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Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 123 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#
HollerSHOUT5Across1 VisionDREAM5Across1 Might this poker hand be a washout?FLUSH5Across1 EmptyVACATE6Across5 Almost finishing breakfast in the dark!NIGHT5Across6 Circular coral reefATOLL5Across6 PoetryVERSE5Across8 CompetitionRIVALRY7Across9 Understood by us to be a Roman historianTACITUS7Across9 CalmSERENE6Across10 Like a friendly ship's officer?MATEY5Across10 FatOBESE5Across10 King of money-makers?MIDAS5Across11 AgitateSTIR4Across11 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across11 Somewhat asinine footwear?MULES5Across12 Cotton threadLISLE5Across12 Keepers of ideally clean sheetsGOALIES7Across13 ContraryCOUNTER7Across13 OccupantTENANT6Across14 UniformREGULAR7Across15 It may bring a smashing return!LOB3Across15 InsectBEE3Across15 She's undisturbed by a reverseANNA4Across17 CompetentABLE4Across17 Soldiers long for pillage!RAPINE6Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 UsherESCORT6Across18 Makes dirtySOILS5Across19 SailorTAR3Across19 Glare wildly (like King Lear?)REGAL5Across19 NumberELEVEN6Across20 Learned, but not completely educatedEDUCED6Across20 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 IslandISLE4Across22 In between two notes, it's excellentFINE4Across22 RevoltREBEL5Across23 PitchTAR3Across24 NetworkMESH4Across24 Pulse of India?DAL3Across24 A detailed quotation can make it clearRECITAL7Across25 StammerSTUTTER7Across25 CalmPEACE5Across26 If possibly communist, shot!FIRED5Across26 NoiseDIN3Across27 Male voiceTENOR5Across27 Provided, in general, fourGIVEN5Across27 Settle the bill for making wages betterPAYUP5Across28 ShowinessGLITZ5Across28 Vice makes him a degree less commandingADMIRAL7Across29 Japanese warriorSAMURAI7Across29 ThrowLOB3Across29 A drunken sot, on the quiet, produces essaysSHOTS5Across30 Iron alloySTEEL5Across30 Guinevere's response to a saucy suggestionNEVER5Across31 FrightenSCARE5Across31 ErasedDELETED7Across31 LamentedMOANED6Across32 MethodMODE4Across34 WornERODED6Across35 SeniorELDER5Across38 DreadTERROR6Across39 TradedDEALT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Encourage possibly to deal with a back numberLEADON6Down2 SocialiseHOBNOB6Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Down3 She may be all setSTELLA6Down3 Bear-likeURSINE6Down3 MalesMEN3Down4 Dry stuff, but of consuming interest?HAY3Down4 Neckwear itemTIE3Down4 It means lessMINUS5Down5 SingletVEST4Down5 Lowest pointNADIR5Down5 I can serve as oneNUMERAL7Down6 InventedCOINED6Down6 IngenuousARTLESS7Down6 ExhilaratedELATED6Down7 Is an island in the Thames!ISIS4Down7 Wheel surroundTYRE4Down7 Such collisions presumably don't cause decapitationHEADON6Down8 Hang aroundLOITER6Down8 ToldRELATED7Down9 FruitLEMON5Down12 NumberTEN3Down12 Cried for me, but not all dayMEWED5Down12 SpeedRATE4Down13 Punished when half the team gad aboutGATED5Down13 TraineeCADET5Down13 Open soreULCER5Down14 Disqualify a woman for some faultANNUL5Down14 BragBOAST5Down15 Not all solicitors are lawful!LICIT5Down15 AnaestheticETHER5Down16 It's inclined to be edgyBEVEL5Down16 BorderEDGE4Down16 WildRABID5Down17 Hurried to one spot in the roadRACED5Down18 ExhilarateELATE5Down18 Makes one think of a ministry besieged by revolutionariesREMINDS7Down19 FewSEVERAL7Down19 RenovatedRENEWED7Down20 Being foreign, Daniel is hot-headedDANISH6Down21 BewailLAMENT6Down21 Slanting typeITALIC6Down22 The last thing a concert-goer may want to hearFINALE6Down22 Mother's kindNATURE6Down23 MissiveLETTER6Down23 SecondMOMENT6Down24 The boy is at Bognor, sayREGIS5Down25 BangSLAM4Down25 Rugby formationSCRUM5Down25 RespectHONOUR6Down26 PretendPOSE4Down26 Good deed during a knife attackFEAT4Down26 All you need for cooking?PAN3Down28 EarlierBEFORE6Down28 FuelGAS3Down28 CouchBED3Down30 CaribouDEER4Down33 ColourRED3Down36 FishEEL3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. 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.