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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2019 answers. The Thursday 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#
MovableMOBILE6Across1 It's the men aboard ship that hold things togetherSCREWS6Across4 Excuse, forgivePARDON6Across4 RescueSAVE4Across5 Little Lil, all broken up in a crashSMALLISH8Across7 VegetableBROCCOLI8Across7 Consents to take time about finishing a procedureAGREES6Across8 Distinguished, famousOFNOTE6Across8 OverallSMOCK5Across8 NothingNIL3Across9 ShocksSTUNS5Across10 PenCOOP4Across10 Many a bout is shrouded in uncertaintyDOUBT5Across10 RitualRITE4Across11 SymbolTOKEN5Across12 Snooker rodsCUES4Across13 Active agent hiding a ringleaderSPRY4Across13 TintedTINGED6Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 Brewery vessel?EWER4Across14 Both articles are femaleTHEA4Across15 GaelicERSE4Across15 JabberYAP3Across16 Being quiet at home has its pointPIN3Across16 SplitRIFT4Across16 Port areaACRE4Across17 Roman emperorNERO4Across17 MangerCRIB4Across18 Make beerBREW4Across19 Might its point trouble you?NAIL4Across19 MarshFEN3Across20 Telephone sellingTELESALES9Across21 A signal indeed easily picked upVERYLIGHT9Across21 OceanSEA3Across22 Greek letterBETA4Across23 You need a cool head on a rough sea, for instanceCASE4Across23 StrikeHIT3Across23 It grows, we hear, in midstreamTREE4Across24 WitherFADE4Across24 PaceSTEP4Across24 InclineTEND4Across25 How some like it, musicallyHOT3Across26 LairDEN3Across26 Try to meet someone for a cocktailSEEK4Across27 Cedar, sayTREE4Across27 LeashTETHER6Across28 On unfamiliar ground?AWAY4Across29 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 StartleALARM5Across30 Highly skilled in astronomy, possiblySTAR4Across32 InsectsBEES4Across32 GapHOLE4Across32 Love the way Dora gets to the heart of menADORE5Across33 StoryTALE4Across33 Shallow round dishPLATE5Across33 Lax in sorting out misersREMISS6Across34 CookFRY3Across34 Non-liquid foodSOLIDS6Across34 The ends of the earth, eh?EXTREMES8Across35 PerformedACTED5Across35 UnsafeINSECURE8Across35 Bet a thousand instead, possiblySTAKED6Across36 HazeMIST4Across36 SinewTENDON6Across36 PhlegmaticSTOLID6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChasmABYSS5Down1 SmallMINUTE6Down1 By the way, Sid's in Accident and EmergencyASIDE5Down1 PoisedBALANCED8Down2 Influential personMOGUL5Down2 Figure a complaint to be unspecificVAGUE5Down2 Dull place to live?FLAT4Down3 PerformsACTS4Down3 CupboardLOCKER6Down3 Style to copy on the quiet?SHAPE5Down4 GodlyPIOUS5Down4 SignificantIMPORTANT9Down4 SquealSCREECH7Down5 ManagesRUNS4Down5 He's nominally in error, you knowRORY4Down5 RelatedAKIN4Down6 Creature we're down on, being no goodWEEVIL6Down6 To banOUTLAW6Down6 AlwaysEVER4Down7 DrunkardSOT3Down8 FrailFEEBLE6Down9 A place in the country is a good choiceGRANGE6Down9 Pull with a ropeTOW3Down11 The love we have to giveOWE3Down11 Sabre dance on Scottish hillsBRAES5Down12 Group of nineNONET5Down12 Lets her free to seek refugeSHELTER7Down13 TraversesCROSSES7Down13 TwistedDISTORTED9Down14 BeforeERE3Down15 HealthyFIT3Down15 Shot a duck out of the blueTRY3Down15 Opposite of noYES3Down16 Tip-up seat location?PIT3Down16 ChargeFEE3Down17 See lies as heraldic devices!CRESTS6Down18 Very happyELATED6Down18 LawfulRIGHTFUL8Down19 More advanced as a teacherAHEAD5Down20 ObeseFAT3Down20 Ward offREPEL5Down20 Private vessel?VAT3Down21 NumberTEN3Down21 IgnoreNEGLECT7Down21 In a quirky sort of way, be a bore!IRK3Down22 Had foodATE3Down22 Hidden, yet quite obvious to CharlieCOVERT6Down23 Develop intoBECOME6Down23 WagerBET3Down25 Notedly warm hearted listenerEAR3Down25 AbandonDESERT6Down26 WornFRAYED6Down27 Tree sapRESIN5Down28 Gently manoeuvred into being less toughEASED5Down28 BogusSHAM4Down29 Creatures going to earth, perhapsWORMS5Down30 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down30 FactDATUM5Down30 At no timeNEVER5Down31 FrenziedMAD3Down31 Verily, a saint when there's something brewing!YEAST5Down31 One of those courtroom smoothiesSILK4Down32 Feathered friendBIRD4Down32 River rising in SiberiaAIRE4Down33 BardPOET4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 16, 2019. 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.