Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 1 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Believe51 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult65 AcrossReveal answer → Giant58 AcrossReveal answer → Back on the list of the famous78 AcrossReveal answer → Weepy78 AcrossReveal answer → Big-headed99 AcrossReveal answer → Having holes he meant to sew up99 AcrossReveal answer → Carrier610 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → Maxim513 AcrossReveal answer → A bang – it’s a shot513 AcrossReveal answer → Trap514 AcrossReveal answer → Smaller614 AcrossReveal answer → He’s crotchety and has a bad cold in the head514 AcrossReveal answer → Desperation715 AcrossReveal answer → It’s to let the rain through when there’s a lot of water715 AcrossReveal answer → Bad-mannered715 AcrossReveal answer → The foreign and local fish caught716 AcrossReveal answer → Whaling spear716 AcrossReveal answer → Drink a round at “The Nag”517 AcrossReveal answer → Type of beer517 AcrossReveal answer → Give a note to the down-and-out518 AcrossReveal answer → Favourite318 AcrossReveal answer → Sponge518 AcrossReveal answer → Trap319 AcrossReveal answer → For the snow, an efficient but expensive warmth retainer520 AcrossReveal answer → Squander520 AcrossReveal answer → Flaunt421 AcrossReveal answer → Having knocked back drink after drink, speak indistinctly622 AcrossReveal answer → Sport622 AcrossReveal answer → “Managed,” I put in, “to have duplicated”623 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt523 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer's attendant623 AcrossReveal answer → Pip424 AcrossReveal answer → Dressing, run after and join the others725 AcrossReveal answer → Denounce725 AcrossReveal answer → To that place727 AcrossReveal answer → Defective327 AcrossReveal answer → Take an alcoholic drink round to him727 AcrossReveal answer → Swab329 AcrossReveal answer → A little time after, had become vicious630 AcrossReveal answer → Season630 AcrossReveal answer → Shyly731 AcrossReveal answer → Male relative631 AcrossReveal answer → If you want to know about banking, he’s your man!631 AcrossReveal answer → “The King of Siam,” cast many to appear in532 AcrossReveal answer → Invented632 AcrossReveal answer → Wallpaper adhesive532 AcrossReveal answer → Unusual434 AcrossReveal answer → The cockney kept the female in captivity in the wood535 AcrossReveal answer → Italian city535 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous635 AcrossReveal answer → Sculpt the figure you have in mind536 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent536 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves737 AcrossReveal answer → “Could be colder,” one observed737 AcrossReveal answer → Broom538 AcrossReveal answer → Farm vehicle739 AcrossReveal answer → The case for having an advisory council739 AcrossReveal answer → Flaw639 AcrossReveal answer → Mock540 AcrossReveal answer → He’ll have a stab at treating you541 AcrossReveal answer → Play541 AcrossReveal answer → Awaken to find ourselves surrounded by deer542 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely fat542 AcrossReveal answer → No children, there’s no way out943 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread943 AcrossReveal answer → From stupidity, don’t agree to sit in744 AcrossReveal answer → Harmful744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Elder61 DownReveal answer → Assume I am up in this field of knowledge61 DownReveal answer → Brass instrument82 DownReveal answer → The report will have unwelcome results82 DownReveal answer → Regret32 DownReveal answer → Private hospital113 DownReveal answer → Smutty jokes?113 DownReveal answer → Streak63 DownReveal answer → Alien94 DownReveal answer → Referring to as “improving”94 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → Unite45 DownReveal answer → Obtain75 DownReveal answer → Item of furniture that now is broken75 DownReveal answer → Started66 DownReveal answer → Sorcery106 DownReveal answer → Not allowed to walk away from, having implemented106 DownReveal answer → Annually67 DownReveal answer → S American country47 DownReveal answer → With “Hey, you!” following the man again47 DownReveal answer → Coached79 DownReveal answer → Nut610 DownReveal answer → Bolts when one laughs at610 DownReveal answer → False idea711 DownReveal answer → Understanding, mean to go back and have a drink with711 DownReveal answer → Gratuity312 DownReveal answer → Dairy product612 DownReveal answer → Was drunk, though having been brewed for too long612 DownReveal answer → Jot413 DownReveal answer → Relax416 DownReveal answer → Refute517 DownReveal answer → Bumper cars719 DownReveal answer → Riddled with bullets, was taught a lesson719 DownReveal answer → Monotonous720 DownReveal answer → Blown by the trumpeter, the note lingered on721 DownReveal answer → Child's vehicle721 DownReveal answer → Omit422 DownReveal answer → Money that, by your own admission, you proved to have paid1124 DownReveal answer → Method of voting1124 DownReveal answer → Holy624 DownReveal answer → Chieftain425 DownReveal answer → Give626 DownReveal answer → Tidying things away, it’s beginning to look fine again1026 DownReveal answer → Tiny1026 DownReveal answer → Picture house628 DownReveal answer → Superfluous928 DownReveal answer → “Cold” without the “ol”?928 DownReveal answer → Wild cat729 DownReveal answer → On the run, chuck the duplicate keys in729 DownReveal answer → Through330 DownReveal answer → Inserting right into the tree part of the arm630 DownReveal answer → Canny630 DownReveal answer → Jumper832 DownReveal answer → The rest, bustling, carried in rugs destined for the bedroom832 DownReveal answer → About the twin daughters, one’s ridiculously soppy633 DownReveal answer → Liability433 DownReveal answer → Small hole633 DownReveal answer → Anagrammatic clues about a race run734 DownReveal answer → Gemstone734 DownReveal answer → Drunkard336 DownReveal answer → Vase337 DownReveal answer → Disinclined638 DownReveal answer → Is important and one doesn’t leave out of the reckoning638 DownReveal answer → Punch, for the party440 DownReveal answer → Unit of land440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 1, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.