RepairFIX3Across16 BlondFAIR4Across17 You append a note to an articleTHEE4Across17 SeasonWINTER6Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across19 Walked with troop leader RodneyTROD4Across19 SaveRESCUE6Across20 Drama to be unfolded as an old-fashioned romantic idealDREAMBOAT9Across21 Roller coasterBIGDIPPER9Across21 Right in line?LIEN4Across23 Male pigBOAR4Across23 LongYEARN5Across24 Bird's homeNEST4Across24 Group of radio frequencies?BAND4Across24 RevelSPREE5Across26 Mouth partLIP3Across26 Animal in the middle?PIG3Across26 ParadiseEDEN4Across27 Many a broken lid is not seriousMILD4Across27 EntertainmentREVUE5Across28 Corrosive substanceACID4Across29 Some of the nicest you can eatICES4Across29 CompetitionBEE3Across30 Twelve monthsYEAR4Across32 Cost of getting somewhereFARE4Across32 CaveGROTTO6Across32 Is it marginally guarded?COAST5Across33 CorsairPIRATE6Across33 Crockery itemPLATE5Across33 Explain how one can never quite finish feedingDEFINE6Across34 StigmaSLUR4Across34 DepriveDIVEST6Across34 A new turn, that is, at the theatre, is good and healthyNUTRIENT8Across35 ResinLAC3Across35 The outsideEXTERIOR8Across35 Squirm, possibly witherWRITHE6Across36 GloomyDARK4Across36 ClearLIMPID6Across36

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ThrowsCASTS5Down1 Not an honest turnTWIST5Down1 Weekly payWAGES5Down2 Cook various meatsSTEAM5Down2 ConcurAGREE5Down2 Fail to hitMISS4Down3 Left a politician something enlighteningLAMP4Down3 AntiquatedANCIENT7Down3 MerrimentCHEER5Down4 Go byPASS4Down4 Look for a wild asterSTARE5Down4 SmallTINY4Down5 OnlySOLE4Down5 Highest part of a cap?PEAK4Down5 ConditionSTATE5Down6 EvokeELICIT6Down6 Praised a lad about a reduction of rudenessLAUDED6Down6 SceneTABLEAU7Down7 CrawlsCREEPS6Down9 Be at school with a "Mrs"!BEETON6Down9 StickROD3Down11 and 18. Being British, he was always willing to return a serviceTIM3Down11 RecordLOG3Down11 Being only out to start trouble will not get you farMETRE5Down12 StatuteLAW3Down12 Bulgarian capitalSOFIA5Down12 RegretRUE3Down13 One voice out of a thousand will quiverTREMBLE7Down13 SeamanMARINER7Down13 OfferBID3Down15 It's planted in plateausTEA3Down15 Coniferous treeFIR3Down16 AridDRY3Down16 Sprog's drink?TOT3Down16 EpochERA3Down17 See "11".HENMAN6Down18 ConcursAGREES6Down18 EndangerIMPERIL7Down19 It's tuned, possibly with some adroitnessRADIO5Down20 IronMETAL5Down20 Understand what to do on the allotmentDIG3Down21 DanceBOP3Down21 StrayERR3Down21 Fish up what's faultyBAD3Down22 ScoffedSNEERED7Down22 WritePEN3Down22 Swimming costumeBIKINI6Down23 WatchEYE3Down23 It's out-of-the-way for a liar to be straightLINEAR6Down23 SheepEWE3Down25 A wagWIT3Down25 In every essential, that is trueYES3Down25 Go inENTER5Down27 She shows anger about men losing their headIRENE5Down28 UnfashionableDATED5Down28 SpeakUTTER5Down29 HutCABIN5Down30 See old people imprisoned!CAGED5Down30 BasinBOWL4Down30 HeroicEPIC4Down31 DisparageDECRY5Down31 Declare in bad tasteSTATE5Down31 Punch both ends firstFIST4Down32 High-pitched barkYELP4Down32 Jack, for instance, is quite a characterCARD4Down33 PeekPEEP4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 8, 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.