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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 16 2024. 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
Unit of gold purity51 AcrossReveal answer → Gardener's means of dislodging a worm out of the earth?51 AcrossReveal answer → Robust52 AcrossReveal answer → Hundreds of scent manufacturers56 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name56 AcrossReveal answer → Defraud57 AcrossReveal answer → Of sound58 AcrossReveal answer → Appropriate79 AcrossReveal answer → Notably lacking sharpness or flatness79 AcrossReveal answer → Resolute510 AcrossReveal answer → Severe510 AcrossReveal answer → Toothy girl?510 AcrossReveal answer → Expels511 AcrossReveal answer → All night refreshment ?511 AcrossReveal answer → Hackneyed512 AcrossReveal answer → More than a cuppa!512 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth312 AcrossReveal answer → Apart from713 AcrossReveal answer → They afflict people much more than ague713 AcrossReveal answer → Case513 AcrossReveal answer → Supplied from the safe deposit315 AcrossReveal answer → Decide715 AcrossReveal answer → Apple seed315 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument used in early recordings417 AcrossReveal answer → Eager617 AcrossReveal answer → Dry417 AcrossReveal answer → To live with a goddess will only be bewildering!618 AcrossReveal answer → Eye membrane618 AcrossReveal answer → Clamour319 AcrossReveal answer → Believes one is in touch?519 AcrossReveal answer → Story, level519 AcrossReveal answer → The less bright learner is in worse disarray620 AcrossReveal answer → Card suit620 AcrossReveal answer → Emptied720 AcrossReveal answer → Leander had her love422 AcrossReveal answer → Minus422 AcrossReveal answer → Manger423 AcrossReveal answer → Derby, perhaps?324 AcrossReveal answer → Afflict324 AcrossReveal answer → Loaned425 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp reply725 AcrossReveal answer → To end the fight for a cause in criminal!725 AcrossReveal answer → Measure just about half of it526 AcrossReveal answer → Cloud726 AcrossReveal answer → Tarnish526 AcrossReveal answer → Paved area527 AcrossReveal answer → Couldn't you listen to him for a fiver?527 AcrossReveal answer → That homely forename528 AcrossReveal answer → Ablaze528 AcrossReveal answer → Fish eater digesting plaice at mid-morning729 AcrossReveal answer → Winner's badge729 AcrossReveal answer → Horse with a saintly head530 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name530 AcrossReveal answer → Odd330 AcrossReveal answer → Burst out531 AcrossReveal answer → Musical piece631 AcrossReveal answer → Annoyed when infested with rodents?531 AcrossReveal answer → Dishevelled734 AcrossReveal answer → Truck537 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage338 AcrossReveal answer → Hell539 AcrossReveal answer → Rendezvous540 AcrossReveal answer → Compassion541 AcrossReveal answer → Torment542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Clipped51 DownReveal answer → Branched horn62 DownReveal answer → Hurry52 DownReveal answer → Only embraces gym work, frankly62 DownReveal answer → Undertake to get into gear?63 DownReveal answer → Turn up63 DownReveal answer → Frightened63 DownReveal answer → Grim44 DownReveal answer → Bright boy34 DownReveal answer → Metallic element34 DownReveal answer → Officer75 DownReveal answer → Units deployed in N. Africa55 DownReveal answer → Celebrities55 DownReveal answer → Riddle56 DownReveal answer → Buildings requiring a hundred new slates76 DownReveal answer → One more76 DownReveal answer → She turns up in Northallerton47 DownReveal answer → Fever47 DownReveal answer → They're apt to have their variations68 DownReveal answer → Acquire68 DownReveal answer → Nothing39 DownReveal answer → Irksome711 DownReveal answer → Run out and look around for a tin opener512 DownReveal answer → Informs512 DownReveal answer → About513 DownReveal answer → Light wood513 DownReveal answer → Softer than velvet? That's rich!513 DownReveal answer → Garret514 DownReveal answer → Bit of jargon used on the third of October514 DownReveal answer → Rope fibre514 DownReveal answer → Too much juice will melt them515 DownReveal answer → Heaps515 DownReveal answer → Transgression316 DownReveal answer → Outmoded516 DownReveal answer → He has some more in his own room, the devil!516 DownReveal answer → Victory718 DownReveal answer → Songbird518 DownReveal answer → Shout very audibly at Tony?518 DownReveal answer → Always ate out when it was hot719 DownReveal answer → Garland719 DownReveal answer → In being on loan, half the team have a moan621 DownReveal answer → Corsair621 DownReveal answer → Exclude521 DownReveal answer → Idler622 DownReveal answer → Smoky city?622 DownReveal answer → Wander522 DownReveal answer → Set in motion623 DownReveal answer → Old Bill's traditional name, formally623 DownReveal answer → Offices724 DownReveal answer → Stair part525 DownReveal answer → Follow the transcript of the trial525 DownReveal answer → Show dissatisfaction with a bad poem426 DownReveal answer → To father426 DownReveal answer → Silent327 DownReveal answer → A somewhat shocking drink?328 DownReveal answer → Had food328 DownReveal answer → Grave628 DownReveal answer → Penetrate529 DownReveal answer → Curious532 DownReveal answer → Trail533 DownReveal answer → Knowledge335 DownReveal answer → Piquancy436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 16, 2024. 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.