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Evening Standard Crossword March 2 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 2 2026 answers. The Monday 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#
Quietly repeated advice to would-be captorsSOFTLY6Across4 FilmMOVIE5Across4 EachAPIECE6Across4 Celestial bodyASTEROID8Across7 Is such writing expected of recruitsJOINEDUP8Across7 AidRELIEF6Across7 RipeMELLOW6Across8 Appear to edit a mere half pageEMERGE6Across8 BreakGAP3Across9 DeleteERASE5Across10 See a flier as a criminalCROOK5Across10 SnakeBOA3Across10 StalksREEDS5Across12 RaspFILE4Across13 BunchTUFT4Across13 Tease with a lureBAIT4Across13 To the Poles, it means plentyTONS4Across14 DependRELY4Across14 Male voiceALTO4Across15 SeniorOLDER5Across15 Story of some Yank joining the navyYARN4Across15 InsectBEE3Across16 Familiar name of a northeastern deltaNED3Across16 DishFONDUE6Across17 African riverNILE4Across17 Fur of the feline that's consumed a duckCOAT4Across17 We're breaking out of jug!EWER4Across19 JettyPIER4Across19 CurvesARCS4Across19 SpeedHASTE5Across20 Politician in support of the motor car and the tubeJACKSTRAW9Across21 CapableCOMPETENT9Across21 OperateMAN3Across22 Board gameLUDO4Across23 Whence to sail back from the tropicsPORT4Across23 PriceCOST4Across24 Best part of a thermostatMOST4Across24 ColouredSTAINED7Across24 VitalityPEP3Across26 Zoo girl? Not exactlyZOE3Across26 Help somebody in a bad wayABET4Across27 ContainerTIN3Across27 Scottish valleyGLEN4Across27 DirectionSOUTH5Across28 Where, in Africa, a rotter gets out of breathCHAD4Across29 HeroicEPIC4Across29 BlockSLAB4Across31 Don't get angry, get this!EVEN4Across32 ChargesFEES4Across32 PreviousPRIOR5Across33 A pronouncedly cold country?CHILE5Across33 GloveMITTEN6Across33 Where bunnies fight for rent reduction?WARREN6Across34 Cuban capitalHAVANA6Across34 Celebrities available when the restaurant's fullNOTABLES8Across35 FamishedRAVENOUS8Across35 FollowENSUE5Across35 HumbleDEMEAN6Across36 Old ship a hunter may be afterBOUNTY6Across36 JoinSEAM4Across37 RidgeLEDGE5Across38 RugMAT3Across39 ToolAXE3Across41 ShowREVEAL6Across42 TrickSTUNT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Having to do so makes a pilot a bit dejectedEJECT5Down1 Writing materialPAPER5Down1 CurWRETCH6Down1 A couple in the cityDIJON5Down2 ThieveSTEAL5Down2 BluffsCLIFFS6Down2 NetworkWEB3Down3 French cheeseBRIE4Down3 Adorn with cards?DECK4Down3 HorseMARE4Down4 Let inADMIT5Down4 Asparagus, say, could give one a stabbing painSPEAR5Down4 MusicalOPERA5Down5 LazyIDLE4Down5 Down-to-earth supportersFEET4Down5 UnseemlyINDECENT8Down6 Tug-boat?LUGGER6Down6 StoveCOOKER6Down6 NourishmentFOOD4Down8 Marries secretlyELOPES6Down9 They may well be deep in their workMINERS6Down9 MetalALUMINIUM9Down11 Steal from a Cairo bankROB3Down11 AgentREP3Down11 He may reward a 'zero blemish' performanceOSCAR5Down12 Church councilSYNOD5Down12 Cricket's crazy fellows?BATSMEN7Down13 SwindlesFLEECES7Down13 ChildrenTOTS4Down14 Animal talk?YAK3Down15 High mountainALP3Down15 WagerBET3Down16 PriestDEAN4Down16 Fresh from PinewoodNEW3Down16 Girl's nameIMOGEN6Down18 RemainingNETT4Down18 A musical intervalOCTAVE6Down18 Look after your tickerWATCH5Down20 BuryINTER5Down20 Soap, perhapsJOE3Down21 WealthyAFFLUENT8Down21 Drinking vesselCUP3Down21 Drink nothing - there's a teetotaller about!TOT3Down22 Unit of weightTON3Down22 HomeNEST4Down23 MessengerLEGATE6Down23 Murphy and maybe Pat tooPOTATO6Down23 Out West, she's some distance from GalwayGAL3Down25 Brazilian portRIO3Down25 IntentionsAIMS4Down25 ExecutesDOES4Down26 Jack was a funny fellowBENNY5Down28 DiscoverLEARN5Down28 IrregularUNEVEN6Down29 ModestHUMBLE6Down30 FlierPILOT5Down30 Being very old, the cyclist may find them difficultHILLS5Down30 Dull part of a wooden seatDENSE5Down31 Dry breadCRUST5Down31 StartedBEGAN5Down32 RenownFAME4Down32 Sheringham's country?ERIN4Down32 A gas burner!COAL4Down33 ParePEEL4Down33 RipTEAR4Down34 ImmediatelyNEXT4Down36 PegTEE3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, March 2, 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.