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Evening Standard Crossword May 2 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 2 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
EstimateGUESS5Across1 A name I had for being goodVALID5Across1 MovingASTIR5Across4 One stolen for its strange charm?MARCH5Across6 Church gangwayAISLE5Across6 HankerHUNGER6Across7 Female tigerTIGRESS7Across9 Dump something? Yes, in the depotDEPOSIT7Across9 PerformACT3Across9 EscortUSHER5Across10 A legal right as a foreignerALIEN5Across10 EvilBAD3Across10 SolusALONE5Across11 What the fire does, thanks to '13 Across'ROARS5Across11 GleeMIRTH5Across12 Something to hang on to?STRAP5Across12 FilamentFIBRE5Across12 ThoughtIDEA4Across13 Word for wordLITERAL7Across13 Puffers?BELLOWS7Across13 Lettuce, as distinct from 'cabbage', perhapsCOS3Across15 FavouritePET3Across15 SpreeREVEL5Across15 Musical work, a rare and singular operaOPUS4Across17 PlotSCHEME6Across17 Norse godODIN4Across17 DetectiveSLEUTH6Across18 Hustle around with a bloodhoundSLEUTH6Across18 Stone central to the building of castles?SLATE5Across19 SkulkLURK4Across19 Native American tentTEPEE5Across19 Like the path of the serious student?GRAVEL6Across20 Went by boatSAILED6Across20 SuppleLITHE5Across20 EpochERA3Across22 Locate it in the Kentish areaSITE4Across22 ScorchSEAR4Across22 Fowl finishing up in the kitchenHEN3Across24 EdibleEATABLE7Across24 FinishEND3Across24 One bird bit anotherBITTERN7Across25 Use upDEPLETE7Across25 Beer mugSTEIN5Across26 Possessed more, being at courtHADUP5Across26 Strong pointFORTE5Across27 BarrelTUN3Across27 It's relatively weasellySTOAT5Across27 Reason for a record, I seeLOGIC5Across28 RagesFUMES5Across28 DeflectAVERT5Across28 Answered the salesman with a songREPLIED7Across29 IrregularERRATIC7Across29 Frizzled the French wayFRIED5Across30 PacifiesCALMS5Across30 Not theseTHOSE5Across31 Exciting number of pointsTENSE5Across31 DeprivationLOSS4Across31 ProvokedROUSED6Across33 LessMINUS5Across35 CeremonyRITE4Across37 StormedRAGED5Across38 MaterialREP3Across39 ChipLOB3Across41 DiscloseREVEAL6Across42 BoothSTALL5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PiercingSHRILL6Down1 UnspokenUNSAID6Down2 Please arrange to be resting!ASLEEP6Down2 DisquietUNREST6Down2 Due to moral principles, is out of businessIDEALS6Down3 Boy's nameSTEVEN6Down3 NoseNEB3Down3 The end room?DEN3Down4 ZenithACME4Down4 Knight's titleSIR3Down4 YetSTILL5Down5 FeebleFRAIL5Down5 Owlish utterance from motorists?HOOTS5Down5 NormallyASARULE7Down6 InsideINTERIOR8Down6 To crash a car within a mile is phenomenal!MIRACLE7Down6 Skye, sayISLE4Down7 A spinner highest placed?ATOP4Down7 UnusualRARE4Down8 Surgical knifeLANCET6Down8 Most tractors can be used in vegetable productionCARROT6Down8 BearingDEMEANOUR9Down11 If you bulge here, that's fineSWELL5Down12 DestinedFATED5Down12 Hushaby baby supporterBOUGH5Down13 SlackLOOSE5Down13 TimorousTIMID5Down14 PainACHE4Down14 Lordly Roman poetLUCAN5Down14 Pulped fruitPUREE5Down15 Hurt, that is, by an attractive girlCUTIE5Down15 Part of speechVERB4Down16 To most men, she shows a certain polishSHEEN5Down16 In that placeTHERE5Down16 Take off for wild tripsSTRIP5Down18 WarmthHEAT4Down18 NumberSEVEN5Down18 WobblesTEETERS7Down19 Given a rest, medicinallySEDATED7Down19 MohairANGORA6Down21 Being good, he always appears in correct orderRECTOR6Down21 UnknowingIGNORANT8Down21 Walked while a saint was carriedSTRODE6Down22 Walk with a droopSLOUCH6Down22 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down23 Greek capitalATHENS6Down23 Characteristics an artist can revealTRAITS6Down23 BendTURN4Down25 Muscular, but not exactly a bullyBURLY5Down25 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down25 A hounded animalHARE4Down26 Plant partSTEM4Down26 AlwaysEVER4Down26 Allowed out of school, etc.LET3Down28 SeizureFIT3Down28 RevisedEDITED6Down29 TripleTREBLE6Down30 StenchSMELL5Down32 EmployerUSER4Down34 ImageIDOL4Down36 StyPEN3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 2, 2024. 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.