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Evening Standard Crossword March 27 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 27 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
FragranceAROMA5Across2 AgitateSTIR4Across7 The thing you shouldn't have as furniture in a room?WHATNOT7Across8 PestPLAGUE6Across8 Very hot condimentCAYENNE7Across8 Skulduggery in the obscene book?DIRTYWORK9Across9 RidgeCREST5Across9 Ammunition for cannonsGRAPESHOT9Across9 OfferBID3Across11 Brief dramatic sceneCAMEO5Across13 A rather cold "Poor substitute for a canape"CRISP5Across13 SeverCUT3Across13 Revered peopleIDOLS5Across14 Work as a dentist or doctor with the sickDRILL5Across14 FrankOPEN4Across15 Break an egg again then bring it back to its original condition?RESTORE7Across15 UnimaginativelyINANELY7Across15 CoachBUS3Across16 Large deerCARIBOU7Across16 Firm as aunts may be with a childSTAUNCH7Across16 Go off and abandonLEAVE5Across17 FashionableSWISH5Across17 Feeling emotional as one left one's old homeMOVED5Across18 TenderSORE4Across18 Political forcePOWER5Across18 PaganHEATHEN7Across19 One guide of a good manyPILOT5Across20 ChairSEAT4Across20 AbundantAMPLE5Across20 TrinityTRIUNE6Across22 TartACID4Across22 C for communication?LETTER6Across22 FriskedCAPERED7Across23 SurpassedBESTED6Across23 Not allowed to quote ShakespeareBARRED6Across23 American whiskeyBOURBON7Across25 Not entirely biasedPARTIAL7Across25 AlwaysEVER4Across25 Short simple songsDITTIES7Across27 Remark on how Gallic it isCOMMENT7Across27 SummitTOP3Across27 LakeTARN4Across28 Lingers on a topic in which one has an abiding interest?DWELLS6Across30 PerformedDID3Across30 AscendsCLIMBS6Across30 HatredANIMUS6Across31 You have to dig back a long time to find this name ....GIDEON6Across31 RecordLOG3Across31 .... and a great distance to find this oneMILES5Across32 ZestGUSTO5Across32 LeafPETAL5Across33 Try to get volunteers at the outsetTASTE5Across35 GangwayAISLE5Across35 Is forced to leave the tea unfinished and to hurryHASTE5Across36 FreightCARGO5Across36 VitalityVIGOUR6Across36 Leave the runway or shedTAKEOFF7Across37 Children's gameMARBLES7Across37 PressIRON4Across37 CedeYIELD5Across38 Does all one can to get rid of undesirable elementsSTRAINS7Across39 Plant with waxy flowersBEGONIA7Across39 So the fellow outside is a builderMASON5Across41 DepletionDRAIN5Across41 Picture of a hair accessorySLIDE5Across42 Billiards shotINOFF5Across42 Hits the highest scoreTOPTWENTY9Across43 Amusing accountsANECDOTES9Across43 Guaranteed a certain tip would be sent roundENSURED7Across44 Bent forwardSTOOPED7Across44

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Whine peevishlyYAMMER6Down1 UndressSTRIP5Down1 The lie has rebounded on herSHEILA6Down1 IntensifyREDOUBLE8Down2 Hurry up and use the foot-leverSTEPONIT8Down2 CurveARC3Down2 Devious hintINSINUATION11Down3 Stay in front and keep your dog with youHOLDTHELEAD11Down3 PoemODE3Down3 With foreknowledgePRESCIENT9Down4 InclinedAPT3Down4 Cover of the trees taken by Adam and EveFIGLEAVES9Down4 TinCAN3Down5 Jumper that says "Track official"STARTER7Down5 Unable to show feelingsUPTIGHT7Down5 PresageAUGUR5Down6 Steep slopeESCARPMENT10Down6 Persuade me to twirl the revolver I'm holding?TWISTMYARM10Down6 Study intentlyPORE4Down7 So stand up again and leaveERGO4Down7 GullSKUA4Down10 Thorny treeACACIA6Down10 Becomes touchy when one pours the cat a drinkACTSUP6Down10 I'll get accommodation in the best possible quartersBILLETS7Down11 RebelliousBOLSHIE7Down11 BraggedBOASTED7Down11 Of mixed originHYBRID6Down12 DisfiguredDEFACED7Down12 Finished on time as it was inclined to doTENDED6Down12 HideCONCEAL7Down13 NursingTENDING7Down14 CapBERET5Down16 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down17 OceanSEA3Down18 A novel, badly written, about a royal that sends one to sleepVERONAL7Down19 Person who testifiesWITNESS7Down19 SailorTAR3Down21 ShrubsPEONIES7Down21 The articles in front of you?LEADERS7Down21 TravelledRODE4Down24 One of the two living in the disreputable establishment?JOINTTENANT11Down24 DistributeDISSEMINATE11Down24 SightseerRUBBERNECK10Down26 How one used the microphone and coaxed listeners to do something?TALKEDINTO10Down26 Call onVISIT5Down26 To start with, chum, he's an officerFIRSTMATE9Down28 UnrestrainedUNBRIDLED9Down28 Again, rhyme with "defeat"REVERSE7Down29 CorruptIMMORAL7Down29 AutomatonROBOT5Down29 Bad-temperedCRABBY6Down30 Don't like to see the editor standing trialDETEST6Down30 Pretends, when one writes the chequeMAKESOUT8Down32 Fortified placeGARRISON8Down32 HeatedHOT3Down32 Convert into boneOSSIFY6Down33 Sure, though wrong, the fellows in it experience painSUFFER6Down33 SnoopPRY3Down33 S. American countryECUADOR7Down34 The companion having a gun does restrain oneCHASTEN7Down34 FastenTIE3Down34 CoverLID3Down35 Very attractive personLOOKER6Down38 "He's over fifty", I put inOLIVER6Down38 Digs the peaty soil upROOM4Down40 Slimy matterGUNK4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, March 27, 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.