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Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 12 2022. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Region41 AcrossReveal answer → Reveal64 AcrossReveal answer → Rug34 AcrossReveal answer → Bring about one of those special illusions?64 AcrossReveal answer → Fortune46 AcrossReveal answer → Something to wash down with nectar?87 AcrossReveal answer → Monkey87 AcrossReveal answer → Gift68 AcrossReveal answer → Hand tool68 AcrossReveal answer → Person simply fuming?68 AcrossReveal answer → Pressing69 AcrossReveal answer → Phase510 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's310 AcrossReveal answer → If Dick's clever, who's smart?510 AcrossReveal answer → Inexpensive512 AcrossReveal answer → Variety of pear, we gather, on the farm413 AcrossReveal answer → Alcoholic drink413 AcrossReveal answer → Thus, on some days, it's used for washing414 AcrossReveal answer → Abode of Satan414 AcrossReveal answer → Stream514 AcrossReveal answer → Llanelli girl?415 AcrossReveal answer → Cutting remark415 AcrossReveal answer → Class515 AcrossReveal answer → The young are in her clutches316 AcrossReveal answer → Farm animal316 AcrossReveal answer → Eagerly expectant417 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted looking angry about the socially uppish417 AcrossReveal answer → Placid618 AcrossReveal answer → On top of419 AcrossReveal answer → A good distance for a reduced fare419 AcrossReveal answer → Simpler620 AcrossReveal answer → Depiction of the boys on the left921 AcrossReveal answer → Distressing921 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument in the form of a tub423 AcrossReveal answer → Songbird423 AcrossReveal answer → Eye524 AcrossReveal answer → Foolish424 AcrossReveal answer → He's in both the Bible and the thesaurus424 AcrossReveal answer → Last526 AcrossReveal answer → Shy326 AcrossReveal answer → Encountered force in London326 AcrossReveal answer → Snatch427 AcrossReveal answer → Bearing taken by a ship on a loch427 AcrossReveal answer → Late528 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian429 AcrossReveal answer → Christopher Columbus's port of call429 AcrossReveal answer → Pig pen330 AcrossReveal answer → Action432 AcrossReveal answer → Very pious, but they don't take orders432 AcrossReveal answer → Penalise632 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy rock?533 AcrossReveal answer → Grow633 AcrossReveal answer → Go by bike533 AcrossReveal answer → Legal expert just going round part of the prison634 AcrossReveal answer → Intend434 AcrossReveal answer → Loafers634 AcrossReveal answer → Regard a vessel as an aid to beauty835 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing335 AcrossReveal answer → Unaware835 AcrossReveal answer → That skin-deep beauty636 AcrossReveal answer → Standard436 AcrossReveal answer → Colouring stick636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Break51 DownReveal answer → Grand opening, unfortunately, of festive occasions51 DownReveal answer → Test52 DownReveal answer → Retreated in tidy fashion?52 DownReveal answer → Attain52 DownReveal answer → Golfer's warning43 DownReveal answer → Literary work that gets thrown at people?43 DownReveal answer → Mean73 DownReveal answer → Total54 DownReveal answer → Legend44 DownReveal answer → In school, could it simplify things for the pupil?54 DownReveal answer → Excursion45 DownReveal answer → Anchor45 DownReveal answer → Collapse, not being hit45 DownReveal answer → Beer56 DownReveal answer → Treat harshly66 DownReveal answer → Skilful century and a half, always66 DownReveal answer → Comfort77 DownReveal answer → Snub69 DownReveal answer → Where, abroad, Alma got upset by some Yanks?69 DownReveal answer → Golf peg311 DownReveal answer → Student work to cut short311 DownReveal answer → Bird311 DownReveal answer → It's long and blackish, containing much carbon, maybe512 DownReveal answer → Lettuce312 DownReveal answer → Stare512 DownReveal answer → Enclosure313 DownReveal answer → Compensation concerning attire713 DownReveal answer → Iraqi capital713 DownReveal answer → Swamp315 DownReveal answer → As used for one's Barnet?315 DownReveal answer → Mountain pass316 DownReveal answer → Novel316 DownReveal answer → I get out of the downpour with him316 DownReveal answer → Fixed317 DownReveal answer → Half of us fled to the States, where it's heavenly618 DownReveal answer → Hair colour618 DownReveal answer → Gourmet719 DownReveal answer → Character quick to go out of turn520 DownReveal answer → Glazing paste520 DownReveal answer → Place in disrepute321 DownReveal answer → Cook in oil321 DownReveal answer → Deed321 DownReveal answer → Animal giving a hiss322 DownReveal answer → Hone722 DownReveal answer → Small flap322 DownReveal answer → Marvel623 DownReveal answer → Beam323 DownReveal answer → The tenant's occupation623 DownReveal answer → Skill325 DownReveal answer → Woman's name325 DownReveal answer → Assume the end of the road's ahead325 DownReveal answer → Foreigner527 DownReveal answer → Make a start in bookkeeping528 DownReveal answer → Tree sap528 DownReveal answer → Eater529 DownReveal answer → Large sea530 DownReveal answer → Weight not possibly over two-fifths of a stone?530 DownReveal answer → Avoid430 DownReveal answer → Shout431 DownReveal answer → End of life531 DownReveal answer → Masonic drink?531 DownReveal answer → Good and accurate432 DownReveal answer → Disclaim432 DownReveal answer → QC possibly shot?433 DownReveal answer → Harvest433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 12, 2022. 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.