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Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
SolitarySINGLE6Across1 Suitable supporter, it seemsPROPER6Across1 FastenedSTUCK5Across3 In the minority, but capable of due angerUNDERAGE8Across7 MotherlyMATERNAL8Across7 Indian dressSARI4Across8 The early birdDAWN4Across8 CementMORTAR6Across9 Soldiers holding a sailor back for nothingGRATIS6Across10 MettleSPIRIT6Across10 IndecentRISQUE6Across10 Adjust or accustomATTUNE6Across11 More than doubleTHRICE6Across11 GuidePILOT5Across11 GritSAND4Across12 ColourRED3Across14 Allowed out of jail, etc.LET3Across14 ConveyWAFT4Across15 Bee substanceHONEY5Across16 In the desert, it's refreshingly differentOASIS5Across16 BarrenSTERILE7Across17 Relatively long timeAGES4Across17 Show sign of life in prisonSTIR4Across17 Group of nineNONET5Across19 It's silly for an agent to be out of workSOPPY5Across19 24 hoursDAY3Across20 German town orchestraHALLE5Across21 ApplyEXERT5Across21 TruncheonBATON5Across21 How to complain of overheating?HOTLY5Across22 Putrefy, spoilGOBAD5Across22 GapRIFT4Across23 A growing boyHERB4Across23 Writing tableDESK4Across23 NoteCHIT4Across25 DealTRADE5Across26 The driver will help fix itSCREW5Across26 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Across26 CanTIN3Across28 Sound sheepishBAA3Across28 DeedACT3Across28 Slanting typeITALIC6Across29 Surly fellows Charlie chucksCHURLS6Across29 EncloseEMBOSOM7Across30 The cat gets us more upsetMOUSER6Across30 Of cattleBOVINE6Across30 Fit to return from ElbaABLE4Across31 AmongAMID4Across31 Think carefully aboutCONSIDER8Across32 Musical characters born with the giftNATURALS8Across32 RemainSTAY4Across33 Works doughKNEADS6Across33 Concealing the fact that a good one can hurtHIDING6Across33 DeclineWANE4Across35 TribunalCOURT5Across36 RefutationDENIAL6Across38 ElfGOBLIN6Across39 SpectreBOGEY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Quietly persuades to make drastic eliminationsPURGES6Down1 Afternoon napSIESTA6Down1 WrongAMISS5Down1 Horse taking dad round the cornerPLATER6Down2 GlowersGLARES6Down2 ProstratePRONE5Down2 DischargeEMIT4Down3 Dashes for the laddersRUNS4Down3 WeakenSAP3Down3 PaganHEATHEN7Down4 What a fresh girl could give a jilted suitorNEWHOPE7Down4 TrebleTRIPLE6Down4 As a jokeINFUN5Down5 HarvestCROP4Down5 French airs arranged for pianoPARIS5Down5 GearKIT3Down6 Narrow wayALLEY5Down6 Town in fertile WessexLEWES5Down6 TeamSQUAD5Down7 FatherSIRE4Down8 Welshman accepting an apprentice painterDALI4Down8 IrritableTESTY5Down8 Point to it as something cleverWIT3Down9 To freeRID3Down9 He sounds a noteRAY3Down12 ToddlerTOT3Down12 When detectives need some beer, will this do?CIDER5Down13 RequiresNEEDS5Down13 PullATTRACT7Down13 FloatDRIFT5Down14 Is she apt to be prickly?HOLLY5Down15 SumTOTAL5Down15 CabalFACTION7Down16 Set fire to the church on the hillTORCH5Down18 BigGREAT5Down18 OozeEXUDE5Down18 CurveARC3Down19 Rested, being not quite up to the taskSAT3Down19 ArrestNAB3Down19 Work with wood?PLY3Down20 Signal agreementNOD3Down20 Errors of crying children?HOWLERS7Down21 CountryBOLIVIA7Down21 Mother's?HER3Down22 TossTHROW5Down22 Hair-styling productGEL3Down22 GodlikeDIVINE6Down23 Not easily drawnHAULED6Down23 AttemptTRY3Down24 Girl's nameENID4Down24 Simplicity of the centrepiece of a teasetEASE4Down24 Fetch out an article for strippingBARING6Down25 Prepares to prayKNEELS6Down25 Female dogBITCH5Down26 Not much to read, just a letterSCANT5Down26 A rotten shade of redRUSTY5Down27 AppearEMERGE6Down27 HaggardGAUNT5Down27 As a hanger-on, he's a swingerBOB3Down28 ApartASIDE5Down28 Male catTOM3Down28 JeerTAUNT5Down29 Dog's noiseBARK4Down30 Sham, maybe, but tastefulMASH4Down30 SortieSALLY5Down31 IntendedMEANT5Down32 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Down34 TaxiCAB3Down36 PlaythingTOY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. 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.