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Evening Standard Crossword March 20 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 20 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
ShootSPROUT6Across1 FightBATTLE6Across5 FleetFLOTILLA8Across8 International artificial languageESPERANTO9Across9 MislaidLOST4Across9 Would no bait on earth tempt them?ANGELFISH9Across9 Rough young personHOOLIGAN8Across10 HatchetAXE3Across10 Fly the old in or postpone it until laterHOLDOVER8Across10 Excessively sentimentalTWEE4Across12 FishANGLE5Across12 It tells you you're wrong or right to think dinner's ready!GONG4Across12 ShackleFETTER6Across13 Something absorbing to read about in the cookery bookSPONGE6Across13 DesertABANDON7Across14 Bought at the grocer's, is the horse mad about them?COBNUTS7Across14 Large predatory reptileALLIGATOR9Across15 Does it put a severe strain on soldiers to form one?TASKFORCE9Across15 WeepSOB3Across15 ProhibitBAN3Across17 Totally impoverishedDESTITUTE9Across17 Accepted later that one was likeTOOKAFTER9Across17 MooLOW3Across18 Discover it's how a dog likes to travel in a carNOSEOUT7Across18 PosyNOSEGAY7Across18 CentreHUB3Across19 Open tin that sufficedCANDID6Across20 SolemnGRAVE5Across20 Expel from legal professionDISBAR6Across20 FishEEL3Across21 Old American manUSED4Across21 Fairy-like creaturePERI4Across21 StretchEKE3Across22 SolidifyGEL3Across23 Going both ways don't, for a changeTOANDFRO8Across24 OutfitENSEMBLE8Across24 BowNOD3Across24 CorrodedRUSTY5Across26 When there's work to be got through, "30" know themTHEROPES8Across26 Decorative carvingFRETWORK8Across26 Rumoured to have lost heart and been repentantRUED4Across28 ParadiseEDEN4Across28 Blast the news!REPORT6Across29 SweetBONBON6Across29 StatuteLAW3Across29 Old time danceTWOSTEP7Across31 Is it the work of a month for the fisherman to catch it?OCTOPUS7Across31 IslandISLE4Across33 Finally find time to play a game of golfGETAROUND9Across34 Fall of snowAVALANCHE9Across34 FinalTERMINAL8Across34 ComaSTUPOR6Across35 ScoldBERATE6Across36 At just the right moment, I lead it out myselfIDEALTIME9Across36 Short prayersBLESSINGS9Across36 The explosive has more writhing in agonyTORMENT7Across38 Asian languageBENGALI7Across38 After a time, go on a new course - assaultATTACK6Across39 CheerfulCHIRPY6Across39 Wolf you flee fromBOLT4Across40 Starchy cerealSAGO4Across40 The Sing Sing singer?JAILBIRD8Across41 Process with speedEXPEDITE8Across41 Deliberate - honestly!NOMISTAKE9Across42 Information relayGRAPEVINE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hold back by forceRESTRAIN8Down1 Understood to have become popularCAUGHTON8Down1 Request for aidAPPEAL6Down2 FlowersPHLOX5Down2 When the man comes in to see the representativesAGENTS6Down2 LineageANCESTRY8Down3 Take off the hard stuff and make unhappy?DISPIRIT8Down3 CurseOATH4Down3 ClawTALON5Down4 Stiff straw hatBOATER6Down4 For coppers, perhaps, it's something newCHANGE6Down4 QuarrelBRAWL5Down5 Parlour gameCHARADES8Down5 Tear unceremoniously in then and try to frightenTHREATEN8Down5 StoryTALE4Down6 Colourful reptileCORALSNAKE10Down6 For a means of cutting it, you can take your pickBLOCKOFICE10Down6 Substance essential for healthVITAMIN7Down7 LariatLASSO5Down7 Because of the animal, don'tFORBEAR7Down7 Horse-drawn carriageLANDAU6Down8 The others turn left to enter, as a consequenceRESULT6Down8 PaleASHEN5Down10 How to ride when the horse runs apace?ASTRIDE7Down11 RecededEBBED5Down11 Blood diseaseANAEMIA7Down11 WrathANGER5Down12 MirrorGLASS5Down13 DirgeELEGY5Down14 DilateSWELL5Down15 UnderBELOW5Down16 CensoredGAGGED6Down16 Confesses to the priest, who looks disapprovingFROWNS6Down16 Mental perceptionSENSE5Down19 With which the thief broke the jeweller's window to get it?STONE5Down19 Gosh, is that a bird call?COO3Down20 Female animalDOE3Down20 Wading birdEGRET5Down22 In which you may make money and clean upSWEEP5Down22 FaintsSWOONS6Down23 Left over and under a gatePORTAL6Down23 Breathing complaintBRONCHITIS10Down25 Think you're able to search above for the thing, with your fingersFEELUPTOIT10Down25 StartONSET5Down25 Shot back, tooTOT3Down26 Ardent admirerFAN3Down26 CompleteUTTER5Down27 Stupidly fire a gun inside the vesselFRIGATE7Down27 Smears with sticky substanceBEDAUBS7Down27 PulsateTHROB5Down28 Made whiteBLEACHED8Down30 And in the holds, working, are the experienced peopleOLDHANDS8Down30 AsunderAPART5Down30 Arrive from above and vanquish?OVERCOME8Down31 ActorTHESPIAN8Down31 RetainKEEP4Down31 In case it's the wrong shade for the exteriorSHEATHED8Down32 Jewish festivalPASSOVER8Down32 JettyPIER4Down32 CorpseCADAVER7Down33 Also involved a red revolutionary in the trialsORDEALS7Down33 Extension to buildingANNEXE6Down35 That's right; a brown cover in a checked materialTARTAN6Down35 Bent on getting inside the marqueeINTENT6Down36 Card gameBRIDGE6Down36 Nicotinic acidNIACIN6Down37 Is "The Globe Inn" beside that line on the map?ISOBAR6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 20, 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.