Evening Standard Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for September 16 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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Spanish snacks51 AcrossReveal answer → In the film world, an enviable figure51 AcrossReveal answer → Crooked52 AcrossReveal answer → The political faction Chuck is with?56 AcrossReveal answer → Edition56 AcrossReveal answer → Raise57 AcrossReveal answer → Anger58 AcrossReveal answer → Chipolata79 AcrossReveal answer → In a way, nothing for me to make a gesture about79 AcrossReveal answer → Rescuer510 AcrossReveal answer → Dapper510 AcrossReveal answer → Going round, it can be said to have whirled510 AcrossReveal answer → Courage511 AcrossReveal answer → Noise the rain makes in Niger?511 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm512 AcrossReveal answer → A cereal with growing potential512 AcrossReveal answer → Freeze312 AcrossReveal answer → Smash713 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthen a sentence713 AcrossReveal answer → Beleaguered513 AcrossReveal answer → That chap's a bit of a chiseller!315 AcrossReveal answer → Tottering715 AcrossReveal answer → Concert315 AcrossReveal answer → A meaty Chopin piece417 AcrossReveal answer → Revised617 AcrossReveal answer → Yield417 AcrossReveal answer → Being wrong, by the way, is not harmful618 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasure craft618 AcrossReveal answer → Label319 AcrossReveal answer → Is very fond of ducks519 AcrossReveal answer → Group attitude519 AcrossReveal answer → Once the cost of giving Mad Rolf short measure!620 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoy620 AcrossReveal answer → Postponed720 AcrossReveal answer → Having beer on one's breath is quite OK!422 AcrossReveal answer → Colour422 AcrossReveal answer → Fastened423 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable for a bit of a stiff back324 AcrossReveal answer → Obese324 AcrossReveal answer → Expensive425 AcrossReveal answer → Scolds725 AcrossReveal answer → Flower made with flour!725 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of horse possibly seen at York526 AcrossReveal answer → Dedicated726 AcrossReveal answer → Follows526 AcrossReveal answer → Bend forward527 AcrossReveal answer → Strong enough to be a porter527 AcrossReveal answer → Make compensation for a false note528 AcrossReveal answer → Animal fur528 AcrossReveal answer → Drink with a chap in the Royal Engineers729 AcrossReveal answer → Kelp, say729 AcrossReveal answer → Trouble one may have seen on Saturday night530 AcrossReveal answer → Traverse530 AcrossReveal answer → Club330 AcrossReveal answer → Jaded531 AcrossReveal answer → Scorn631 AcrossReveal answer → Many an icy place can be nice and cool531 AcrossReveal answer → Fish734 AcrossReveal answer → Restrict537 AcrossReveal answer → Consume338 AcrossReveal answer → Plunged539 AcrossReveal answer → Managed540 AcrossReveal answer → Instruct541 AcrossReveal answer → Guide542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Perforated51 DownReveal answer → Native American62 DownReveal answer → Advantage52 DownReveal answer → Unctuous, glib, and that's flat!62 DownReveal answer → Taking the rest of the night63 DownReveal answer → Spoke63 DownReveal answer → Having insight63 DownReveal answer → Watched44 DownReveal answer → Stick nothing in the middle of the road!34 DownReveal answer → Speak34 DownReveal answer → Spanned75 DownReveal answer → "Show" everyone goes to the West End for55 DownReveal answer → Escort55 DownReveal answer → Strict56 DownReveal answer → For transport, one may get the sorrel out76 DownReveal answer → Catches fire76 DownReveal answer → He shows his love three ways47 DownReveal answer → Plant ovule47 DownReveal answer → VIP with at least one major overhead68 DownReveal answer → Reveal68 DownReveal answer → Expert39 DownReveal answer → Turned711 DownReveal answer → London Town? It's on the tube!512 DownReveal answer → Molars512 DownReveal answer → Cabin513 DownReveal answer → Neckwear item513 DownReveal answer → Mere mockery of a meal?513 DownReveal answer → Located514 DownReveal answer → Inhuman boor, perhaps, Middle Eastern514 DownReveal answer → Grown-up514 DownReveal answer → Actor about to end the affair, nominally515 DownReveal answer → Whole range515 DownReveal answer → Age316 DownReveal answer → Pierces with horns516 DownReveal answer → Snigger at a soothsayer having a bit of fun!516 DownReveal answer → Signified718 DownReveal answer → Prods518 DownReveal answer → Noted shape of tent associated with bathing518 DownReveal answer → Is it easier to carry than matches?719 DownReveal answer → Gets away719 DownReveal answer → Not much like Nell?621 DownReveal answer → Religious festival621 DownReveal answer → Material521 DownReveal answer → Exhibit622 DownReveal answer → In a car, one giving voice to contempt?622 DownReveal answer → Salute522 DownReveal answer → Basement623 DownReveal answer → Put under pressure to bend forward623 DownReveal answer → Discussed724 DownReveal answer → Breathes hard525 DownReveal answer → Toasted William the Just!525 DownReveal answer → Bound to misfire as a ruse!426 DownReveal answer → Fling426 DownReveal answer → Tank327 DownReveal answer → Also used by Highlanders328 DownReveal answer → Stitch328 DownReveal answer → Erase628 DownReveal answer → Beg529 DownReveal answer → Jockey532 DownReveal answer → Trench533 DownReveal answer → Scull335 DownReveal answer → Gap436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 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.