Evening Standard Crossword May 2 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 2 2026. 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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Hatred53 AcrossReveal answer → Motto64 AcrossReveal answer → Freda's silly to hide money from him64 AcrossReveal answer → Fit as Charlton?87 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread87 AcrossReveal answer → Score often trebled at darts68 AcrossReveal answer → Musical dramas68 AcrossReveal answer → Pair69 AcrossReveal answer → Stink510 AcrossReveal answer → Undergo610 AcrossReveal answer → Conflict a little?510 AcrossReveal answer → Parched511 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid412 AcrossReveal answer → Sheet a fathead gets oil on413 AcrossReveal answer → Squirrel's nest413 AcrossReveal answer → Story414 AcrossReveal answer → Drinks? Just little ones414 AcrossReveal answer → At draughts, he's twice the man he was415 AcrossReveal answer → Hollow415 AcrossReveal answer → Food-list415 AcrossReveal answer → What every poet laureate has to do316 AcrossReveal answer → Information316 AcrossReveal answer → Slight hint, possibly417 AcrossReveal answer → Earn717 AcrossReveal answer → Stray417 AcrossReveal answer → 'Over the top' things to wear419 AcrossReveal answer → Ostrich419 AcrossReveal answer → Wand320 AcrossReveal answer → It's a revolver, this weapon921 AcrossReveal answer → City921 AcrossReveal answer → Finished521 AcrossReveal answer → Sagacious423 AcrossReveal answer → Where Jack can get a drink on the side423 AcrossReveal answer → Detail423 AcrossReveal answer → Architecturally, outer parts of a domicile424 AcrossReveal answer → Afflicts424 AcrossReveal answer → Cab425 AcrossReveal answer → Goat326 AcrossReveal answer → One laboriously sought at the centre?326 AcrossReveal answer → Renovate526 AcrossReveal answer → It's pretty accurately drawn427 AcrossReveal answer → Part of speech427 AcrossReveal answer → Beaker328 AcrossReveal answer → Pigheaded group conspiracy429 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait429 AcrossReveal answer → Ebbed730 AcrossReveal answer → The French duly concluded he could paint432 AcrossReveal answer → Supply432 AcrossReveal answer → Old tales rehashed533 AcrossReveal answer → Willow533 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine433 AcrossReveal answer → In armed attacks, coppers can be shot!634 AcrossReveal answer → Army chaplains634 AcrossReveal answer → What a plane may be, possibly with a fin missing?835 AcrossReveal answer → Enchant835 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy435 AcrossReveal answer → Commercial636 AcrossReveal answer → One drink much like another?636 AcrossReveal answer → Brittle536 AcrossReveal answer → Gang638 AcrossReveal answer → Evoke639 AcrossReveal answer → Agree540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Animal51 DownReveal answer → Was it wildly waspish?51 DownReveal answer → Performed51 DownReveal answer → Defame52 DownReveal answer → You'd be unlucky to lose yours52 DownReveal answer → Glory52 DownReveal answer → Shoe part43 DownReveal answer → Stay within a stronghold43 DownReveal answer → Elderly33 DownReveal answer → Derision54 DownReveal answer → Obtain64 DownReveal answer → Continue working in west London54 DownReveal answer → Employed45 DownReveal answer → Comply45 DownReveal answer → Think there's just one payment left45 DownReveal answer → Mire36 DownReveal answer → Shrub66 DownReveal answer → Actors no longer able to star?66 DownReveal answer → Bid57 DownReveal answer → Haughty58 DownReveal answer → Fuel69 DownReveal answer → Initially went into garden with a massive tent69 DownReveal answer → Rug311 DownReveal answer → Old Bill in the part of Marco Polo311 DownReveal answer → A well known surname, like Hill512 DownReveal answer → Boy's name512 DownReveal answer → Train713 DownReveal answer → A good time as forecast?713 DownReveal answer → Swindle713 DownReveal answer → Drain514 DownReveal answer → Kipling character in Eskimo country315 DownReveal answer → Perish315 DownReveal answer → Noted horse used in breeding316 DownReveal answer → Spotted716 DownReveal answer → Congeal316 DownReveal answer → Go in518 DownReveal answer → One warmly encouraging vegetable production618 DownReveal answer → Street618 DownReveal answer → Encountered319 DownReveal answer → Being clumsy, it holds a pen awkwardly520 DownReveal answer → Entertains520 DownReveal answer → Cover321 DownReveal answer → He's suspended321 DownReveal answer → Fasten322 DownReveal answer → A pole to catch a perch?322 DownReveal answer → Old-fashioned522 DownReveal answer → Sorcerer623 DownReveal answer → Murphy and maybe Pat too623 DownReveal answer → Males324 DownReveal answer → Grief325 DownReveal answer → A sun god in close-up325 DownReveal answer → Mammal627 DownReveal answer → She otherwise captures his heart528 DownReveal answer → Split528 DownReveal answer → Beginning528 DownReveal answer → Confusion529 DownReveal answer → Competitor530 DownReveal answer → Grand, possibly regal530 DownReveal answer → Dullard531 DownReveal answer → Faith531 DownReveal answer → Bells across the meadow?531 DownReveal answer → Gratis432 DownReveal answer → Demise532 DownReveal answer → It's attached to a trunk432 DownReveal answer → Maybe last season433 DownReveal answer → Line in darts433 DownReveal answer → Region434 DownReveal answer → Sever336 DownReveal answer → Layer337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 2, 2026. 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.