Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2023 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 18 2023. 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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Posture61 AcrossReveal answer → Bread maker53 AcrossReveal answer → All round, it's of geographical interest53 AcrossReveal answer → Lectern45 AcrossReveal answer → Courteous58 AcrossReveal answer → Fresh cod, to me, tastes like wine!58 AcrossReveal answer → Army chaplain58 AcrossReveal answer → Recede39 AcrossReveal answer → Give one's address510 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid410 AcrossReveal answer → Horizontal510 AcrossReveal answer → As a professional, in short, achieve a century311 AcrossReveal answer → Conceited411 AcrossReveal answer → Flatfish311 AcrossReveal answer → Lord _ there's a duck in the barn!512 AcrossReveal answer → Blemish512 AcrossReveal answer → Deep circular dish512 AcrossReveal answer → Alike713 AcrossReveal answer → Debt-collector at church in France713 AcrossReveal answer → Rush613 AcrossReveal answer → Desert animal515 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese bamboo fencing515 AcrossReveal answer → Breed416 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish river318 AcrossReveal answer → The States have the key to employment318 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked418 AcrossReveal answer → Oppose one's misguided sister619 AcrossReveal answer → Expand619 AcrossReveal answer → Rug320 AcrossReveal answer → Tool usable on a box721 AcrossReveal answer → Down payment721 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet422 AcrossReveal answer → Pals in high places422 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated322 AcrossReveal answer → Strikes423 AcrossReveal answer → Kenneth had something extra423 AcrossReveal answer → Lair323 AcrossReveal answer → Seemly behaviour724 AcrossReveal answer → Had he a square garden?724 AcrossReveal answer → Unaccompanied424 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise425 AcrossReveal answer → Once hooked, might be in a hole626 AcrossReveal answer → Shore bird626 AcrossReveal answer → Guard628 AcrossReveal answer → Too much noise in the reading room329 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibit329 AcrossReveal answer → Trite530 AcrossReveal answer → Afterwards531 AcrossReveal answer → Realms in which there's a reason not to get ahead531 AcrossReveal answer → The kick one can get out of a trip732 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine432 AcrossReveal answer → Middle732 AcrossReveal answer → Colour433 AcrossReveal answer → Zealous in heartening bombardiers, possibly534 AcrossReveal answer → Imitate334 AcrossReveal answer → Journal534 AcrossReveal answer → Something fishy in the processing of ore335 AcrossReveal answer → Slumber535 AcrossReveal answer → Animal's coat335 AcrossReveal answer → In the Caribbean, it couldn't possibly be the capital of Tahiti!536 AcrossReveal answer → Victim436 AcrossReveal answer → Healed536 AcrossReveal answer → Hit five boundaries537 AcrossReveal answer → Soften637 AcrossReveal answer → Sucrose537 AcrossReveal answer → Disdain to treat corns538 AcrossReveal answer → Oozes538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Stink61 DownReveal answer → Displeased when a G-man gets promoted51 DownReveal answer → Wireless51 DownReveal answer → Tree-dwelling82 DownReveal answer → So pluck may be needed in making jugs!72 DownReveal answer → Referee72 DownReveal answer → Talented63 DownReveal answer → Disclose information so as to get out of a hole?44 DownReveal answer → Twisted94 DownReveal answer → Slightly open44 DownReveal answer → Parted75 DownReveal answer → One who reserves a prize?65 DownReveal answer → Evoke65 DownReveal answer → Of the kidneys56 DownReveal answer → Dash46 DownReveal answer → Eagles may be seen around the air terminal56 DownReveal answer → Ruler47 DownReveal answer → Brimless cap57 DownReveal answer → Multiplication stables!57 DownReveal answer → Lettuce38 DownReveal answer → Weir39 DownReveal answer → Assume he's from London39 DownReveal answer → Irishman's name for a gun?712 DownReveal answer → Rifle attachment712 DownReveal answer → Circuit314 DownReveal answer → Demoted914 DownReveal answer → Is one acronym of account314 DownReveal answer → Can315 DownReveal answer → Axiom516 DownReveal answer → Lenin once admitted a silk fabric516 DownReveal answer → Small animal able to trot about a quarter of a mile517 DownReveal answer → Help317 DownReveal answer → Rental contract517 DownReveal answer → Respect819 DownReveal answer → Defy719 DownReveal answer → Lived with Sid Reed719 DownReveal answer → Uncle starts the ball with this dance520 DownReveal answer → Crowd320 DownReveal answer → Customary520 DownReveal answer → Warehouse521 DownReveal answer → Completely721 DownReveal answer → Paste mixed with too much water521 DownReveal answer → Causing distress723 DownReveal answer → Important person going ahead with a walk-out723 DownReveal answer → Ridicule624 DownReveal answer → A bitty picture?624 DownReveal answer → It's bad, yes, for a man to be motherless325 DownReveal answer → Managed325 DownReveal answer → Irritate626 DownReveal answer → Coming627 DownReveal answer → He's on record as a Dickens character527 DownReveal answer → Indistinct527 DownReveal answer → Those eaten up in strategic manoeuvres?528 DownReveal answer → Yields528 DownReveal answer → Fall429 DownReveal answer → Unit of gold purity530 DownReveal answer → Strict regulation of rents530 DownReveal answer → Foundation430 DownReveal answer → Edge331 DownReveal answer → Harvest432 DownReveal answer → Whereupon one can walk over water432 DownReveal answer → Look nothing but a game333 DownReveal answer → Mat333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 18, 2023. 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.