Evening Standard Crossword July 18 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 18 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 126 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#
SeatSTOOL5Across1 Measure a youngster for itCUBIT5Across1 EvidencePROOF5Across2 To woo is maybe to invite disaster!COURT5Across6 TreeBEECH5Across6 MustySTALE5Across7 ScopeAMBIT5Across8 CookieBISCUIT7Across9 Embarrassed when depicted as a bit superior?SHOWNUP7Across9 PerformedACTED5Across10 UnifyUNITE5Across10 The bronze rather than the gold or silverALLOY5Across10 PutrefyGOBAD5Across11 Plant resembling the pansyTANSY5Across11 Edible bulbONION5Across12 Herb is a growing boyBASIL5Across12 VesselPAN3Across12 ShortageDEFICIT7Across13 A film showCABARET7Across13 TrickPRANK5Across13 One figures out that it's centralMID3Across15 EbbedRECEDED7Across15 FuelGAS3Across15 Modern centre for fresh waterODER4Across17 Member of the clergyRECTOR6Across17 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 Where the rushing water can cut round a bend?SLUICE6Across18 EraseDELETE6Across18 WhimFAD3Across19 Instrument socially acceptable, possibly left outFLUTE5Across19 Facial hairBEARD5Across19 Did the wrong course get him shipwrecked?CRUSOE6Across20 Made beerBREWED6Across20 DeniedNEGATED7Across20 Fortune makes us rich, by the wayFATE4Across22 DestinyFATE4Across22 CompanionMATE4Across23 She has sittings during the nightHEN3Across24 TitleSIR3Across24 DejectedDOWN4Across25 PulloverSWEATER7Across25 Horse expert going on foot?TRAINER7Across25 It's been halved - and quite right too!LEGIT5Across26 AscertainedENSURED7Across26 TruckWAGON5Across26 CleaveSPLIT5Across27 It means little at the end of term, noteMINIM5Across27 Quick reference to cashREADY5Across28 Liquid measureLITRE5Across28 He's evidently right to go to seaMARINER7Across29 UncommittedNEUTRAL7Across29 Not one over the eight!SEVEN5Across30 Hereditary unitsGENES5Across30 Man'sHIS3Across30 JadedWEARY5Across31 LoatheDETEST6Across31 Fading and dingy, perhapsDYING5Across31 CharwomanCLEANER7Across34 AmusingFUNNY5Across37 BrownTAN3Across38 LiabilityDEBIT5Across39 RoostPERCH5Across40 WagonLORRY5Across41 GuideSTEER5Across42

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StockSTORE5Down1 Bicycle for twoTANDEM6Down2 FactoryPLANT5Down2 Relieve the burden on the UNUNLOAD6Down2 Is wild boar shown on a chart?ISOBAR6Down3 CountRECKON6Down3 GetOBTAIN6Down3 FinishedOVER4Down4 Your unworthy conclusionTHY3Down4 FalsehoodLIE3Down4 HinderedIMPEDED7Down5 Transpire that there's bad wasteSWEAT5Down5 MeagreSCANT5Down5 CollierMINER5Down6 Shorten some articles relating to manicureCUTICLE7Down6 Narrow-mindedBIGOTED7Down6 Work on a figure in stoneOPAL4Down7 Public schoolETON4Down7 Curtis rambling in the countryRUSTIC6Down8 Neckwear itemCRAVAT6Down8 WickedBAD3Down9 SlanderedDEFAMED7Down11 Beauty spoken of in ringing tones?BELLE5Down12 LubricatedOILED5Down12 ChoicePRIME5Down13 Unskilful paintingsDAUBS5Down13 On which to have a potato in comfort?COUCH5Down13 SharpACUTE5Down14 Started to appeal for some fundsBEGUN5Down14 AgueFEVER5Down14 I left a man out of placeMILAN5Down15 CriticiseGETAT5Down15 FelineCAT3Down16 Underground drainSEWER5Down16 Put off upsetting Fred about an early startDEFER5Down16 DeclinedREFUSED7Down18 Die in waterDROWN5Down18 To begin with, mince tarts!START5Down18 As producer or director, the chap in chargeFOREMAN7Down19 ScoldsBERATES7Down19 Castigate about terrible evilREVILE6Down21 Slight waveRIPPLE6Down21 TwelveDOZEN5Down21 EasyFACILE6Down22 Showy things worn for the better part of a yearFINERY6Down22 HarmonyUNITY5Down22 FearTERROR6Down23 Part of the body to nurse continually?TENDON6Down23 Add toENHANCE7Down24 DirectionSOUTH5Down25 It's wrong for '15 Across' to be shyTIMID5Down25 Harry gave me lb1LIME4Down26 Alcoholic drinkWINE4Down26 TransgressSIN3Down27 Liverpudlians may well play in it!RED3Down28 StatuteLAW3Down28 PolluteDEFILE6Down28 ChangeALTER5Down29 TeacherTUTOR5Down32 TrapSNARE5Down33 SpikeEAR3Down35 ReposeREST4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, July 18, 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.