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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 16 2018. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Decorative plaster61 AcrossReveal answer → Location41 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch courage?61 AcrossReveal answer → Task34 AcrossReveal answer → Banner46 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument87 AcrossReveal answer → Evict from a girl's home87 AcrossReveal answer → Orb68 AcrossReveal answer → Surface extent of a square amphitheatre48 AcrossReveal answer → Whip48 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden69 AcrossReveal answer → Equipment310 AcrossReveal answer → Not fit to be part of the business610 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed beard610 AcrossReveal answer → Leg bone611 AcrossReveal answer → Is available in tins, perhaps, if you demand611 AcrossReveal answer → Material512 AcrossReveal answer → Encountered314 AcrossReveal answer → There can be only one winner314 AcrossReveal answer → Started514 AcrossReveal answer → Keen515 AcrossReveal answer → Melodies516 AcrossReveal answer → Land of liberated laity516 AcrossReveal answer → Turn red, almost, with all that blood417 AcrossReveal answer → Experts417 AcrossReveal answer → Promise618 AcrossReveal answer → It's paid to many an individual on the 4th of July519 AcrossReveal answer → Desires, expectations519 AcrossReveal answer → Astonished620 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves a contribution for the salad521 AcrossReveal answer → Handle521 AcrossReveal answer → Deeply distressed, all to pieces522 AcrossReveal answer → Collier522 AcrossReveal answer → Whitish423 AcrossReveal answer → Shoots for trophies423 AcrossReveal answer → Observed524 AcrossReveal answer → Player's first game526 AcrossReveal answer → Pry526 AcrossReveal answer → Points to a piece of work by a Spaniard526 AcrossReveal answer → He's a bit decadent328 AcrossReveal answer → Artless528 AcrossReveal answer → Drinks counter328 AcrossReveal answer → Between cigarette ends, the band will fawn or grovel629 AcrossReveal answer → Proverbs629 AcrossReveal answer → Crafty330 AcrossReveal answer → Easy630 AcrossReveal answer → I leave a fighting man to form a union630 AcrossReveal answer → They have beaks (or hooters?)431 AcrossReveal answer → Surprise attack431 AcrossReveal answer → Foretells a woman's secret in the newspapers832 AcrossReveal answer → Condition632 AcrossReveal answer → Admission832 AcrossReveal answer → He's the boss, dear fellow633 AcrossReveal answer → Lure633 AcrossReveal answer → Test633 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy434 AcrossReveal answer → Hill335 AcrossReveal answer → Valley436 AcrossReveal answer →

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Mark of disgrace61 DownReveal answer → Bent on milking the applause?61 DownReveal answer → Student52 DownReveal answer → How often to have hot cereal on Tuesday62 DownReveal answer → Storage containers62 DownReveal answer → Darts line43 DownReveal answer → Handled73 DownReveal answer → Made up with cheese43 DownReveal answer → Pet arrangement in Spain for the Spanish74 DownReveal answer → Scoff44 DownReveal answer → Referee74 DownReveal answer → Boast45 DownReveal answer → As a joke55 DownReveal answer → Her mother has a strange air55 DownReveal answer → Smithy56 DownReveal answer → Sort of larceny associated with cash56 DownReveal answer → Book of maps56 DownReveal answer → Pacify77 DownReveal answer → Weak, unconvincing48 DownReveal answer → How one may travel in seafaring48 DownReveal answer → Harden39 DownReveal answer → Sooner than get here breathless39 DownReveal answer → Freeze311 DownReveal answer → Hardly the place to live in style!312 DownReveal answer → Headgear312 DownReveal answer → Clippie's vehicle312 DownReveal answer → Was unaware of breaking step going round the corner513 DownReveal answer → Crone313 DownReveal answer → Horizontal513 DownReveal answer → Transferred515 DownReveal answer → As an officer, he has his own chair515 DownReveal answer → Information316 DownReveal answer → Rodent317 DownReveal answer → Peripheral tour arranged around mid-September518 DownReveal answer → Managed518 DownReveal answer → Basis of wrestling?319 DownReveal answer → Mild719 DownReveal answer → Farmyard bird319 DownReveal answer → A little drink with a pin-up320 DownReveal answer → For every320 DownReveal answer → His dark deeds needn't be at night721 DownReveal answer → Males321 DownReveal answer → Word for word721 DownReveal answer → Adjusted722 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel322 DownReveal answer → Deceive a man of conviction322 DownReveal answer → Mollify623 DownReveal answer → Looking sickly, paid about £50623 DownReveal answer → Owing323 DownReveal answer → Dry424 DownReveal answer → But they could be evens!424 DownReveal answer → Excused625 DownReveal answer → A good talking to625 DownReveal answer → Lubricate325 DownReveal answer → Opportunity to use vision?526 DownReveal answer → People from Denmark526 DownReveal answer → Frequently527 DownReveal answer → Spicy Indian dish527 DownReveal answer → Finer resort and tourist centre527 DownReveal answer → Bleat328 DownReveal answer → Female dairy supplier328 DownReveal answer → Spoken529 DownReveal answer → It's fair to use the same word twice430 DownReveal answer → Chair430 DownReveal answer → Worry430 DownReveal answer → Annum431 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.