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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2022 answers. The Tuesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EludeEVADE5Across1 Move quickly past the copper!BOBBY5Across1 DecreeEDICT5Across4 Some petrol derivatives of earlier originOLDER5Across6 BedaubSMEAR5Across6 ExcitedROUSED6Across7 Well-readERUDITE7Across9 For the remainder, a fresh rise is expectedRESIDUE7Across9 MineralORE3Across9 SharpACUTE5Across10 The frequent practice of riding?HABIT5Across10 MaleMAN3Across10 KeenEAGER5Across11 Act it cleverly without a wordTACIT5Across11 RubbishOFFAL5Across12 They treat each other very fairlyDUTCH5Across12 Clean feathersPREEN5Across12 HashSTEW4Across13 InhabitantCITIZEN7Across13 They keep your feet dry, that is, in watery placesWELLIES7Across13 An engagement for Joe, at golfGIG3Across15 PoemODE3Across15 AbruptTERSE5Across15 Being jobless, one gets led astrayIDLE4Across17 HarmDAMAGE6Across17 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 Not singularPLURAL6Across18 Note the condition of the propertyESTATE6Across18 Praise boastfully in a letter to a relativeVAUNT5Across19 MatureRIPE4Across19 Moral storyFABLE5Across19 Playing rough, she made a mess of my bootTOMBOY6Across20 NumberELEVEN6Across20 BoulderSTONE5Across20 GuidedLED3Across22 Slow starter frequently easy to beatSOFT4Across22 At the summitATOP4Across22 It's in Belgium, but part SpanishSPA3Across24 PollutedDEFILED7Across24 Auction itemLOT3Across24 Difficulties due to slight collisions?SCRAPES7Across25 GenuineSINCERE7Across25 HappeningEVENT5Across26 Eat like a champ?MUNCH5Across26 SwordSABRE5Across27 LabelTAG3Across27 A man of principleMAXIM5Across27 A number fit to sendCABLE5Across28 HumbleLOWLY5Across28 StadiumARENA5Across28 Space to manoeuvre in a ship's cabin?SEAROOM7Across29 Sly laughSNIGGER7Across29 Experiments with matchesTESTS5Across30 Brimless capBERET5Across30 FarewellADIEU5Across31 Sign of equilibrium?LIBRA5Across31 YieldCEDE4Across31 PeruserREADER6Across33 PerfumeSCENT5Across35 RequireWANT4Across37 LariatLASSO5Across38 PullTOW3Across39 ObjectiveAIM3Across41 SecondMOMENT6Across42 GemstoneBERYL5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EmergencyCRISIS6Down1 CasualtyVICTIM6Down2 Gave a zero rated performance as a spellbinderORATED6Down2 Dinner jacketTUXEDO6Down2 Show disapproval of restraint?BRIDLE6Down3 DelayDETAIN6Down3 BorderHEM3Down3 Still the old-fashioned tin openerYET3Down4 CupidEROS4Down4 BeforeERE3Down4 PostponeDEFER5Down5 DecorateADORN5Down5 Saint given a new suit at the civic centreVITUS5Down5 SpireSTEEPLE7Down6 WinnerCHAMPION8Down6 One thrown away by people generally?OUTCAST7Down6 IntendMEAN4Down7 She makes a brew of ale hot!LEAH4Down7 FactsDATA4Down8 ScheduleAGENDA6Down8 Obtain in notedly legal fashionELICIT6Down8 CarelessNEGLIGENT9Down11 Wait while an eccentric lady captures the heart of menDELAY5Down12 Oval nutPECAN5Down12 Weakens in one small part of the countryWILTS5Down13 Ship of the desertCAMEL5Down13 BeliefTENET5Down14 RodWAND4Down14 Domesticated animal possibly all over its masterLLAMA5Down14 SpeakORATE5Down15 Old time dance music, quick!GALOP5Down15 StaggerREEL4Down16 Men short of urgent supplies?GENTS5Down16 Run away to marryELOPE5Down16 Nominal companion to English operaENOCH5Down18 EncounterMEET4Down18 BraidPLAIT5Down18 ArdentFERVENT7Down19 Books very much spoken of?VOLUMES7Down19 FindLOCATE6Down21 Music one absorbed as a drug!OPIATE6Down21 SufferTOLERATE8Down21 Alas, I'm upset by Italian sausageSALAMI6Down22 AgreementACCORD6Down22 DeceasedDEAD4Down23 OtherwiseORELSE6Down23 For the price of 50 silver pieces, something sensitiveFEELER6Down23 ManageFARE4Down25 Get the double tenSCORE5Down25 HitchesSNAGS5Down25 That tearful impediment of vision due to some mistake?MIST4Down26 GaelicERSE4Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 Mountain pass never completely icyCOL3Down28 MeadowLEA3Down28 DeletedERASED6Down29 ShrewdASTUTE6Down30 CompositionESSAY5Down32 ParticleATOM4Down34 SpiralCOIL4Down36 GainedWON3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. 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.