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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TriteBANAL5Across1 OutskirtsSUBURB6Across5 RibTEASE5Across8 “The Betrayal” is a big box office successSELLOUT7Across8 Polish danceMAZURKA7Across8 UnassertiveDIFFIDENT9Across9 Be informed about, in a puff?GETWINDOF9Across9 HiredRENTED6Across10 TelephonedRANG4Across11 Passenger vesselLINER5Across13 He is out of the pram, prepared to walkTRAMP5Across13 ColourMAUVE5Across14 EndingFINALE6Across14 Find, when you make a copy ofTRACE5Across14 OddUNUSUAL7Across15 It’s wrong to put people through awful painTORMENT7Across15 PermittedALLOWED7Across15 Proceeds or goes backRETURNS7Across16 RetortRIPOSTE7Across16 Is it half the battle getting hold of the deed?TITLE5Across17 DeadlyFATAL5Across17 “Police,” you say. “Brake!”COPSE5Across18 PermitLET3Across18 ReelSPOOL5Across18 FruitNUT3Across19 The characteristic look and walkSTAMP5Across20 Obsequious personTOADY5Across20 BargainDEAL4Across21 The line that’s supporting youCAREER6Across22 SpiteMALICE6Across22 Several doctors, about five, the fellow dismissedDIVERS6Across23 HappenOCCUR5Across23 FractionsTENTHS6Across23 FlutterFLAP4Across24 A tense “Hand it over”PRESENT7Across25 Frog larvaTADPOLE7Across25 As an alternativeINSTEAD7Across27 WanderERR3Across27 Pretend to get onMAKEOUT7Across27 PepVIM3Across29 He’s unimportant, yes; a little backward, noMINION6Across30 NoonMIDDAY6Across30 VetoEMBARGO7Across31 Small restaurantBISTRO6Across31 Warning about that shelterTHREAT6Across31 The remaining ones we’re told to pull offWREST5Across32 WorshippedADORED6Across32 Rabbit cageHUTCH5Across32 DeclineWANE4Across34 Hide, having a napSUEDE5Across35 TendonSINEW5Across35 ResidentINMATE6Across35 Employment agency given a fifty per cent cut by usUSAGE5Across36 SmellAROMA5Across36 GlassTUMBLER7Across37 Boob going into the bank with a dogTERRIER7Across37 ContradictBELIE5Across38 First letterINITIAL7Across39 They’re used by scriptwritersLETTERS7Across39 StripDIVEST6Across39 PreviousPRIOR5Across40 When the outside crumbles, hurryHASTE5Across41 Reject with contemptSPURN5Across41 A second drinkSHAKE5Across42 VillainROGUE5Across42 On the understanding that one’s supporting financiallyPROVIDING9Across43 Sausage dogDACHSHUND9Across43 Gushed out and one ran to stifle itSPOUTED7Across44 SteadfastSTAUNCH7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Short sleepCATNAP6Down1 Leave half of the side sectionDEPART6Down1 Channel IslandGUERNSEY8Down2 Thunder a bit upsetting? Nonsense!CLAPTRAP8Down2 WonderAWE3Down2 Dairy productSKIMMEDMILK11Down3 Hang on there! You’re not getting a third!JUSTASECOND11Down3 TestifyATTEST6Down3 Farm animalsLIVESTOCK9Down4 Happening to have seen bagging a numberSEVENTEEN9Down4 ShelterLEE3Down4 SlaveSERF4Down5 SociableAFFABLE7Down5 He’s making fun of the bird imitationTWITTER7Down5 BarredBANNED6Down6 TeenagerADOLESCENT10Down6 What actually happens if you’ve been keeping up your skillsINPRACTICE10Down6 HappenedBEFELL6Down7 AfreshANEW4Down7 A difficult situation for all there, you sayHOLE4Down7 ProgressADVANCE7Down9 Red wineCLARET6Down10 Is surprised when one embarks onSTARTS6Down10 English countySUFFOLK7Down11 Within a month, the rest developed expertiseMASTERY7Down11 SickenAIL3Down12 Grown-upsADULTS6Down12 It is not we who are in the throes of movingOTHERS6Down12 EntranceGATE4Down13 SpikeNAIL4Down16 MoneyLUCRE5Down17 PariahOUTCAST7Down19 Take it you’ll continue parking in front ofPRESUME7Down19 ConfusionTURMOIL7Down20 Called in a time back to categoriseARRANGE7Down21 StrandABANDON7Down21 ExpectantAGOG4Down22 The closing shotLASTATTEMPT11Down24 UnluckyUNFORTUNATE11Down24 DreadedFEARED6Down24 ConfessAVOW4Down25 CorsairPIRATE6Down26 The rest of the crewSHORELEAVE10Down26 DramatistPLAYWRIGHT10Down26 GavelHAMMER6Down28 Large luxury carLIMOUSINE9Down28 Covering the lady with the doodahSHEATHING9Down28 LayerSTRATUM7Down29 An adversity? Quite otherwiseREVERSE7Down29 MalesMEN3Down30 In the main got lost, somehow, in my keepingMOSTLY6Down30 Cotton fabricMUSLIN6Down30 FunnyHUMOROUS8Down32 Proves satisfactory when one gets an open-air jobWORKSOUT8Down32 A revolver found in the art galleryTURNER6Down33 ObligationDEBT4Down33 Large waspHORNET6Down33 Is due to cracks in the superficiesOUTSIDE7Down34 Hunting cryTALLYHO7Down34 PinchNIP3Down36 AlsoTOO3Down37 BequestLEGACY6Down38 Pictures of him hard to erase years afterwardsIMAGES6Down38 He lost the knack of making pastryTART4Down40 Mosque prayer-leaderIMAM4Down40

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