Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 26 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Result61 AcrossReveal answer → Retains53 AcrossReveal answer → Polo's historic name53 AcrossReveal answer → Talented65 AcrossReveal answer → He is back on Monday58 AcrossReveal answer → Parrot58 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub59 AcrossReveal answer → Detached510 AcrossReveal answer → The snag with a hot-headed desire510 AcrossReveal answer → Twine610 AcrossReveal answer → Animal's coat311 AcrossReveal answer → Plague611 AcrossReveal answer → There's nothing left after half nine311 AcrossReveal answer → Challenged512 AcrossReveal answer → Royal persons512 AcrossReveal answer → Hooded snake512 AcrossReveal answer → Ridicules713 AcrossReveal answer → The sole doubt relates to being unavailable713 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare414 AcrossReveal answer → Plunges515 AcrossReveal answer → Respite that will allow you to rise515 AcrossReveal answer → Youth317 AcrossReveal answer → Yield418 AcrossReveal answer → Metal318 AcrossReveal answer → Something to wear for a pound318 AcrossReveal answer → Trustworthy619 AcrossReveal answer → Seated awkwardly, but dignified619 AcrossReveal answer → Sum520 AcrossReveal answer → Subtitle721 AcrossReveal answer → Handy dexterity!721 AcrossReveal answer → Swim in three lanes422 AcrossReveal answer → Fleece422 AcrossReveal answer → Ventilated522 AcrossReveal answer → Lather423 AcrossReveal answer → Tidiest723 AcrossReveal answer → The craze for cash in the case of a minor injury423 AcrossReveal answer → Light shoes724 AcrossReveal answer → Respond524 AcrossReveal answer → Links with courting724 AcrossReveal answer → Punitive526 AcrossReveal answer → Sea monster you know conceals a wrecked ark626 AcrossReveal answer → Package626 AcrossReveal answer → Write soft letters329 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood329 AcrossReveal answer → Border429 AcrossReveal answer → Skill330 AcrossReveal answer → Giant531 AcrossReveal answer → Fly around central Ireland - it's sunny!531 AcrossReveal answer → Dispatched with a brightly coloured card?732 AcrossReveal answer → Preclude732 AcrossReveal answer → Dreadful432 AcrossReveal answer → Generate533 AcrossReveal answer → Better way to hearten the princes534 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting534 AcrossReveal answer → Villain in the opera "Tosca"335 AcrossReveal answer → Animal335 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb-hole635 AcrossReveal answer → Being above the lower forms of life, they have no tails536 AcrossReveal answer → Young eel536 AcrossReveal answer → Cleansed636 AcrossReveal answer → Grabbed wildly at a boy537 AcrossReveal answer → Language537 AcrossReveal answer → Procrastinate537 AcrossReveal answer → Long for agreement on service538 AcrossReveal answer → Fry quickly538 AcrossReveal answer → Being638 AcrossReveal answer → Debase639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Biscuit51 DownReveal answer → Though young, possibly of some prominence51 DownReveal answer → Exact61 DownReveal answer → Of marriage72 DownReveal answer → Capacious container (or ancient outbuilding?)72 DownReveal answer → Arrangement62 DownReveal answer → Clothed43 DownReveal answer → Cupid44 DownReveal answer → A wager can encourage crime!44 DownReveal answer → Of tides54 DownReveal answer → Forgive65 DownReveal answer → Yawned55 DownReveal answer → Talk about the French occupying a Swiss cottage65 DownReveal answer → Frozen46 DownReveal answer → Killed56 DownReveal answer → Helped to run a new lido out East56 DownReveal answer → Giggle67 DownReveal answer → Models57 DownReveal answer → Sneer at a good fellow57 DownReveal answer → Dashed68 DownReveal answer → Tyke39 DownReveal answer → Short measure39 DownReveal answer → Middle712 DownReveal answer → Point of (ultimately) no return712 DownReveal answer → Ecstasy713 DownReveal answer → Foreign fellow's enthusiastic utterance314 DownReveal answer → Slump314 DownReveal answer → Seeped515 DownReveal answer → River one could label American?516 DownReveal answer → Planet516 DownReveal answer → Jig516 DownReveal answer → Such an officer is no major517 DownReveal answer → Hoard517 DownReveal answer → Quoted518 DownReveal answer → Prevent519 DownReveal answer → Posh make-up for each customer719 DownReveal answer → Lawless youth719 DownReveal answer → Star journeys?520 DownReveal answer → Brushed520 DownReveal answer → Permit321 DownReveal answer → In close up, a poor start is a bit of a bloomer521 DownReveal answer → Woo521 DownReveal answer → Serpent322 DownReveal answer → Railway coach723 DownReveal answer → In the position to mediate?723 DownReveal answer → Colourful contribution to price rises624 DownReveal answer → Married Spanish woman624 DownReveal answer → Save624 DownReveal answer → He's cut short, so there's some silence325 DownReveal answer → Afflict325 DownReveal answer → Astounded625 DownReveal answer → Fuss627 DownReveal answer → Show a broken door has a key in it527 DownReveal answer → Gangway527 DownReveal answer → Ponderous628 DownReveal answer → It sounds sweet in Sri Lanka528 DownReveal answer → Coffee bars528 DownReveal answer → Dress530 DownReveal answer → Succeeding in chasing?530 DownReveal answer → Sweetener530 DownReveal answer → Lukewarm531 DownReveal answer → Corrode432 DownReveal answer → One way to make ears burn!432 DownReveal answer → An article in sound timber333 DownReveal answer → Lubricate333 DownReveal answer → Girdle433 DownReveal answer → Sand-hill434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.