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Evening Standard Crossword June 2 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 2 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
ThongSTRAP5Across1 Swallow upENGULF6Across4 Pet with a supportive mistressLAPDOG6Across4 SteamVAPOUR6Across5 That of a film is wrapped up in a scoreSCENARIO8Across7 Permission to proceedALLCLEAR8Across7 Apple typeRUSSET6Across8 Canal boatBARGE5Across8 Did it make the convicts airsick?SKILLY6Across8 Set out with a warm-hearted beamARRAY5Across10 AccumulateAMASS5Across10 FruitTOMATO6Across10 BossSTUD4Across11 It's heady and intoxicatingBEER4Across13 The twoBOTH4Across13 LatvianLETT4Across14 OccupierTENANT6Across14 It's growing in freedom, in bedREED4Across14 Brave personHERO4Across15 A minor pointBARB4Across15 CustomaryREGULAR7Across15 BounderCAD3Across16 As a home, a bit of a travesty?STY3Across16 HeroicEPIC4Across17 Leave out an order for itOMIT4Across17 EntrapNET3Across18 An expression of regret in the general assemblyALAS4Across19 StratagemPLOY4Across19 CatTOM3Across19 He's like a ray of sunshineBRIGHTBOY9Across21 Of tailoringSARTORIAL9Across21 DaybreakDAWN4Across21 BarLEVER5Across23 Ring of lightHALO4Across23 Backhander to prevent a leak?BUNG4Across23 The way to make a collapsible seat?EAST4Across24 Cooked fleshMEAT4Across24 NetworkMESH4Across24 WitchHAG3Across26 Party with no right to show a profitPAY3Across26 Car horn's soundBEEP4Across27 Just the ordinary little manNORM4Across27 LairDEN3Across27 RecordLOG3Across29 An excursion before the fall?TRIP4Across29 StyleELAN4Across29 SwiftlyRAPIDLY7Across31 FatedDOOMED6Across32 There's plenty of money in ceramicsPOTS4Across32 Not so muchLESS4Across32 Antipodean native resembling TeddyKOALA5Across33 Aquatic birdGREBE5Across33 Dad takes shelter, that's clearPATENT6Across34 To badgerHARASS6Across34 StoryTALE4Across34 Not hard to get, but could it still be tough?EASYMEAT8Across35 OrificeAPERTURE8Across35 EvokeELICIT6Across35 WhimVAGARY6Across36 Boss of many a plantMASTER6Across36 HelpedAIDED5Across38 StrandTHREAD6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of the PopePAPAL5Down1 Golden boy with an enviable figureOSCAR5Down1 BaaBLEAT5Down2 Measure used by the police once moreMETRE5Down2 AlsoTOO3Down2 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down3 Mature woman, her youth sadly finishedLADY4Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 MistakeERROR5Down4 TapPAT3Down4 Not the best man for new roles?LOSER5Down4 UndershirtVEST4Down5 Expression of surpriseGOSH4Down5 Norm is out of line where this couple's concernedPAIR4Down5 TrimmedPRUNED6Down6 LatitudeLEEWAY6Down6 Those flying lowest?OWLETS6Down6 DecayedROTTEN6Down7 A piece of cake for Barbara to eat?KEBABS6Down9 TurnedROTATED7Down9 Ideal societyUTOPIA6Down9 BlokesMEN3Down11 Traveller for half fare, on the quietREP3Down11 BurgleSTEAL5Down12 NumberTEN3Down12 Provide the decoration a toreador normally hasADORN5Down12 Grows intoBECOMES7Down13 FactsDATA4Down13 Swimming, do they take frantic breaths?BATHERS7Down13 StrikeHIT3Down15 Great amount of bigotryBIG3Down15 Mountain passCOL3Down16 Suppose a well-known aunt is robbed of £50SAY3Down16 RelaxEASE4Down16 WandererROVER5Down17 Dainty and pretty Frenchified?MIGNON6Down18 InvestigatesPROBES6Down18 For the drunk, deprived of a bottle opener, it's just a gameLOTTO5Down20 AfterwardsLATER5Down20 ThreatenedMENACED7Down20 Use your money to get by, as mentionedBUY3Down21 DroopSAG3Down21 Hat raised to some of one's matesTAM3Down22 AgentREP3Down22 DesireWILL4Down22 Cuban cigarHAVANA6Down23 Something eaten out of handBANANA6Down23 DemureMODEST6Down24 Short punchJAB3Down25 ApertureSLOT4Down25 The Italian, at one point, gets nothingNIL3Down25 RespectHOMAGE6Down26 PartDIVIDE6Down28 Prose compositionESSAY5Down28 In polyglot terminology, a fish-eaterOTTER5Down28 Judges able to burst into tears!RATES5Down30 Madagascan primateLEMUR5Down30 SolidifyGEL3Down30 Not everNEVER5Down31 Breaks in piecesPARTS5Down31 Molten rockLAVA4Down32 Bottled extract of turpentinePENT4Down32 They take turns as openersKEYS4Down33 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 LassGIRL4Down33 PermitLET3Down36 WrathIRE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, June 2, 2022. 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.