Evening Standard Crossword June 3 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 3 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#

BowPROW4Across1 Front of the neckTHROAT6Across4 DelveDIG3Across4 New area, maybe, for a change of holiday?FOREST6Across4 StaunchSTEM4Across6 Like a show jumper's career?EVENTFUL8Across7 LinoOILCLOTH8Across7 Hire chargeRENTAL6Across8 Of which, the mayor may have a chainOFFICE6Across8 PaleWAN3Across9 Honour and prestigeGLORY5Across10 It's nothing for wild bees to be very plumpOBESE5Across10 SubsideCOLLAPSE8Across10 Sea-eagleERNE4Across11 Marquee, for exampleTENT4Across13 When out of uniform, to rest will do nicelySUIT4Across13 IdenticalSAME4Across14 Maybe she's less implacableRUTH4Across14 ExpertACE3Across14 Cast offSHED4Across15 Deserve attention on a certain pointEARN4Across15 Pen partNIB3Across16 Trap set among pine treesNET3Across16 GarretATTIC5Across16 Being stony, gives nothing to a friendOPAL4Across17 Garden toolRAKE4Across17 HeroicEPIC4Across19 HelpedASSISTED8Across19 Soon, apparently, Ann will be out of circulationANON4Across19 VaudevilleMUSICHALL9Across21 It's shorter when followed by a dogCURTAILED9Across21 DangerPERIL5Across21 IndustriousDILIGENT8Across23 ColourPINK4Across23 Not a new acronymNATO4Across23 DecorationMEDAL5Across24 Rabbit-like mammalHARE4Across24 Attracted many with a share of the rewardDREW4Across24 BleatBAA3Across26 Such a lot is so little!FAT3Across26 Be about 40% right where cheese is concernedBRIE4Across27 ConsumeEAT3Across27 Twelve inchesFOOT4Across27 In sweet wine, it's doubleTWIN4Across29 Very keenAVID4Across29 DividePART4Across31 Made sure of getting five out of sevenSEEN4Across32 RiseGOUP4Across32 On the shelf in a seaside resortASIDE5Across33 RealmPROVINCE8Across33 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Across33 Question of a woman's ability or long-established dominionCANADA6Across34 ProsecuteSUE3Across34 Boots for anglersWADERS6Across34 Fearful lizard very upsetting in roads taking a bendDINOSAUR8Across35 AleBEER4Across35 IndefatigableTIRELESS8Across35 Use a tricky device that gets me upsetEMPLOY6Across36 BeamRAY3Across36 EvaluateASSESS6Across36 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across37

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DittiesSONGS5Down1 Points a hill out, if you get my driftTENOR5Down1 Partial or total darknessGLOOM5Down2 Release? Not really, but a landlord might do soRELET5Down2 ChamberROOM4Down2 Modelling materialCLAY4Down3 Sort of thing to inflame a viewer?STYE4Down3 DroopWILT4Down3 NumberTHREE5Down4 ShownDEPICTED8Down4 It's handy if you want to make some doughFLOUR5Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 Smallest of a litterRUNT4Down5 It makes the lute less harmoniousRIFT4Down5 DulcetSWEET5Down6 Foreign languageARABIC6Down6 A piece of music, you know, can make you fed upSICKEN6Down6 SailorTAR3Down7 BoredomENNUI5Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 In leaf, can be grand at lastFINALE6Down9 Chelsea hairstyle?BUN3Down11 StriplingLAD3Down11 Cry when shut out of the job centreSHOUT5Down12 SeraglioHAREM5Down12 RepeatRERUN5Down12 EnquiredASKED5Down13 Dismissal from workTHECHOP7Down13 Obviously he wouldn't have put food out for CrusadersSALADIN7Down13 SerpentASP3Down14 WeirdEERIE5Down15 Move on snowSKI3Down15 Do what's necessary in the atticEAT3Down15 NothingNIL3Down16 One gesture of a number on the quarter deckNOD3Down16 WearyTIRED5Down17 HamperCRATE5Down18 Searched a relations officer's sleeping placePROBED6Down18 Try to obtain by requestingASKFOR6Down18 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Down20 Creatures bringing news about trouble startingNEWTS5Down20 LoiteringDILATORY8Down20 Girl's nameMIA3Down21 Primitive punishment befitting a burgler?CAT3Down21 TitferHAT3Down22 IlluminatedLIT3Down22 Resentment of some unfair excessesIRE3Down22 HeathensPAGANS6Down23 Weapon used in the heat of the moment?NAPALM6Down23 TreeFIR3Down25 DeleteERASE5Down25 Glider cockpit cover?LID3Down25 FlowerASTER5Down26 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 GoadSPUR4Down28 Prepared to study a key partREADY5Down28 PitMINE4Down29 ManservantVALET5Down30 TartACID4Down30 Where to start work for doubtful gainWIGAN5Down30 Comes close to breaking out of a snareNEARS5Down31 ThickDENSE5Down31 RegretRUE3Down32 DNA unitGENE4Down32 A trip around some islandsSAIL4Down32 A name meaning very littleATOM4Down33 PaceSTEP4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, June 3, 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.