Evening Standard Crossword September 1 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 1 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 134 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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RuralRUSTIC6Across1 Of the eyeOPTIC5Across3 Went slowly, but with credit, at a key pointCREPT5Across3 PlanSCHEME6Across5 Saintly Alan embracing a blockhead!ALBAN5Across8 SentimentalSOPPY5Across8 WaterwayCANAL5Across9 Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across10 A game with plenty to itLOTTO5Across10 AbruptSUDDEN6Across10 HillTOR3Across11 EmptyVACANT6Across11 In oppositionOUT3Across11 DruggedDOPED5Across12 Where the whisky is sheer poetry?ISLAY5Across12 ScoundrelROGUE5Across12 PlanetJUPITER7Across13 Maybe a man can't sing this high partDESCANT7Across13 TardyLATE4Across14 Boy's nameAARON5Across15 Playing it, is there little room for love?CELLO5Across15 StrayERR3Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Male swanCOB3Across18 Covered in starch, ideallyHID3Across18 CongenitalINNATE6Across19 Chest expanders for servicemen?MEDALS6Across19 HandleTREAT5Across20 Domed buildingROTUNDA7Across21 An odd piece of virtu to usCURIOUS7Across21 Do you need pluck to play it?HARP4Across22 NaggingONAT4Across22 FainterPALER5Across22 HeatherLING4Across23 GraspedGRIPPED7Across23 Something afoot that sounds frightening to cats, etc.SHOE4Across23 PermittedALLOWED7Across24 InsinuateIMPLY5Across24 Authorise some men to take ownershipENTITLE7Across24 RenovateRENEW5Across26 Where, in Italy, poetry heartens the new manMODENA6Across26 On a shipABOARD6Across26 Reminder to start the ball rolling?CUE3Across29 BeverageTEA3Across29 MasculineMALE4Across29 SerpentASP3Across30 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across31 It exudes from the old soldierSWEAT5Across31 Colouring agent used by mother?MAGENTA7Across32 Young catsKITTENS7Across32 OnlySOLE4Across32 SwiftFLEET5Across33 As Sybil said, she's a sorceressSIBYL5Across34 SorceryMAGIC5Across34 Dad's right to be normalPAR3Across35 WitchHAG3Across35 AstoundedAMAZED6Across35 The man who came to dinnerINNER5Across36 Lose bloodBLEED5Across36 AscendingRISING6Across36 State of a crashed planeNEPAL5Across37 LukewarmTEPID5Across37 Brimless capBERET5Across37 lb50 notes held in lawful fashionLEGAL5Across38 UnfashionableDATED5Across38 See-sawTEETER6Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39

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Water lilyLOTUS5Down1 Ice-cold enemies round the cornerFLOES5Down1 OutcomeRESULT6Down1 FruitAPRICOT7Down2 Put right what the chap put wrongly?PATCHUP7Down2 SoberSEDATE6Down2 FrozenICED4Down3 Not richPOOR4Down4 The balance negotiated in sterling, partlyREST4Down4 BoatCANOE5Down4 Tropical lizardIGUANA6Down5 RescuerSAVER5Down5 Puts at the head of the field, at lastPLACES6Down5 ClothedCLAD4Down6 Not dirtyCLEAN5Down6 Trifled with a toy boy?TOYED5Down6 PaintENAMEL6Down7 ShoeSABOT5Down7 Nevertheless, calmSTILL5Down7 LikewiseEITHER6Down8 Fizzy drinkPOP3Down9 It came to a stop in a Marilyn Monroe movieBUS3Down9 ReconstructREBUILD7Down12 Girl in a state? Quite the reverse!INDIANA7Down12 IntendPROPOSE7Down13 Excellent, never-ending melodyAIR3Down14 ToddlerTOT3Down14 FragranceAROMA5Down15 Machine or article at the play centreLATHE5Down16 QuickRAPID5Down16 BirdEAGLE5Down16 Rosie's willowy formOSIER5Down17 WhinnyNEIGH5Down17 HellHADES5Down18 SpreeREVEL5Down19 Show the score to a pupilMUSICAL7Down19 FoolishIDIOTIC7Down19 Friends much upset by a skinheadCHUMS5Down20 WandererNOMAD5Down20 AttemptTRY3Down21 Coarse, cloth-headed, uncivil!CRUDE5Down21 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down21 ThroughPER3Down22 Tanned hideLEATHER7Down23 One unconscious of being run over by a trainSLEEPER7Down23 In the Irish Republic, the New Testament is unabridgedENTIRE6Down24 Fleet of shipsARMADA6Down24 DivulgeIMPART6Down24 Tough? Oh no!TUG3Down25 Not dryWET3Down25 DelightPLEASE6Down25 BeginnerNOVICE6Down27 Due to a duck having to flyOWING5Down27 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down27 JammedWEDGED6Down28 Support for an artist's viewsEASEL5Down28 TargetedAIMED5Down28 TreeALDER5Down30 Has Jack a treatment for warts?STRAW5Down30 EnrageANGER5Down30 DangerPERIL5Down31 Flying toyKITE4Down32 Name my regimentMYRA4Down32 Can you play it in your sleep?NAP3Down33 Wheat spikeEAR3Down33 GalaFETE4Down33 SeasonTIDE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, September 1, 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.