Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2018 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2018 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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BlemishSCAR4Across1 CushionPAD3Across4 BulkMASS4Across6 VaseURN3Across9 Patient's peevishness that the nurse laughs at?ILLHUMOUR9Across9 CanteenCAFETERIA9Across9 SplendidGORGEOUS8Across10 Rush off with the impetuous young personTEARAWAY8Across10 SiblingsBROTHERS8Across10 RemainSTAY4Across11 One page in writing follows, from "The Scamps"IMPS4Across12 Long journeyTREK4Across12 Go off to take a look at the materialREPAIR6Across13 BoxCARTON6Across13 Returning, join in again with the followersRETINUE7Across14 Ridiculous pretenceCHARADE7Across14 ResinGUM3Across14 EvidenceTESTIMONY9Across15 Workers depressed easilyHANDSDOWN9Across15 ClimbSCALE5Across16 Your destination when going to the country for a rest?LANDOFNOD9Across17 RelateAPPERTAIN9Across17 Set to refuseDECLINE7Across18 Live togetherCOHABIT7Across18 HuggedEMBRACED8Across19 Used cosmetics which compensated for?MADEUP6Across20 SpinROTATE6Across20 FruitPLUM4Across21 DangerPERIL5Across21 Succumb to the temptation to take a dropFALL4Across21 DifferDISAGREE8Across23 Shown always to have hinged on a crooked dealREVEALED8Across24 ObstinateSTUBBORN8Across24 ChooseELECT5Across24 Obliged to detain, having been caughtBEHOLDEN8Across26 ImpassionedVEHEMENT8Across26 KnockTAP3Across27 A surprise item on the billTURN4Across28 Betting chancesODDS4Across28 ScatteredSTREWN6Across29 "A herb and nut mixture," to start with, is a falsificationUNTRUE6Across29 Hearing rangeEARSHOT7Across31 UnfastenUNDO4Across31 It comes with the deliveryFREEDOM7Across31 AdornedENRICHED8Across33 Anxious while it's still in the balanceUNSETTLED9Across34 RemissNEGLIGENT9Across34 FirearmGUN3Across34 YieldCEDE4Across35 PlaythingTOY3Across36 EffusiveEXUBERANT9Across36 Life will cease in it when the poor old earth is deadFLOWERPOT9Across36 DumbMUTE4Across37 Cut shortCURTAIL7Across38 Crying out for a jobCALLING7Across38 GloomyMOROSE6Across39 Knock off the alcoveRECESS6Across39 Excessively sentimentalTWEE4Across40 Providing she doubles backFIFI4Across40 No good at all when utterly despondentHOPELESS8Across41 FasteningREEFKNOT8Across41 Skulduggery in the obscene book?DIRTYWORK9Across42 Original modelPROTOTYPE9Across42

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OverjoyedECSTATIC8Down1 Is he to find out it's all over?FINISHED8Down1 Dessert, informallyAFTERS6Down2 Wearing underwear, quickly donSLIPON6Down2 ChefCOOK4Down2 Prison escapeBREAKOUT8Down3 At fifty one, therefore, by myself and melancholyLONESOME8Down3 RantRAGE4Down3 ManufacturedPRODUCED8Down4 LarderPANTRY6Down4 Determine that the hole I darn will be well stitched upORDAIN6Down4 RunDASH4Down5 AmpleABUNDANT8Down5 Afraid from the beginning, was induced toSTARTLED8Down5 MelodyMUSIC5Down6 JumbleHOTCHPOTCH10Down6 OK. That's the right degree of impartialityFAIRENOUGH10Down6 SkillART3Down7 PlayhouseTHEATRE7Down7 Warning of, perhaps, a cut back firstCAUTION7Down7 GrowlSNARL5Down8 FleetARMADA6Down8 A shot gunCANNON6Down8 Willingly again taking on the daily grindREADILY7Down11 Nom de plumePENNAME7Down11 BarrierFENCE5Down12 OverheadABOVE5Down13 BreachGAP3Down14 DeserveMERIT5Down15 DrinkIMBIBE6Down16 Is anything but dull and excels atSHINES6Down16 GrantAWARD5Down17 EjectEXPEL5Down18 Is bright, that's obviousCLEAR5Down19 DespisedHATED5Down19 ManageRUN3Down20 DisorderDISARRAY8Down20 To get mother up would be absurdMAD3Down20 MealLUNCH5Down22 CircuitLAP3Down22 Change people notice, all roundAMEND5Down22 Maintain, for instance, the woman is making a comebackALLEGE6Down23 Come outEMERGE6Down23 Tall like daddy?LONGLEGGED10Down25 Not working properly, informallyONTHEBLINK10Down25 ThrustLUNGE5Down25 HagCRONE5Down26 VehicleVAN3Down26 A good worker, the letter saidBEE3Down26 LinkCONNECT7Down27 Stop with the firmSTAUNCH7Down27 WarmthHEAT4Down28 DrossSCUM4Down29 ExploitFEAT4Down30 GuessESTIMATE8Down30 Doubly angry with the organisationREDCROSS8Down30 Type of paintEMULSION8Down31 Tired of walking round and round in the forest, lostFOOTSORE8Down31 Trapping the wild animals, I reckonMETHINKS8Down32 CounterfeitDUD3Down32 RaggedTATTERED8Down32 Somebody knocking, but he's outSTRIKER7Down33 Long-necked animalGIRAFFE7Down33 AtticGARRET6Down35 The bar room, duck intoSALOON6Down35 In a cafe working, now, but it's just a frontFACADE6Down36 ContinentEUROPE6Down36 No, sir. The pinhead is back in jail!PRISON6Down37 ForeverALWAYS6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 18, 2018. 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.