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Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2020 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#
Albania’s capitalTIRANA6Across1 AgitateSTIR4Across1 Do monkeys have a box of them?TRICKS6Across1 CushionPAD3Across4 StuntFEAT4Across6 Wedge-shaped tenonDOVETAIL8Across7 A great trumpeterELEPHANT8Across7 EmergencyCRISIS6Across8 On which to advertise toothpaste?TUBE4Across8 DaringBOLD4Across8 DespotTYRANT6Across9 BeverageTEA3Across10 Those little delays dad exploitsPAUSES6Across10 PlanetURANUS6Across10 Change in formMUTATE6Across11 It’s natural to take tea, perhaps, at the tavernINNATE6Across11 Grown-upADULT5Across12 Small barrelKEG3Across14 Get part of the story wrong and it’s nonsense!ROT3Across14 UntidyMESSY5Across14 ObscureVAGUE5Across15 Of the SunSOLAR5Across16 Dead wrong about the tango being old-fashionedDATED5Across16 Executed many a personDONE4Across17 Relatively long timeAGES4Across17 RespectREVERE6Across18 Set out with a posh car some dayARRAY5Across19 Baffling questionPOSER5Across19 BrawlFRACAS6Across20 Hardly an atheist’s farewell!ADIEU5Across21 Short lettersNOTES5Across21 The way some things are badly grownWRONG5Across22 Turning toolLATHE5Across22 SpoilsMARS4Across23 You can knock the stuffing out of them, chaps!GUYS4Across23 SumTOTAL5Across24 Valuable commodityASSET5Across26 AbruptTERSE5Across26 Biblical city of strange moodsSODOM5Across26 Wrong part for a brass instrumentSIN3Across28 JamWEDGE5Across28 FlatfishDAB3Across28 At No.1, he may have no peerOPENER6Across29 RankSTATUS6Across29 FirmamentSKY3Across30 Girl’s nameSERENA6Across30 Natural feature getting a girl in near frenzyRAVINE6Across30 Being “way out” is no longer the thingEXIT4Across31 InformTELL4Across31 Hurt as one rushed to get out of the rainSPRAINED8Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 Having commandINCHARGE8Across32 He can speak Italian or sing madlySIGNOR6Across33 WholeENTIRE6Across33 Look out of thisWINDOW6Across33 ObservedSEEN4Across34 ImmerseDIP3Across35 SketchedDREW4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Emotional shockTRAUMA6Down1 Act up on a journey, as a supporterTRIPOD6Down1 WearyTIRED5Down2 Robinson’s change of courseCRUSOE6Down2 Makes amendsATONES6Down2 AppendsADDS4Down3 DetermineRESOLVE7Down3 Spots before the eyes!SEES4Down3 German location of bridge over parts of the DanubeSPANDAU7Down4 PlaguePEST4Down4 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down4 FactsDATA4Down5 Ending in deathFATAL5Down5 Revolutionary design for a tramMARAT5Down5 CompelFORCE5Down6 The horse, when wild, detested all but TedSTEED5Down6 ChangeALTER5Down6 Memory lossAMNESIA7Down7 Cook a pieBAKE4Down8 An act to go for?TURN4Down8 Drag with effortLUG3Down9 Tibetan girl?BET3Down9 BirdEMU3Down11 Any disruption is negativeNAY3Down12 TuneAIR3Down12 HillTOR3Down12 Tryingly irascibleTESTY5Down13 SailorTAR3Down13 Thin candleTAPER5Down13 Night insectsMOTHS5Down15 In which swimmers may finish up cannedBRINE5Down15 ObtainGET3Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 Location of the fringe of SurreyONTOP5Down18 PhantomGHOST5Down18 A party always means fussADO3Down19 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 ContainerPOT3Down19 He’s a regular guyREG3Down20 ObserveSEE3Down20 Where men have something to sing aboutARMENIA7Down21 UncookedRAW3Down21 UnstudiedNATURAL7Down21 WarnedALERTED7Down22 PermitLET3Down22 Just one point ahead, was the victorWON3Down22 SpearfishMARLIN6Down23 Providing wine during the musical performanceGIVING6Down23 ProsecuteSUE3Down23 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 One French article, possibly ItalianUNIT4Down24 Follow secretlySHADOW6Down25 Joint holderSKEWER6Down25 TreeOAK3Down25 So the Americans had a famous bandmasterSOUSA5Down26 Savoury jellyASPIC5Down26 RejectSPURN5Down27 Ketchup, saySAUCE5Down27 Ready to play, darling?DEARY5Down27 Scottish riverDEE3Down28 Familiar instrument with a colourful soundSAX3Down28 FurzeGORSE5Down29 The ones in the frame?REDS4Down30 PipSEED4Down30 HotpotSTEW4Down30 YapYELP4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. 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.