Evening Standard Crossword September 11 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 138 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 11 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 138 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#
SaveREDEEM6Across1 OrationSPEECH6Across5 Happening to be making one's entrance on stageGOINGON7Across8 BeganSTARTED7Across8 GameBADMINTON9Across9 ElectorVOTER5Across9 How many thieves were there? My dear, a score!FORTYLOVE9Across9 LargerBIGGER6Across10 CourtingWOOING6Across11 RushedRACED5Across12 Sounds made by bandsRINGS5Across13 DawnSUNUP5Across13 LecheryLUST4Across14 Yours has the with-it liningTHINE5Across14 CerealMAIZE5Across14 The key question is what to cook onGRIDDLE7Across15 FurtivenessSTEALTH7Across15 First to go in, make a bloomerMISTAKE7Across16 ExceedOVERRUN7Across16 FurSABLE5Across17 Walk on the right, tooAMBLE5Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 Instruct the classORDER5Across18 GleamSHINE5Across18 SenseFEEL4Across18 Search for a killer?RIFLE5Across20 LateTARDY5Across20 Go inENTER5Across20 InnTAVERN6Across22 Speak freely and admit allOPENUP6Across22 BarrierHEDGE5Across22 FightBATTLE6Across23 Went off thoroughly confusedADDLED6Across23 MammalPOLECAT7Across23 SendREMIT5Across24 WarningCAUTION7Across25 The Russian commander's given the pushCOSSACK7Across25 DissuadeDETER5Across26 In frontLEADING7Across27 Stop to get airREFRAIN7Across27 ParchedARID4Across29 Swap for a whipSWITCH6Across30 NetworkWEB3Across30 MuggySTICKY6Across30 Bands taking a journey in a shipSTRIPS6Across31 ShowREVEAL6Across31 Closed while one decoratedDIDUP5Across32 FruitDATE4Across32 BoxCHEST5Across32 DrinkCIDER5Across33 ComplainBLEAT5Across35 Have food and lodge thereDIGIN5Across35 CollectGATHER6Across35 When duff gen comes in, she's responsibleAGNES5Across36 KnockedRAPPED6Across36 HappeningEVENT5Across36 Did the doctor have anything to drink?DRAUGHT7Across37 OfficerGENERAL7Across37 PostponeDEFER5Across37 DimpledDENTED6Across38 OfferTENDER6Across39 AskedINVITED7Across39 Felt madTOUCHED7Across39 Back to the bar for a bingeREVEL5Across41 SearchSCOUR5Across41 Has learned to sound the hooterKNOWS5Across42 BirdRAVEN5Across42 Pull in, you say, and put it backREINSTATE9Across43 PuzzleCROSSWORD9Across43 Great big fellows in semi-undressIMMENSE7Across44 MomentINSTANT7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Levels the scorePOINTS6Down1 AttitudeSTANCE6Down1 DebrisRUBBLE6Down1 CorrectlyPROPERLY8Down2 Worried when a stain is made by the spilt teaINASTATE8Down2 SummaryDIGEST6Down2 ConclusionTERMINATION11Down3 Temporarily, then, on going into the forceFORTHENONCE11Down3 AlwaysEVER4Down3 CheeseCAMEMBERT9Down4 Happen to visit for the purpose ofCOMEABOUT9Down4 EthicalMORAL5Down4 StitchedSEWED5Down5 BrokeSMASHED7Down5 Urge back into the lead, which does amaze oneSTAGGER7Down5 PokePROD4Down6 ComprehendUNDERSTAND10Down6 Just as it should be for the monks, without exceptionALLINORDER10Down6 RevisedEDITED6Down7 IdiotFOOL4Down7 A rising opera singer and very keenAVID4Down7 BargainHAGGLE6Down8 AccompanyESCORT6Down10 Book someone who's got loadedPRIMER6Down10 LetterMISSIVE7Down11 Having expanded, did encircle the formerDILATED7Down11 StealTHIEVE6Down12 Are embarrassed about having been brought up byREARED6Down12 CavortedCAPERED7Down13 BeneathUNDER5Down15 LukewarmTEPID5Down16 EntertainedFETED5Down18 Took one's time while everything within witheredDALLIED7Down19 HeronEGRET5Down19 GreatINTENSE7Down19 Making a pretence of translating the strange lingoFOOLING7Down21 KnowREALISE7Down21 DecayROT3Down21 OwnedHAD3Down22 TeasedRAGGED6Down24 A light sleeper will always be close to itBEDSIDELAMP11Down24 AggressiveBELLIGERENT11Down24 GloveMITTEN6Down25 ReproveTAKETOTASK10Down26 Old timer!SECONDHAND10Down26 KnockedTAPPED6Down27 RequiredNECESSARY9Down28 GiveRENDER6Down28 Whatever happens and no matter what the paceATANYRATE9Down28 For Buster Sims, I have a letterMISSIVE7Down29 ReferenceMENTION7Down29 CabledWIRED5Down30 The proper date is at the beginning of SeptemberSEDATE6Down30 YieldSUBMIT6Down30 CapBERET5Down31 PenitentCONTRITE8Down32 How anxious the spirit is to come through at the seance?DEADKEEN8Down32 Shop at anew to get the chemical substancePOTASH6Down33 GiftTALENT6Down33 YieldCEDE4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34 Order, for the fellow, fruitMANDATE7Down34 DisappointmentLETDOWN7Down34 GulchRAVINE6Down38 Squawk from a birdGROUSE6Down38 "26" is put to workUSED4Down40 ExtremelyVERY4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 11, 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.