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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
ElderlyAGED4Across1 MarryWED3Across4 TossCAST4Across6 MouthfulMORSEL6Across8 The better you feel, the more comprehensible it isBRAILLE7Across8 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Across8 TrialORDEAL6Across9 Only OK or absolutely perfectJUSTRIGHT9Across9 DaringAUDACIOUS9Across9 BarrierDAM3Across10 DrearyBLEAK5Across12 Having sat quietly at first, does get fidgetyPOSED5Across13 PreventAVERT5Across13 Left at four, getting back being very importantVITAL5Across14 LukewarmTEPID5Across14 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across14 In a minute ring and there's a cry of joyWHOOPEE7Across15 Young childTODDLER7Across15 AlludeREFER5Across15 Welsh cityCARDIFF7Across16 Be careful when you search forLOOKOUT7Across16 Passenger vesselLINER5Across17 Speak of making a comeback, tooREFER5Across17 FirearmRIFLE5Across18 ResentmentGRUDGE6Across18 Run the newspaperEXTRA5Across18 Go for and bring back the moneySETON5Across20 InsultOFFEND6Across20 Hangman's halterNOOSE5Across20 RotaROSTER6Across22 The comrades get sea sick in turnALLIES6Across22 MealREPAST6Across23 Having been caught at, is punishedBEATEN6Across23 LiveDWELL5Across24 CricketersBATSMEN7Across25 "But the fellow has left," you sayFLUTTER7Across25 ArrogateUSURP5Across26 HairyHIRSUTE7Across27 Is he trying to fool you by being more hearty?BLUFFER7Across27 BoatYACHT5Across28 In the orchard, the lady's within callCHERRY6Across30 MarinerSAILOR6Across30 PinPEG3Across30 DiscussionDEBATE6Across31 Contrive to misspell the name "Silver" in itMANAGE6Across31 Runs with, in shortsFUSES5Across32 DangerPERIL5Across32 UnmarriedSINGLE6Across32 TotalAMOUNT6Across33 ThawMELT4Across34 The right nameTITLE5Across35 PVCVINYL5Across35 OutfitKIT3Across35 Does imitations of birds and ratsSINGS5Across36 StaggerREEL4Across36 Asian countryINDIA5Across36 Not sure whether to have it bound, perhaps?INDOUBT7Across37 U.S. cityNEWYORK7Across37 Set free or tied up, it seemsUNLOOSE7Across39 Long-necked animalGIRAFFE7Across39 The object is to get a spare keyTHING5Across41 SpectreGHOST5Across41 Get stuck with the small houseLODGE5Across42 Of the kidneysRENAL5Across42 Without hesitation, asks if you'd care for a drinkLIKEASHOT9Across43 AmuseENTERTAIN9Across43 Call round in a storm: it's not nice weatherRAINING7Across44 GrasshoppersLOCUSTS7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shooting starMETEOR6Down1 Quick, before the sun gets to!PRESTO6Down1 ApologeticCONTRITE8Down2 Relax and open the car windowWINDDOWN8Down2 FiendGHOUL5Down2 Senior pupilSIXTHFORMER11Down3 Who knocked the man down?SLAVETRADER11Down3 CowardDASTARD7Down3 PirateBUCCANEER9Down4 Got into the final stages, having the ability toQUALIFIED9Down4 UntamedWILD4Down4 Grazing landPASTURE7Down5 FateDOOM4Down5 In the beginning, we stood up for himSTEWART7Down5 BegCADGE5Down6 Barren areaWILDERNESS10Down6 Be under the delusion that one's only a child, tooKIDONESELF10Down6 PlaceSTATION7Down7 UninterestingDULL4Down7 He got a crack on the handCHAP4Down7 Bird of preyFALCON6Down10 Runs over and fallsSPILLS6Down10 WonderAWE3Down11 Surprise beginning to the half mileSTARTLE7Down11 EternalENDLESS7Down11 Stay again, with mother, inREMAIN6Down12 PassionateARDENT6Down12 InsectBUG3Down12 BarrelKEG3Down13 NourishedFED3Down16 Fish eggsROE3Down17 Praise insincerelyFLATTER7Down19 Would be safer walking with a stick, they reckonTOTTERS7Down19 ReprieveRESPITE7Down19 Round of applauseOVATION7Down21 InsectFLY3Down21 The biggest of all, try to captureTALLEST7Down21 TasteFLAVOUR7Down22 SpeckDOT3Down23 In that case, you may take a restSLEEPINGBAG11Down24 Winter sleepHIBERNATION11Down24 SorrowWOE3Down25 ThiefSHOPLIFTER10Down26 Deliberated on how it had capsizedTURNEDOVER10Down26 CorrectRIGHT5Down27 Blast! Mother has got into an awful mess!DAMNATION9Down28 Tarnish on copperVERDIGRIS9Down28 The usual loss leader at the greengrocer's?PARSNIP7Down29 ThereforeHENCE5Down29 SunshadePARASOL7Down29 SummitPEAK4Down30 Do tailoring work, being a natural for itCUTOUT6Down30 FierceSAVAGE6Down30 WalkGAIT4Down31 Messing about, did mistakenly throw outFIDDLING8Down32 PotentPOWERFUL8Down32 Less runny, for the dogSETTER6Down33 ProbableLIKELY6Down33 Because, per se, it does mean "to defame"ASPERSE7Down34 FreedomLIBERTY7Down34 Richly decoratedORNATE6Down38 Not having been attended to, is ruinedUNDONE6Down38 Set about one youthLAID4Down40 Jewellery itemRING4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 17, 2024. 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.