Evening Standard Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 17 2026. 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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Impel41 AcrossReveal answer → Game53 AcrossReveal answer → Get free!53 AcrossReveal answer → Intelligence34 AcrossReveal answer → Tight46 AcrossReveal answer → Nursemaid58 AcrossReveal answer → Coming68 AcrossReveal answer → The drink of the man about the house58 AcrossReveal answer → No-one69 AcrossReveal answer → As for development, this implies limited progress510 AcrossReveal answer → Owned310 AcrossReveal answer → Not the winner510 AcrossReveal answer → The sound of music311 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel311 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion512 AcrossReveal answer → Figure of a fat lady512 AcrossReveal answer → Truncheon512 AcrossReveal answer → Planet713 AcrossReveal answer → Soldiers or leaders, perhaps713 AcrossReveal answer → Memorise514 AcrossReveal answer → French river515 AcrossReveal answer → Attempted515 AcrossReveal answer → Little beast's excessive hesitation515 AcrossReveal answer → Enclosure318 AcrossReveal answer → Prisoner of the Gulag318 AcrossReveal answer → Beg618 AcrossReveal answer → Prime619 AcrossReveal answer → Does it taste like beef?619 AcrossReveal answer → Harmony620 AcrossReveal answer → Creature giving the human race sporting support721 AcrossReveal answer → Motorcycle attachment721 AcrossReveal answer → Acerbic422 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally, one has to turn right422 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare423 AcrossReveal answer → The flier left after a meal423 AcrossReveal answer → Loaded524 AcrossReveal answer → Sour liquid724 AcrossReveal answer → Ed's ever so upset when cut!724 AcrossReveal answer → Enlist526 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet626 AcrossReveal answer → Fretted, perhaps ached to get out of the welfare centre626 AcrossReveal answer → Broader528 AcrossReveal answer → I'm on the right edge!329 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoyable329 AcrossReveal answer → Layer330 AcrossReveal answer → Those for putting round things in?531 AcrossReveal answer → Rope fibre531 AcrossReveal answer → Babies need sleep as well as food!732 AcrossReveal answer → Save732 AcrossReveal answer → Larger632 AcrossReveal answer → Beast633 AcrossReveal answer → Many, in the end, speak this tongue534 AcrossReveal answer → Intend434 AcrossReveal answer → Essential534 AcrossReveal answer → Chap having a sterling time at present335 AcrossReveal answer → Noise335 AcrossReveal answer → Joke335 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion figure with a computer connection536 AcrossReveal answer → Dregs436 AcrossReveal answer → Hereditary units536 AcrossReveal answer → The expandable part can be termed "giant"537 AcrossReveal answer → Brimless cap537 AcrossReveal answer → The look of an old Indian army man?538 AcrossReveal answer → Prise538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Indefinite51 DownReveal answer → Chicken with a portion of potatoes, tinned51 DownReveal answer → Vapid72 DownReveal answer → Dad's top favourite!72 DownReveal answer → Wireless52 DownReveal answer → Perform73 DownReveal answer → Having44 DownReveal answer → Way off44 DownReveal answer → What have we here?44 DownReveal answer → Nurse45 DownReveal answer → A quiet part of the forest, away from the sea65 DownReveal answer → Nearer65 DownReveal answer → List56 DownReveal answer → Bees' fluid56 DownReveal answer → A game with plenty to it56 DownReveal answer → Experience77 DownReveal answer → Reddish dye57 DownReveal answer → Those paid by the Western Times?57 DownReveal answer → Figures out nothing, being an officer39 DownReveal answer → Doze39 DownReveal answer → Expert311 DownReveal answer → By way of312 DownReveal answer → Busy topping up the bottom drawer?712 DownReveal answer → Advantage712 DownReveal answer → Epoch313 DownReveal answer → Maybe dad having a bit of fun with mum314 DownReveal answer → Boy's name314 DownReveal answer → Adjusted to receive music?516 DownReveal answer → Sick316 DownReveal answer → Loafer516 DownReveal answer → Defective317 DownReveal answer → Ogle517 DownReveal answer → The answer will depend on being soft-hearted517 DownReveal answer → Is his power of command all over?719 DownReveal answer → Thoughtful719 DownReveal answer → Loathsome719 DownReveal answer → Knotty little problem520 DownReveal answer → Marriage proclamation520 DownReveal answer → Many have said it's ethical521 DownReveal answer → Novel321 DownReveal answer → Body cavity521 DownReveal answer → First722 DownReveal answer → Copes723 DownReveal answer → Historically a knight, in later form, a politician723 DownReveal answer → And not323 DownReveal answer → Travelling bag624 DownReveal answer → Check out Sam from the plant624 DownReveal answer → Tool325 DownReveal answer → Reprobate who'd rob a cripple?325 DownReveal answer → Intestine325 DownReveal answer → Harmonium527 DownReveal answer → Poor fellows confused by bosh about love527 DownReveal answer → Lubricated527 DownReveal answer → Honoured with a meal - about time!528 DownReveal answer → Hammer528 DownReveal answer → Escape529 DownReveal answer → Poke430 DownReveal answer → He's pronouncedly less than steady530 DownReveal answer → Bet530 DownReveal answer → Story431 DownReveal answer → Prison - for a mere cut?432 DownReveal answer → Meat spread432 DownReveal answer → In hiding his heavy heart, makes a name333 DownReveal answer → Conflict333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 17, 2026. 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.