Evening Standard Crossword September 4 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword September 4 2026 answers. The Friday 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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VisionDREAM5Across1 EmptyVACATE6Across5 PoetryVERSE5Across8 Never quite get to the point, yet persuadeTALKROUND9Across9 EasilyHANDSDOWN9Across9 ShookAGITATED8Across10 CalmSERENE6Across10 Avail oneself of totally in a way that's helpfulUSEFULLY8Across10 AgitateSTIR4Across11 Then dropped the squirming wet creature in the pondNEWT4Across12 PlantREED4Across12 Shoot and you get too close to the fireSCORCH6Across13 KeptSTORED6Across13 OccupantTENANT6Across14 Be tired, in a way, of Italian foodLASAGNE7Across14 TankCISTERN7Across14 UniformREGULAR7Across15 At which one got information directly from the original employeeFIRSTHAND9Across15 PaintingLANDSCAPE9Across15 Meant somehow to conceal the repair and the alterationAMENDMENT9Across17 StartORIGINATE9Across17 Determine again to find the answer toRESOLVE7Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 RemoteDISTANT7Across18 SailorTAR3Across19 MovementMOTION6Across20 When it gets hard to find just what one ownsASSETS6Across20 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 HaltSTOP4Across21 Is going to Wales; was left landISLE4Across21 RevoltREBEL5Across23 NetworkMESH4Across24 HerbTARRAGON8Across24 Meant I was by myself in the interimMEANTIME8Across24 KillerASSASSIN8Across26 Put a mock warning out? I am surprised at you!FORSHAME8Across26 NoiseDIN3Across27 SmoothEVEN4Across28 Satisfied I would come back with the newsITEM4Across28 ThrowLOB3Across29 GrabSNATCH6Across29 Yes, there is a way to pierce the torporAPATHY6Across29 They don't hide from the rainSHOWERS7Across31 ErasedDELETED7Across31 MadeCREATED7Across31 LamentedMOANED6Across32 PirateBUCCANEER9Across34 Blurred, which is something of a mysteryHARDTOSEE9Across34 MethodMODE4Across34 WornERODED6Across35 OnlookerSPECTATOR9Across36 Tidied and made a pile fromCLEANEDUP9Across36 Indulgent, allowed the nine incarcerated to go freeLENIENT7Across38 SeniorELDER5Across38 GraveSERIOUS7Across38 Embarrassed, steal back to the frontierBORDER6Across39 DreadTERROR6Across39 ShrewdASTUTE6Across39 LiberateFREE4Across40 "Pretty remote", I interposedFAIR4Across40 TradedDEALT5Across40 Too youngUNDERAGE8Across41 Reveal the day is nearDISCLOSE8Across41 LudicrousLAUGHABLE9Across42 An irritability that is found trying?TESTINESS9Across42

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Allow that you give your seat up toSTANDFOR8Down1 ChuckledCHORTLED8Down1 Lock upINTERN6Down2 Look furious, having got a shinerGLOWER6Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 AgreementCONTRACT8Down3 Pressure put on to buyPURCHASE8Down3 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Down3 FalseUNTRUE6Down4 Loved making a fuss over a communistADORED6Down4 MalesMEN3Down4 SingletVEST4Down5 DistributesHANDSOUT8Down5 On which people clean their feet when in a hurry?RUSHMATS8Down5 InventedCOINED6Down6 Start to recover - your sense of touch?FEELBETTER10Down6 RoundaboutCIRCUITOUS10Down6 ExhilaratedELATED6Down7 For the under eleven, diminishSUBSIDE7Down7 CorrosiveCAUSTIC7Down7 The pest is given a leg up, mistakenlyPLAGUE6Down8 Swiss cityGENEVA6Down8 ToldRELATED7Down9 Decides to have wooden seatsSETTLES7Down11 SlovenlyUNKEMPT7Down11 NumberTEN3Down12 SpeedRATE4Down13 StepsSTAIRS6Down16 Thanks to having been given (albeit temporarily) the abilityTALENT6Down16 BorderEDGE4Down16 WildRABID5Down17 QuiverSHAKE5Down19 The skin wasn't firm, you saySUEDE5Down19 PeopleMEN3Down20 That's a good one!ACE3Down20 RenovatedRENEWED7Down20 TurnTWIST5Down22 CompetentABLE4Down22 Not all monsieur caught in the riverSOMME5Down22 AgreementASSENT6Down23 Disconcerted at being dislodged from the saddleTHROWN6Down23 SecondMOMENT6Down24 BiscuitGINGERSNAP10Down25 Having a job to get correctly placedINPOSITION10Down25 BangSLAM4Down25 A clever little insectFLY3Down26 RespectHONOUR6Down26 TreeASH3Down26 WordyVERBOSE7Down27 How you said "I've lost two stone"?LIGHTLY7Down27 EarlierBEFORE6Down28 CouchBED3Down30 MenaceTHREATEN8Down30 Is afraid a thousand choirboys have got trappedTREMBLES8Down30 Understand the meaning of "Be rational"SEESENSE8Down31 Old jokeCHESTNUT8Down31 ShadedDARKENED8Down32 Hide the drink cupboardSUPPRESS8Down32 Stabbing weaponBAYONET7Down33 Do limbering up exercises for a whileSTRETCH7Down33 CaribouDEER4Down33 A clear case for the can: crooked and badRANCID6Down35 MindingCARING6Down35 ColourRED3Down36 Hint Jack is being hidden up by the clergymanCURATE6Down36 FixSETTLE6Down36 He takes a gun out from a sliding compartmentDRAWER6Down37 BeatsTHROBS6Down37 FishEEL3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, September 4, 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.