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Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 17 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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#
FragranceAROMA5Across2 DecreeEDICT5Across3 The one said to be witchlikeWHICH5Across3 PassHAND4Across7 Group of servicemen, many in troubleCADRE5Across8 SnubSLIGHT6Across8 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Across8 AttireDRESS5Across9 The boys like jelly!ROYAL5Across10 Church gangwayAISLE5Across10 A couple, we're told, is more than you needTOO3Across11 DogCUR3Across11 Woman's nameVAL3Across11 Oyster's gemPEARL5Across12 Mali's religionISLAM5Across12 After a bad start, wish aloud to end the pain!ANGUISH7Across13 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across13 SpoilMAR3Across13 SidesTEAMS5Across15 Changes direction, ever moving southVEERS5Across15 StaggerREEL4Across15 CircuitLAP3Across16 DestinyFATE4Across18 Karate expertDAN3Across18 Officer back in the corpsPRO3Across18 PamperCOSSET6Across19 Sheep suggesting wrought iron to me!MERINO6Across19 LiberateDELIVER7Across19 DeclareAVER4Across20 Case of cutleryCANTEEN7Across21 Where to be turning in restless sleep?PEEBLES7Across21 GaelicERSE4Across22 QuarryPREY4Across22 Weight put onLOAD4Across22 Accidental escapeLEAK4Across23 Lover boy?PHIL4Across23 HarmedDAMAGED7Across23 Beefy bighead on strike, possiblyBRISKET7Across24 Say in passingMENTION7Across24 FrankOPEN4Across25 IntelligentCLEVER6Across26 Formal American word meaning "first"PRIMUS6Across26 GuidedLED3Across27 PresentHERE4Across28 A quantity of plutoniumTON3Across29 Priest's garmentALB3Across29 FreeRID3Across30 She shows Poles around the StatesSUSAN5Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 Artist's standEASEL5Across31 ThrobPULSATE7Across32 Kids who bite?NIPPERS7Across32 DestroyWRECK5Across33 It looks bad when a chap gets out of lineSTAIN5Across34 Young eelELVER5Across34 Breaking the law, has point!AWL3Across35 Neckwear itemTIE3Across35 It can make your hair a shade differentRINSE5Across36 Paris undergroundMETRO5Across36 ComfortSOLACE6Across36 The ships possibly left to go out EastFLEET5Across37 Post offREMIT5Across37 ThoughtIDEA4Across37 GiantTITAN5Across38 Was wrong in making further reductionsERRED5Across38 Mass of beesSWARM5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Backless couchDIVAN5Down1 ObscureVAGUE5Down1 Where, in India, to knock the first couple of nails!PATNA5Down1 VacationHOLIDAY7Down2 In class, one gathered?GROUPED7Down2 AppendADD3Down2 PoemODE3Down3 DuoDUET4Down4 DonkeyASS3Down4 Such money is for keeping mumHUSH4Down4 GainWIN3Down5 Wants credit for a smashing saveCRAVES6Down5 ContainerCARTON6Down5 DupeCHEAT5Down6 Roofing slabsTILES5Down6 Poet's timeless homage to the queenHOMER5Down6 Runny mudSLIME5Down7 See rain splashing the rocksCAIRN5Down7 FlatfishDAB3Down9 Many a footballer's error will haunt him, followingDOG3Down9 Stop upSEAL4Down10 MakerCREATOR7Down11 EbbedRECEDED7Down12 On a chart, they indicate islands with wild boarsISOBARS7Down12 LeopardPANTHER7Down12 WedMARRIED7Down13 Strong feeling of tiredness?IRE3Down14 RenovatedRENEWED7Down14 BrownTAN3Down14 TreeASPEN5Down16 Fat lady in a boatEIGHT5Down16 LawfulLEGAL5Down16 Sharpened stickSTAKE5Down17 Are all these in purgatory?SOULS5Down17 HeapedPILED5Down17 ChargeFEE3Down18 It's in service as a food containerMESSTIN7Down19 Mythical creatureCENTAUR7Down19 Passes quietly at Lords, saySLIPS5Down20 RoomSPACE5Down20 On average, is capitalPARIS5Down21 ManagedRAN3Down21 YieldsCEDES5Down21 ShellfishLOBSTER7Down23 Sheepish communicants?PENPALS7Down23 RipeMELLOW6Down24 Is fat, certainly, though not exactly butterBUNTER6Down24 EquipmentGEAR4Down24 UnwellILL3Down25 At half a kopeck, it's high!KOP3Down25 FulcrumPIVOT5Down26 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down27 Hungarian professor of cubismRUBIK5Down27 SwervesVEERS5Down28 In billiards, it's played downMASSE5Down28 AscendedRISEN5Down29 Beer mugSTEIN5Down30 Laser invention in the cityARLES5Down30 FruitPEAR4Down32 CushionPAD3Down32 Resort that looks posh but isn't said to beNICE4Down32 We get a letter, you say, from a femaleEWE3Down33 DampWET3Down33 IntentionAIM3Down33 NewtEFT3Down34 FamilyKIN3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 17, 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.