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Evening Standard Crossword May 13 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 13 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
PureCLEAN5Across1 Meat-pinSKEWER6Across1 A difficult time in courtTRIAL5Across1 LabourWORK4Across5 Overweight possibly, but able to get byTUBBY5Across6 RoomSPACE5Across6 HarmoniumORGAN5Across8 In passenger transport, it's not a big thingMINIBUS7Across9 StriveVIE3Across9 Flowering plantPETUNIA7Across9 IdolHERO4Across10 EnticeTEMPT5Across10 The bit to abandonSCRAP5Across10 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across11 Dobbin's reaction to a hinge breaking?NEIGH5Across11 SpoorTRAIL5Across11 SwimBATHE5Across12 RefuteREBUT5Across12 Alert to change in more modern timesLATER5Across12 SwellBALLOON7Across13 Composer who seemed a bit of a bore to a sculptor?BORODIN7Across13 DecayedROTTED6Across13 BeseechBEG3Across15 Be maudlin, perhaps, when less than soberSOB3Across15 RecordDISC4Across16 Yes votesAYES4Across17 A more or less lofty clubIRON4Across17 Shoot the dope!SUCKER6Across18 DeadenedNUMB4Across18 SaunterSTROLL6Across18 Fight a law-breaker on British RailBRAWL5Across19 TrollGNOME5Across19 IncursionINROAD6Across20 Take a good look at the box, perhapsGOGGLE6Across20 ScuttleHOD3Across20 VegetablePEA3Across22 Cut from cashew nutsHEWN4Across22 InsectsANTS4Across22 AnimalGNU3Across23 Indo-Chinese exclamation?OCH3Across24 RodCANE4Across24 ContainerCAN3Across24 For show, stripped during an exotic actCABARET7Across25 FinalLAST4Across25 DishesSAUCERS7Across25 Church singersCHOIR5Across26 Hurry to exclude a drunkard from the companySCOOT5Across26 One in favour of exterminating Doctor WhoDALEK5Across27 LevyTITHE5Across27 HugeGIANT5Across28 A piece of land possessed by the churchAISLE5Across28 KnockedTAPPED6Across28 Unions in businessMERGERS7Across29 HerbOREGANO7Across29 Open and endlessly benign, perhapsBEGIN5Across30 RetainsKEEPS5Across30 ImpressionSTAMP5Across30 BelowUNDER5Across31 She puts a bit of work into the making of a hatTHORA5Across31 LearnHEAR4Across32 AssistantAIDE4Across33 HorseNAG3Across34 CompelFORCE5Across35 VictimPREY4Across36 AtelierSTUDIO6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HarshSEVERE6Down1 Most correct, in a fashion, as he should beRECTOR6Down2 LatitudeLEEWAY6Down2 PollELECTION8Down2 ResoundedECHOED6Down3 Female deadlier than the maleAMAZON6Down3 DismaysAPPALS6Down3 ScatterBROADCAST9Down4 Cheeky learner driver I park behind!LIP3Down4 MeshNET3Down4 CleansingWASHING7Down5 Number one bedDIVAN5Down5 Female monarchQUEEN5Down5 Like a fun lute compositionTUNEFUL7Down6 FormerlyONCE4Down6 LocateSITUATE7Down6 RulerKING4Down7 SeparatePART4Down7 One who operates within the house rulesUSER4Down7 ToolCHISEL6Down8 SphereORB3Down8 On foot, it's great!BIGTOE6Down8 Amount you get for a quarter of a cent in foreign moneyLITRE5Down12 CircularROUND5Down12 No big game?BINGO5Down13 FundamentalBASIC5Down13 TactDIPLOMACY9Down14 He's rude and not very preciseROUGH5Down14 StudyLEARN5Down14 BirdEMU3Down15 Irish riverBOYNE5Down15 Wearer of extra-long slippersSKIER5Down15 LustreGLOSS5Down16 As borne by a born weakling?BRUNT5Down16 OceanSEA3Down17 Waste product containing saltSWEAT5Down18 Dirty markSMEAR5Down18 ShutUNOPENED8Down19 Denigrate a fellow for concealing a shortageBLACKEN7Down19 AssemblesGATHERS7Down19 Dried grassHAY3Down20 IndigenousNATIVE6Down21 An eighth of the musicOCTAVE6Down21 RuinDESTROY7Down21 DeedACTION6Down22 For a Scot, the corn is highHAMISH6Down22 Hypnotic stateTRANCE6Down23 Sam, it seems, is comparatively healthyWELLER6Down23 If you want to pay, up with it!COUGH5Down25 ScorchSINGE5Down25 GiftTALENT6Down26 CutCHOP4Down26 Little house on a southeastern motorwaySEMI4Down26 SlowlyADAGIO6Down27 He's got the knackART3Down28 WildebeestGNU3Down28 VesselSHIP4Down29 SecureSAFE4Down30 Pastry dishPIE3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. 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.