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Evening Standard Crossword May 13 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 13 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
ForceCOMPEL6Across1 AcidBITTER6Across5 EmphasisedSTRESSED8Across8 What the golfer went round in, when under the weather?BELOWPAR8Across9 CeremonyRITE4Across9 AnnoyIRRITATE8Across9 WeepSOB3Across10 Understand, when the note is soundedSEE3Across10 FishEEL3Across10 Reach for the soldiers, in a boxATTAIN6Across11 StrolledAMBLED6Across11 Find it impossible to turn about at a fast paceCANTER6Across12 StaidSOBER5Across12 WeedNETTLE6Across12 OiledGREASED7Across13 A most unpleasant “Is one to restore order in it?”NOISOME7Across13 Alas, taking a fifty per cent cut, therefore, tooALSO4Across14 TestEXAM4Across14 FruitREDCURRANT10Across15 A singer? Not so. I perform as a musicianBASSOONIST10Across15 TreeASH3Across17 AugurFORETELL8Across17 “Good gracious!” you repeat, “my love”DEARDEAR8Across17 SphereORB3Across18 What the streaking soldier wore?UNDRESS7Across18 SweetCARAMEL7Across18 Thanks the unknown one for providing transportTAXI4Across19 TankVAT3Across19 ServiceMASS4Across19 DressARRAY5Across20 BanBAR3Across21 KeenARDENT6Across21 Tried it on the buds!TASTED6Across21 LoutOAF3Across22 HatchetAXE3Across23 ManageRUN3Across24 Doing everything possible to be irritating?TRYINGONESHARDEST17Across24 FleeingTAKINGTOONESHEELS17Across24 SumTOTAL5Across26 And nipped outside to get the outlawBANDIT6Across27 CentreMIDDLE6Across27 OldAGED4Across29 He’s well up in music!ALTO4Across29 OwingDUE3Across29 CheeseCHEDDAR7Across30 A bird or part of a birdBITTERN7Across30 AgitateSTIR4Across33 LinguistPOLYGLOT8Across33 Thought to be a water reed of a new kindPONDERED8Across33 Bus stationTERMINUS8Across34 Bird that keeps pestering the female?HENHARRIER10Across35 SeeminglyAPPARENTLY10Across35 DecentPROPER6Across35 SwampENGULF6Across36 Lean against for balanceREST4Across36 InvoiceBILL4Across36 Little aquatic birds and seals, we’re toldCYGNETS7Across37 BreakSHATTER7Across37 A runabout in the rubbish dump, or in the gardenTURNIP6Across38 HostilityENMITY6Across38 Set around lunchtime, for fishPLAICE6Across40 ShrinkRECOIL6Across40 She gets one day a year offIDA3Across41 FinishEND3Across41 Guess it’s the wrong site, chumESTIMATE8Across42 ExaggeratedOVERDONE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Determined not to be given as an opponentSETAGAINST10Down1 Not germaneIRRELEVANT10Down1 HerbMINT4Down2 After you send itPOST4Down2 SurpassOUTDO5Down2 InsouciantCAREFREE8Down3 With false promises to pay the debt, egg to come overSPURIOUS8Down3 NoblemanPEER4Down3 LariatLASSO5Down4 NationalityBELGIAN7Down4 Mad when caught in the tail end of the traffic, rageFRANTIC7Down4 EmblemBADGE5Down5 StingyCLOSEFISTED11Down5 Does it give one another glimpse of the occult?SECONDSIGHT11Down5 WearyTIRE4Down6 NonsenseBALDERDASH10Down6 Is like some grasping forebear?TAKESAFTER10Down6 Sandy hair?STRAND6Down7 ConsumedEATEN5Down7 ThingOBJECT6Down7 HappenedBEFALLEN8Down8 Give wrong information while the friend sits knitting insideMISSTATE8Down8 Not slow to identify the birdSWIFT5Down10 CutSEVER5Down10 BuildERECT5Down10 ClubBATON5Down11 BeamSHAFT5Down12 EruptBURST5Down13 RegalROYAL5Down14 RecededEBBED5Down15 StruckCRACKED7Down16 LamentDIRGE5Down16 Supported right through when one transgressedSTRAYED7Down16 About five teardrops you turn your glance away fromAVERT5Down20 OverABOVE5Down20 ChinaDRESDEN7Down22 Needed if it’s cool when we take a rest break outsideSWEATER7Down22 PrimSTRAITLACED11Down23 Sometimes twice!NOWANDAGAIN11Down23 UnnecessarilyNEEDLESSLY10Down25 Metal gadget for hitting people on the head?NUTCRACKER10Down25 ExtremeUTTER5Down25 Became, when one left the road and steered towardsTURNEDINTO10Down26 FeverSCARLATINA10Down26 ExteriorOUTER5Down27 Particularly when it’s over a couple of poundsABOVEALL8Down28 TallyAGREE5Down28 LovedIDOLISED8Down28 CustomaryUSUAL5Down30 Very worried, does get the tea stain outINASTATE8Down31 StiffenedHARDENED8Down31 GraspGRIP4Down31 Also I see through the “liquorice-like taste”ANISEED7Down32 BirdSPARROW7Down32 CircleRING4Down32 Remove the end bits when they select you for that job?DETAIL6Down34 ColourYELLOW6Down34 BehavedACTED5Down35 “Hello, girl,” said the beastHYENA5Down35 ForcedMADE4Down39 That shows it’s cold and I am about to go outRIME4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 13, 2022. 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.