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Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
She'll never strike us as "the better half"MISSUS6Across1 CoverSHROUD6Across1 UntidyMESSY5Across4 MuggedROBBED6Across7 Style of art that's in a seaman's territoryABSTRACT8Across7 WaterADAMSALE8Across7 Indian dressSARI4Across8 Quickly disheartened SolomonSOON4Across8 LooseLAX3Across9 FreeGRATIS6Across10 Sam, who's belted a lot of officersBROWNE6Across10 ResinLAC3Across10 Parentless childORPHAN6Across11 Altogether starkUNCLAD6Across11 TeacherTUTOR5Across12 MeltTHAW4Across13 Daughter of Ahasuerus?SUE3Across14 Signal agreementNOD3Across14 PlayedTOYED5Across15 VigilantALERT5Across16 Smart refusal to be out of the raceNATTY5Across16 Discontinue work for a doctorDROP4Across17 HarmDAMAGE6Across17 RowTIER4Across17 DessertJELLY5Across19 In appearance, possibly, it may be tornPAPER5Across19 Sea-eagleERNE4Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 He may work in a galleryMINER5Across21 UnfashionableDATED5Across21 CustomHABIT5Across22 SickILL3Across22 Nero's father!PATER5Across22 SingletVEST4Across23 He entertains a lotHOST4Across23 GossipedTATTLED7Across24 Historic master traitor?MARAT5Across26 As a jokeINFUN5Across26 BeverageTEA3Across27 OfferBID3Across28 DeleteERASE5Across28 Like the cat that got the cream?FAT3Across28 ChooseSELECT6Across29 An opening permitted to a viewerEYELET6Across29 NullifyNEGATE6Across30 Order out of the garret!GARTER6Across30 Open letter to Don, possiblyUNDO4Across31 ParticleATOM4Across31 HarvestREAP4Across31 So a cloth can be used as a source of heatHOTCOALS8Across32 PrecisionACCURACY8Across32 StockedSTORED6Across33 A sallySORTIE6Across33 In movies, a boy's name for a beetleHERBIE6Across33 SubsequentlyLATER5Across35 GrubWORM4Across37 FlatLEVEL5Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 BeerALE3Across41 HiddenLATENT6Across42 DenSTUDY5Across43

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Showed great enthusiasm for a plot by a gangMOBBED6Down1 SlimSLIGHT6Down1 Arrive, but not for a showdown!SHOWUP6Down2 SpeakerORATOR6Down2 ScrapeABRADE6Down2 It's reasonable for a Pole to be in the Kentish areaSANE4Down3 PodiumDAIS4Down3 SolidifyGEL3Down3 GemstoneEMERALD7Down4 CompanionMATE4Down4 She's a knockout!STUNNER7Down4 OozeEXUDE5Down5 Turning toolLATHE5Down5 A mistake by the soccer people last monthFAULT5Down5 SluggishnessSLOWNESS8Down6 Music room?STUDY5Down6 Mock attackFEINT5Down6 RationalSANE4Down8 FactsDATA4Down8 Thus, again, it's fairSOSO4Down8 To freeRID3Down9 Anybody's unitONE3Down9 RuminatedCOGITATED9Down11 In transportation, this nation makes a bloomer!CAR3Down12 FoldPLY3Down12 It's bound to be geographicalATLAS5Down13 RegionsAREAS5Down13 NeedWANT4Down14 StinkingFETID5Down15 Foreigners from Sedan?DANES5Down15 ShoutYELL4Down16 SenselessINANE5Down18 FoodMEAT4Down18 Four-legged race!RELAY5Down18 PokeJAB3Down19 Place for a driver to stopPIT3Down19 PermitLET3Down20 For each pigheaded hesitationPER3Down20 Sailor with his chum a great dealMATELOT7Down21 ComprehensibleCOHERENT8Down21 BallerinasDANCERS7Down21 Canine friend?PAL3Down22 ShadeHUE3Down22 VitalityVIGOUR6Down23 It's tougher, having heard amiss, to get rightHARDER6Down23 OgleLEER4Down23 A game loses pounds for him!OTTO4Down24 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Down24 TrialTEST4Down25 The car crashed in the old countryTHRACE6Down25 DozenTWELVE6Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Muslim religionISLAM5Down26 It's short of spirit!METHS5Down26 He gave the BBC their lordly styleREITH5Down27 HerdFLOCK5Down27 A lover's fancy pieceFAN3Down28 WagerBET3Down28 WorshippedADORED6Down29 Be effusive when taking us inGUSH4Down30 No votesNAYS4Down30 HatredENMITY6Down30 BegPLEAD5Down32 SpokenORAL4Down34 FriendALLY4Down36 SpoilMAR3Down40

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