Evening Standard Crossword March 18 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for March 18 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Clearly expressed51 AcrossReveal answer → Could start to whip in a fight51 AcrossReveal answer → Respond52 AcrossReveal answer → Poetry of the silver sea56 AcrossReveal answer → Dog breed56 AcrossReveal answer → Pointer57 AcrossReveal answer → Eject58 AcrossReveal answer → Nasal opening79 AcrossReveal answer → Hesitated to make a friendly gesture to a leftist79 AcrossReveal answer → Erect510 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp510 AcrossReveal answer → Being nice means very little, in a way510 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic511 AcrossReveal answer → Checks a broken siren511 AcrossReveal answer → Is unsuccessful512 AcrossReveal answer → A rule that breaks the heart of singers512 AcrossReveal answer → Owns312 AcrossReveal answer → Pilfers713 AcrossReveal answer → Lazes around, that is, with sticky sweets713 AcrossReveal answer → War-horse513 AcrossReveal answer → Play for today, outwardly?315 AcrossReveal answer → Polluted715 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose315 AcrossReveal answer → Top numbers, each unique417 AcrossReveal answer → Cashier617 AcrossReveal answer → Nagging417 AcrossReveal answer → Wild moors, right on the map, dark and gloomy618 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair618 AcrossReveal answer → Taxi319 AcrossReveal answer → Open up possibilities for Edwin519 AcrossReveal answer → Evil spirit519 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of shirt for a slave, that's all620 AcrossReveal answer → Hang around620 AcrossReveal answer → Fiendish720 AcrossReveal answer → Easily handled, thanks to me422 AcrossReveal answer → Liquid measure422 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy423 AcrossReveal answer → She's less than motherly324 AcrossReveal answer → Star324 AcrossReveal answer → Excursion425 AcrossReveal answer → Envious725 AcrossReveal answer → Incite riot about a Zionist leader named Kane725 AcrossReveal answer → Go round upsetting some strikers526 AcrossReveal answer → Appeared726 AcrossReveal answer → Of greater age526 AcrossReveal answer → Cooker527 AcrossReveal answer → It's goodbye to Dai, maybe, who's so backward527 AcrossReveal answer → During the day, left a trainee to be idle528 AcrossReveal answer → Small coin528 AcrossReveal answer → Might he rush ahead with an operation?729 AcrossReveal answer → Artist's studio729 AcrossReveal answer → Look exhausted and fall out of the ring530 AcrossReveal answer → Confuse530 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder330 AcrossReveal answer → Pale531 AcrossReveal answer → Moisten631 AcrossReveal answer → He's in textiles531 AcrossReveal answer → Foolishness734 AcrossReveal answer → Length537 AcrossReveal answer → Snake338 AcrossReveal answer → Fish539 AcrossReveal answer → Trivial540 AcrossReveal answer → Farm birds541 AcrossReveal answer → Beneath542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Combine51 DownReveal answer → Roguish child62 DownReveal answer → Revolt52 DownReveal answer → As chancellor, Nigel made rules in advance62 DownReveal answer → Toffs properly included among saints?63 DownReveal answer → Oozed63 DownReveal answer → Untouched63 DownReveal answer → Frigid44 DownReveal answer → Derby, perhaps34 DownReveal answer → Female deer34 DownReveal answer → Show75 DownReveal answer → Special occasions that help to make life testing55 DownReveal answer → Book of maps55 DownReveal answer → Beleaguer56 DownReveal answer → Come close to being governed no end badly?76 DownReveal answer → Cut of beef76 DownReveal answer → Heavenly place, a noted haunt47 DownReveal answer → In addition47 DownReveal answer → Emergency message about a theatre where Pele played68 DownReveal answer → Kitchen item68 DownReveal answer → Friend39 DownReveal answer → Deciphered711 DownReveal answer → Right to issue pay512 DownReveal answer → Ague512 DownReveal answer → Booth513 DownReveal answer → Frustrates513 DownReveal answer → In Ireland, a clumsy fellow, hot-headed513 DownReveal answer → Chosen514 DownReveal answer → Bar the clever bit514 DownReveal answer → Ancient language514 DownReveal answer → Stone is best - start to finish!515 DownReveal answer → Proportion515 DownReveal answer → Enthusiast316 DownReveal answer → Camping shelters516 DownReveal answer → The old-fashioned fellows abroad516 DownReveal answer → Subdue718 DownReveal answer → Card game518 DownReveal answer → The "Order of ---" could be "12 Down"518 DownReveal answer → Agitates to make artistic creations more lofty719 DownReveal answer → Use up719 DownReveal answer → Perhaps a capital attempt at scoring621 DownReveal answer → Expelled621 DownReveal answer → Vault521 DownReveal answer → Gripping tool622 DownReveal answer → In teas one may find an exotic infusion622 DownReveal answer → Backbone522 DownReveal answer → Subtle difference623 DownReveal answer → Fruit served in medium large portions623 DownReveal answer → Originate724 DownReveal answer → Wobbly dessert525 DownReveal answer → Rocky locations good to manoeuvre cars round525 DownReveal answer → Thus again is only fair426 DownReveal answer → Egg-shaped426 DownReveal answer → Sheep327 DownReveal answer → Little Miss Morse?328 DownReveal answer → Vegetable328 DownReveal answer → Harm628 DownReveal answer → Tag529 DownReveal answer → Measure532 DownReveal answer → Delete533 DownReveal answer → Spot335 DownReveal answer → Rotate436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.