Evening Standard Crossword March 23 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for March 23 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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Wounds51 AcrossReveal answer → Run off61 AcrossReveal answer → Spirit of a grand entertainer51 AcrossReveal answer → Shortage65 AcrossReveal answer → Study in quietude56 AcrossReveal answer → Halts56 AcrossReveal answer → Senior59 AcrossReveal answer → Whence the train's guard can cry out, just in case79 AcrossReveal answer → Accuses79 AcrossReveal answer → Partner610 AcrossReveal answer → Use bad language in the witness box?510 AcrossReveal answer → Den510 AcrossReveal answer → Establish611 AcrossReveal answer → Indefinite511 AcrossReveal answer → The body in the box511 AcrossReveal answer → Anteroom512 AcrossReveal answer → Hurry512 AcrossReveal answer → Man of the manor, maybe, in Spain?512 AcrossReveal answer → Gallant chap in pain713 AcrossReveal answer → Stockings713 AcrossReveal answer → Responsibility414 AcrossReveal answer → Cry during homework315 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy-hearted315 AcrossReveal answer → Dry417 AcrossReveal answer → Bookish captain's exclamation to a seaman417 AcrossReveal answer → Age317 AcrossReveal answer → What to win when you lose (it's tricky)618 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish dish618 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremony418 AcrossReveal answer → Essential519 AcrossReveal answer → Swimming school519 AcrossReveal answer → Necessitate620 AcrossReveal answer → Belief in direct action!620 AcrossReveal answer → Flavour520 AcrossReveal answer → Heroic422 AcrossReveal answer → Only to lose badly422 AcrossReveal answer → Collier522 AcrossReveal answer → Exploded723 AcrossReveal answer → Being venerated, he cried324 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude524 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name324 AcrossReveal answer → Sportsperson725 AcrossReveal answer → A resilient chucker-out725 AcrossReveal answer → Choice of potherbs526 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher526 AcrossReveal answer → Pear drink526 AcrossReveal answer → Shoulder movement527 AcrossReveal answer → Played by the band in all-Italian style527 AcrossReveal answer → Go off course, say about two-fifths of a metre528 AcrossReveal answer → Unfertilised seed528 AcrossReveal answer → Dash off and obtain a ripping takeaway!729 AcrossReveal answer → Gruesome729 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese429 AcrossReveal answer → To uncle, a very large Aegean island530 AcrossReveal answer → Curse530 AcrossReveal answer → Damp330 AcrossReveal answer → Make law531 AcrossReveal answer → A lord by name531 AcrossReveal answer → Speed432 AcrossReveal answer → Paled533 AcrossReveal answer → Sluggish635 AcrossReveal answer → Oar636 AcrossReveal answer → Send537 AcrossReveal answer → Negated638 AcrossReveal answer → Wreckage639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tyrant61 DownReveal answer → Writer62 DownReveal answer → Refrain62 DownReveal answer → The way to get had up for riding an elephant62 DownReveal answer → A crab's in beetle-like form63 DownReveal answer → Engage43 DownReveal answer → Spanish capital63 DownReveal answer → Beg54 DownReveal answer → Jack may take Paul in34 DownReveal answer → Cunning34 DownReveal answer → God55 DownReveal answer → Shakespeare's name for frailty55 DownReveal answer → Lure55 DownReveal answer → Sea-eagle46 DownReveal answer → Loiters around a Portuguese resort76 DownReveal answer → More than a few76 DownReveal answer → Russian emperor47 DownReveal answer → Keep67 DownReveal answer → Flier making a sound turn47 DownReveal answer → It's safer to keep out of it68 DownReveal answer → Not singular68 DownReveal answer → Assistant68 DownReveal answer → Physically weak512 DownReveal answer → Direction of a blow512 DownReveal answer → Tried713 DownReveal answer → A church head has a way round this area513 DownReveal answer → Filbert513 DownReveal answer → A tag that upsets Bella514 DownReveal answer → Sieves514 DownReveal answer → Nude515 DownReveal answer → Wine makes me a bit docile515 DownReveal answer → Slant515 DownReveal answer → Vapour516 DownReveal answer → Move to music516 DownReveal answer → Were wrong about Spithead being in Germany!516 DownReveal answer → Jockey518 DownReveal answer → Beano518 DownReveal answer → House with its own tube station518 DownReveal answer → Enough neckwear for a decade?719 DownReveal answer → Principle519 DownReveal answer → Sour liquid719 DownReveal answer → Sicilian town producing jazz for America?621 DownReveal answer → Stray321 DownReveal answer → Male relative621 DownReveal answer → Number622 DownReveal answer → Males322 DownReveal answer → Conceited as a midshipman622 DownReveal answer → Slanting type623 DownReveal answer → Leo gets out a gun with a smooth movement623 DownReveal answer → Notched624 DownReveal answer → Display525 DownReveal answer → Bread product usually with trimmings525 DownReveal answer → Sterile625 DownReveal answer → The hot toddy man426 DownReveal answer → Cougar426 DownReveal answer → Roam627 DownReveal answer → It's paid us to return to Brideshead328 DownReveal answer → Niche628 DownReveal answer → Mineral328 DownReveal answer → Paddled530 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm531 DownReveal answer → Blaze433 DownReveal answer → Fruit434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, March 23, 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.