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Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 24 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 125 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#
BirdGROUSE6Across1 There's trouble when he embraces the wrong lassHASSLE6Across1 Foot-leverPEDAL5Across3 Rendered restless when ridiculed?DEBUNKED8Across7 HandleDEALWITH8Across7 TauntGIBE4Across8 Hope earnestly not to be shortLONG4Across8 PouredTEEMED6Across9 DefeatedBEATEN6Across10 FesterRANKLE6Across10 The person pulled, it seems, is sweetDRAGEE6Across10 DeedACTION6Across11 Oriental in a ravine, nominallyGEORGE6Across11 ShyTIMID5Across11 KilnOVEN4Across12 A soldier might eat it (as Burns would?)WAD3Across14 FavouritePET3Across14 LiberatedFREE4Across15 Later, you can get fat on a half of beerAFTER5Across16 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across16 ErasedDELETED7Across17 Went quicklySPED4Across17 Sean as statesman?PENN4Across17 As merchants, brought port to the East End?DEALT5Across19 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Across19 SailorTAR3Across20 A little round hole you can see throughPUPIL5Across21 UnfashionableDATED5Across21 EaterDINER5Across21 Pleasant tastingSAPID5Across22 Incomprehensible letter to a murder victimBABEL5Across22 ConsiderDEEM4Across23 Club it could be shocking for a king to joinCOSH4Across23 TrialTEST4Across25 Cut severely short!SEVER5Across26 BlossomBLOOM5Across26 StormedRAGED5Across26 For everyPER3Across28 Does dad keep her quiet?MUM3Across28 IndividualONE3Across28 Son of Rex?PRINCE6Across29 Hire chargeRENTAL6Across29 In getting a horse out, he's of serviceMARINE6Across30 LamentBEMOAN6Across30 ScrapDISCARD7Across30 An outing for the team in part of DorsetEXIT4Across31 BurdenONUS4Across31 Do less ironingDECREASE8Across32 Branch of mathsGEOMETRY8Across32 Large scissorsSHEARS6Across33 Given a 50-50 chance by an angry bull?TOSSED6Across33 DetailITEM4Across33 AirTUNE4Across35 ChangeALTER5Across36 EatableEDIBLE6Across38 SoonerRATHER6Across39 LaymenLAITY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpheresGLOBES6Down1 Criminal delay?HOLDUP6Down1 EnduredSTOOD5Down1 UnifiedUNITED6Down2 Catchword meaning nothing in slang, perhapsSLOGAN6Down2 SpreeREVEL5Down2 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 Some seed germinating in the borderEDGE4Down3 Lacking firmnessFLACCID7Down4 RevisedEDITED6Down4 Will it make everything all right?CUREALL7Down4 ParchedARID4Down5 All-night watchVIGIL5Down5 It's worn in outright burlesque!SKIRT5Down5 YouthLAD3Down6 Large animalRHINO5Down6 Irrational dread of a snakeADDER5Down6 BorderSKIRT5Down7 DrainSEWER5Down8 GawpGAPE4Down8 Green fabric?LAWN4Down8 WagerBET3Down9 If wrong, he's finedNED3Down9 BeverageTEA3Down12 Frequently at no altitude at allOFT3Down12 GreenVERDANT7Down13 Little things that can keep a redhead in jewelleryGERMS5Down13 Oily fruitOLIVE5Down13 Not everNEVER5Down14 Be repulsive as you dance round the pianoREPEL5Down15 Paved areaPATIO5Down15 OrientalEASTERN7Down16 PlungedDIVED5Down18 "Duck!" said IdaEIDER5Down18 Dorset resortPOOLE5Down18 ObtainGET3Down19 Give voice to?DUB3Down19 Orienteering aidMAP3Down19 Trouble in IsmailiaAIL3Down20 Gave food toFED3Down20 Quietly bent on getting a drinkPARCHED7Down21 HarmsDAMAGES7Down21 He's less than benignBEN3Down22 RespondREACT5Down22 DrunkardSOT3Down22 SedateDEMURE6Down23 They're collectively interestingCURIOS6Down23 Neglect an order for the thing in questionOMIT4Down24 InsaneMAD3Down24 CupidEROS4Down24 Mended at lastHEELED6Down25 ColliersMINERS6Down25 BoastsBRAGS5Down26 That Sam character's home in the southeastSPADE5Down26 AmuseDIVERT6Down27 Edible bulbONION5Down27 Motherless man beset by sinfulness?VINCE5Down27 LubricatedOILED5Down28 Writing implementPEN3Down28 A well-known name in raincoats, we hearMAX3Down28 WeirdEERIE5Down29 Many have to tee up, we gatherMEET4Down30 LadsBOYS4Down30 AnythingAUGHT5Down31 DisparageDECRY5Down32 ExcusePLEA4Down34 EveryALL3Down36 BeamRAY3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, March 24, 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.