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Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 19 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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Instruct51 AcrossReveal answer → Recover65 AcrossReveal answer → Animal58 AcrossReveal answer → Whatever happens and however fast you're travelling99 AcrossReveal answer → US mountain dweller (slang)99 AcrossReveal answer → Unbalanced810 AcrossReveal answer → Fleet610 AcrossReveal answer → Fancies capturing, in pictures810 AcrossReveal answer → Detail411 AcrossReveal answer → Wintry weather is healthy, you say412 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese wrestling412 AcrossReveal answer → Spill the beans about a carousal613 AcrossReveal answer → Street613 AcrossReveal answer → Nakedness614 AcrossReveal answer → A quick way home, for the worker714 AcrossReveal answer → Impartial714 AcrossReveal answer → Alternatively715 AcrossReveal answer → Flower found in the jungle?915 AcrossReveal answer → Questioning and mocking915 AcrossReveal answer → When I rang off, she had added the finishing touch to the dish917 AcrossReveal answer → Talkative917 AcrossReveal answer → Shorten to the short "Are sick"718 AcrossReveal answer → Trap318 AcrossReveal answer → Augment718 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel319 AcrossReveal answer → Earnest request620 AcrossReveal answer → Names the various characters in620 AcrossReveal answer → Nurse421 AcrossReveal answer → Fencing sword421 AcrossReveal answer → Undecided, to start with421 AcrossReveal answer → Punitive523 AcrossReveal answer → Cream424 AcrossReveal answer → Sports matches824 AcrossReveal answer → Asked, pathetically, to be looked after824 AcrossReveal answer → Carry on826 AcrossReveal answer → How the driller went on and on about his job?826 AcrossReveal answer → Noise327 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone428 AcrossReveal answer → With the hardwood, make a mess of428 AcrossReveal answer → Fish329 AcrossReveal answer → Food fish629 AcrossReveal answer → "Kicking up a dust," I gently interposed, "is silly"629 AcrossReveal answer → Goes over one's adversities731 AcrossReveal answer → Device731 AcrossReveal answer → Underwater missile731 AcrossReveal answer → Burrow632 AcrossReveal answer → Original plan934 AcrossReveal answer → Finds, too, in the records934 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit434 AcrossReveal answer → Mislaying635 AcrossReveal answer → Place side by side936 AcrossReveal answer → Owning up, when giving notice to take a job on936 AcrossReveal answer → That repartee of the woman's just makes one wilt738 AcrossReveal answer → View538 AcrossReveal answer → Showing tiredness738 AcrossReveal answer → By ten, about, someting cold to eat does seem tempting639 AcrossReveal answer → Free639 AcrossReveal answer → Jerk back639 AcrossReveal answer → Play divisions440 AcrossReveal answer → The story is good - set in the City440 AcrossReveal answer → Bordered540 AcrossReveal answer → Arrange841 AcrossReveal answer → Think it's about time to act as go-between841 AcrossReveal answer → Administrative branch942 AcrossReveal answer → A memo about the residue942 AcrossReveal answer →

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The way you refer to is "Backward and pitiable"81 DownReveal answer → Body size and shape81 DownReveal answer → Graduates62 DownReveal answer → The salon called it back in62 DownReveal answer → Stray32 DownReveal answer → Collarbone83 DownReveal answer → A friend back home got the data for the writer83 DownReveal answer → Pure63 DownReveal answer → Book of hymns64 DownReveal answer → Depend on me only64 DownReveal answer → Scuttle34 DownReveal answer → Control45 DownReveal answer → Might85 DownReveal answer → Double-talk?85 DownReveal answer → Believe66 DownReveal answer → Who whipped the cream?106 DownReveal answer → Penal institution106 DownReveal answer → Begged67 DownReveal answer → Comfortable though not chic - and one didn't have to commute77 DownReveal answer → Flimsy77 DownReveal answer → Die in a shipwreck coming back again68 DownReveal answer → Carry too far68 DownReveal answer → Devastated79 DownReveal answer → Inclined to be, when looking after711 DownReveal answer → Wound dressing711 DownReveal answer → Pull312 DownReveal answer → Pit413 DownReveal answer → Highest point616 DownReveal answer → If you think it out, it is justification for616 DownReveal answer → Observe416 DownReveal answer → Material517 DownReveal answer → Hirsute519 DownReveal answer → Winds up the entertainment at the Scottish festival?519 DownReveal answer → Vehicle320 DownReveal answer → Ready for collection320 DownReveal answer → Handcuff720 DownReveal answer → Dried plum522 DownReveal answer → Mid-day422 DownReveal answer → Unpleasant people you may tolerate only in small doses?522 DownReveal answer → Mountain range623 DownReveal answer → Pries up with metal objects623 DownReveal answer → Sarcastic624 DownReveal answer → Kitchen utensil1025 DownReveal answer → As it gains speed will, you understand, rock1025 DownReveal answer → Remit425 DownReveal answer → The rotten fish is sent back326 DownReveal answer → Occupier626 DownReveal answer → Snooker stick326 DownReveal answer → Wild West characters727 DownReveal answer → Follows, in the gloom727 DownReveal answer → Pursued628 DownReveal answer → Permit330 DownReveal answer → Information superhighway830 DownReveal answer → Tormented, looked for a way through it830 DownReveal answer → Twice invite a rebuke831 DownReveal answer → Fabrics831 DownReveal answer → Manager832 DownReveal answer → Nice work if you can get it!832 DownReveal answer → Best733 DownReveal answer → Go on a diet, out in bloom when summer comes733 DownReveal answer → Minus433 DownReveal answer → A part-time nanny nobody will miss?635 DownReveal answer → Lacking caution635 DownReveal answer → Individual336 DownReveal answer → Not having got to the fore in one's craft636 DownReveal answer → Clothing item636 DownReveal answer → A police officer and a man that is out to obstruct637 DownReveal answer → Flowering plant637 DownReveal answer → Born337 DownReveal answer →

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