Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2022 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 18 2022. 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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One-room flat61 AcrossReveal answer → Abuse61 AcrossReveal answer → Hardy plant? Apparently not!61 AcrossReveal answer → Modern65 AcrossReveal answer → Rich87 AcrossReveal answer → For a start, it's musical87 AcrossReveal answer → Small convict found mining waste48 AcrossReveal answer → Flick48 AcrossReveal answer → Finished59 AcrossReveal answer → Size of a book or coat changed by Victor and Oscar610 AcrossReveal answer → Selection610 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare610 AcrossReveal answer → Handy source of information611 AcrossReveal answer → Decipher611 AcrossReveal answer → Light611 AcrossReveal answer → Mix512 AcrossReveal answer → All round, the London one has a focus of attention314 AcrossReveal answer → So be it414 AcrossReveal answer → Number314 AcrossReveal answer → Anteroom516 AcrossReveal answer → Eponymous, novel character516 AcrossReveal answer → Managed317 AcrossReveal answer → Punishes for breaking a spare part417 AcrossReveal answer → Auction417 AcrossReveal answer → Landlord418 AcrossReveal answer → Man going half a mile in a vessel519 AcrossReveal answer → Premium519 AcrossReveal answer → Stratum520 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of timber usable as a brace521 AcrossReveal answer → Ward off521 AcrossReveal answer → Celebration522 AcrossReveal answer → Group of nine522 AcrossReveal answer → Did he become immortal by looking both ways?522 AcrossReveal answer → It can help control traffic when there's a storm warning423 AcrossReveal answer → Wine seller723 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare423 AcrossReveal answer → Slumber524 AcrossReveal answer → Can a mere learner navigate on one?526 AcrossReveal answer → Gem526 AcrossReveal answer → Hallucination526 AcrossReveal answer → Step on the gas, my good man!328 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name328 AcrossReveal answer → Indisposed to take a bit of a gamble on a girl629 AcrossReveal answer → Rip429 AcrossReveal answer → Type of music629 AcrossReveal answer → Doglike630 AcrossReveal answer → Scold a bad beater630 AcrossReveal answer → Through330 AcrossReveal answer → Single entity431 AcrossReveal answer → A botanist's angle?431 AcrossReveal answer → Maker of arrows832 AcrossReveal answer → Superior to me in the newspapers, one imagines832 AcrossReveal answer → Eat432 AcrossReveal answer → Paled533 AcrossReveal answer → Relatively anxious to be more incisive633 AcrossReveal answer → Claws633 AcrossReveal answer → Suit-maker635 AcrossReveal answer → Disappear636 AcrossReveal answer → Readjusted537 AcrossReveal answer → Swore638 AcrossReveal answer → Account book639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Service book61 DownReveal answer → Building blocks61 DownReveal answer → Being in Parliament, work hard61 DownReveal answer → The stricken slayer passes on62 DownReveal answer → Salty62 DownReveal answer → Inspect62 DownReveal answer → The identifying sign of a record circle43 DownReveal answer → Ribbon43 DownReveal answer → Appear43 DownReveal answer → A wave of destruction?74 DownReveal answer → Joyful74 DownReveal answer → Go in54 DownReveal answer → Lure55 DownReveal answer → Rule55 DownReveal answer → Distressed at being made mincemeat of?55 DownReveal answer → Border46 DownReveal answer → Some are on wheels56 DownReveal answer → Guide56 DownReveal answer → Reviser67 DownReveal answer → Score68 DownReveal answer → Nincompoop48 DownReveal answer → Set out quietly for a walk48 DownReveal answer → Frozen water39 DownReveal answer → Eva's a little way back39 DownReveal answer → Silly fellow lacking wit312 DownReveal answer → Lettuce312 DownReveal answer → Father turns to a boy for protection513 DownReveal answer → Clanked713 DownReveal answer → Fiend513 DownReveal answer → Manages515 DownReveal answer → A bulk distribution of capital515 DownReveal answer → Tree515 DownReveal answer → Not ever516 DownReveal answer → Rushed518 DownReveal answer → Shade of blue518 DownReveal answer → Of overseas origin, like Ian518 DownReveal answer → Transportation north to Virginia319 DownReveal answer → Strict519 DownReveal answer → Man's name319 DownReveal answer → The French boy320 DownReveal answer → Mesh320 DownReveal answer → Might such a charge make one cry aloud?721 DownReveal answer → Love affair721 DownReveal answer → Tear321 DownReveal answer → Vitality322 DownReveal answer → An injection, yes, with British capital322 DownReveal answer → Horse322 DownReveal answer → Servile623 DownReveal answer → Ruddy price rise - possibly a rip off!623 DownReveal answer → Revise424 DownReveal answer → Stationary624 DownReveal answer → Ground suitable for rugby football?424 DownReveal answer → Simpler625 DownReveal answer → Where there's no longer a blasted tree?625 DownReveal answer → Upsets625 DownReveal answer → Less than a pinta!526 DownReveal answer → Wander526 DownReveal answer → Sick627 DownReveal answer → An orange Adam never had?527 DownReveal answer → Wading bird527 DownReveal answer → Brown328 DownReveal answer → Libertine628 DownReveal answer → About to kiss a fellow328 DownReveal answer → Call at Beachy Head, just to enjoy the sunshine430 DownReveal answer → Abrupt430 DownReveal answer → Peeled530 DownReveal answer → Spree531 DownReveal answer → Front433 DownReveal answer → Fruit434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. 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.