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Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 12 2021. 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
She'll never strike us as "the better half"61 AcrossReveal answer → Cover61 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy54 AcrossReveal answer → Mugged67 AcrossReveal answer → Style of art that's in a seaman's territory87 AcrossReveal answer → Water87 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress48 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly disheartened Solomon48 AcrossReveal answer → Loose39 AcrossReveal answer → Free610 AcrossReveal answer → Sam, who's belted a lot of officers610 AcrossReveal answer → Resin310 AcrossReveal answer → Parentless child611 AcrossReveal answer → Altogether stark611 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher512 AcrossReveal answer → Melt413 AcrossReveal answer → Daughter of Ahasuerus?314 AcrossReveal answer → Signal agreement314 AcrossReveal answer → Played515 AcrossReveal answer → Vigilant516 AcrossReveal answer → Smart refusal to be out of the race516 AcrossReveal answer → Discontinue work for a doctor417 AcrossReveal answer → Harm617 AcrossReveal answer → Row417 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert519 AcrossReveal answer → In appearance, possibly, it may be torn519 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle419 AcrossReveal answer → View520 AcrossReveal answer → He may work in a gallery521 AcrossReveal answer → Unfashionable521 AcrossReveal answer → Custom522 AcrossReveal answer → Sick322 AcrossReveal answer → Nero's father!522 AcrossReveal answer → Singlet423 AcrossReveal answer → He entertains a lot423 AcrossReveal answer → Gossiped724 AcrossReveal answer → Historic master traitor?526 AcrossReveal answer → As a joke526 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage327 AcrossReveal answer → Offer328 AcrossReveal answer → Delete528 AcrossReveal answer → Like the cat that got the cream?328 AcrossReveal answer → Choose629 AcrossReveal answer → An opening permitted to a viewer629 AcrossReveal answer → Nullify630 AcrossReveal answer → Order out of the garret!630 AcrossReveal answer → Open letter to Don, possibly431 AcrossReveal answer → Particle431 AcrossReveal answer → Harvest431 AcrossReveal answer → So a cloth can be used as a source of heat832 AcrossReveal answer → Precision832 AcrossReveal answer → Stocked633 AcrossReveal answer → A sally633 AcrossReveal answer → In movies, a boy's name for a beetle633 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently535 AcrossReveal answer → Grub437 AcrossReveal answer → Flat538 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier339 AcrossReveal answer → Beer341 AcrossReveal answer → Hidden642 AcrossReveal answer → Den543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Showed great enthusiasm for a plot by a gang61 DownReveal answer → Slim61 DownReveal answer → Arrive, but not for a showdown!62 DownReveal answer → Speaker62 DownReveal answer → Scrape62 DownReveal answer → It's reasonable for a Pole to be in the Kentish area43 DownReveal answer → Podium43 DownReveal answer → Solidify33 DownReveal answer → Gemstone74 DownReveal answer → Companion44 DownReveal answer → She's a knockout!74 DownReveal answer → Ooze55 DownReveal answer → Turning tool55 DownReveal answer → A mistake by the soccer people last month55 DownReveal answer → Sluggishness86 DownReveal answer → Music room?56 DownReveal answer → Mock attack56 DownReveal answer → Rational48 DownReveal answer → Facts48 DownReveal answer → Thus, again, it's fair48 DownReveal answer → To free39 DownReveal answer → Anybody's unit39 DownReveal answer → Ruminated911 DownReveal answer → In transportation, this nation makes a bloomer!312 DownReveal answer → Fold312 DownReveal answer → It's bound to be geographical513 DownReveal answer → Regions513 DownReveal answer → Need414 DownReveal answer → Stinking515 DownReveal answer → Foreigners from Sedan?515 DownReveal answer → Shout416 DownReveal answer → Senseless518 DownReveal answer → Food418 DownReveal answer → Four-legged race!518 DownReveal answer → Poke319 DownReveal answer → Place for a driver to stop319 DownReveal answer → Permit320 DownReveal answer → For each pigheaded hesitation320 DownReveal answer → Sailor with his chum a great deal721 DownReveal answer → Comprehensible821 DownReveal answer → Ballerinas721 DownReveal answer → Canine friend?322 DownReveal answer → Shade322 DownReveal answer → Vitality623 DownReveal answer → It's tougher, having heard amiss, to get right623 DownReveal answer → Ogle423 DownReveal answer → A game loses pounds for him!424 DownReveal answer → Dutch cheese424 DownReveal answer → Trial425 DownReveal answer → The car crashed in the old country625 DownReveal answer → Dozen625 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Muslim religion526 DownReveal answer → It's short of spirit!526 DownReveal answer → He gave the BBC their lordly style527 DownReveal answer → Herd527 DownReveal answer → A lover's fancy piece328 DownReveal answer → Wager328 DownReveal answer → Worshipped629 DownReveal answer → Be effusive when taking us in430 DownReveal answer → No votes430 DownReveal answer → Hatred630 DownReveal answer → Beg532 DownReveal answer → Spoken434 DownReveal answer → Friend436 DownReveal answer → Spoil340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. 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.