Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 16 2023. 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

Assault61 AcrossReveal answer → Keg61 AcrossReveal answer → One better able to do his job?61 AcrossReveal answer → Frustrate65 AcrossReveal answer → In spite of everything87 AcrossReveal answer → Testy academic, former pit worker87 AcrossReveal answer → Such tennis simply isn't real!48 AcrossReveal answer → Seeds48 AcrossReveal answer → Fainter59 AcrossReveal answer → Wandered like me, in a way610 AcrossReveal answer → Wears away610 AcrossReveal answer → Frank610 AcrossReveal answer → Finishes near central Ruislip611 AcrossReveal answer → Pancake mix611 AcrossReveal answer → Washed out611 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded512 AcrossReveal answer → Put down some mousetraps314 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge414 AcrossReveal answer → Agent314 AcrossReveal answer → European river516 AcrossReveal answer → Notions said wrongly to include a foregone conclusion516 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap317 AcrossReveal answer → Heady items of appeal417 AcrossReveal answer → Cast off417 AcrossReveal answer → Sport418 AcrossReveal answer → One of those confused scraps519 AcrossReveal answer → Squander519 AcrossReveal answer → Jockey520 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared a bed in the garden521 AcrossReveal answer → Fertile spot521 AcrossReveal answer → Scope522 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment522 AcrossReveal answer → Taken down from the menu?522 AcrossReveal answer → To drive with it, you need a car key423 AcrossReveal answer → Denied723 AcrossReveal answer → Dim423 AcrossReveal answer → Shot524 AcrossReveal answer → It's hard to conceal love of hidden wealth526 AcrossReveal answer → Danger526 AcrossReveal answer → Fish526 AcrossReveal answer → Shoot into a container328 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose328 AcrossReveal answer → Half the main supply system is for her!629 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude429 AcrossReveal answer → Bad luck, informally629 AcrossReveal answer → Green, say630 AcrossReveal answer → The majority are about half dead and pretty small630 AcrossReveal answer → Couch330 AcrossReveal answer → Assist431 AcrossReveal answer → The bookie's chances of enrichment431 AcrossReveal answer → Begin832 AcrossReveal answer → One with a consuming interest in natural species832 AcrossReveal answer → Eat432 AcrossReveal answer → Command533 AcrossReveal answer → Antagonism, to saints, would be unnecessary!633 AcrossReveal answer → Cattle food633 AcrossReveal answer → Pang635 AcrossReveal answer → Bracelet636 AcrossReveal answer → Reappear537 AcrossReveal answer → Rough638 AcrossReveal answer → Nursed639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Supporter61 DownReveal answer → Concurs61 DownReveal answer → A quarter day?61 DownReveal answer → It's between Windsor and Eton62 DownReveal answer → Tolerated62 DownReveal answer → Sour62 DownReveal answer → Tear for the right purpose43 DownReveal answer → Girl43 DownReveal answer → Heroic43 DownReveal answer → Suggested one MP was dishonest74 DownReveal answer → Leaves74 DownReveal answer → Loaded54 DownReveal answer → Prickly plants55 DownReveal answer → Cap55 DownReveal answer → A supplier of seeds (from Siena?)55 DownReveal answer → Parched46 DownReveal answer → Being overweight can mean a lot56 DownReveal answer → Distress signal56 DownReveal answer → Tie67 DownReveal answer → Tolerate68 DownReveal answer → Tiny opening in the skin48 DownReveal answer → Latest heartless conclusion?48 DownReveal answer → Vigour39 DownReveal answer → Being foolish, we start trouble39 DownReveal answer → Of poetry, a modern piece?312 DownReveal answer → Definite article312 DownReveal answer → Quick to tangle with –27”513 DownReveal answer → Postponed713 DownReveal answer → Go in513 DownReveal answer → Of the nose515 DownReveal answer → Keeps wild dogs!515 DownReveal answer → Note515 DownReveal answer → Principle516 DownReveal answer → Paddled518 DownReveal answer → Large animal518 DownReveal answer → Continue working in west London518 DownReveal answer → It could be a coaster319 DownReveal answer → Anew519 DownReveal answer → Conflict319 DownReveal answer → In silence, how can he make a number of points?320 DownReveal answer → Drink gingerly320 DownReveal answer → Dai gets mixed up with Carl, the extremist721 DownReveal answer → Month721 DownReveal answer → Colour321 DownReveal answer → Material322 DownReveal answer → Demonstrate one's humanity322 DownReveal answer → Heavy-hearted322 DownReveal answer → Monetary unit623 DownReveal answer → A non-playing supporter of golf clubs623 DownReveal answer → At the summit424 DownReveal answer → Nurture624 DownReveal answer → Too long to wait for a half of sausages424 DownReveal answer → Ascending625 DownReveal answer → Note the condition of the property625 DownReveal answer → Martial art625 DownReveal answer → Little beast in joint office!526 DownReveal answer → Stun526 DownReveal answer → Encircled627 DownReveal answer → Consent to change gear at the end of the race527 DownReveal answer → Capacious527 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs328 DownReveal answer → Myth628 DownReveal answer → An odd rhyme for almost anyone328 DownReveal answer → Either letter comes early in the day430 DownReveal answer → Cook430 DownReveal answer → Generate530 DownReveal answer → Outcoming531 DownReveal answer → Monster433 DownReveal answer → Unusual434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. 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.