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Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2020 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BelieveTRUST5Across1 DifficultKNOTTY6Across5 GiantTITAN5Across8 Back on the list of the famousNOTABLE7Across8 WeepyTEARFUL7Across8 Big-headedCONCEITED9Across9 Having holes he meant to sew upMOTHEATEN9Across9 CarrierBEARER6Across10 DetailITEM4Across11 MaximAXIOM5Across13 A bang – it’s a shotCRACK5Across13 TrapSNARE5Across14 SmallerTINIER6Across14 He’s crotchety and has a bad cold in the headCRANK5Across14 DesperationDESPAIR7Across15 It’s to let the rain through when there’s a lot of waterTORRENT7Across15 Bad-manneredUNCOUTH7Across15 The foreign and local fish caughtFINNISH7Across16 Whaling spearHARPOON7Across16 Drink a round at “The Nag”PINTO5Across17 Type of beerLAGER5Across17 Give a note to the down-and-outENDOW5Across18 FavouritePET3Across18 SpongeCADGE5Across18 TrapNET3Across19 For the snow, an efficient but expensive warmth retainerSABLE5Across20 SquanderWASTE5Across20 FlauntDEFY4Across21 Having knocked back drink after drink, speak indistinctlyMURMUR6Across22 SportHOCKEY6Across22 “Managed,” I put in, “to have duplicated”COPIED6Across23 RevoltREBEL5Across23 Golfer's attendantCADDIE6Across23 PipSEED4Across24 Dressing, run after and join the othersCATCHUP7Across25 DenounceCONDEMN7Across25 To that placeTHITHER7Across27 DefectiveDUD3Across27 Take an alcoholic drink round to himANATOLE7Across27 SwabMOP3Across29 A little time after, had become viciousBITTEN6Across30 SeasonAUTUMN6Across30 ShylyTIMIDLY7Across31 Male relativeNEPHEW6Across31 If you want to know about banking, he’s your man!TELLER6Across31 “The King of Siam,” cast many to appear inMIDAS5Across32 InventedCOINED6Across32 Wallpaper adhesivePASTE5Across32 UnusualRARE4Across34 The cockney kept the female in captivity in the woodELDER5Across35 Italian cityTURIN5Across35 AdvantageousUSEFUL6Across35 Sculpt the figure you have in mindCARVE5Across36 RodentMOUSE5Across36 LeavesFOLIAGE7Across37 “Could be colder,” one observedNOTICED7Across37 BroomBESOM5Across38 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Across39 The case for having an advisory councilCABINET7Across39 FlawDEFECT6Across39 MockTAUNT5Across40 He’ll have a stab at treating youLANCE5Across41 PlayDRAMA5Across41 Awaken to find ourselves surrounded by deerROUSE5Across42 Extremely fatOBESE5Across42 No children, there’s no way outISSUELESS9Across43 WidespreadPREVALENT9Across43 From stupidity, don’t agree to sit inDENSITY7Across44 HarmfulADVERSE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ElderSENIOR6Down1 Assume I am up in this field of knowledgeDOMAIN6Down1 Brass instrumentTROMBONE8Down2 The report will have unwelcome resultsBACKFIRE8Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 Private hospitalNURSINGHOME11Down3 Smutty jokes?BLACKHUMOUR11Down3 StreakSTRIPE6Down3 AlienFOREIGNER9Down4 Referring to as “improving”LOOKINGUP9Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 UniteKNIT4Down5 ObtainACQUIRE7Down5 Item of furniture that now is brokenWHATNOT7Down5 StartedOPENED6Down6 SorceryWITCHCRAFT10Down6 Not allowed to walk away from, having implementedCARRIEDOUT10Down6 AnnuallyYEARLY6Down7 S American countryPERU4Down7 With “Hey, you!” following the man againHERE4Down7 CoachedTRAINED7Down9 NutCASHEW6Down10 Bolts when one laughs atSCOFFS6Down10 False ideaFALLACY7Down11 Understanding, mean to go back and have a drink withRAPPORT7Down11 GratuityTIP3Down12 Dairy productCHEESE6Down12 Was drunk, though having been brewed for too longSTEWED6Down12 JotMITE4Down13 RelaxEASE4Down16 RefuteREBUT5Down17 Bumper carsDODGEMS7Down19 Riddled with bullets, was taught a lessonDRILLED7Down19 MonotonousTEDIOUS7Down20 Blown by the trumpeter, the note lingered onBLASTED7Down21 Child's vehicleSCOOTER7Down21 OmitFAIL4Down22 Money that, by your own admission, you proved to have paidENTRANCEFEE11Down24 Method of votingSHOWOFHANDS11Down24 HolySACRED6Down24 ChieftainEMIR4Down25 GiveDONATE6Down26 Tidying things away, it’s beginning to look fine againCLEARINGUP10Down26 TinyDIMINUTIVE10Down26 Picture houseCINEMA6Down28 SuperfluousREDUNDANT9Down28 “Cold” without the “ol”?HEARTLESS9Down28 Wild catCHEETAH7Down29 On the run, chuck the duplicate keys inFLEEING7Down29 ThroughPER3Down30 Inserting right into the tree part of the armBREECH6Down30 CannyASTUTE6Down30 JumperPULLOVER8Down32 The rest, bustling, carried in rugs destined for the bedroomMATTRESS8Down32 About the twin daughters, one’s ridiculously soppySODDEN6Down33 LiabilityDEBT4Down33 Small holeEYELET6Down33 Anagrammatic clues about a race runSCUTTLE7Down34 GemstoneEMERALD7Down34 DrunkardSOT3Down36 VaseURN3Down37 DisinclinedAVERSE6Down38 Is important and one doesn’t leave out of the reckoningCOUNTS6Down38 Punch, for the partyBASH4Down40 Unit of landACRE4Down40

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