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Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 14 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 125 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#
StonePEBBLE6Across1 Quick to take a break in the officePRESTO6Across1 ClearingGLADE5Across1 SquanderedWASTED6Across5 Not the king of plums!VICTORIA8Across7 PractiseREHEARSE8Across7 Open tartFLAN4Across8 AngryIRATE5Across8 Get very heatedBAKE4Across8 AssertALLEGE6Across10 Little house on top of a damHOOVER6Across10 CakeGATEAU6Across10 SuaveURBANE6Across11 Very important old city manURGENT6Across11 ParchedARID4Across11 Land measureARE3Across14 WanderingROVING6Across14 Simenon made a lot of noise about themMEN3Across14 JournalGAZETTE7Across15 AcclaimKUDOS5Across16 It's Wednesday, so duck a dunderhead in the river!TODAY5Across16 Male voiceALTO4Across17 They're bony and cagyRIBS4Across17 TavernINN3Across19 GiantTITAN5Across19 Space traveller, tailedCOMET5Across19 He's a card!JOKER5Across21 PeruseREAD4Across21 Fastening pinRIVET5Across21 Sign for the inputCARET5Across22 Evil spiritDEMON5Across22 EngineMOTOR5Across23 Lubber doing a clean-up jobSWAB4Across23 RaspFILE4Across23 ImpetuousRASH4Across24 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across26 Astonishing start at universityASTON5Across26 EntrapNET3Across27 Being knotty, it takes a bit of patienceTIE3Across28 ThrowLOB3Across28 Having cracked his nut, is prevented from leavingSHUTIN6Across29 PlanetURANUS6Across29 TreeOAK3Across29 The boss may be a mere boyMASTER6Across30 ProfessionCAREER6Across30 VertexAPEX4Across31 EmitRADIATE7Across31 Chooses a different spotOPTS4Across31 SaidSTATED6Across32 Unmarried manBACHELOR8Across32 Birds giving a brownish grey fantail a nasty sock!DUNNOCKS8Across32 TasksDUTIES6Across33 When a trout swims drunkenly around Beachy Head, it's definitely fishy!TURBOT6Across33 CattleKINE4Across34 DawdleLOITER6Across35 FoodBREAD5Across38 InstructedTAUGHT6Across39 SpreeREVEL5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Person behind the movement of drugsPUSHER6Down1 Straw hatPANAMA6Down1 Workers putting minced veal into a vesselSLAVES6Down2 DanceBOLERO6Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 Sea eagleERNE4Down3 Done too muchOVER4Down3 FuelDIESEL6Down3 South African mongooseMEERKAT7Down4 A beginner in athletics?STARTER7Down4 EpochERA3Down4 StepTREAD5Down5 SportWEAR4Down5 Give credit to some of the needy, for faithCREED5Down5 SliceSLIVER6Down6 YieldsCEDES5Down6 Political group, crafty on the quiet?PARTY5Down6 DeterminedDOGGED6Down7 HorizontalFLAT4Down8 Robert obtaining millions proves a failureBOMB4Down8 Man of KentKEN3Down9 SaleAUCTION7Down9 GenerationAGE3Down9 When shot, go to the treatment centreGOT3Down12 RollBUN3Down12 DecayROT3Down12 She had a difference with DianaNADIA5Down13 OriginalNOVEL5Down13 EatDINE4Down13 A game faced impassivelyPOKER5Down15 Piece of turfDIVOT5Down15 AtmosphereAURA4Down16 Go inENTER5Down17 Whiskey peopleIRISH5Down18 Of the moonLUNAR5Down18 What cockneys say when they see gold?COR3Down19 Boy's nameTIM3Down19 Rail line I may join in timeMET3Down20 NumberTEN3Down20 FamousNOTABLE7Down20 It's a job, after one short month, to compose a trioJANITOR7Down21 RestartsRESUMES7Down21 AdjoinABUT4Down22 You may not remember resting thereinCOT3Down22 Karate expertDAN3Down22 WoodFOREST6Down23 A relative in hospitalSISTER6Down23 DislikeRESENT6Down24 Mountain goatIBEX4Down24 Cook up a disparaging term for MPsWETS4Down24 SteepSOAK4Down25 Deprived of beer, perhaps, by a certain measureBEREFT6Down25 ExitEGRESS6Down25 Sadie, upset when separatedASIDE5Down26 PlumpTUBBY5Down26 LoathingHATING6Down26 AreaPATCH5Down27 Goes round when using the right nutsTURNS5Down27 PartDIVIDE6Down28 It's apt to be turned onTAP3Down28 CircuitLAP3Down28 Thick paperCARD4Down30 Nearly all use a self-starter during a car testMOST4Down30 KnowledgeKEN3Down30 LiabilityDEBT4Down33 ScullOAR3Down36 StretchEKE3Down37

About this puzzle

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