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Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
YelpSQUEAL6Across1 Looking sickly with a broken leg is just a trick!WANGLE6Across1 PutPOSED5Across2 AircraftAIRLINER8Across7 GratisFREE4Across7 An expert fiddler?VIRTUOSO8Across7 Foreigner on top of the world?POLE4Across8 CruelUNKIND6Across8 Beach materialSAND4Across8 ElementTRACE5Across9 Shown to wander within prison boundariesPROVEN6Across10 TopicsTHEMES6Across10 Hair colourAUBURN6Across11 Stop being a policeman?ARREST6Across11 YouthLAD3Across11 ColourRED3Across13 Ready to go after allSET3Across14 Sheltered sideLEE3Across14 ThoughtIDEA4Across15 WhimFAD3Across16 Agree the totalTALLY5Across16 Art formMUSIC5Across16 Somewhat unstable, possibly?NUTS4Across17 SummonCALL4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Loses colourFADES5Across19 DisplayedPARADED7Across19 Is he short of a goat?BILLY5Across19 ReviseEDIT4Across20 Boy's nameKEVIN5Across21 Don't agree with what's less than believableBELIE5Across21 NakedNUDE4Across22 Clean feathersPREEN5Across22 Musical test for a visitant alienMOTET5Across22 HarmedDAMAGED7Across23 AbruptCURT4Across23 Seems tired of scraps of sausagesSAGS4Across23 DeclareAVER4Across25 Where the head of state has a bit of a moan?SAMOA5Across26 RegretfulSORRY5Across26 GuidedLED3Across27 Make a mistakeERR3Across28 This thing isn't worth much (though it means a lot)FAR3Across28 GalaFETE4Across28 SoldiersTROOPS6Across29 Their fruits can be eaten, with egg on!PLANTS6Across29 If upset, in dire need, make it clear!DEFINE6Across30 Primary sourceORIGIN6Across30 CoverLID3Across30 Much impressed by an article on 'United'AWED4Across31 DefectiveDUD3Across31 UrnVASE4Across31 Feeling better when taken off dutyRELIEVED8Across32 ConversationDIALOGUE8Across32 AvariceGREED5Across33 Cilla, we're told, is dangerous to sailorsSCYLLA6Across33 SnuggleNESTLE6Across33 Picture-houseCINEMA6Across36 TopAPEX4Across37 ShowyGAUDY5Across38

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From an arm, we get a bit of a pongWEAPON6Down1 StationarySTATIC6Down1 TrampleTREAD5Down1 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down2 Grand amours, right and leftGLOVES6Down2 FavouritePET3Down2 StriplingsLADS4Down3 Still going north with the first mateEVEN4Down3 OceanSEA3Down3 OwingDUE3Down4 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down4 Alarm by shaking rattlesSTARTLE7Down4 HeavensSKY3Down5 Original storyNOVEL5Down5 Asian riverINDUS5Down5 BuryINTER5Down6 Former French currencyFRANC5Down6 So a new toy is a puppetSOOTY5Down6 VendSELL4Down8 It stands upright in pots, possiblyPOST4Down8 Born asNEE3Down9 Allow the French a little timeLET3Down9 ScorchCHAR4Down10 GenerousLIBERAL7Down11 Shiny exterior of a raspberryRAY3Down12 DeterminedDECIDED7Down12 Public vehicleBUS3Down12 You and me for tea?SLANG5Down13 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 Stair partRISER5Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down15 Joe and Leslie, nominallyGILES5Down15 DeadlyFATAL5Down16 Old-fashionedDATED5Down17 ChickenHEN3Down18 DetestABHOR5Down18 The common upstart upset Saul!USUAL5Down18 To gamble is to be thick-headedBET3Down19 ChargeFEE3Down19 Put a match to and left itLIT3Down20 RacketDIN3Down20 Those Volga fellows in song?BOATMEN7Down21 SailorTAR3Down21 Gaseous elementKRYPTON7Down21 One short day is less than a monthMON3Down22 In favour ofPRO3Down22 How a dodgy false pony-tail should be securedSAFELY6Down23 EmergencyCRISIS6Down23 ImpulseURGE4Down24 EquipmentGEAR4Down24 In popular idiom, uninterestingARID4Down24 JumbleTANGLE6Down25 Mountaineer's turn of phraseSHERPA6Down25 Call onVISIT5Down26 ExamineSTUDY5Down26 It's fun, cobber!SPORT5Down26 Sort of syrup for a soft-hearted manMAPLE5Down27 RegalROYAL5Down27 Noisy when we turn up? Not a lot!FEW3Down28 EpochERA3Down28 AdjustedTUNED5Down29 In many adverts, they're paternalDADS4Down30 CookerOVEN4Down30 TinyWEE3Down32 SilenceGAG3Down33 BirdEMU3Down34 AgeDAY3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 19, 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.