Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 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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Legitimate61 AcrossReveal answer → Active enough to chuck the doctor in the river!64 AcrossReveal answer → Royal residence64 AcrossReveal answer → Frustrate65 AcrossReveal answer → Slaughterhouse87 AcrossReveal answer → She takes the ring road, wrongly87 AcrossReveal answer → It's good for the car, but bad for the cylinders68 AcrossReveal answer → Keep88 AcrossReveal answer → Slanting type68 AcrossReveal answer → Noisy49 AcrossReveal answer → Marsh310 AcrossReveal answer → Acute anxiety510 AcrossReveal answer → He manages to clean a weapon510 AcrossReveal answer → Father512 AcrossReveal answer → Virtuous413 AcrossReveal answer → When about right, they can be fine413 AcrossReveal answer → Stinging insect414 AcrossReveal answer → In jug, we're put out!414 AcrossReveal answer → Worry about the guitar part415 AcrossReveal answer → Atmosphere415 AcrossReveal answer → Stitch315 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly any316 AcrossReveal answer → Modern in only one way316 AcrossReveal answer → Monstrous person417 AcrossReveal answer → Long, poetic old record, I see417 AcrossReveal answer → Employ317 AcrossReveal answer → Irritate318 AcrossReveal answer → Tune319 AcrossReveal answer → Figure to get one for half a dollar419 AcrossReveal answer → Send by post419 AcrossReveal answer → Fiend520 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern321 AcrossReveal answer → Hurry up921 AcrossReveal answer → Survived the storm the worse for wear921 AcrossReveal answer → Spring322 AcrossReveal answer → Flavouring that makes many unwell?423 AcrossReveal answer → Total323 AcrossReveal answer → Grime423 AcrossReveal answer → Still flat424 AcrossReveal answer → Shelter324 AcrossReveal answer → Of sound mind424 AcrossReveal answer → Full of holes, it doesn't really hold water326 AcrossReveal answer → Spoon526 AcrossReveal answer → Unopened flower326 AcrossReveal answer → Land covered currently by the engineers?427 AcrossReveal answer → Take notice of427 AcrossReveal answer → Walker's place of employment?429 AcrossReveal answer → Pasty329 AcrossReveal answer → Primates429 AcrossReveal answer → She also grows beautiful on water432 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces432 AcrossReveal answer → She's quiet, noble, and related to '4 Down'533 AcrossReveal answer → Ignoble433 AcrossReveal answer → Customary533 AcrossReveal answer → Turn Oscar out anew as a singer634 AcrossReveal answer → Leant834 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten or join634 AcrossReveal answer → Royal station835 AcrossReveal answer → Harsh635 AcrossReveal answer → Borrowing charge835 AcrossReveal answer → Charm everybody at the waterside636 AcrossReveal answer → Mat636 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign language636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Parrot type51 DownReveal answer → Old tales re-edited51 DownReveal answer → Vigilant52 DownReveal answer → Suspends52 DownReveal answer → He showed some cleverness as an author52 DownReveal answer → Move slowly to the brink43 DownReveal answer → Let it stand43 DownReveal answer → Tooth43 DownReveal answer → Previous, preceding54 DownReveal answer → Point to '27' as the mother of '33 Across'54 DownReveal answer → Animal54 DownReveal answer → Tint55 DownReveal answer → Heavy metal45 DownReveal answer → Spoils of war?45 DownReveal answer → Gait46 DownReveal answer → Hand tool66 DownReveal answer → He's a hero to the Spanish66 DownReveal answer → Way57 DownReveal answer → Unanimously69 DownReveal answer → Dress causing a teetotaller keen displeasure?69 DownReveal answer → Feeble510 DownReveal answer → Out West, a novice is a mere tool311 DownReveal answer → Horse311 DownReveal answer → Tend511 DownReveal answer → Animal's trail512 DownReveal answer → Cycle512 DownReveal answer → You can credit a fish with finishing up in one512 DownReveal answer → Fearful513 DownReveal answer → A field sport it's possible to reach by railway713 DownReveal answer → Estimates713 DownReveal answer → Wash out514 DownReveal answer → Stint515 DownReveal answer → In good shape, you can have a bit of fun with it315 DownReveal answer → Noah's vessel315 DownReveal answer → Flinch516 DownReveal answer → Show willing316 DownReveal answer → Seizure316 DownReveal answer → Architectural style618 DownReveal answer → Where dad could sail around on the floor?618 DownReveal answer → Thick poles embedded in water520 DownReveal answer → Regions520 DownReveal answer → Cover321 DownReveal answer → White? Not he, the clever fellow!321 DownReveal answer → Senseless, foolish322 DownReveal answer → She anticipates the day322 DownReveal answer → Cleaning cloth623 DownReveal answer → A small point that gives some detective 'trouble'623 DownReveal answer → Vegetable325 DownReveal answer → An exclamation, not really of scorn!325 DownReveal answer → Avoid525 DownReveal answer → Lithe527 DownReveal answer → Legal528 DownReveal answer → Moral principle528 DownReveal answer → Split piece of garlic528 DownReveal answer → Hot-headed, breezy and hirsute530 DownReveal answer → Pulped fruit or veg530 DownReveal answer → Perfect530 DownReveal answer → Gala431 DownReveal answer → Ask that only the end of the needle be stuck in a cushion531 DownReveal answer → Censure, informally531 DownReveal answer → Did she twice give the Luvvers a start?432 DownReveal answer → Cutting remark432 DownReveal answer → Oven432 DownReveal answer → Tape head?433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 17, 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.