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Evening Standard Crossword May 15 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 15 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 130 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#
ContentedHAPPY5Across1 Glasses, informallySPECS5Across3 Look after your tickerWATCH5Across3 HolySACRED6Across5 Possibly cools enginesLOCOS5Across8 EvenLEVEL5Across8 Not sadHAPPY5Across8 PlacidSERENE6Across10 That chap with Harris?LEWIS5Across10 BodeAUGUR5Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 He's more than a masterMAN3Across11 Impudent talkLIP3Across11 The modernised jug at Preston's North EndNEWER5Across12 InclinesLEANS5Across12 BullfighterMATADOR7Across13 Familiar name for a sheep (male)BERTRAM7Across13 SpongyPOROUS6Across14 Military traineeCADET5Across15 PerseverePERSIST7Across15 Said to be not exactly localVOCAL5Across15 As an operatic part, a villainRAT3Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 DecomposeROT3Across18 Historically a family of maltreated mice - about 501MEDICI6Across19 AngerIRE3Across19 DoglikeCANINE6Across19 Say in passingMENTION7Across21 In favour, not only with fatherPOPULAR7Across21 InformTELL4Across21 If good-heated would be regal, it's trueREAL4Across22 GreetHAIL4Across22 TipPOINT5Across23 Stinging insectWASP4Across23 One's leisure is in the balanceREST4Across23 Virginia, wildly embraced by Edgar, is devastated!RAVAGED7Across24 RefereeARBITER7Across24 AidHELP4Across24 Fortified wineSHERRY6Across26 Is the Royal Astronomical Society such a body?ASTRAL6Across26 ScoldNAG3Across27 DoltOAF3Across29 LettuceCOS3Across29 A bit of a fidget, you understandGET3Across29 TheftLARCENY7Across31 AntitoxinSERUM5Across31 Trifled with a game fellow?TOYED5Across31 Studious group of assorted marinesSEMINAR7Across32 Childish fit of rageTANTRUM7Across32 DeceivedMISLED6Across32 He only has two wheelsBIKER5Across34 RationalSANE4Across34 TagLABEL5Across34 Chap an angler wouldn't be withoutROD3Across35 LoopholeEYELET6Across35 Wheat spikeEAR3Across35 A sign of diminished dash?MINUS5Across36 ManagedCOPED5Across36 The grass one is of marginal interestVERGE5Across37 ImpulsesURGES5Across37 SwordSABRE5Across38 She will shortly give out the moneySHELL5Across38 LoadedLADEN5Across38 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 ExpiateATONE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Festive occasionsGALAS5Down1 Typical American poet?HOMER5Down1 ClothingAPPAREL7Down2 HatchetAXE3Down2 Manage to keep cool about some intractable lettersCONTROL7Down2 GratifyPLEASE6Down3 NoblemanPEER4Down4 LongingYEN3Down4 Menahem has a little coughAHEM4Down4 SmackSLAP4Down5 It's smart to join Charlie at the barCLEVER6Down5 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Down5 WineCLARET6Down6 Girl's nameSUSAN5Down6 King of a wild hordeHEROD5Down6 MaidenDAMSEL6Down7 Female monarchQUEEN5Down7 One may be within call, as in the gardenLILAC5Down7 MinePIT3Down9 Vehicle in a crack-upCAR3Down9 RenderingVERSION7Down9 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down12 For Alan to break out of a terrible rut is reasonableNATURAL7Down12 DockLOP3Down12 TenderSORE4Down13 Is such music a bit contrapuntal?RAP3Down14 Put onDON3Down14 RimEDGE4Down16 Quoted wrongly from the dictionary!CITED5Down16 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Down16 TestTRIAL5Down17 Enumerates 51 streets?LISTS5Down17 EnticeTEMPT5Down17 FunnyCOMICAL7Down19 A German team coach, possibly?MANAGER7Down19 Board gameCHESS5Down20 AffiancedENGAGED7Down20 Yarmouth can be said to be such a resortGREAT5Down20 SkinflintMISER5Down21 Patsy's upset, looking pallidPASTY5Down21 SlenderLEAN4Down22 Horse operaWESTERN7Down23 Went back to bedRETIRED7Down23 ImpedeHAMPER6Down24 Unwise to take a girl in for something to eatRADISH6Down24 Fleet of shipsARMADA6Down24 Unit of weightTON3Down25 DefeatLOSS4Down25 It's worth a lot in managementGEM3Down25 TastePALATE6Down26 Wading birdHERON5Down27 The firm is old, surprisinglySOLID5Down27 GovernsRULES5Down28 Puzzle concerning passenger transportREBUS5Down28 StressACCENT6Down28 What cool-headed, possibly aged beggars doCADGE5Down30 MarshlandFEN3Down30 HealsCURES5Down30 Animal of wax?SEAL4Down32 RipTEAR4Down32 Neither gets the number rightNOR3Down33 ValeDELL4Down33 Torn clothRAG3Down33 TrulyYEA3Down36 AgeEON3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. 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.