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Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 16 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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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Unit of gold purityCARAT5Across1 Gardener's means of dislodging a worm out of the earth?MOWER5Across1 RobustHARDY5Across2 Hundreds of scent manufacturersCENTS5Across6 Boy's nameAARON5Across6 DefraudCHEAT5Across7 Of soundSONIC5Across8 AppropriateFITTING7Across9 Notably lacking sharpness or flatnessNATURAL7Across9 ResoluteSTOUT5Across10 SevereSTERN5Across10 Toothy girl?PEGGY5Across10 ExpelsOUSTS5Across11 All night refreshment ?SLEEP5Across11 HackneyedTRITE5Across12 More than a cuppa!PINTA5Across12 UntruthLIE3Across12 Apart fromBESIDES7Across13 They afflict people much more than aguePLAGUES7Across13 CaseCRATE5Across13 Supplied from the safe depositFED3Across15 DecideRESOLVE7Across15 Apple seedPIP3Across15 Instrument used in early recordingsLYRE4Across17 EagerINTENT6Across17 DryARID4Across17 To live with a goddess will only be bewildering!BEMUSE6Across18 Eye membraneRETINA6Across18 ClamourDIN3Across19 Believes one is in touch?FEELS5Across19 Story, levelFLOOR5Across19 The less bright learner is in worse disarraySLOWER6Across20 Card suitSPADES6Across20 EmptiedDRAINED7Across20 Leander had her loveHERO4Across22 MinusLESS4Across22 MangerCRIB4Across23 Derby, perhaps?HAT3Across24 AfflictAIL3Across24 LoanedLENT4Across25 Sharp replyRIPOSTE7Across25 To end the fight for a cause in criminal!TREASON7Across25 Measure just about half of itMETRE5Across26 CloudCUMULUS7Across26 TarnishSTAIN5Across26 Paved areaPATIO5Across27 Couldn't you listen to him for a fiver?TENOR5Across27 That homely forenameJAMES5Across28 AblazeAFIRE5Across28 Fish eater digesting plaice at mid-morningPELICAN7Across29 Winner's badgeROSETTE7Across29 Horse with a saintly headSTEED5Across30 Woman's nameHELEN5Across30 OddRUM3Across30 Burst outERUPT5Across31 Musical pieceSONATA6Across31 Annoyed when infested with rodents?RATTY5Across31 DishevelledUNKEMPT7Across34 TruckLORRY5Across37 BeverageTEA3Across38 HellHADES5Across39 RendezvousVENUE5Across40 CompassionMERCY5Across41 TormentAGONY5Across42

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ClippedSHORN5Down1 Branched hornANTLER6Down2 HurryHASTE5Down2 Only embraces gym work, franklyOPENLY6Down2 Undertake to get into gear?ENGAGE6Down3 Turn upATTEND6Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 GrimDOUR4Down4 Bright boyRAY3Down4 Metallic elementTIN3Down4 OfficerCOLONEL7Down5 Units deployed in N. AfricaTUNIS5Down5 CelebritiesSTARS5Down5 RiddleSIEVE5Down6 Buildings requiring a hundred new slatesCASTLES7Down6 One moreANOTHER7Down6 She turns up in NorthallertonELLA4Down7 FeverAGUE4Down7 They're apt to have their variationsTHEMES6Down8 AcquireOBTAIN6Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 IrksomeTEDIOUS7Down11 Run out and look around for a tin openerPETER5Down12 InformsTELLS5Down12 AboutCIRCA5Down13 Light woodBALSA5Down13 Softer than velvet? That's rich!PLUSH5Down13 GarretATTIC5Down14 Bit of jargon used on the third of OctoberARGOT5Down14 Rope fibreSISAL5Down14 Too much juice will melt themFUSES5Down15 HeapsPILES5Down15 TransgressionSIN3Down16 OutmodedPASSE5Down16 He has some more in his own room, the devil!DEMON5Down16 VictoryTRIUMPH7Down18 SongbirdROBIN5Down18 Shout very audibly at Tony?BLARE5Down18 Always ate out when it was hotFEVERED7Down19 GarlandFESTOON7Down19 In being on loan, half the team have a moanLAMENT6Down21 CorsairPIRATE6Down21 ExcludeDEBAR5Down21 IdlerLOAFER6Down22 Smoky city?HAVANA6Down22 WanderSTRAY5Down22 Set in motionSTIRUP6Down23 Old Bill's traditional name, formallyROBERT6Down23 OfficesBUREAUX7Down24 Stair partRISER5Down25 Follow the transcript of the trialTRAIL5Down25 Show dissatisfaction with a bad poemMOPE4Down26 To fatherSIRE4Down26 SilentMUM3Down27 A somewhat shocking drink?JAR3Down28 Had foodATE3Down28 GraveSOLEMN6Down28 PenetrateENTER5Down29 CuriousNOSEY5Down32 TrailTRACK5Down33 KnowledgeKEN3Down35 PiquancyTANG4Down36

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