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Evening Standard Crossword September 2 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 2 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 125 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#
ProcrastinateDELAY5Across1 A surprising way to be takenABACK5Across1 SeamLAYER5Across3 In favour of ending peace by violenceFORCE5Across6 PassGETBY5Across6 SwindleDEFRAUD7Across9 Felt badly dated when droppedLEFTOUT7Across9 ChilledCOOLED6Across9 FulcrumPIVOT5Across10 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across10 Some juice, canned in Louisiana styleCAJUN5Across10 Snow houseIGLOO5Across11 Flier providing airborne deliverySTORK5Across11 EjectEVICT5Across11 ProdPOKE4Across12 GrinSMILE5Across12 Do fullyDITTO5Across12 CountryBOLIVIA7Across13 One keeping an eye on a companion in the waterWATCHER7Across13 Bad weather with the possibility of turning goodFOG3Across15 RolePART4Across15 CongealGEL3Across15 Food product mistakenly madeHASH4Across17 AvoidingEVADING7Across17 CupidEROS4Across17 Sea horse not holding out!MARINE6Across18 ExtentDEGREE6Across18 TeacherTUTOR5Across19 Stir up terrible evil when there's no love lostLIVEN5Across19 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across20 Does it sound highly comical?SCREAM6Across20 ImportantKEY3Across20 AcceptedTAKEN5Across21 Outdoor eventFETE4Across22 Master Joe's famous trioMAGI4Across22 TortureRACK4Across23 Confirmation that you can sit back?TIS3Across24 ImpairMAR3Across24 HealthyWELL4Across25 AfraidFEARFUL7Across25 In Shakespeare, a spiteful woman about to whimperCAPULET7Across25 To prevaricate is the last chance for a learnerSTALL5Across26 WearyTIRED5Across26 ArtSKILL5Across26 Spaghetti, sayPASTA5Across27 Information, that is, from a magic lamp?GENIE5Across27 A teetotaller, I see, is well up in housingATTIC5Across28 SwaySWING5Across28 DefectiveDUD3Across28 Defeat with a counter manoeuvreTROUNCE7Across29 CraftsmanARTISAN7Across29 Understood to have been capturedTAKEN5Across30 EerieWEIRD5Across30 VariedDIVERSE7Across30 Sacred songPSALM5Across31 A letter too hasty can be mere rubbishTRASH5Across31 ControlREIN4Across33 StaggerREEL4Across35 StartedBEGAN5Across36 ShrivelWITHER6Across38 LabouredTOILED6Across39 SoarTOWER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RangeSCOPE5Down1 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down2 DancePOLKA5Down2 Childish thing to say to a black sheepBAABAA6Down2 It has a driving connectionCLUTCH6Down3 ShelterLEE3Down3 Handsome young manADONIS6Down3 D'ye know Mr Barlow?KEN3Down4 ComingADVENT6Down4 StillYET3Down4 EngraveETCH4Down5 Flight unitSTAIR5Down5 FragranceAROMA5Down5 DecayROT3Down6 The stuff to make us faint?FUSTIAN7Down6 Former Dutch currencyGUILDER7Down6 UtterSPEAK5Down7 German cotton centreOTTO4Down7 VergeEDGE4Down7 TrivialPETTY5Down8 Container to carry forwardCARTON6Down8 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down8 Material I mend ingeniouslyDENIM5Down12 Body cavitySINUS5Down12 LateOVERDUE7Down13 BroomBENOM5Down13 A quiet gameWHIST5Down13 DecreeEDICT5Down14 Not the winnerLOSER5Down14 They were in Russia before Tass was created outright!TSARS5Down14 Alf may be out to take in the big matchFINAL5Down15 Deep sorrowGRSEF5Down15 UnderstandREALISE7Down16 HorizontalLEIEL5Down16 Receive only a fraction of entitlement, you understandGETIT5Down16 YawnedGAPED5Down18 Wooden pegDOVEL5Down18 Half of it used during a meal may be silverMETAL5Down18 Drinking vesselTAWKARD7Down19 Was it magically illuminating?LANTERN7Down19 StitchSEW3Down19 Roof of the mouthPANAAE6Down21 Location of a projected entertainmentCINEMA6Down21 Not everNEVER5Down22 Gather in from the terminus, possiblyMUSTER6Down22 Wrinkles browsFRLWNS6Down22 Underground passageTUONNL6Down23 A great master, but the general is round the bend!GENIUS6Down23 EquipmentKIT3Down24 Flowing easilyFLNIE5Down25 Hit 150 before being dismissedCLOUT5Down25 Ties cleverly in positionSITE4Down26 CelebritySTAR4Down26 SwellDILATE6Down27 Work in a factoryACT3Down28 WeakenSAP3Down28 SketchedDRAWN5Down28 SoiledDIRTY5Down29 ResponseREPLY5Down31 DodgeELUDE5Down32 NothingZERO4Down34 WagerBET3Down36 And notNOR3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, September 2, 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.