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Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 19 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
InstructTEACH5Across1 RecoverRECOUP6Across5 AnimalHORSE5Across8 Whatever happens and however fast you're travellingATANYRATE9Across9 US mountain dweller (slang)HILLBILLY9Across9 UnbalancedTOPHEAVY8Across10 FleetARMADA6Across10 Fancies capturing, in picturesIMAGINES8Across10 DetailITEM4Across11 Wintry weather is healthy, you sayHAIL4Across12 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Across12 Spill the beans about a carousalREVEAL6Across13 StreetAVENUE6Across13 NakednessNUDITY6Across14 A quick way home, for the workerBEELINE7Across14 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Across14 AlternativelyINSTEAD7Across15 Flower found in the jungle?TIGERLILY9Across15 Questioning and mockingQUIZZICAL9Across15 When I rang off, she had added the finishing touch to the dishGARNISHED9Across17 TalkativeGARRULOUS9Across17 Shorten to the short "Are sick"CURTAIL7Across18 TrapGIN3Across18 AugmentENHANCE7Across18 JewelGEM3Across19 Earnest requestBEHEST6Across20 Names the various characters inSPELLS6Across20 NurseTEND4Across21 Fencing swordEPEE4Across21 Undecided, to start withOPEN4Across21 PunitivePENAL5Across23 CreamBEST4Across24 Sports matchesFIXTURES8Across24 Asked, pathetically, to be looked afterBESOUGHT8Across24 Carry onCONTINUE8Across26 How the driller went on and on about his job?BORINGLY8Across26 NoiseDIN3Across27 GemstoneONYX4Across28 With the hardwood, make a mess ofHASH4Across28 FishEEL3Across29 Food fishPLAICE6Across29 "Kicking up a dust," I gently interposed, "is silly"STUPID6Across29 Goes over one's adversitiesCROSSES7Across31 DeviceMACHINE7Across31 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Across31 BurrowTUNNEL6Across32 Original planBLUEPRINT9Across34 Finds, too, in the recordsDISCOVERS9Across34 FruitDATE4Across34 MislayingLOSING6Across35 Place side by sideJUXTAPOSE9Across36 Owning up, when giving notice to take a job onADMISSION9Across36 That repartee of the woman's just makes one wiltWITHERS7Across38 ViewSCENE5Across38 Showing tirednessYAWNING7Across38 By ten, about, someting cold to eat does seem temptingENTICE6Across39 FreeGRATIS6Across39 Jerk backRECOIL6Across39 Play divisionsACTS4Across40 The story is good - set in the CityEPIC4Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across40 ArrangeORGANISE8Across41 Think it's about time to act as go-betweenMEDITATE8Across41 Administrative branchEXECUTIVE9Across42 A memo about the residueREMAINDER9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The way you refer to is "Backward and pitiable"PATHETIC8Down1 Body size and shapePHYSIQUE8Down1 GraduatesALUMNI6Down2 The salon called it back inRATING6Down2 StrayERR3Down2 CollarboneCLAVICLE8Down3 A friend back home got the data for the writerMATERIAL8Down3 PureCHASTE6Down3 Book of hymnsHYMNAL6Down4 Depend on me onlyMERELY6Down4 ScuttleHOD3Down4 ControlREIN4Down5 MightSTRENGTH8Down5 Double-talk?DIALOGUE8Down5 BelieveCREDIT6Down6 Who whipped the cream?CATBURGLAR10Down6 Penal institutionOPENPRISON10Down6 BeggedPRAYED6Down7 Comfortable though not chic - and one didn't have to commuteLIVEDIN7Down7 FlimsyTENUOUS7Down7 Die in a shipwreck coming back againPERISH6Down8 Carry too farOVERDO6Down8 DevastatedRAVAGED7Down9 Inclined to be, when looking afterTENDING7Down11 Wound dressingPLASTER7Down11 PullTUG3Down12 PitMINE4Down13 Highest pointZENITH6Down16 If you think it out, it is justification forREASON6Down16 ObserveNOTE4Down16 MaterialDENIM5Down17 HirsuteHAIRY5Down19 Winds up the entertainment at the Scottish festival?REELS5Down19 VehicleBUS3Down20 Ready for collectionSET3Down20 HandcuffMANACLE7Down20 Dried plumPRUNE5Down22 Mid-dayNOON4Down22 Unpleasant people you may tolerate only in small doses?PILLS5Down22 Mountain rangeSIERRA6Down23 Pries up with metal objectsSNOOPS6Down23 SarcasticBITING6Down24 Kitchen utensilROLLINGPIN10Down25 As it gains speed will, you understand, rockGATHERSWAY10Down25 RemitSEND4Down25 The rotten fish is sent backBAD3Down26 OccupierTENANT6Down26 Snooker stickCUE3Down26 Wild West charactersCOWBOYS7Down27 Follows, in the gloomSHADOWS7Down27 PursuedCHASED6Down28 PermitLET3Down30 Information superhighwayINTERNET8Down30 Tormented, looked for a way through itPESTERED8Down30 Twice invite a rebukeCOMECOME8Down31 FabricsTEXTILES8Down31 ManagerOVERSEER8Down32 Nice work if you can get it!SINECURE8Down32 BestOPTIMAL7Down33 Go on a diet, out in bloom when summer comesGODETIA7Down33 MinusLESS4Down33 A part-time nanny nobody will miss?SITTER6Down35 Lacking cautionUNWARY6Down35 IndividualONE3Down36 Not having got to the fore in one's craftASTERN6Down36 Clothing itemJACKET6Down36 A police officer and a man that is out to obstructIMPEDE6Down37 Flowering plantORCHID6Down37 BornNEE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 19, 2023. 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.