Evening Standard Crossword June 5 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword June 5 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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ReiterateREPEAT6Across1 LeaMEADOW6Across5 HeapedPILED5Across9 Though disposed to, I don't move around home after tidyingINTHEMOOD9Across9 LivelinessANIMATION9Across9 VibrateJUDDER6Across10 Where one boxer punches another to win!ONTHENOSE9Across10 ClarifyELUCIDATE9Across10 CeremonialRITUAL6Across11 LiabilityDEBIT5Across12 By the lake, one will tie upLACE4Across12 ForcedMADE4Across12 MendREPAIR6Across13 Depended on again, deceived oneRELIED6Across13 NeglectedOMITTED7Across14 Beginning the climb to the pointNASCENT7Across14 CudgelCLUB4Across14 SightSPECTACLE9Across15 Emit at an inappropriate momentWRONGTIME9Across15 SpotDOT3Across17 ArticulatePRONOUNCE9Across17 Will one not have a drink while tattooing the sailor?ABSTAINER9Across17 IrritatedNETTLED7Across18 LakeMERE4Across18 Say you don't intend to run!DECLARE7Across18 KeepRETAIN6Across19 Agree about the new bat being passableNOTBAD6Across19 DomesticatedTAMED5Across20 SoundHISS4Across20 Said a starter will do - or a puddingSAGO4Across20 PaddledWADED5Across22 Why the police station is inundated?CRIMEWAVE9Across23 DoorkeeperGATEMAN7Across23 StressingACCENTING9Across23 ReimburseREPAY5Across24 ForeverETERNALLY9Across25 Becomes awful when one takes aimGOESTOPOT9Across25 Besides, Hal's out in the hutALSO4Across26 PlungedDIVED5Across26 BandSASH4Across26 ClergymanPARSON6Across27 A lost dog? Wrong!ASTRAY6Across27 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 English cheeseCHEDDAR7Across29 Held everybody up which is unprofessional, indeedDELAYED7Across29 MorassBOG3Across30 Was it just too much for the overworked hat maker?LASTSTRAW9Across32 ModernLATTERDAY9Across32 TroubleCARE4Across32 StarCOMET5Across33 Nice verse became doggerel from that day onEVERSINCE9Across34 ChatteringPRATTLING9Across34 Is the fellow inside sure it will be too much?SURFEIT7Across35 ChoiceOPTION6Across35 Spear-like weaponTRIDENT7Across35 Remember to give a new name to?RECALL6Across36 ShedLEANTO6Across36 PerceiveNOTICE6Across36 A second addition to the writings on reptiles?ASPS4Across37 ReappearRECUR5Across37 TimberDEAL4Across37 SweetsLOLLIPOPS9Across38 Having a best-selling record myselfNUMBERONE9Across38 DividedPARTED6Across38 BrookSTREAMLET9Across39 SownSEEDED6Across39 To shoot an old hen is not something to be proud ofPOTBOILER9Across39

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Italian cheesePARMESAN8Down1 SpurnREJECT6Down1 Made waves on finding the account unpaidBILLOWED8Down1 NonsenseFIDDLESTICKS12Down2 What you gamble on ordering at a restaurant?STACKOFCHIPS12Down2 PlatformPODIUM6Down2 Shut upSILENCED8Down3 One fine day, will get a spell in jail!SOMETIME8Down3 ImitatedAPED4Down3 WearyTIRED5Down4 MadINSANE6Down4 Counsel for the foolish Dave who's held in chargeADVICE6Down4 DeserveMERIT5Down5 InfirmDECREPIT8Down5 Quite a lot - or some - of the curate's egg?GOODPART8Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 CarAUTOMOBILE10Down6 Unworried, makes up for it with no difficultyATONESEASE10Down6 PlasteredDAUBED6Down7 CallerVISITOR7Down7 The foreigner got back again into Spain, somehowPERSIAN7Down7 Nicer person who'd got a more efficient job done on the postBETTERSORT10Down8 UnnecessarilyNEEDLESSLY10Down8 UnitedWELDED6Down8 Perhaps once held a lot of waterOCEAN5Down11 Manâ€™s nameANTON5Down11 TediumBOREDOM7Down13 IdledLAZED5Down15 GiftTALENT6Down16 Was too bright and is loweredGLARED6Down16 StartedBEGAN5Down16 FrenziedMANIC5Down18 TeaseRAG3Down19 For once, said noNEE3Down19 AlludeREFER5Down19 AgeDAY3Down21 UnwiselyILLADVISEDLY12Down21 Get down to it and write in for the job personallyAPPLYONESELF12Down21 Puts a silencer on for the shotsSTILLS6Down22 ArthropodINSECT6Down22 LumpWAD3Down22 A number of childrenCRADLESONG10Down23 UtterlyABSOLUTELY10Down23 One's complete attention devoted to sucking upABSORPTION10Down24 AlsoINADDITION10Down24 RecoverRECOUP6Down24 PlaguePESTER6Down25 Yes, by midnight is merryGAY3Down25 Geological ageEON3Down25 DiverseVARIED6Down27 GuardDEFEND6Down28 TelescopeSPYGLASS8Down28 Paid a charge to get a grass borderREWARDED8Down28 HiresCHARTERS8Down29 Had a raffle that attracted a great manyDREWLOTS8Down29 AdjustREGULATE8Down30 FilletedBONED5Down30 They invest in furnitureDRESSERS8Down30 Shown in by the old woman insideUSHERED7Down31 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down31 ClassGENUS5Down31 It is, by the way, an odd playSTRUM5Down33 MaterialTWILL5Down33 CentreCORE4Down33 LaudPRAISE6Down34 Get away to the sun in peace, for a changeESCAPE6Down34 RippedTORE4Down34

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