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Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 18 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 122 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#
CramSTUFF5Across1 ShriekSCREAM6Across1 Flirt with the boy round the post officeSPOON5Across1 DebaseDEMEAN6Across5 A bird to greet agitatedlyEGRET5Across6 FactDATUM5Across6 ScareFRIGHTEN8Across8 ShellfishLOBSTER7Across9 OozeDRIP4Across9 Sort of point from which to watch tennis?VANTAGE7Across9 ToupeeWIG3Across10 In September, the French take a restSLEEP5Across10 Girl's nameANNIE5Across10 They're held up because of bad weatherGAMPS5Across11 RelativeNIECE5Across11 One who's compulsively creative?MAKER5Across12 ManagedCOPED5Across12 LukewarmTEPID5Across12 ThrivePROSPER7Across13 In error, give people their cardsMISDEAL7Across13 LettuceCOS3Across15 TotalSUM3Across15 Work in a factoryACT3Across15 DependRELY4Across17 City in old CzechoslovakiaOSLO4Across17 MeadowLEA3Across17 Civil pilot arranging an early startPOLITE6Across18 TearRIP3Across18 Pleasure craftPEDALO6Across18 Figure in politics, eventuallySEVEN5Across19 Group of witchesCOVEN5Across19 SpringSPA3Across19 GobbleDEVOUR6Across20 Such a big basket could slow you downHAMPER6Across20 RascalROGUE5Across20 SortILK3Across21 JotIOTA4Across22 CurDOG3Across22 He looked imperial in fine robesNERO4Across22 SkillART3Across23 Ducks in this enclosure would be blackSTY3Across24 WatchEYE3Across24 BeforeERE3Across24 Boxer from Belfast, on show in London?CRUISER7Across25 TrailblazerPIONEER7Across25 HadOWNED5Across26 Very old, hot-headed complaintsHILLS5Across26 Wall paintingMURAL5Across26 Can you watch it in a dissipated dive for nothing?VIDEO5Across27 WildFERAL5Across27 RuptureBURST5Across28 When that dodgy pair left?APRIL5Across28 He painted our mill anewMURILLO7Across29 CoreNUCLEUS7Across29 StrayERR3Across29 Applauds a number of parts of the raceCLAPS5Across30 RemainsSTAYS5Across30 In that placeTHERE5Across31 Go in for rent revision at a certain pointENTER5Across31 SecureSAFE4Across33 Story-tellerNARRATOR8Across34 CombinedUNITED6Across35 PactTREATY6Across36

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IncumbencyTENURE6Down2 Where a pal is to be found on the floor?PALAIS6Down2 DogCORGI5Down2 Be too lavish because of a party?OVERDO6Down3 FragileFLIMSY6Down3 BorderEDGE4Down3 SayingMOTTO5Down4 EnemyFOE3Down4 Pile of green apples?NAP3Down4 ThickDENSE5Down5 EscortUSHER5Down5 In West Ealing, you have to go carefullySTEAL5Down5 MethodMODE4Down6 Urged to have done differently at the OvalEGGEDON7Down6 InhabitantDENIZEN7Down6 FarewellADIEU5Down7 DryARID4Down7 Clothes for driving in?GEAR4Down7 UnsophisticatedUNCOOL6Down8 Just as you'd think, this oration is from the mouthEXPECT6Down8 SquanderWASTE5Down10 ClearingGLADE5Down11 Mum's a winner at chess!MATER5Down12 FreightCARGO5Down12 Male voiceTENOR5Down12 HeathenPAGAN5Down13 DignityPRIDE5Down13 Fliers with taste in clothing?MOTHS5Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 Oily fruitOLIVE5Down14 I'm crafty about being so repulsive!SLIMY5Down14 They help with new ideasAIDES5Down15 MaliceSPITE5Down15 BoatCANOE5Down15 ManufacturerMAKER5Down16 Of the sunSOLAR5Down16 He'll sing a number with some force!TENOR5Down16 Lords, when drunk, may be less than presentablePEERS5Down18 DangerPERIL5Down18 Thoughtful way the American goes round a Brazilian citySERIOUS7Down19 Type of cloudCUMULUS7Down19 A fabric just as you likeATWILL6Down21 Boy's nameERNEST6Down21 Japan is said to move smartly aheadNIPPON6Down22 Flooding inINRUSH6Down22 Be abusive about the simply shockingREVILE6Down23 PoserTEASER6Down23 Assert that one has many an ambitionCLAIM5Down25 LongYEARN5Down25 BucketsPAILS5Down25 NumerousMANY4Down26 Cannabis can make you cough quietlyHEMP4Down26 DeclinedWANED5Down27 To be in the heart of Wales, is refreshingALE3Down28 HoweverBUT3Down28 HeronEGRET5Down28 PerchROOST5Down30 AdroitDEFT4Down31 PaddleWADE4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 18, 2026. 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.