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Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 8 2026 answers. The Sunday 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#
GemstonePEARL5Across2 HeathenPAGAN5Across3 This, I see, is the deep, dark problem that confronts youCRYPT5Across3 HorrifyAPPAL5Across7 Inexplicable message?CABLE5Across8 ToothMOLAR5Across8 Relating to soundSONIC5Across8 Route change avoiding the central partOUTER5Across10 TruncheonBATON5Across10 OathCURSE5Across10 Removable coverLID3Across11 Was he wasted?TED3Across11 TrapNET3Across12 Sort out a point with an impatient utteranceSNORT5Across12 Rains heavilyPOURS5Across12 He shows dad a clever wheezePATRICK7Across13 Nonsense, slangBALONEY7Across13 Old-fashionedDATED5Across13 ExhilarationELATION7Across15 Fertile spotOASIS5Across15 To start picturing something to talk aboutTOPIC5Across15 WornERODED6Across17 Korean mineral?ORE3Across18 Was victoriousWON3Across18 Finish the race with an increase in colourCERISE6Across19 SheepEWE3Across19 Royal residencePALACE6Across19 FallDESCEND7Across20 Referee's itemREDCARD7Across21 A big one might be credited with a good balanceSPENDER7Across21 ButtressPIER4Across22 Is it strange in tone?NOTE4Across22 CongealsGELS4Across23 ProphetSEER4Across23 A girlish figureDOLL4Across23 Cosmetic itemBLUSHER7Across24 Not ripe, perhaps, but you need it in your dietPROTEIN7Across24 DejectedDOWN4Across25 Free to take a girl out for the dayFRIDAY6Across26 ToleratesABIDES6Across26 DeniedNEGATED7Across26 A marine weapon?ARM3Across29 ErrSIN3Across29 BalladLAY3Across30 LoatheDETEST6Across31 Tribal badge or emblemTOTEM5Across31 It's better to be thinnerFINER5Across31 Arm boneHUMERUS7Across32 Girl's best friend at the baseball ground?DIAMOND7Across32 French boy friend in central BognorGAMIN5Across34 AbradedSCRAPED7Across34 Spring bulbTULIP5Across34 Sooner than finish nowhere!ERE3Across35 KnockRAP3Across35 Paled at the possibility of having to begPLEAD5Across36 MelodiesTUNES5Across36 Like a city area with less than four banksURBAN5Across37 Street urchinGAMIN5Across37 CashMONEY5Across37 SpoolsREELS5Across38 Cut severely!SEVER5Across38 GrooveRUT3Across38 LiabilityDEBIT5Across39 RevoltREBEL5Across40 RescuerSAVER5Across41 Fishing-basketCREEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Grinding toothMOLAR5Down1 JavelinSPEAR5Down1 A flat, if untidy, can be deadlyFATAL5Down1 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Down2 Drop in and cry out there's easy money for itOLDROPE7Down2 WalkedPACED5Down2 AvoidedELUDED6Down3 Nautical cryAHOY4Down4 AscendRISE4Down4 A hard water areaRINK4Down4 CompeteCONTEND7Down5 A stout carrierPORTER6Down5 OverseasABROAD6Down5 StickBATON5Down6 Of the noseNASAL5Down6 One can learn from a trout when it's swimmingTUTOR5Down6 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down7 Big BenNEVIS5Down7 NothingNIL3Down9 GarlandLEI3Down9 Chancy thing to do in a tube trainBET3Down9 ChosenELECTED7Down11 Drawing implementsPENCILS7Down12 Picture a railway in a beautiful settingSCENERY7Down12 ThickDENSE5Down13 SymbolTOKEN5Down14 Strong feeling of tirednessIRE3Down14 Signal agreementNOD3Down14 Spike with a bent pointPITON5Down16 One who puts money awaySAVER5Down16 WonderAWE3Down16 Playing it, is there little room for love?CELLO5Down17 PerceiveSENSE5Down17 PostponedDELAYED7Down18 Sure to be available in a concertina arrangementCERTAIN7Down19 An exercisePRESSUP7Down19 Put out when fun's spoilt by a fatheadSNUFF5Down20 Wet slapping soundSPLAT5Down20 TwelveDOZEN5Down21 It can spoil satinSTAIN5Down21 Post offREMIT5Down21 HarmonyUNITY5Down22 They turn down the lightsDIMMERS7Down23 CommonGENERAL7Down23 ConfuseBEMUSE6Down24 ToldRELATED7Down24 In the army, a padre can contribute to itPARADE6Down24 A long time, but less than a generationERA3Down25 That manHIM3Down25 ShamBOGUS5Down27 BreachGAP3Down27 It makes the bullets go roundRIFLE5Down27 DeathDEMISE6Down28 DiscourageDETER5Down28 He painted a Dominican head at various agesDEGAS5Down28 TwistSCREW5Down29 StudentPUPIL5Down30 Go furtively to stealSNEAK5Down30 TorHILL4Down32 SumTOTAL5Down32 Not much money for a girl and meDIME4Down32 The sphere of superior benefitsORB3Down33 DrainSEWER5Down33 Male sheepRAM3Down33 MassageRUB3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, March 8, 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.