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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 2019. 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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Trite51 AcrossReveal answer → Outskirts65 AcrossReveal answer → Rib58 AcrossReveal answer → “The Betrayal” is a big box office success78 AcrossReveal answer → Polish dance78 AcrossReveal answer → Unassertive99 AcrossReveal answer → Be informed about, in a puff?99 AcrossReveal answer → Hired610 AcrossReveal answer → Telephoned411 AcrossReveal answer → Passenger vessel513 AcrossReveal answer → He is out of the pram, prepared to walk513 AcrossReveal answer → Colour514 AcrossReveal answer → Ending614 AcrossReveal answer → Find, when you make a copy of514 AcrossReveal answer → Odd715 AcrossReveal answer → It’s wrong to put people through awful pain715 AcrossReveal answer → Permitted715 AcrossReveal answer → Proceeds or goes back716 AcrossReveal answer → Retort716 AcrossReveal answer → Is it half the battle getting hold of the deed?517 AcrossReveal answer → Deadly517 AcrossReveal answer → “Police,” you say. “Brake!”518 AcrossReveal answer → Permit318 AcrossReveal answer → Reel518 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit319 AcrossReveal answer → The characteristic look and walk520 AcrossReveal answer → Obsequious person520 AcrossReveal answer → Bargain421 AcrossReveal answer → The line that’s supporting you622 AcrossReveal answer → Spite622 AcrossReveal answer → Several doctors, about five, the fellow dismissed623 AcrossReveal answer → Happen523 AcrossReveal answer → Fractions623 AcrossReveal answer → Flutter424 AcrossReveal answer → A tense “Hand it over”725 AcrossReveal answer → Frog larva725 AcrossReveal answer → As an alternative727 AcrossReveal answer → Wander327 AcrossReveal answer → Pretend to get on727 AcrossReveal answer → Pep329 AcrossReveal answer → He’s unimportant, yes; a little backward, no630 AcrossReveal answer → Noon630 AcrossReveal answer → Veto731 AcrossReveal answer → Small restaurant631 AcrossReveal answer → Warning about that shelter631 AcrossReveal answer → The remaining ones we’re told to pull off532 AcrossReveal answer → Worshipped632 AcrossReveal answer → Rabbit cage532 AcrossReveal answer → Decline434 AcrossReveal answer → Hide, having a nap535 AcrossReveal answer → Tendon535 AcrossReveal answer → Resident635 AcrossReveal answer → Employment agency given a fifty per cent cut by us536 AcrossReveal answer → Smell536 AcrossReveal answer → Glass737 AcrossReveal answer → Boob going into the bank with a dog737 AcrossReveal answer → Contradict538 AcrossReveal answer → First letter739 AcrossReveal answer → They’re used by scriptwriters739 AcrossReveal answer → Strip639 AcrossReveal answer → Previous540 AcrossReveal answer → When the outside crumbles, hurry541 AcrossReveal answer → Reject with contempt541 AcrossReveal answer → A second drink542 AcrossReveal answer → Villain542 AcrossReveal answer → On the understanding that one’s supporting financially943 AcrossReveal answer → Sausage dog943 AcrossReveal answer → Gushed out and one ran to stifle it744 AcrossReveal answer → Steadfast744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Short sleep61 DownReveal answer → Leave half of the side section61 DownReveal answer → Channel Island82 DownReveal answer → Thunder a bit upsetting? Nonsense!82 DownReveal answer → Wonder32 DownReveal answer → Dairy product113 DownReveal answer → Hang on there! You’re not getting a third!113 DownReveal answer → Testify63 DownReveal answer → Farm animals94 DownReveal answer → Happening to have seen bagging a number94 DownReveal answer → Shelter34 DownReveal answer → Slave45 DownReveal answer → Sociable75 DownReveal answer → He’s making fun of the bird imitation75 DownReveal answer → Barred66 DownReveal answer → Teenager106 DownReveal answer → What actually happens if you’ve been keeping up your skills106 DownReveal answer → Happened67 DownReveal answer → Afresh47 DownReveal answer → A difficult situation for all there, you say47 DownReveal answer → Progress79 DownReveal answer → Red wine610 DownReveal answer → Is surprised when one embarks on610 DownReveal answer → English county711 DownReveal answer → Within a month, the rest developed expertise711 DownReveal answer → Sicken312 DownReveal answer → Grown-ups612 DownReveal answer → It is not we who are in the throes of moving612 DownReveal answer → Entrance413 DownReveal answer → Spike416 DownReveal answer → Money517 DownReveal answer → Pariah719 DownReveal answer → Take it you’ll continue parking in front of719 DownReveal answer → Confusion720 DownReveal answer → Called in a time back to categorise721 DownReveal answer → Strand721 DownReveal answer → Expectant422 DownReveal answer → The closing shot1124 DownReveal answer → Unlucky1124 DownReveal answer → Dreaded624 DownReveal answer → Confess425 DownReveal answer → Corsair626 DownReveal answer → The rest of the crew1026 DownReveal answer → Dramatist1026 DownReveal answer → Gavel628 DownReveal answer → Large luxury car928 DownReveal answer → Covering the lady with the doodah928 DownReveal answer → Layer729 DownReveal answer → An adversity? Quite otherwise729 DownReveal answer → Males330 DownReveal answer → In the main got lost, somehow, in my keeping630 DownReveal answer → Cotton fabric630 DownReveal answer → Funny832 DownReveal answer → Proves satisfactory when one gets an open-air job832 DownReveal answer → A revolver found in the art gallery633 DownReveal answer → Obligation433 DownReveal answer → Large wasp633 DownReveal answer → Is due to cracks in the superficies734 DownReveal answer → Hunting cry734 DownReveal answer → Pinch336 DownReveal answer → Also337 DownReveal answer → Bequest638 DownReveal answer → Pictures of him hard to erase years afterwards638 DownReveal answer → He lost the knack of making pastry440 DownReveal answer → Mosque prayer-leader440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 17, 2019. 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.