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Evening Standard Crossword May 10 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 10 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
SpinROTATE6Across1 It's nice and warm, for a change, in EalingGENIAL6Across4 Attack from hidingAMBUSH6Across4 BridgeSPAN4Across5 Such work may seem too much for a whileOVERTIME8Across7 In spite of everythingAFTERALL8Across7 Join to get the club promotedTEAMUP6Across8 CountryISRAEL6Across8 DismayAPPAL5Across8 ProsecuteSUE3Across9 Pierces with hornsGORES5Across10 InsolentRUDE4Across10 He's funny, as many will admitCLOWN5Across10 StoryTALE4Across11 SeaOCEAN5Across12 DaybreakDAWN4Across13 Dash off to fix thingsBOLT4Across13 AboutAROUND6Across13 LevelEVEN4Across14 To me, a little houseHOME4Across14 We're out to get in for a drinkWINE4Across15 MergeFUSE4Across15 Animal doctorVET3Across16 Favourite part of PeterboroughPET3Across16 CultivateTILL4Across16 The opposite of hen, in a senseSTAG4Across17 IncitementSPUR4Across17 FlowerIRIS4Across18 Related by bloodAKIN4Across19 It's useless putting one in a truckVAIN4Across19 RemoteFAR3Across20 EnsureGUARANTEE9Across21 The chap to flatter, perhaps, but it must be sincereHEARTFELT9Across21 VegetablePEA3Across22 RequireNEED4Across23 It's of growing potentialCORM4Across23 SeverCUT3Across23 Current charge?RENT4Across24 AuctionSALE4Across24 OccupiedBUSY4Across24 TardyLATE4Across25 Female of the cassowarySOW3Across26 Not dryWET3Across26 Regarded as a bit of a key manEYED4Across27 Stupid personDOLT4Across27 DominionEMPIRE6Across28 State definitely it's the little turning on the rightAVER4Across29 Object of worshipIDOL4Across29 FragranceAROMA5Across30 Run away and shelter at the welfare centreFLEE4Across32 ColourBLUE4Across32 CompetentABLE4Across32 Spring gave heart to the PhariseesARISE5Across33 DeclareAVER4Across33 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Across33 Where, abroad, Alma got mixed up with some YanksMALAYA6Across34 WonderAWE3Across34 Women's lavatoryLADIES6Across34 Where the wealthy go on most MondaysRICHMOND8Across35 ImpudenceSAUCE5Across35 Plucking toolTWEEZERS8Across35 Be a close thing!ADJOIN6Across36 BootyLOOT4Across36 AgainstVERSUS6Across36 ProtectDEFEND6Across37

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Canal boatBARGE5Down1 ScampRASCAL6Down1 Affect just a littleTOUCH5Down1 AbstinentTEETOTAL8Down2 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down2 An oven faulty at the bottom end will do you no good!VENOM5Down2 Knock out with a snooker cue?STUN4Down3 CupidEROS4Down3 DespotTYRANT6Down3 Be progressively friendlyGETON5Down4 Assumed nameALIAS5Down4 RiskSPECULATE9Down4 DevilishSATANIC7Down5 Farm buildingBARN4Down5 Practised without weakeningNEAT4Down5 PlotPLAN4Down6 Some faculty men have; call it insightACUMEN6Down6 Boy's nameSTEVEN6Down6 WantNEED4Down7 FussADO3Down8 PerspiresSWEATS6Down9 A team of two, as the Romans would have figured?ELEVEN6Down9 Egg cellsOVA3Down11 Like the setting sun, if you look westLOW3Down11 River flowing into a sewer?WESER5Down12 FollowENSUE5Down12 It's largely known as WellingtoniaBIGTREE7Down13 Long-lastingDURABLE7Down13 TactDIPLOMACY9Down14 Animal's coatFUR3Down15 SuitableFIT3Down15 In attrition, perhaps, endlessly waryWAR3Down15 ContendVIE3Down16 After a poor start, it may yield coalPIT3Down16 MeadowLEA3Down17 Wildly contradictedTAMELY6Down18 Light oarPADDLE6Down18 PonderRUMINATE8Down19 The Gibraltarian's tableALTAR5Down20 WhimFAD3Down20 Enter dataKEYIN5Down20 The way shown between two pointsHOW3Down21 ObtainGET3Down21 WithdrawRETREAT7Down21 Prevented a G-man from starvingFED3Down22 Pistachio, sayNUT3Down22 No hero in the cod warCOWARD6Down23 NullifyNEGATE6Down23 Policeman, informallyCOP3Down25 Like the French, he's free from deceitLES3Down25 AppearEMERGE6Down26 RelyDEPEND6Down27 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 Desire strongly - yes, to join the Navy!YEARN5Down28 BucketPAIL4Down29 Through which to see a girl's love for RomeoVISOR5Down30 TooALSO4Down30 FrogmanDIVER5Down30 Rental contractLEASE5Down31 WelcomeAVE3Down31 Prepared, once more, for the new dayREADY5Down31 It's played a great deal for nothingFARO4Down32 PiecesBITS4Down32 Each can bring a yearningACHE4Down33 Plant ovuleSEED4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 10, 2018. 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.