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Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 9 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 122 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#
School of fishSHOAL5Across1 MistakeSLIP4Across1 Once a redeveloped area on the mapOCEAN5Across1 CrowdMOB3Across4 Was its queen a bachelor girl?SHEBA5Across6 IllSICK4Across6 SlapSMACK5Across6 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across8 MumSILENT6Across9 Clerical capBIRETTA7Across9 Colourful battleMAGENTA7Across9 HeatedHOT3Across10 Tammy's out of turn, but may do a good deedSCOUT5Across10 Highest pointCREST5Across10 Calls for personal adornmentsRINGS5Across11 FirearmRIFLE5Across11 Usually rectangular piece of glass leftPANEL5Across12 FlutterHOVER5Across12 Man's nameCOLIN5Across12 Gang leaders sounding like a male quartetFOREMEN7Across13 SkylineHORIZON7Across13 EnduredSTOOD5Across14 CheatedDUPED5Across15 Carrier of a hard piece of woodHOD3Across15 Domestic fuelGAS3Across15 SpokenORAL4Across17 A pupil, too backward, should not be takenLOOT4Across17 Butter or jamSCRAPE6Across18 Term of officeTENURE6Across18 PlanSCHEME6Across18 Animal's trailSPOOR5Across19 There's profundity in what a plumber may findDEPTH5Across19 EatableEDIBLE6Across20 Creature going around in pridesSPIDER6Across20 EmanatedISSUED6Across20 Form of address on a note to teacherSIRE4Across22 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across22 ColourRED3Across24 EnticeTEMPT5Across24 Female in the newsHEN3Across24 With only this to eat, you'd waste awayFRITTER7Across25 GarlandFESTOON7Across25 EscargotSNAIL5Across26 Lord of Bolton?BARON5Across26 TrapSNARE5Across26 DestinedFATED5Across27 A diminutive swimmerSPRAT5Across27 The journalistic crowdPRESS5Across28 TypesKINDS5Across28 LongYEARN5Across28 Passed early, perhaps, to the EditorRELAYED7Across29 Imaginary beingMERMAID7Across29 A bird used merely as decorationBRAID5Across30 In motionASTIR5Across30 DampWET3Across30 RipsTEARS5Across31 Being equally successful as linkmen?TYING5Across31 FameREPUTE6Across32 CreaseRUMPLE6Across33 EmployedUSED4Across34 FaucetTAP3Across35 SwarthyDARK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Extreme fearHORROR6Down2 Housey-houseyLOTTO5Down2 Silly sort of clock?CUCKOO6Down2 A stubborn beast, Middle Eastern, with charmAMULET6Down3 Go firstPRECEDE7Down3 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down3 He's a bit of a lunatic!NAT3Down4 LegendMYTH4Down4 IlluminatedLIT3Down4 CreamBEST4Down5 French town rebuilt by DanesSEDAN5Down5 Citrus fruitLEMON5Down5 DivideSPLIT5Down6 A sentence that can be made longerSTRETCH7Down6 Attacking footballerSTRIKER7Down6 PrincipalMAIN4Down7 Cry from the heavens?HAIL4Down7 ComfortCONSOLE7Down7 Great revolutionary circus feature?BIGTOP6Down8 Underground roomCELLAR6Down8 IndividualONE3Down11 OwnsHAS3Down12 Name a favourite monarchPETER5Down12 Style of carCOUPE5Down12 SpiritRUM3Down13 At poker, try not to do so when you have one!FLUSH5Down13 FloatHOVER5Down13 FastRAPID5Down14 Sculptor, never ending, immortalRODIN5Down14 RelishGUSTO5Down15 Customary line in bath designHABIT5Down15 Postpone being freed, possiblyDEFER5Down16 NumberSEVEN5Down16 FavouritePET3Down16 ObscureDIM3Down17 It's grim, getting set about by sailors!STERN5Down18 Drying clothTOWEL5Down18 AdmitCONFESS7Down19 SlimSLENDER7Down19 Discussed at the club, indeedDEBATED7Down19 AgentSPY3Down21 Puts offDELAYS6Down21 Very quietly look around for something hotPEPPER6Down21 CheckedSTEMMED7Down22 Long stepSTRIDE6Down22 Well built redhead interrupting researchSTURDY6Down22 FellowDON3Down23 Why the senora's upset?REASON6Down23 Over thereYONDER6Down23 WatchEYE3Down25 Fight and fight again, nothing lessFORAY5Down25 MoviesFILMS5Down25 Type of houseSEMI4Down26 In town, keep out of the centre of crime or sinBARI4Down26 CircularROUND5Down27 Favourite part of MorpethPET3Down28 EquipmentKIT3Down28 SovereignRULER5Down29 DepartedWENT4Down30 ExcursionTRIP4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, March 9, 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.