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Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 18 2018. 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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Blemish41 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion34 AcrossReveal answer → Bulk46 AcrossReveal answer → Vase39 AcrossReveal answer → Patient's peevishness that the nurse laughs at?99 AcrossReveal answer → Canteen99 AcrossReveal answer → Splendid810 AcrossReveal answer → Rush off with the impetuous young person810 AcrossReveal answer → Siblings810 AcrossReveal answer → Remain411 AcrossReveal answer → One page in writing follows, from "The Scamps"412 AcrossReveal answer → Long journey412 AcrossReveal answer → Go off to take a look at the material613 AcrossReveal answer → Box613 AcrossReveal answer → Returning, join in again with the followers714 AcrossReveal answer → Ridiculous pretence714 AcrossReveal answer → Resin314 AcrossReveal answer → Evidence915 AcrossReveal answer → Workers depressed easily915 AcrossReveal answer → Climb516 AcrossReveal answer → Your destination when going to the country for a rest?917 AcrossReveal answer → Relate917 AcrossReveal answer → Set to refuse718 AcrossReveal answer → Live together718 AcrossReveal answer → Hugged819 AcrossReveal answer → Used cosmetics which compensated for?620 AcrossReveal answer → Spin620 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit421 AcrossReveal answer → Danger521 AcrossReveal answer → Succumb to the temptation to take a drop421 AcrossReveal answer → Differ823 AcrossReveal answer → Shown always to have hinged on a crooked deal824 AcrossReveal answer → Obstinate824 AcrossReveal answer → Choose524 AcrossReveal answer → Obliged to detain, having been caught826 AcrossReveal answer → Impassioned826 AcrossReveal answer → Knock327 AcrossReveal answer → A surprise item on the bill428 AcrossReveal answer → Betting chances428 AcrossReveal answer → Scattered629 AcrossReveal answer → "A herb and nut mixture," to start with, is a falsification629 AcrossReveal answer → Hearing range731 AcrossReveal answer → Unfasten431 AcrossReveal answer → It comes with the delivery731 AcrossReveal answer → Adorned833 AcrossReveal answer → Anxious while it's still in the balance934 AcrossReveal answer → Remiss934 AcrossReveal answer → Firearm334 AcrossReveal answer → Yield435 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything336 AcrossReveal answer → Effusive936 AcrossReveal answer → Life will cease in it when the poor old earth is dead936 AcrossReveal answer → Dumb437 AcrossReveal answer → Cut short738 AcrossReveal answer → Crying out for a job738 AcrossReveal answer → Gloomy639 AcrossReveal answer → Knock off the alcove639 AcrossReveal answer → Excessively sentimental440 AcrossReveal answer → Providing she doubles back440 AcrossReveal answer → No good at all when utterly despondent841 AcrossReveal answer → Fastening841 AcrossReveal answer → Skulduggery in the obscene book?942 AcrossReveal answer → Original model942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Overjoyed81 DownReveal answer → Is he to find out it's all over?81 DownReveal answer → Dessert, informally62 DownReveal answer → Wearing underwear, quickly don62 DownReveal answer → Chef42 DownReveal answer → Prison escape83 DownReveal answer → At fifty one, therefore, by myself and melancholy83 DownReveal answer → Rant43 DownReveal answer → Manufactured84 DownReveal answer → Larder64 DownReveal answer → Determine that the hole I darn will be well stitched up64 DownReveal answer → Run45 DownReveal answer → Ample85 DownReveal answer → Afraid from the beginning, was induced to85 DownReveal answer → Melody56 DownReveal answer → Jumble106 DownReveal answer → OK. That's the right degree of impartiality106 DownReveal answer → Skill37 DownReveal answer → Playhouse77 DownReveal answer → Warning of, perhaps, a cut back first77 DownReveal answer → Growl58 DownReveal answer → Fleet68 DownReveal answer → A shot gun68 DownReveal answer → Willingly again taking on the daily grind711 DownReveal answer → Nom de plume711 DownReveal answer → Barrier512 DownReveal answer → Overhead513 DownReveal answer → Breach314 DownReveal answer → Deserve515 DownReveal answer → Drink616 DownReveal answer → Is anything but dull and excels at616 DownReveal answer → Grant517 DownReveal answer → Eject518 DownReveal answer → Is bright, that's obvious519 DownReveal answer → Despised519 DownReveal answer → Manage320 DownReveal answer → Disorder820 DownReveal answer → To get mother up would be absurd320 DownReveal answer → Meal522 DownReveal answer → Circuit322 DownReveal answer → Change people notice, all round522 DownReveal answer → Maintain, for instance, the woman is making a comeback623 DownReveal answer → Come out623 DownReveal answer → Tall like daddy?1025 DownReveal answer → Not working properly, informally1025 DownReveal answer → Thrust525 DownReveal answer → Hag526 DownReveal answer → Vehicle326 DownReveal answer → A good worker, the letter said326 DownReveal answer → Link727 DownReveal answer → Stop with the firm727 DownReveal answer → Warmth428 DownReveal answer → Dross429 DownReveal answer → Exploit430 DownReveal answer → Guess830 DownReveal answer → Doubly angry with the organisation830 DownReveal answer → Type of paint831 DownReveal answer → Tired of walking round and round in the forest, lost831 DownReveal answer → Trapping the wild animals, I reckon832 DownReveal answer → Counterfeit332 DownReveal answer → Ragged832 DownReveal answer → Somebody knocking, but he's out733 DownReveal answer → Long-necked animal733 DownReveal answer → Attic635 DownReveal answer → The bar room, duck into635 DownReveal answer → In a cafe working, now, but it's just a front636 DownReveal answer → Continent636 DownReveal answer → No, sir. The pinhead is back in jail!637 DownReveal answer → Forever637 DownReveal answer →

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