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Evening Standard Crossword May 10 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 10 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 128 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#
Sustain attempts to avoid relegationKEEPUP6Across1 PrattleBABBLE6Across1 DesolateBLEAK5Across4 JournalistREPORTER8Across7 HaphazardRANDOM6Across7 When I get beaten hollow with a club, it's not on purposeACCIDENT8Across7 The West Indies have ways to get victoriesWINS4Across8 EmployerBOSS4Across8 ChargeFEE3Across9 CheerfulBLITHE6Across10 On paper, does it give you an allowance?PERMIT6Across10 CotBED3Across10 DesignateDENOTE6Across11 Something said about a blemishREMARK6Across11 ShunAVOID5Across12 ImplementTOOL4Across13 It can easily get out of handEEL3Across14 Sheltered sideLEE3Across14 SaltpetreNITRE5Across15 In a way, she's like a sultanaRANEE5Across16 Call onVISIT5Across16 It's tough outside!RIND4Across17 EyeOGLE4Across17 DeclineREFUSE6Across17 Such English is thus written by an educated personBASIC5Across19 TardyLATE4Across19 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across19 DeleteERASE5Across20 Brown looks awfully good in something greenSEPIA5Across21 OrganLIVER5Across21 FilletedBONED5Across22 The man run outPETER5Across22 CushionPAD3Across22 YearnPINE4Across23 The wheel is of hard wood!HELM4Across23 GuidedSTEERED7Across24 DistressedUPSET5Across26 Poles are capable of catching you!SNARE5Across26 StrayERR3Across27 ContainerJAR3Across28 StadiumARENA5Across28 Charge gunners a lot!RAM3Across28 BeliefsTENETS6Across29 Where, in Ireland, anybody can have a tryTYRONE6Across29 Car shedGARAGE6Across30 In the RAF, most of them can't flyAIRMEN6Across30 Thus, on half days, one gets a drinkSODA4Across31 Prayer endingAMEN4Across31 ThrowTOSS4Across31 See a chap angle for a water creatureCRAYFISH8Across32 Large retail storeEMPORIUM8Across32 StablemanOSTLER6Across33 ThingENTITY6Across33 One strongly drawn to the Union cause?YANKEE6Across33 SkinflintMISER5Across35 TimberWOOD4Across37 War-horseSTEED5Across38 ObscureDIM3Across39 BeerALE3Across41 CourteousPOLITE6Across42 WorshipADORE5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One is unconscious of being of consuming interestKIPPER6Down1 BlunderBOOBOO6Down1 SquirmWRITHE6Down1 Prepared to be demure with a boyPRIMED6Down2 Baby's shoeBOOTEE6Down2 GoatANGORA6Down2 WeepSOB3Down3 GaelicERSE4Down3 Father's the titular head no longerPAST4Down3 TolerateBEAR4Down4 Place of exile, yes, for a Soviet head of secret policeSIBERIA7Down4 StillHOWEVER7Down4 FlatLEVEL5Down5 Started with a bang, perhaps, out EastBEGAN5Down5 CharacterETHOS5Down5 FlyingAVIATION8Down6 An edition of Keats? You bet!STAKE5Down6 WelcomeGREET5Down6 BeakBILL4Down8 Food-listMENU4Down8 Lawrence's bird?WREN4Down8 Female personSHE3Down9 There's nothing in backing a noviceNIL3Down9 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down11 NothingNIL3Down12 Master chef, initially, a ScotMAC3Down12 For coppers to stagger around is a repulsive thing to do!REPEL5Down13 CoordinateTIEIN5Down13 MinusLESS4Down14 LidCOVER5Down15 Can one give thanks by burning it?TAPER5Down15 RipTEAR4Down16 GalaFETE4Down18 Mockery is hard on a youth leaderIRONY5Down18 ComplaintGRIPE5Down18 To be starting trouble is a chancy thingBET3Down19 RacketDIN3Down19 His pupils wouldn't miss himSIR3Down20 MarryWED3Down20 RebelledREVOLTED8Down21 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down21 Said goodbye to a person understood to be badSEENOFF7Down21 Favouring a job in public relationsPRO3Down22 InsectBEE3Down22 Mother or fatherPARENT6Down23 TradeDEAL4Down23 Get tough!HARDEN6Down23 She takes me back to mumEMMA4Down24 CountryIRAN4Down24 CupidEROS4Down25 VigourENERGY6Down25 Threaten people with a 'fine'MENACE6Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 CompleteUTTER5Down26 Be loyal to one's staff?STICK5Down26 Territories that remain Anglo-SaxonAREAS5Down27 BreaksSNAPS5Down27 Fruit preserveJAM3Down28 Cypriot city, in short?RIO3Down28 AmatoryEROTIC6Down29 Pallid, but able to take a shot?ASHY4Down30 MatchGAME4Down30 ConfusedADDLED6Down30 SmudgeSMEAR5Down32 ExcursionTRIP4Down34 InactiveIDLE4Down36 CrowdMOB3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 10, 2026. 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.