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Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 2024. 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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Elderly41 AcrossReveal answer → Marry34 AcrossReveal answer → Toss46 AcrossReveal answer → Mouthful68 AcrossReveal answer → The better you feel, the more comprehensible it is78 AcrossReveal answer → Down payment78 AcrossReveal answer → Trial69 AcrossReveal answer → Only OK or absolutely perfect99 AcrossReveal answer → Daring99 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier310 AcrossReveal answer → Dreary512 AcrossReveal answer → Having sat quietly at first, does get fidgety513 AcrossReveal answer → Prevent513 AcrossReveal answer → Left at four, getting back being very important514 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm514 AcrossReveal answer → Pick-me-up514 AcrossReveal answer → In a minute ring and there's a cry of joy715 AcrossReveal answer → Young child715 AcrossReveal answer → Allude515 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh city716 AcrossReveal answer → Be careful when you search for716 AcrossReveal answer → Passenger vessel517 AcrossReveal answer → Speak of making a comeback, too517 AcrossReveal answer → Firearm518 AcrossReveal answer → Resentment618 AcrossReveal answer → Run the newspaper518 AcrossReveal answer → Go for and bring back the money520 AcrossReveal answer → Insult620 AcrossReveal answer → Hangman's halter520 AcrossReveal answer → Rota622 AcrossReveal answer → The comrades get sea sick in turn622 AcrossReveal answer → Meal623 AcrossReveal answer → Having been caught at, is punished623 AcrossReveal answer → Live524 AcrossReveal answer → Cricketers725 AcrossReveal answer → "But the fellow has left," you say725 AcrossReveal answer → Arrogate526 AcrossReveal answer → Hairy727 AcrossReveal answer → Is he trying to fool you by being more hearty?727 AcrossReveal answer → Boat528 AcrossReveal answer → In the orchard, the lady's within call630 AcrossReveal answer → Mariner630 AcrossReveal answer → Pin330 AcrossReveal answer → Discussion631 AcrossReveal answer → Contrive to misspell the name "Silver" in it631 AcrossReveal answer → Runs with, in shorts532 AcrossReveal answer → Danger532 AcrossReveal answer → Unmarried632 AcrossReveal answer → Total633 AcrossReveal answer → Thaw434 AcrossReveal answer → The right name535 AcrossReveal answer → PVC535 AcrossReveal answer → Outfit335 AcrossReveal answer → Does imitations of birds and rats536 AcrossReveal answer → Stagger436 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country536 AcrossReveal answer → Not sure whether to have it bound, perhaps?737 AcrossReveal answer → U.S. city737 AcrossReveal answer → Set free or tied up, it seems739 AcrossReveal answer → Long-necked animal739 AcrossReveal answer → The object is to get a spare key541 AcrossReveal answer → Spectre541 AcrossReveal answer → Get stuck with the small house542 AcrossReveal answer → Of the kidneys542 AcrossReveal answer → Without hesitation, asks if you'd care for a drink943 AcrossReveal answer → Amuse943 AcrossReveal answer → Call round in a storm: it's not nice weather744 AcrossReveal answer → Grasshoppers744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Shooting star61 DownReveal answer → Quick, before the sun gets to!61 DownReveal answer → Apologetic82 DownReveal answer → Relax and open the car window82 DownReveal answer → Fiend52 DownReveal answer → Senior pupil113 DownReveal answer → Who knocked the man down?113 DownReveal answer → Coward73 DownReveal answer → Pirate94 DownReveal answer → Got into the final stages, having the ability to94 DownReveal answer → Untamed44 DownReveal answer → Grazing land75 DownReveal answer → Fate45 DownReveal answer → In the beginning, we stood up for him75 DownReveal answer → Beg56 DownReveal answer → Barren area106 DownReveal answer → Be under the delusion that one's only a child, too106 DownReveal answer → Place77 DownReveal answer → Uninteresting47 DownReveal answer → He got a crack on the hand47 DownReveal answer → Bird of prey610 DownReveal answer → Runs over and falls610 DownReveal answer → Wonder311 DownReveal answer → Surprise beginning to the half mile711 DownReveal answer → Eternal711 DownReveal answer → Stay again, with mother, in612 DownReveal answer → Passionate612 DownReveal answer → Insect312 DownReveal answer → Barrel313 DownReveal answer → Nourished316 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs317 DownReveal answer → Praise insincerely719 DownReveal answer → Would be safer walking with a stick, they reckon719 DownReveal answer → Reprieve719 DownReveal answer → Round of applause721 DownReveal answer → Insect321 DownReveal answer → The biggest of all, try to capture721 DownReveal answer → Taste722 DownReveal answer → Speck323 DownReveal answer → In that case, you may take a rest1124 DownReveal answer → Winter sleep1124 DownReveal answer → Sorrow325 DownReveal answer → Thief1026 DownReveal answer → Deliberated on how it had capsized1026 DownReveal answer → Correct527 DownReveal answer → Blast! Mother has got into an awful mess!928 DownReveal answer → Tarnish on copper928 DownReveal answer → The usual loss leader at the greengrocer's?729 DownReveal answer → Therefore529 DownReveal answer → Sunshade729 DownReveal answer → Summit430 DownReveal answer → Do tailoring work, being a natural for it630 DownReveal answer → Fierce630 DownReveal answer → Walk431 DownReveal answer → Messing about, did mistakenly throw out832 DownReveal answer → Potent832 DownReveal answer → Less runny, for the dog633 DownReveal answer → Probable633 DownReveal answer → Because, per se, it does mean "to defame"734 DownReveal answer → Freedom734 DownReveal answer → Richly decorated638 DownReveal answer → Not having been attended to, is ruined638 DownReveal answer → Set about one youth440 DownReveal answer → Jewellery item440 DownReveal answer →

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