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Evening Standard Crossword June 5 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 5 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
PokePROD4Across1 MatRUG3Across4 StuffCRAM4Across6 Pudding ingredientSEMOLINA8Across9 RecordLOG3Across9 Still being decided while one’s flying to?INTHEAIR8Across9 The father was exiled from Spain for wrongdoingSIN3Across10 SixfoldSEXTUPLE8Across10 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Across10 Under cover when exhibited, as a precautionINCASE6Across11 ReviseEDIT4Across11 ExpenditureOUTLAY6Across11 Can’t decide if they’re signalling to oneWAVERS6Across12 NorsemanVIKING6Across12 RidiculedDERIDED7Across13 Tones in which one made the cutting remark?CLIPPED7Across13 In a frenzy for the start of the day, all rightAMOK4Across14 FriendPAL3Across14 Slightly openAJAR4Across14 When drunk, given to being arrogantHIGHHANDED10Across15 BrotherhoodFRATERNITY10Across15 CommandORDER5Across16 Say it’s not a record mail distributionDISCLAIM8Across17 LoyalYEOMANLY8Across17 PerfumedSCENTED7Across18 Cross about a few sheep I allowed to strayPEEVISH7Across18 CabTAXI4Across19 Sign for the bonusPLUS4Across19 StrivedCOMPETED8Across19 SpreeREVEL5Across21 AnnualYEARLY6Across21 Yes, there’s a way to get through the disinterestAPATHY6Across21 BeatenDEFEATED8Across23 Not making much money as an engraver?SCRATCHINGALIVING17Across24 Type of dress, informallyLITTLEBLACKNUMBER17Across24 RoostPERCH5Across24 ColourRED3Across27 About the drawback to being a guardWARDER6Across27 RuralRUSTIC6Across27 MelodyTUNE4Across29 Mean to name himNORM4Across29 Speaks at length about trapping rain for the vegetablesSPROUTS7Across30 Tombstone inscriptionEPITAPH7Across30 SilentMUTE4Across31 ImpertinenceAUDACITY8Across33 Expression of gratitudeTHANKYOU8Across33 The answer, if you’re fed up with retirementCOMEBACK8Across33 RabbitDOE3Across34 RetainKEEP4Across35 A friend with no ties moving into the homeMAISONETTE10Across35 Speed upACCELERATE10Across35 “A trick,” you say sharply, “That has taken money in”RAMP4Across36 CounterBAR3Across36 Moderately hotWARM4Across36 SoilDIRT4Across37 Won’t allow, good heavens, to go back to dressBANDAGE7Across37 Short-handled axeHATCHET7Across37 Elaborately decoratedORNATE6Across38 Extreme foolishness, but with any luck almost all will reformLUNACY6Across38 SeamanSAILOR6Across40 More friendly with, he concludesCLOSER6Across40 PossessOWN3Across41 Put away the groceries?EAT3Across41 LiftELEVATOR8Across42 Denied that I sang out “Help!”GAINSAID8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Concern about how difficult it is?UNEASINESS10Down1 MutualRECIPROCAL10Down1 Mongolian desertGOBI4Down2 You, for an hour, stand outsideTHEE4Down2 SmellREEK4Down2 Women's underwear and nightwearLINGERIE8Down3 Gulls the birds steer clear ofCATSPAWS8Down3 ObligationDUTY4Down3 MawkishMAUDLIN7Down4 Getting a cab, rode off with the stuffBROCADE7Down4 ReiteratedREPEATED8Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 GameTIDDLYWINKS11Down5 Revered, as the person the statue represents isONAPEDESTAL11Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down6 Well done!GOODFORYOU10Down6 In which the Indian said the Indian huts had collapsed?HINDUSTANI10Down6 WandROD3Down7 LayersSTRATA6Down7 Write “September first”; after that, make slow progressSCRAWL6Down7 NimbleAGILE5Down8 AnalogousPARALLEL8Down8 Out, is not as hot, which does surprise youASTONISH8Down8 Was clearly startled, when one chucked itSHIED5Down10 TruckLORRY5Down10 FragmentSCRAP5Down12 DaubSMEAR5Down13 ThroughPER3Down14 PriseLEVER5Down15 Small childTINYTOT7Down16 Flew across, he had heldHOVERED7Down16 DemiseDEATH5Down17 NoisyROWDY5Down18 Once moreAGAIN5Down20 She floats back again with nothing onLINER5Down20 GuardDEFENDER8Down20 GuidedLED3Down22 “What is fat nowadays?” I put as a question toADIPOSE7Down22 JudgeARBITER7Down22 Swedes are not sensitiveTHINSKINNED11Down23 Football offenceOBSTRUCTION11Down23 Worn out and heartbroken, took a bad turn againTHREADBARE10Down25 OozeEXUDE5Down25 TalismanLUCKYCHARM10Down25 Start on, but find oneself bogged down by?GETSTUCKIN10Down26 CrawlCREEP5Down26 Good nameREPUTATION10Down26 MeatLAMB4Down28 Able to hold the road when it’s skiddy – very niceADORABLE8Down28 Radical changeUPHEAVAL8Down28 TartACID4Down29 AgitateSTIR4Down30 Say quietly it’s Carol I’m upset byPROCLAIM8Down31 JumperPULLOVER8Down31 Foot-digitTOE3Down32 DisperseSCATTER7Down32 How far the eagle flew on the motorway?MILEAGE7Down32 DeftNIMBLE6Down34 Reveal, when you sit beside your former partnerEXPOSE6Down34 Designed by yours truly and one of the workersMEANT5Down35 Very paleASHEN5Down35 UndilutedNEAT4Down39 “It’s breathing and is conscious,” you sayNOSE4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, June 5, 2020. 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.