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Evening Standard Crossword March 5 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 5 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
Shoots one has to prune two ways?SNIPES6Across1 SummerhouseGAZEBO6Across1 DetailNICETY6Across1 SlaughterCULL4Across5 Looked up to, as entitledHONOURED8Across7 Dining roomMESSHALL8Across7 A pet nameFIDO4Across8 Military capKEPI4Across8 VegetableONION5Across8 PurposeAIM3Across9 ShrubPRIVET6Across10 Beast in a bit of a hurry, feet sticking out!FERRET6Across10 ProducedMADE4Across10 EnragesANGERS6Across11 Too stupid to get the right angle?OBTUSE6Across11 NumberNINE4Across11 StrayDRIFT5Across12 FaithBELIEF6Across13 Not dryWET3Across14 Even as the contractor saidEEN3Across14 PrevalentRIFE4Across16 After a time, alter rashly!LATER5Across16 Natives of DenmarkDANES5Across16 RotateSPIN4Across17 Daunted for a dayAWED4Across17 ToreRENT4Across18 Figures out the tea's stirred, it's milkyLATEX5Across19 Sweet substanceHONEY5Across19 OfferBID3Across20 It counts against one, being in debtDEBIT5Across21 Thin biscuitWAFER5Across21 DecayROT3Across22 Where holidaymakers have somewhere to swim, notePOOLE5Across22 Call onVISIT5Across22 The sailors sounded cockyCREW4Across23 FoolishMAD3Across23 Long journeyTREK4Across23 RoadLANE4Across24 LeaveEXIT4Across25 Allow to enterLETIN5Across26 Mother and son, possibly freeMASON5Across26 Hot beverageTEA3Across28 GunCANNON6Across28 To ring excessivelyTOO3Across28 NabARREST6Across29 Joined the teamUNITED6Across29 HatBONNET6Across30 Rush to get an advanced placeBOLTON6Across30 RemainedSTOOD5Across30 A figure so different from a prophet!AMOS4Across31 VegetableLEEK4Across31 Go on about the Dome being a propitious signGOODOMEN8Across32 EternallyEVERMORE8Across32 PromiseOATH4Across32 EndangerRISK4Across33 SketchDESIGN6Across33 In red, perhaps, some marks appear a shade deeperDARKER6Across33 SleepNAP3Across34 SimilarALIKE5Across35 InterBURY4Across36 SearchesFRISKS6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CloseNEARBY6Down1 ComplaintsGRIPES6Down1 Group employed to take one to the islandSTAFFA6Down1 NumberELEVEN6Down2 How to take a pride in partnershipPAIRED6Down2 GrumbleCOMPLAIN8Down2 Leave outOMIT4Down3 Killed, perhaps, with a single strokeSHOT4Down3 ModerateTEMPER6Down3 In piecesASUNDER7Down4 VigorousENERGETIC9Down4 Garment the French have suspicion about?DOUBLET7Down4 Swimming tutor floundering!TROUT5Down5 LoadedLADEN5Down5 VerifyCONFIRM7Down5 GroupUNIT4Down6 Does it augment the fauna?ADDER5Down6 LustreGLOSS5Down6 SedimentLEES4Down7 Released without chargeFREE4Down8 StrangeODD3Down8 New Zealand birdKIWI4Down8 FavouritePET3Down9 A study for which only half turned upDEN3Down9 BlitheGAY3Down12 Burden that makes us at some stage cross!TAX3Down12 Theatrical entertainmentREVUE5Down13 Pass the ball to an opponent?SERVE5Down13 RocketsFIREWORKS9Down14 Bulgaria's capitalSOFIA5Down15 PlusAND3Down15 Send a taxi half a mileCABLE5Down15 MammalFOX3Down17 Electricity supplyPOWER5Down18 Can she halve the work for her husband?WOMAN5Down18 A little one's nameLEO3Down19 PossessesHAS3Down19 IncomeEARNINGS8Down19 Link it up with Orient, this matchTIE3Down20 MeshNET3Down20 HitBAT3Down20 Having served as a cleaner, finishedDONEFOR7Down21 CharmingWINSOME7Down21 FatalDEATHLY7Down21 Shoot the dope!POT3Down22 ContendVIE3Down22 BeliefsTENETS6Down23 It can be cool, half an hour in the shadeCOLOUR6Down23 Gets in a bad stateROTS4Down24 StatusRANK4Down24 One flying down the touchline?WINGER6Down25 Young catKITTEN6Down25 SpeakerTALKER6Down26 StratumLAYER5Down26 Stupidly warm and humid?MUGGY5Down26 BirdsSNIPES6Down27 Persistent personTRIER5Down27 Nominal mode of operating in crimeSIMON5Down27 Man of tomorrow?TOM3Down28 Foot digitTOE3Down28 ExplosiveBOMB4Down29 Players utterly banned?BAND4Down30 CelebritySTAR4Down30 Lost bloodBLED4Down30 ExpireDIE3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 5, 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.