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Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 3 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
An elastic bandGARTER6Across1 Warsaw's countryPOLAND6Across1 HandwritingSCRIPT6Across1 ClutchGRAB4Across5 Bales out in a very positive wayABSOLUTE8Across7 CaribouREINDEER8Across7 Point to a rule of material significanceLAWN4Across8 BoundLOPE4Across8 KindGENRE5Across8 EquipmentRIG3Across9 AlmostNEARLY6Across10 Attacked when drunkSTONED6Across10 BalladSONG4Across10 TinyMINUTE6Across11 Misprints, dash it!SPRINT6Across11 RelaxEASE4Across11 IncitedURGED5Across12 PalenessPALLOR6Across13 Lock openerKEY3Across14 Heaven is the end of many a RussianSKY3Across14 HireRENT4Across16 Such equipment is not unheard ofAUDIO5Across16 DiseaseVIRUS5Across16 MineralsORES4Across17 Adds up for the drinksTOTS4Across17 CheeseEDAM4Across18 Quickly as a Parisian ruffian drops an H!APACE5Across19 CantBEVEL5Across19 ConsumedATE3Across20 Fast, as a way to get fit, funnily enough!SWIFT5Across21 Deep circular dishBASIN5Across21 FateLOT3Across22 Centre of circulationHEART5Across22 Note valueMINIM5Across22 Why don't we copy the Latvians!LETS4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 ScoffMOCK4Across23 JettyPIER4Across24 PitcherEWER4Across25 Unit of gold purityCARAT5Across26 Cut less than severelySEVER5Across26 KnockRAP3Across28 GiveDONATE6Across28 Apt to churn a little butterPAT3Across28 Mass departureEXODUS6Across29 Cold lighting unpopular with motorists!CLAMPS6Across29 DiatribeTIRADE6Across30 West shot the deciding goalWINNER6Across30 FragmentSCRAP5Across30 In a certain case, a rulerINCA4Across31 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 Muzzle attachmentsBAYONETS8Across32 StopLEAVEOFF8Across32 RebelRIOT4Across32 FollowingNEXT4Across33 Fights with swordsFENCES6Across33 Come this way for the green!HITHER6Across33 ChildTOT3Across34 RespondREACT5Across35 ActDEED4Across36 SpanBRIDGE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbradeSCRAPE6Down1 At oncePRONTO6Down1 The part of the knickers that gets us in a twist?GUSSET6Down1 LovesADORES6Down2 A word of gratitude to a film starTHANKS6Down2 AdjustREGULATE8Down2 Squirrel's nestDREY4Down3 Coin one managed to find at lastRAND4Down3 Member of the clergyPASTOR6Down3 InvigorateENLIVEN7Down4 RuedREGRETTED9Down4 By agreement, the firm gets a politician to do somethingCOMPACT7Down4 He aims for the heartCUPID5Down5 To objectDEMUR5Down5 SalutedGREETED7Down5 PeruseREAD4Down6 After a fast time, nothing is slow!LENTO5Down6 Star signARIES5Down6 AleBEER4Down7 Around Ponders End, plenty goes missing!LOST4Down8 AntelopeGNU3Down8 Expanse of waterLAKE4Down8 ThicknessPLY3Down9 It's bridged in SurreyWEY3Down9 NothingNIL3Down12 Gruesome plant?RUE3Down12 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Down13 It falls, breaking a thingNIGHT5Down13 PertinenceRELEVANCE9Down14 Tree sapRESIN5Down15 TinCAN3Down15 One of those dreaming of Oxford?SPIRE5Down15 PresentNOW3Down17 UnwindRELAX5Down18 Window offering a view of the LoireORIEL5Down18 Off in a seaward directionAWA3Down19 ForbidBAN3Down19 LeftDEPARTED8Down19 A foot backwardAFT3Down20 VigourVIM3Down20 ObjectiveAIM3Down20 Tempter who can make you a presentSERPENT7Down21 Road surfacing materialBITUMEN7Down21 BuiltERECTED7Down21 In the main, it's marginalHEM3Down22 InsaneMAD3Down22 ColourMAROON6Down23 Something incisive in the medical journalLANCET6Down23 "Mount," as used in street namesETNA4Down24 GemstoneOPAL4Down24 One of the kinder postal workers?SORTER6Down25 Works doughKNEADS6Down25 CadROTTER6Down26 Musical instrumentCELLO5Down26 Signs of injury to blacklegs?SCABS5Down26 SubsideSETTLE6Down27 Mountain ashROWAN5Down27 Chekhov's uncleVANYA5Down27 It can be stuck in a good way!PIN3Down28 To freeRID3Down28 GeneratedBRED4Down29 The yearning for yen?WISH4Down30 TenderSORE4Down30 Petty argumentTIFF4Down30 FavouritePET3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, September 3, 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.