Evening Standard Crossword June 19 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 19 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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ExpelEJECT5Across2 CarryBEAR4Across7 It is, you realise, a question of skillKNOWHOW7Across8 MysteriousOCCULT6Across8 Structure used for hangingsGALLOWS7Across8 It emits a sinister glowPORTLIGHT9Across9 RespondREACT5Across9 Political agitatorDEMAGOGUE9Across9 TurfSOD3Across11 Unit of heatTHERM5Across13 Broach the subject again as I wander inRAISE5Across13 RotterCAD3Across13 Cricket fieldersSLIPS5Across14 Groups of people, some of them grannies?KNOTS5Across14 PitcherEWER4Across15 Will call for, you gatherCOLLECT7Across15 With doubtASKANCE7Across15 Man'sHIS3Across16 FlapFLUTTER7Across16 A foreigner and about to marry one's mumSWEDISH7Across16 Disconcert, but only for an instantSHAKE5Across17 Firearm with long barrelRIFLE5Across17 A place of one's own that's hot, in the South of FranceNICHE5Across18 CipherCODE4Across18 Range of influenceORBIT5Across18 DivisionSECTION7Across19 How you chuck it away when the injured arm has mended?SLING5Across20 EmployedUSED4Across20 Large cloth bagsSACKS5Across20 Provides foodCATERS6Across22 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across22 Cheekily having commandeered the spot next the fan?COOLLY6Across22 ThrilledTINGLED7Across23 Less freshSTALER6Across23 Charm so you find yourself unable to fire?DISARM6Across23 Liquorice-flavoured substanceANISEED7Across25 First make out it's not deliberateMISTAKE7Across25 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 UnrestFERMENT7Across27 Are strangely adamant about the weaponFIREARM7Across27 FishEEL3Across27 LakeMERE4Across28 Had gone by boat and the son was sickSAILED6Across30 DefectiveDUD3Across30 ViciousBRUTAL6Across30 Small celestial bodyMETEOR6Across31 Get yourself a new outfit, having a little moneyCHANGE6Across31 WandROD3Across31 Get stuck into a hefty sliceWEDGE5Across32 Greek letterTHETA5Across32 StrictSTERN5Across33 Gather there is a marked recoveryRALLY5Across35 System of beliefsCREED5Across35 Do well to answer verbally. "What is XX plus XX?"EXCEL5Across36 BigLARGE5Across36 ScantySCARCE6Across36 A turn performed by a man, as you'd expectNATURAL7Across37 Boisterous square danceHOEDOWN7Across37 AdjoinABUT4Across37 CompanyTROOP5Across38 Happy at not having to toss a coin about itCONTENT7Across39 LassoesLARIATS7Across39 It took her a long time to accommodate the PoleAGNES5Across41 ClearLUCID5Across41 Keeps under cover when it's hot outsideHIDES5Across42 Stiff pastePUTTY5Across42 To be candid, is unqualifiedDOWNRIGHT9Across43 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across43 Will fetch, you understandREALISE7Across44 Glacial debrisMORAINE7Across44

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Elaborate cakeGATEAU6Down1 UnderBELOW5Down1 All ten quivering with rageENTIRE6Down1 Climbing plantCLEMATIS8Down2 Such a victory as the road cleaner won over dirt?SWEEPING8Down2 StrayERR3Down2 Filled with wonderAWESTRICKEN11Down3 Left one with nothing for tea, which was going too far?TOOKTHECAKE11Down3 EpochERA3Down3 Period of truceCEASEFIRE9Down4 ChildTOT3Down4 Pores over the list to find an exhibit in the art museumCONSTABLE9Down4 DeedACT3Down5 Label as "an adherent"STICKER7Down5 Floor showCABARET7Down5 BegPLEAD5Down6 Lowest possible levelROCKBOTTOM10Down6 Find yourself something to do while in prison?FILLINTIME10Down6 Decayed buildingRUIN4Down7 Not Ann. You!THEE4Down7 FashionableCHIC4Down10 Walking sticksSTAFFS6Down10 Gets jumpy when one searches for weapons?FRISKS6Down10 So on the day before it's rainyMONSOON7Down11 Journey to different habitatMIGRATE7Down11 ObtainedSECURED7Down11 TormentHECTOR6Down12 ErasedDELETED7Down12 How the watery sunlight will come through the window?STREAM6Down12 TreeCONIFER7Down13 PostponedDELAYED7Down14 BarrierHEDGE5Down16 BraceSTEEL5Down17 FishCOD3Down18 Having blackened, cleanedCHARRED7Down19 Weighing deviceBALANCE7Down19 NoiseDIN3Down21 Severe disapprovalCENSURE7Down21 Endorse a letterINITIAL7Down21 DepartedLEFT4Down24 Game you always found you were good atHIDEANDSEEK11Down24 Solid figureTETRAHEDRON11Down24 Mediterranean plantSNAPDRAGON10Down26 Not a great rhyming couplet!TEENYWEENY10Down26 DullardDUNCE5Down26 Three teas at the dansant?CHACHACHA9Down28 Thick crude oilPETROLEUM9Down28 Tend to slopeINCLINE7Down29 BegBESEECH7Down29 RascalROGUE5Down29 Bend out of shapeBUCKLE6Down30 Bumped into as one went outSTRUCK6Down30 Don't hand over, not having lost one's gripWITHHOLD8Down32 ActressTHESPIAN8Down32 SnoopPRY3Down32 IrritatesANNOYS6Down33 To join up the various lines takes timeENLIST6Down33 FixedSET3Down33 SpringyELASTIC7Down34 Doubtless, is particularCERTAIN7Down34 SelfEGO3Down34 SleepNAP3Down35 ExcursionOUTING6Down38 A soldier and a pretty girl you see at the salad barRADISH6Down38 Negative answer to "Will you be off at twelve?"NOON4Down40 Large black birdROOK4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 19, 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.