Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 2021. 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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Handwriting61 AcrossReveal answer → Recreation53 AcrossReveal answer → "Marx", the musical53 AcrossReveal answer → Clutch45 AcrossReveal answer → Kind58 AcrossReveal answer → What to have when it's raining in Burgundy58 AcrossReveal answer → Distress greatly58 AcrossReveal answer → Equipment39 AcrossReveal answer → Delivery groups510 AcrossReveal answer → Artist's stand510 AcrossReveal answer → Ballad410 AcrossReveal answer → An old-fashioned American banger311 AcrossReveal answer → Diocese311 AcrossReveal answer → Relax411 AcrossReveal answer → A sore possibly appeared512 AcrossReveal answer → Incited512 AcrossReveal answer → Paper quantities512 AcrossReveal answer → Long and nasty duel outside a broken-down bar713 AcrossReveal answer → Paleness613 AcrossReveal answer → Cover713 AcrossReveal answer → Expiate515 AcrossReveal answer → A path to follow515 AcrossReveal answer → Hire416 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese418 AcrossReveal answer → Edge318 AcrossReveal answer → He gets it wrong a lot318 AcrossReveal answer → Stadia619 AcrossReveal answer → Did the animal let loose stampede them?619 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed320 AcrossReveal answer → Are his strategy and tactics all over the place?721 AcrossReveal answer → Poisonous plant721 AcrossReveal answer → Forest422 AcrossReveal answer → Fate322 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds rude, but it's quite in place in church422 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name423 AcrossReveal answer → Lair323 AcrossReveal answer → Dramatist who invented "Lothario", or we're wrong!423 AcrossReveal answer → At solo whist, they're lost if you win!724 AcrossReveal answer → Trapeze artist724 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher425 AcrossReveal answer → On dry land626 AcrossReveal answer → In S.W. Europe, one has to live on fresh air!626 AcrossReveal answer → Give628 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing329 AcrossReveal answer → Rob him, the fathead!329 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment530 AcrossReveal answer → The bare figures531 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom531 AcrossReveal answer → Afraid there's the devil to pay out!732 AcrossReveal answer → Rebel432 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcastic732 AcrossReveal answer → Following433 AcrossReveal answer → In the garden, a bit of manipulation sets it back534 AcrossReveal answer → Child334 AcrossReveal answer → Fact534 AcrossReveal answer → She's said to be a blossom335 AcrossReveal answer → Respond535 AcrossReveal answer → Diving bird335 AcrossReveal answer → Puce jumpers536 AcrossReveal answer → Act436 AcrossReveal answer → Motorcycle536 AcrossReveal answer → Be repulsive as you stagger round the piano537 AcrossReveal answer → Span637 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare to pray537 AcrossReveal answer → Feel a need, yes, for service538 AcrossReveal answer → Parties538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Abrade61 DownReveal answer → Figure a complaint is not specific51 DownReveal answer → Assertive51 DownReveal answer → Adjust82 DownReveal answer → Went round to put a name on the list72 DownReveal answer → Subdued72 DownReveal answer → Clergyman63 DownReveal answer → It has a doggy dale44 DownReveal answer → Rued94 DownReveal answer → Jetty44 DownReveal answer → Saluted75 DownReveal answer → Like the order to put a stop, somehow, to Capone65 DownReveal answer → Comment65 DownReveal answer → Sample56 DownReveal answer → Peruse46 DownReveal answer → More than a quarter-pint, that's obvious56 DownReveal answer → Ale47 DownReveal answer → Reddish dye57 DownReveal answer → Grand bird, traditionally quested for57 DownReveal answer → Antelope38 DownReveal answer → Golf peg39 DownReveal answer → One crashed in mid-March?39 DownReveal answer → Substitute712 DownReveal answer → In song, left me in a Spanish port712 DownReveal answer → Pertinence914 DownReveal answer → Container of binoculars?314 DownReveal answer → Boy's name314 DownReveal answer → Tin315 DownReveal answer → One "Thomas", a musketeer516 DownReveal answer → Attack516 DownReveal answer → This loch needs to be smooth for a learner517 DownReveal answer → Present317 DownReveal answer → Prose composition517 DownReveal answer → Left819 DownReveal answer → Was he in a hole all his life?719 DownReveal answer → Initialism719 DownReveal answer → An article to smile about, just a little520 DownReveal answer → Curse520 DownReveal answer → Objective320 DownReveal answer → Look embarrassed when caught by the bull521 DownReveal answer → Built721 DownReveal answer → Commotion521 DownReveal answer → See grim chaos under dictatorships, say723 DownReveal answer → Brave723 DownReveal answer → Fleet624 DownReveal answer → Many a complicated issue means waste624 DownReveal answer → Change ends, sportingly325 DownReveal answer → Rubbish container325 DownReveal answer → Cad626 DownReveal answer → Subside627 DownReveal answer → Purchase about fifty pounds of beef527 DownReveal answer → Spanish man527 DownReveal answer → Crash early in the race528 DownReveal answer → Senior528 DownReveal answer → Generated429 DownReveal answer → Bread maker530 DownReveal answer → Tender430 DownReveal answer → Shooting some mosquitoes, by the sound of it530 DownReveal answer → Favourite331 DownReveal answer → By getting out of line, you want support432 DownReveal answer → 3-D figure432 DownReveal answer → It's topping for a player to get one333 DownReveal answer → Signal333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 17, 2021. 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.