Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2023 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 2023. 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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Fragrance53 AcrossReveal answer → Vagrants64 AcrossReveal answer → Tangled with the boys64 AcrossReveal answer → More than ready87 AcrossReveal answer → Spike heel87 AcrossReveal answer → He's defensive about the question of clean sheets68 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish dish68 AcrossReveal answer → Infuriate69 AcrossReveal answer → Speed contests510 AcrossReveal answer → Deed610 AcrossReveal answer → Soldiers' poor return on middling investments510 AcrossReveal answer → Weird511 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese412 AcrossReveal answer → Applies to fingerprints413 AcrossReveal answer → Thick paper413 AcrossReveal answer → Jetty414 AcrossReveal answer → French cape?414 AcrossReveal answer → At midnight, a person has left415 AcrossReveal answer → Flow out slowly415 AcrossReveal answer → Step415 AcrossReveal answer → One container of a number?316 AcrossReveal answer → Tasselled cap316 AcrossReveal answer → Land of piranhas417 AcrossReveal answer → Renovated717 AcrossReveal answer → Lion's cry417 AcrossReveal answer → Restrain a broken-hearted friend?419 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait419 AcrossReveal answer → And not320 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly a home for a drifter!921 AcrossReveal answer → Mafia boss921 AcrossReveal answer → Prevent521 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress423 AcrossReveal answer → Historically, people to shun?423 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken423 AcrossReveal answer → The mob will go north of the border424 AcrossReveal answer → Fossil fuel424 AcrossReveal answer → Lake425 AcrossReveal answer → Affirmative326 AcrossReveal answer → To a leader of men, possibly Mr Jones326 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently526 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of singing to get the cats jiving?427 AcrossReveal answer → Eye up427 AcrossReveal answer → Favourite328 AcrossReveal answer → He nobly offers choice between pounds and old pence!429 AcrossReveal answer → Article429 AcrossReveal answer → Lived730 AcrossReveal answer → It might need timely exposure to sunlight432 AcrossReveal answer → Untainted432 AcrossReveal answer → The price of thoughtfulness?533 AcrossReveal answer → Frighten533 AcrossReveal answer → Hero433 AcrossReveal answer → Fail foolishly to accept the current beauty treatment634 AcrossReveal answer → Light red634 AcrossReveal answer → Poet's fondness for fine fabric835 AcrossReveal answer → Albumen835 AcrossReveal answer → Season435 AcrossReveal answer → Be present636 AcrossReveal answer → Bets one accepts at one's wits' end?636 AcrossReveal answer → Crowd536 AcrossReveal answer → Necktie638 AcrossReveal answer → Undertake639 AcrossReveal answer → Splinter540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Seize wrongfully51 DownReveal answer → The way to build huts around a circle51 DownReveal answer → Bar51 DownReveal answer → Female relative52 DownReveal answer → Sort of sax for singer?52 DownReveal answer → Harmonium52 DownReveal answer → Untidy state43 DownReveal answer → Seize an item of luggage43 DownReveal answer → Era33 DownReveal answer → Gemstone54 DownReveal answer → Staggered64 DownReveal answer → She's good in an average case54 DownReveal answer → Post45 DownReveal answer → Elderly45 DownReveal answer → Leaves for the mysterious East45 DownReveal answer → Expert36 DownReveal answer → Piece of small shot66 DownReveal answer → Is done differently by an inventor66 DownReveal answer → Giant57 DownReveal answer → Beneath58 DownReveal answer → Woman's name69 DownReveal answer → Order a chap to be king of the fairies!69 DownReveal answer → Afflict311 DownReveal answer → Pull the boat into line?311 DownReveal answer → Bulb with a line on both sides!512 DownReveal answer → Mistake512 DownReveal answer → Dedicated713 DownReveal answer → Irish lad gone wrong713 DownReveal answer → Small boat713 DownReveal answer → Decoration514 DownReveal answer → Might it arise from smouldering ashes?315 DownReveal answer → Dolt315 DownReveal answer → The part between one's teeth?316 DownReveal answer → Shrouded716 DownReveal answer → In favour of316 DownReveal answer → Dissuade518 DownReveal answer → Where the American may appear in a sari?618 DownReveal answer → Offensive618 DownReveal answer → Wedge319 DownReveal answer → Bird confined to earth by a wild gale?520 DownReveal answer → Ancient artefact520 DownReveal answer → Fuel321 DownReveal answer → Sing a Hummel piece321 DownReveal answer → Foot digit322 DownReveal answer → Take a knock322 DownReveal answer → Send522 DownReveal answer → Choose623 DownReveal answer → Australian town house for a titled person623 DownReveal answer → Loiter324 DownReveal answer → For every325 DownReveal answer → Superior naval vessel?325 DownReveal answer → Give627 DownReveal answer → Shouts on the phone?528 DownReveal answer → Throw528 DownReveal answer → Gluttony528 DownReveal answer → Sum529 DownReveal answer → Unspoken530 DownReveal answer → Back number possibly apt to be freely available530 DownReveal answer → Couch531 DownReveal answer → Brawl531 DownReveal answer → Where an eddy swirls around Flamborough Head!531 DownReveal answer → Long tube432 DownReveal answer → Postpone532 DownReveal answer → A detective inspector - also a half back?432 DownReveal answer → Look sound?433 DownReveal answer → Stitched433 DownReveal answer → Insect434 DownReveal answer → Owns336 DownReveal answer → Finish337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. 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.