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Evening Standard Crossword May 1 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 1 2026. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Lustre61 AcrossReveal answer → Torn65 AcrossReveal answer → What the singer will sing for fifty pounds?89 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated59 AcrossReveal answer → Courgette89 AcrossReveal answer → Deserved610 AcrossReveal answer → As dessert, sounds very good310 AcrossReveal answer → Charge310 AcrossReveal answer → What one's doing is fighting611 AcrossReveal answer → Noisier611 AcrossReveal answer → History611 AcrossReveal answer → One bird of a few by the new cote612 AcrossReveal answer → Decoration512 AcrossReveal answer → Brown pigment612 AcrossReveal answer → Not professional713 AcrossReveal answer → The team in red was at home713 AcrossReveal answer → Feeble person414 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch414 AcrossReveal answer → A wad of notes - bread!414 AcrossReveal answer → Forceful punch1015 AcrossReveal answer → Idea that's the result of some mental conception?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Finally got our way: the word "no" we did away with817 AcrossReveal answer → Restrained817 AcrossReveal answer → Male or female, e.g.317 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise418 AcrossReveal answer → Affectedly proper718 AcrossReveal answer → Arrange that I have a posse formed on the day718 AcrossReveal answer → Precious stone419 AcrossReveal answer → A mark that you notice419 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed520 AcrossReveal answer → At the back there's a snow-bird621 AcrossReveal answer → Large meal621 AcrossReveal answer → Mix522 AcrossReveal answer → Cut723 AcrossReveal answer → What reveals the calm lady on the summit is a princess?1724 AcrossReveal answer → Send524 AcrossReveal answer → Elvis Presley song1724 AcrossReveal answer → Singer526 AcrossReveal answer → Breakfast cereal627 AcrossReveal answer → Writing paper and a pill627 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise429 AcrossReveal answer → Units of length429 AcrossReveal answer → Look, in return, for food and lodging429 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly drunk730 AcrossReveal answer → Border330 AcrossReveal answer → He recommends now having protection against the glare730 AcrossReveal answer → Mature432 AcrossReveal answer → Broader533 AcrossReveal answer → About the music, don't give vent to your feelings833 AcrossReveal answer → Circle of standing stones833 AcrossReveal answer → Light theatrical piece1035 AcrossReveal answer → Result of putting two and two together on a night out1035 AcrossReveal answer → Charm635 AcrossReveal answer → Take the first left turn at the zoo436 AcrossReveal answer → Russian emperor436 AcrossReveal answer → Mollusc636 AcrossReveal answer → Collection of author's works737 AcrossReveal answer → Thought to be a disc on the wing737 AcrossReveal answer → Storehouse537 AcrossReveal answer → Man's headdress638 AcrossReveal answer → Deposited638 AcrossReveal answer → Catching the fish that form shoals638 AcrossReveal answer → Required639 AcrossReveal answer → Not speaking about in time640 AcrossReveal answer → Absurd acts640 AcrossReveal answer → Said the man's name could be Black or Brown341 AcrossReveal answer → German town341 AcrossReveal answer → Get back again at three the evening after842 AcrossReveal answer → Made accessible again842 AcrossReveal answer →

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The catch on the charm bracelet?101 DownReveal answer → Bountiful101 DownReveal answer → Penetrate61 DownReveal answer → Glance over quickly42 DownReveal answer → The child, I note, is smart42 DownReveal answer → Lasso62 DownReveal answer → Conflict83 DownReveal answer → Can't be moved into the beds: they may be disease carriers83 DownReveal answer → Staunch43 DownReveal answer → Type of mollusc74 DownReveal answer → Don't air74 DownReveal answer → Hell54 DownReveal answer → Ease55 DownReveal answer → Study of weather115 DownReveal answer → Tackle something you have to crouch to reach?115 DownReveal answer → Hero46 DownReveal answer → Inviolable106 DownReveal answer → A more overt attempt to elude pursuit?106 DownReveal answer → Pool67 DownReveal answer → Kept for, when Dorothy's held up again67 DownReveal answer → Spoken reply67 DownReveal answer → Dashed68 DownReveal answer → He's not the first to become an adherent88 DownReveal answer → Flaming torch88 DownReveal answer → Sat and asked questions510 DownReveal answer → Aptitude510 DownReveal answer → Erased713 DownReveal answer → Loathed515 DownReveal answer → The prime mover, the Italian, will jeopardise everything716 DownReveal answer → Snares716 DownReveal answer → Sap516 DownReveal answer → Senior518 DownReveal answer → Pry519 DownReveal answer → Thick fruit pulp520 DownReveal answer → Said there will be no fighting for a bit520 DownReveal answer → Entrap321 DownReveal answer → Wager322 DownReveal answer → Hissing and booing a singer722 DownReveal answer → African language722 DownReveal answer → Don't forget to remain always within view1123 DownReveal answer → Dramatic situation1123 DownReveal answer → Disclose624 DownReveal answer → Further insurance against the batsman's getting a run?1025 DownReveal answer → Repaired625 DownReveal answer → Large working animal1025 DownReveal answer → Connected organisations1026 DownReveal answer → A brusque "Go for a few days' holiday"1026 DownReveal answer → Pinched627 DownReveal answer → Halted628 DownReveal answer → Revolt828 DownReveal answer → Well, I will get the salesman a drink in return828 DownReveal answer → Rented530 DownReveal answer → Fruit531 DownReveal answer → Leaves one in the dark if it makes one happy831 DownReveal answer → Query831 DownReveal answer → They're going round to get the paintings732 DownReveal answer → University scholarship732 DownReveal answer → Paddle433 DownReveal answer → The food you have in your mouth634 DownReveal answer → Ceremony434 DownReveal answer → Border634 DownReveal answer → Force to take the wheel535 DownReveal answer → Instinctive feelings535 DownReveal answer → Follow with a brush439 DownReveal answer → Stink439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 1, 2026. 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.