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Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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#
SeamLAYER5Across3 Attack with a jack, sayASSAULT7Across8 BeganSTARTED7Across8 GameBADMINTON9Across9 ChilledCOOLED6Across9 A flower in the game reserve?TIGERLILY9Across9 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across10 EjectEVICT5Across11 ProdPOKE4Across12 Not a Mister Right, it's not!AMISS5Across13 DawnSUNUP5Across13 CerealMAIZE5Across14 All four are back homeVILLA5Across14 RolePART4Across15 Nonsense! The vehicle backed when the other appeared!TRACTOR7Across15 FurtivenessSTEALTH7Across15 Laugh and return for the man-trapsSNIGGER7Across16 ExceedOVERRUN7Across16 That's the stuff, man!SERGE5Across17 FurSABLE5Across17 AvoidingEVADING7Across17 Wander about in the mountainsRANGE5Across18 GleamSHINE5Across18 ImportantKEY3Across20 Tell on, creating a riftSPLIT5Across20 LateTARDY5Across20 AcceptedTAKEN5Across21 Quite clever, letting the air inFAIRLY6Across22 InnTAVERN6Across22 Get a gun before going back for the goldNUGGET6Across23 TortureRACK4Across23 FightBATTLE6Across23 Meaning a number will get left outPORTENT7Across25 HealthyWELL4Across25 WarningCAUTION7Across25 WearyTIRED5Across26 Learned it's true I'd gone out EastERUDITE7Across27 In frontLEADING7Across27 DefectiveDUD3Across28 MuggySTICKY6Across30 To hide, prostrate yourself in the ditch?LIELOW6Across30 VariedDIVERSE7Across30 ShowREVEAL6Across31 If it's bad fuel, it is uselessFUTILE6Across31 Hot outside, one keeps under coverHIDES5Across32 BoxCHEST5Across32 ControlREIN4Across33 ComplainBLEAT5Across35 She goes from South America to the northSUSAN5Across35 StaggerREEL4Across35 HappeningEVENT5Across36 StartedBEGAN5Across36 Nibble at a bit of Brighton rock?ERODE5Across36 Takes occupation when Dr Vine's outMOVESIN7Across37 OfficerGENERAL7Across37 ShrivelWITHER6Across38 Fall back and line up on the right, pleaseRELAPSE7Across39 AskedINVITED7Across39 LabouredTOILED6Across39 SoarTOWER5Across40 Left the mare cantering round the fieldREALM5Across41 SearchSCOUR5Across41 Amend to "a teal swimming on the river"ALTER5Across42 BirdRAVEN5Across42 Was in the top bunk and woke up too late?OVERSLEPT9Across43 PuzzleCROSSWORD9Across43 The person wandering round inside is pryingSNOOPER7Across44 MomentINSTANT7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AttitudeSTANCE6Down1 A ship is taking one to somewhere in ItalyASSISI6Down1 RangeSCOPE5Down1 CorrectlyPROPERLY8Down2 How much better it is than myopia?FARSIGHT8Down2 DancePOLKA5Down2 ConclusionTERMINATION11Down3 That's OK but are there no thick ones?ALLVERYFINE11Down3 ShelterLEE3Down3 CheeseCAMEMBERT9Down4 Not the part of the ghost but an important oneVITALROLE9Down4 ComingADVENT6Down4 EngraveETCH4Down5 BrokeSMASHED7Down5 After half a mile there's a change in the heart beatLEATHER7Down5 DecayROT3Down6 ComprehendUNDERSTAND10Down6 What the show jumping pony having an obvious ball had?CLEARROUND10Down6 UtterSPEAK5Down7 IdiotFOOL4Down7 Land is what the story is all aboutPLOT4Down7 TrivialPETTY5Down8 AccompanyESCORT6Down10 Goes ahead and gets the ticketsPASSES6Down10 LetterMISSIVE7Down11 With spring, there's a final melting of the ice encasing itELASTIC7Down11 Pull in and stopARREST6Down12 StealTHIEVE6Down12 LateOVERDUE7Down13 DecreeEDICT5Down14 UnderstandREALISE7Down16 YawnedGAPED5Down18 StitchSEW3Down19 GreatINTENSE7Down19 Said one didn't need to carry a gunNEGATED7Down19 She's game!LIONESS7Down21 KnowREALISE7Down21 Not everNEVER5Down22 Not much time to give you a summary?BRIEFMOMENT11Down24 AggressiveBELLIGERENT11Down24 EquipmentKIT3Down24 ReproveTAKETOTASK10Down26 Accepted the role of Fleming's Doctor or remained aloofTOOKNOPART10Down26 SwellDILATE6Down27 RequiredNECESSARY9Down28 A name written on the car chartAUTOGRAPH9Down28 SketchedDRAWN5Down28 An engine-driver, perhaps, at the station!FIREMAN7Down29 SoiledDIRTY5Down29 ReferenceMENTION7Down29 Gloss found in Tuvalu streetLUSTRE6Down30 YieldSUBMIT6Down30 ResponseREPLY5Down31 PenitentCONTRITE8Down32 Find it difficult to leave the ranks of the unemployedHAVEAJOB8Down32 DodgeELUDE5Down32 Many are parched by the heatSUNDRY6Down33 GiftTALENT6Down33 Shows the parson is having a jumble saleREVEALS7Down34 NothingZERO4Down34 DisappointmentLETDOWN7Down34 WagerBET3Down36 And notNOR3Down37 A painted dolly!SITTER6Down38 GulchRAVINE6Down38 Pet duckLOVE4Down40 ExtremelyVERY4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 14, 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.