Evening Standard Crossword May 12 2023 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 12 2023. 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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Boast41 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse34 AcrossReveal answer → Inform46 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath39 AcrossReveal answer → So then ordered to shoot immediately99 AcrossReveal answer → English county99 AcrossReveal answer → Plan810 AcrossReveal answer → By means of which something was removed from the vehicle910 AcrossReveal answer → Troubled910 AcrossReveal answer → Clutch411 AcrossReveal answer → Stringed instrument412 AcrossReveal answer → Escorted to, all right412 AcrossReveal answer → Carrying a pie, when returning, and plates613 AcrossReveal answer → Meal613 AcrossReveal answer → Tooth714 AcrossReveal answer → Increasing as the curtain is heralding the play's start714 AcrossReveal answer → Bone314 AcrossReveal answer → Stomach complaint915 AcrossReveal answer → Too exhausted to have thrown one's money about915 AcrossReveal answer → Feat516 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch capital917 AcrossReveal answer → Is among the speculators when the balloon goes up917 AcrossReveal answer → Fishing vessel718 AcrossReveal answer → On the carrying of guns, relents718 AcrossReveal answer → Wrote819 AcrossReveal answer → Look at619 AcrossReveal answer → Decree otherwise and I fall out with619 AcrossReveal answer → Related420 AcrossReveal answer → From a quick look, say it's something small and hairy420 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone521 AcrossReveal answer → Without definite limits923 AcrossReveal answer → Made the mistake of having put leeches below the heart?923 AcrossReveal answer → Ordered823 AcrossReveal answer → Enticed524 AcrossReveal answer → First principles925 AcrossReveal answer → Thinks it ate with the peripheral teeth925 AcrossReveal answer → Urban area426 AcrossReveal answer → Requests the dope to get hold of the back end426 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity327 AcrossReveal answer → Shun627 AcrossReveal answer → The first two letters, by the way, are for overseas627 AcrossReveal answer → Taste729 AcrossReveal answer → A hole-in-the-corner sort of singer729 AcrossReveal answer → Naked431 AcrossReveal answer → Put off by the explosive device, you decide932 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit preserve932 AcrossReveal answer → Benefited833 AcrossReveal answer → Firearm334 AcrossReveal answer → Unhappy that one's shares are lowered in value?934 AcrossReveal answer → Dividing line934 AcrossReveal answer → Loaned435 AcrossReveal answer → Wandering735 AcrossReveal answer → Burning to join the marine band735 AcrossReveal answer → Parched336 AcrossReveal answer → Dent in the face636 AcrossReveal answer → The supposition is that they are lined with gold636 AcrossReveal answer → Body powder437 AcrossReveal answer → Simple437 AcrossReveal answer → Wolf you run away from437 AcrossReveal answer → Building designer938 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened as we merged with the traffic938 AcrossReveal answer → Pre-birth939 AcrossReveal answer → Not being a pro, getting soft with a rival939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Period after sunset81 DownReveal answer → With the bits left, is carrying on81 DownReveal answer → Part of the Bible122 DownReveal answer → Fluky shot that won the golfer the game?122 DownReveal answer → Unusual42 DownReveal answer → Government member83 DownReveal answer → Splashes those mixing it83 DownReveal answer → Yawn43 DownReveal answer → Loathed84 DownReveal answer → Sport64 DownReveal answer → A channel without water, we're told64 DownReveal answer → Heap45 DownReveal answer → Draw near85 DownReveal answer → Started out in an action role85 DownReveal answer → Taut56 DownReveal answer → Dessert dish106 DownReveal answer → So drunk it's amazing?106 DownReveal answer → Stray37 DownReveal answer → Meat-seller77 DownReveal answer → Leaping about, parries the swords77 DownReveal answer → Memorise58 DownReveal answer → Decorative features108 DownReveal answer → Have, beforehand, to impress favourably108 DownReveal answer → Capsized: by a gust in the river511 DownReveal answer → Predicated511 DownReveal answer → Frown512 DownReveal answer → Smudge513 DownReveal answer → Wand314 DownReveal answer → Suit515 DownReveal answer → Ground-flattening implement616 DownReveal answer → Be careful! That's the boy-friend!616 DownReveal answer → Combine517 DownReveal answer → Deal518 DownReveal answer → Partially opened flower319 DownReveal answer → A rum that has no match319 DownReveal answer → Laughable820 DownReveal answer → Picture card1221 DownReveal answer → Retract on having to sample food cooked from a personal recipe?1221 DownReveal answer → Material322 DownReveal answer → Made a great effort and broke right in622 DownReveal answer → Spoil622 DownReveal answer → Western1023 DownReveal answer → With the drink, bite on a biscuit1023 DownReveal answer → Radio presenter1024 DownReveal answer → Starting off with a clean sheet after killing?1024 DownReveal answer → Custom525 DownReveal answer → Ate this fish brought round in a covering of some kind325 DownReveal answer → Argument325 DownReveal answer → Happening526 DownReveal answer → Help themselves to too much when you pass828 DownReveal answer → Imitated428 DownReveal answer → Dampness828 DownReveal answer → Location429 DownReveal answer → Pointlessness829 DownReveal answer → What the matador flourishes where, while leaping about829 DownReveal answer → Muddle430 DownReveal answer → Derision830 DownReveal answer → Flushed, at the beginning, a songbird830 DownReveal answer → A performer and a first- rate performer all round731 DownReveal answer → Duct731 DownReveal answer → Manage332 DownReveal answer → Find, when you make a copy of533 DownReveal answer → Imitate533 DownReveal answer → Soak draught of animal medicine634 DownReveal answer → Australian marsupial634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 12, 2023. 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.