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Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 125 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#
Once moreAGAIN5Across1 Put on the street for a timeSTAGE5Across1 TallyMATCH5Across4 SurrendersCEDES5Across6 Possibly bears a swordSABRE5Across6 GustoRELISH6Across7 DefectiveDUD3Across9 In name onlyNOMINAL7Across9 Quote from an old religious pamphletEXTRACT7Across9 Girl’sHER3Across10 Length of time in the lake?METRE5Across10 Scottish landownerLAIRD5Across10 Colour of a French windmillROUGE5Across11 Drip hot fat overBASTE5Across11 Glossy fabricSATIN5Across12 AdjustedTUNED5Across12 Bit of hope, perhaps, every single American hasGLEAM5Across12 FussPALAVER7Across13 TruncheonCLUB4Across13 It's sweet when Mel gets a letter from ClaraCARAMEL7Across13 Confer knighthood? Indubitably!DUB3Across15 WeakenSAP3Across15 RepulseREPEL5Across15 Soon to be unknownANON4Across17 AmongAMID4Across17 SieveRIDDLE6Across17 RubbishREFUSE6Across18 Elf having a moving effect on a priestSPRITE6Across18 Celestial bodyCOMET5Across19 An L of an age?FIFTY5Across19 ExcursionTOUR4Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 Discontinued due to the terrible cold around the Kentish areaCLOSED6Across20 Black eye, informallySHINER6Across20 Put your name down to sing?SIGN4Across22 InfoDATA4Across22 SpikeEAR3Across22 Steamy bit of photography?HOT3Across24 NeverthelessYET3Across24 SwungDANGLED7Across24 Make a hole in a coal vessel?SCUTTLE7Across25 BurialFUNERAL7Across25 StepSTAIR5Across26 Courage or sheer good fortune, on the quietPLUCK5Across26 It's forbidden to wreck a boat on the 1st of OctoberTABOO5Across27 CountryINDIA5Across27 MeadowLEA3Across27 Nonet arranged as a massTONNE5Across28 PointerARROW5Across28 FragranceAROMA5Across28 Where a boy gets out of puff?SWINDON7Across29 Local languageDIALECT7Across29 Shelters, to some extent, the last of the MohicansTENTS5Across30 Place of safetyHAVEN5Across30 EngageMESH4Across31 Not these!THOSE5Across31 Stares at a playing error by LesOGLES5Across31 IdioticSTUPID6Across33 FrequentlyOFTEN5Across35 TabletPILL4Across37 CategoryGENRE5Across38 ImmerseDIP3Across39 CompanyTROUPE6Across42 AdvantageASSET5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BrawlFRACAS6Down1 Boy's nameGRAHAM6Down2 CharmALLURE6Down2 Specific individual - a unique fellow?THEMAN6Down2 IncursionINROAD6Down3 TreeASH3Down3 Manager disheartened, possibly, by a EuropeanGERMAN6Down3 It's in the West Country, no longer at MiddlesexEXE3Down4 Signal agreementNOD3Down4 DumbMUTE4Down4 Amusing the eccentric lord Lucan, initiallyDROLL5Down5 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Down5 Grown-upADULT5Down5 Furniture itemCABINET7Down6 Fragmentary as a fightSCRAPPY7Down6 AngelsCHERUBIM8Down6 Style and vigourELAN4Down7 There's not much to be found during the morningATOM4Down7 CrowdHERD4Down8 Crowd actorsEXTRAS6Down8 Stew that gives an artist a bad foot?RAGOUT6Down8 DemotedRELEGATED9Down11 Cooked leg I had coldGELID5Down12 Spanish manSENOR5Down12 The snag is, you may drop it!CATCH5Down13 PlantPANSY5Down13 TieBIND4Down14 RestrictLIMIT5Down14 Flashy fellow, conceivably with a screw loose?ROBOT5Down14 One or two, for instance, may appreciate the thingDIGIT5Down15 SucroseSUGAR5Down15 RingPEAL4Down16 Long a national capital, it may be shorterBERNE5Down16 Of the footPEDAL5Down16 TradeDEAL4Down18 Having opened a shop for food, kept at it!STUCK5Down18 Happen againRECUR5Down18 SureCERTAIN7Down19 Men of Wells, possiblyFELLOWS7Down19 Find Leo upset about a petLOCATE6Down21 NegligentCARELESS8Down21 RuptureHERNIA6Down21 ScarcityDEARTH6Down22 Will such meat give you brawn?STRONG6Down22 HarvestREAP4Down23 ClawsTALONS6Down23 To fine leg?GLANCE6Down23 Stony place in Scotland?SCONE5Down25 Young female horseFILLY5Down25 DenNEST4Down25 Stop changing positionPOST4Down26 OozeDRIP4Down26 FlankSIDE4Down26 On top, so to speakTOO3Down28 PerformACT3Down28 HatefulODIOUS6Down29 CombinedALLIED6Down30 AnimalHORSE5Down32 GroupUNIT4Down34 StuntFEAT4Down36 SnoopPRY3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 1, 2023. 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.