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Evening Standard Crossword May 2 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 2 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
RecollectRECALL6Across1 RosterROTA4Across1 As a companion for one, you can take your pickSHOVEL6Across1 ShelterLEE3Across4 BanVETO4Across6 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across7 Teacher possibly due to become an actor?EDUCATOR8Across7 AgainstVERSUS6Across8 Do her friends call her 'Bud'?ROSA4Across8 Small insectsBUGS4Across8 RidiculeDERIDE6Across9 TimidSHY3Across10 Frustrated at fencing?FOILED6Across10 OriginatesARISES6Across10 Naval flagENSIGN6Across11 Not exactly unfair?UNJUST6Across11 IreANGER5Across12 NumberTEN3Across14 In Elizabethan times, it was chancyBET3Across14 FiendDEMON5Across14 GovernorRULER5Across15 LubricatedOILED5Across16 ABC etc.NOTES5Across16 A rotten redRUST4Across17 StretchesEKES4Across17 MoviesCINEMA6Across18 Meant to create as an artistMANET5Across19 Hard stoneFLINT5Across19 Lay onIMPOSE6Across20 More sensible form of snareSANER5Across21 Short moral storyFABLE5Across21 Is this bone the humerus?FUNNY5Across22 Christmas hymnCAROL5Across22 JettyPIER4Across23 Real property, money alsoLAND4Across23 BetWAGER5Across24 Happen againRECUR5Across26 ShunAVOID5Across26 Didn't lie down for a day, out of bedSATUP5Across26 Possible swinger with a hangup!BOB3Across28 Luke-warmTEPID5Across28 SpoilMAR3Across28 Former Liberal leader; bit of an author, perhapsTHORPE6Across29 Fills with anxietyALARMS6Across29 MarshlandsFEN3Across30 BadgerHARASS6Across30 Finished in court, in secretCOVERT6Across30 Victim of economy cuts?AXED4Across31 ParadiseEDEN4Across31 Sort of affairs a politician can get involved inINTERNAL8Across32 HelmTILLER6Across32 EstrangeALIENATE8Across32 Make fewer pointsLESSEN6Across33 ServiceableUSEFUL6Across33 MissiveLETTER6Across33 ProphetSEER4Across34 RecedeEBB3Across35 PitcherEWER4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpinROTATE6Down1 He's on board for the sportSURFER6Down1 SeaOCEAN5Down2 A colourful girlVIOLET6Down2 MaltreatsABUSES6Down2 GirlLASS4Down3 HarshAUSTERE7Down3 Play the first card after a misdeal?LEAD4Down3 It's used for patient examinationSCANNER7Down4 MinusLESS4Down4 Without exceptionBARNONE7Down4 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down5 All-night watchVIGIL5Down5 A local provision just a street awaySTOUT5Down5 PoetryVERSE5Down6 Kids who could play the part of Bart Simpson?BRATS5Down6 EndureSTAND5Down6 BoringTEDIOUS7Down7 StingBITE4Down8 Do spare ones help keep you lean?RIBS4Down8 InformationGEN3Down9 Hardened up like some white stuffSET3Down9 ColourHUE3Down11 Write down a bit of a banjo tuneJOT3Down12 CurveARC3Down12 Be seatedSIT3Down12 A figure that's small, stillSEVEN5Down13 OddRUM3Down13 Aquatic birdsGEESE5Down13 Arm jointELBOW5Down15 Did it taste heavenly?MANNA5Down15 StatuteLAW3Down16 EquipmentRIG3Down17 Does he turn a hair, possibly?URIAH5Down18 Prepare to prayKNEEL5Down18 There's many a one in our raceMAN3Down19 BillINVOICE7Down19 DistantFAR3Down19 He made history in long gone yearsNEY3Down20 UnwellILL3Down20 Encourage to consume strong drink?SUPPORT7Down21 EncounteredMET3Down21 AgricultureFARMING7Down21 LeadPRECEDE7Down22 TykeCUR3Down22 Can it help keep the kettle warm?FUR3Down22 Mother, sayPARENT6Down23 They simply adore leftovers!LOVERS6Down23 FinishEND3Down23 CountryIRAN4Down24 Lying in oneABED4Down24 Bacon sliceRASHER6Down25 Keep in date somehowDETAIN6Down25 WonderAWE3Down25 Piece torn off?STRIP5Down26 Aircraft detection systemRADAR5Down26 DroneIDLER5Down27 HutCABIN5Down27 Sounds the horn, sweetheartTOOTS5Down27 Senseless, foolishMAD3Down28 Sort of seat to contest?BOX3Down28 HardenINURE5Down29 Necessity to use the phoneCALL4Down30 ReleaseFREE4Down30 Foot partHEEL4Down30 UnfeelingNUMB4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. 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.