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Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 12 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
MeanINTEND6Across1 UndergoSUFFER6Across5 BeingCREATURE8Across8 ResoundECHO4Across9 Where all eyes are focused when the chess tournament is in motionONTHEMOVE9Across9 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across9 ThroughPER3Across10 Never included in the team that's playing. Not IATNOTIME8Across10 Oily medicated preparationOINTMENT8Across10 MerelyONLY4Across12 Location of which a great deal is heardSITE4Across12 StrictSTERN5Across12 When the audience comes in to see The StonesAGATES6Across13 ConcursAGREES6Across13 Now within reach of solving the riddleCHARADE7Across14 TrapENSNARE7Across14 Miniature representationMICROCOSM9Across15 VaseURN3Across15 What Canute said to the ocean in some remote spot?BACKWATER9Across15 Having fewer ties is really greatBOUNDLESS9Across17 SickILL3Across17 SubordinateDEPENDENT9Across17 Stops and prepares the draft?DRAWSUP7Across18 Elementary particleNEUTRON7Across18 LongingYEN3Across18 FixPEG3Across19 Acutely difficult positionSTRAIT6Across20 Giving a lime squash to a girlAMELIA6Across20 PraiseEXTOL5Across20 SortILK3Across21 First class aviators in the servicesACES4Across21 Largest continentASIA4Across21 WrathIRE3Across22 AbroadOUT3Across23 CoverLID3Across24 Be as good as and rise as high asCOMEUPTO8Across24 Medieval weaponCROSSBOW8Across24 UnadornedPLAIN5Across26 Think the grass borders compensated for itREDEEMED8Across26 InsecticideSHEEPDIP8Across26 Mountain rangeALPS4Across28 More than on the other sideOVER4Across28 All but the last, playing the doctor inALMOST6Across29 FinishEND3Across29 Principal elementSTAPLE6Across29 Flying craftAIRSHIP7Across31 A stand of a strange new sort is brought inROSTRUM7Across31 HurtHARM4Across33 PositiveABSOLUTE8Across34 Former British coinHALFCROWN9Across34 Unhappy, urge to take action aboutDEPRESSED9Across34 DefeatedBEATEN6Across35 Paid for having become violentLASHEDOUT9Across36 IncorporateEMBODY6Across36 Bad dreamNIGHTMARE9Across36 ExtraordinaryUNUSUAL7Across38 Gets there to find the rosters on displayROLLSUP7Across38 Type of farmlandARABLE6Across39 Unexpected round-up Bart arrangedABRUPT6Across39 It's slightly open, which gives one a shockAJAR4Across40 Parasitic arachnidMITE4Across40 Change for the worseREVERSAL8Across41 Hung about, making Nigel terribly embarrassedLINGERED8Across41 Informs one the cats will follow the girlANNOUNCES9Across42 IrregularECCENTRIC9Across42

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Better, all rightNOTSOBAD8Down1 RareUNCOMMON8Down1 Still juggles it in the juggling actsSTATIC6Down2 Style of handwritingITALIC6Down2 CourageNERVE5Down2 The cricketer who's very keen to surpass the others?LONGSTOP8Down3 Breed of cattleLONGHORN8Down3 CheeseEDAM4Down3 It's one of twenty-six he leasesLETTER6Down4 High regardESTEEM6Down4 SuspectDOUBT5Down4 Not too difficult as exams go and fairPASSABLE8Down5 ContemplateCONSIDER8Down5 JavelinSPEAR5Down5 UndertakingENTERPRISE10Down6 LiberateFREE4Down6 Having no tenants without jobsUNOCCUPIED10Down6 AnaestheticETHER5Down7 Deserts are sandySTRANDS7Down7 Pleasantly divertingAMUSING7Down7 EmployENGAGE6Down8 Run through to find the little devil having a drinkIMPALE6Down8 StudentPUPIL5Down10 InflexibleRIGID5Down11 Most importantCENTRAL7Down11 Continue, on the quiet, to resist changePERSIST7Down11 SlumberSLEEP5Down12 AdditionalEXTRA5Down13 MaterialNYLON5Down14 CombineUNITE5Down15 NudeNAKED5Down16 Female giantOGRESS6Down16 Ring that used to be a lady'sWASHER6Down16 Unaided by a sub, by all accountsALONE5Down19 Tear openUNRIP5Down19 Female pigSOW3Down20 Notice the hole and there's a commotionADO3Down20 Will exonerate: that's evidentCLEAR5Down22 RustleSWISH5Down22 LivelinessSPIRIT6Down23 Is prepared to stand by the English womanTESSIE6Down23 Europeans excluded - they're quite differentPOLESAPART10Down25 InexhaustibleBOTTOMLESS10Down25 SillyINANE5Down25 UnderstandSEE3Down26 Don't keep? Nonsense!ROT3Down26 Speculates as to whether they never cease?WONDERS7Down27 MemoriseLEARN5Down27 DiffidentBASHFUL7Down27 OutcomeISSUE5Down28 FamousNOTED5Down30 They've been on the staff a long time and are experiencedOLDHANDS8Down30 Highest pointPINNACLE8Down30 ExcludeOMIT4Down31 Candied stems of a herbANGELICA8Down31 Pose skating in the rink in a pastel shadeROSEPINK8Down31 AssociationCLUB4Down32 AffectationPRETENCE8Down32 You were lying when you said you were evaluating itMATTRESS8Down32 Communication brought to me on the second greenMESSAGE7Down33 Imputed guiltACCUSED7Down33 White was paid about fifty poundsPALLID6Down35 Small evergreen treeLAUREL6Down35 A tail, perhaps, caught right in what should catch the headLARIAT6Down36 Closer toNEARER6Down36 Collection of beesAPIARY6Down37 Don't agree to a thing!OBJECT6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 12, 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.