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Evening Standard Crossword May 11 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 11 2018 answers. The Friday 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#
DanceRUMBA5Across1 StopDESIST6Across5 FollowENSUE5Across8 What the illiterate butcher didn’t recognise?AITCHBONE9Across9 ImpotentPOWERLESS9Across9 StubbornOBSTINATE9Across10 ScarcityDEARTH6Across10 “If not a change for the worse" one put inOTHERWISE9Across10 SimilarAKIN4Across11 Make an impact on that will leave a lasting impressionDENT4Across12 Ice-skating arenaRINK4Across12 RoadSTREET6Across13 They’re possibly Spanish, si? No, no: wrongONIONS6Across13 CostumesOUTFITS7Across14 DedicateDEVOTE6Across14 Opening for a chap in the sanitation departmentMANHOLE7Across14 A minor luminary in HollywoodCHILDSTAR9Across15 SnarePITFALL7Across15 SpacemanASTRONAUT9Across15 It’s doling out things he can manage withoutDISPENSER9Across17 Ill feelingANIMOSITY9Across17 “Birds” were for a long time included among “Animals”PIGEONS7Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 Boisterous square danceHOEDOWN7Across18 The dread of all governesses and nannies?TERROR6Across19 Prairie wolfCOYOTE6Across19 GratuityTIP3Across19 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across20 Eat like lightningBOLT4Across20 PeruseREAD4Across21 Bird that’s foolishly trapped, once having flown inSTONECHAT9Across23 UnreasonableUNEARTHLY9Across23 FiendDEMON5Across23 Young salmonPARR4Across24 Claimed to have fought withCONTENDED9Across25 HypocriticalINSINCERE9Across25 Was a looker, I had heardEYED4Across26 Extinct birdDODO4Across26 ForgeSMITHY6Across27 TearRIP3Across27 I require a day to go through it, certainlyINDEED6Across27 Able to floatBUOYANT7Across29 FishEEL3Across29 Sign as sender, having wrapped the ring in itENDORSE7Across29 TeachingTUITION7Across31 MethodSYSTEM6Across32 Reminding you of your transgressions is irritatingHAIRSHIRT9Across32 Artificial lakeRESERVOIR9Across32 CarryTOTE4Across34 Overlook the lack of respectDISREGARD9Across34 CedeSURRENDER9Across34 SourACETIC6Across35 Write in, having shot back, about the vacancyOPENING7Across35 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Across35 For the little creature carrying it, it’s a strainEFFORT6Across36 PossessingOWNING6Across36 Operatic songARIA4Across37 How many in favour of restraining the union?FOUR4Across37 Facial featuresEYELASHES9Across38 FlingTHROW5Across38 Terrific tuna cooked by one of the familyGREATAUNT9Across38 In another placeELSEWHERE9Across39 Was about to get worriedCONCERNED9Across39 ChatterRATTLE6Across39 ScoffSNEER5Across40

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And the new chap I brought round is no helpHANDICAP8Down1 Draw closer toAPPROACH8Down1 Malinger, informallySWINGTHELEAD12Down2 The one about footing the bill we never tire of?STANDINGJOKE12Down2 EmployUSE3Down2 Hold backRESTRAIN8Down3 Means to study musicCONNOTES8Down3 DeprivedBEREFT6Down3 FacetASPECT6Down4 Turn in, having wandered back to have a quick mealDEVOUR6Down4 InsectANT3Down4 DeceasedDEAD4Down5 PerverseCONTRARY8Down5 Think you regard asCONSIDER8Down5 TrembleSHIVER6Down6 They mean no, you’re not trying to get a hitchTHUMBSDOWN10Down6 ColleaguesASSOCIATES10Down6 FilamentTHREAD6Down7 And having raised the cover, put one’s initials on itBRANDED7Down7 ElocutionDICTION7Down7 Commemorated by the famousCELEBRATED10Down8 English regionMERSEYSIDE10Down8 RefugeSHELTER7Down9 Is neither brought back in chains?IRONS5Down11 Legal defenceALIBI5Down11 KnowledgeKEN3Down12 MarkNOTE4Down13 He has cattle with him, the little daughter and a dogDROVER6Down16 SmellsODOURS6Down16 JotIOTA4Down16 BoundaryLIMIT5Down17 DemureCOY3Down19 Have an addition - to the family?TOT3Down19 Well-likedPOPULAR7Down20 ColourEMERALDGREEN12Down21 Is bossy with, when one buys drinks fromORDERSAROUND12Down21 SingerALTO4Down22 RevenueINCOME6Down22 “It’s an honour,” you say, “to involve myself in your business”MEDDLE6Down22 Funeral directorUNDERTAKER10Down23 Are not fooled by: that’s transparentSEETHROUGH10Down23 PlacardPOSTER6Down24 Giving to an undomesticated dog in the shedHANDINGOUT10Down24 Alternative medical methodHOMEOPATHY10Down24 Climbing plantIVY3Down25 The fish - a portion of haddock - is sent backCOD3Down25 ReposeREST4Down25 ReplyRETORT6Down26 ScatteredSTREWN6Down28 Slow-moving creatureTORTOISE8Down28 Beseeches when sent off, concealing a tear dropENTREATS8Down28 NoblewomanBARONESS8Down29 Taking to quarters wrapped in rugs, leaving nothing to chanceENSURING8Down29 MenaceTHREATEN8Down30 PermitLET3Down30 A fabulous place for older swingers to have a partyELDORADO8Down30 When the ship first comes in, is helpfulASSISTS7Down31 Cut glassCRYSTAL7Down31 When I have about half done, she appearsIRENE5Down33 MeasureMETE4Down33 ScorchSINGE5Down33 VocalistSINGER6Down34 Change sides and it’s your faultDEFECT6Down34 LettuceCOS3Down36 AngerIRE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 11, 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.