Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 20 2021. 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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Cut52 AcrossReveal answer → Sooner than be at the front64 AcrossReveal answer → Filaments64 AcrossReveal answer → Discretionary87 AcrossReveal answer → Swim57 AcrossReveal answer → Racing vehicle kept for sale?87 AcrossReveal answer → You can count on a taxi returning for us68 AcrossReveal answer → Offensive68 AcrossReveal answer → Salute58 AcrossReveal answer → State of an Anglo Saxon uncle510 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed510 AcrossReveal answer → Vibrate510 AcrossReveal answer → Scull312 AcrossReveal answer → What a dog may do, the cur!413 AcrossReveal answer → War-horse513 AcrossReveal answer → Untainted413 AcrossReveal answer → Carry414 AcrossReveal answer → Form of rust associated with wheels414 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer's warning415 AcrossReveal answer → Contrition715 AcrossReveal answer → George took public transport to the hotel415 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes316 AcrossReveal answer → A bird in the news316 AcrossReveal answer → Fingertip cover417 AcrossReveal answer → All round, it's a bit of a coincidence417 AcrossReveal answer → Hot617 AcrossReveal answer → Breach319 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately419 AcrossReveal answer → Resting, as possibly bade419 AcrossReveal answer → Passed on720 AcrossReveal answer → Onlooker921 AcrossReveal answer → Legally obliged to jump across921 AcrossReveal answer → Outdoor garment423 AcrossReveal answer → Small coasters, perhaps423 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman423 AcrossReveal answer → One holding the line?424 AcrossReveal answer → Stratagem424 AcrossReveal answer → Consider425 AcrossReveal answer → Taxi326 AcrossReveal answer → Small illustration of fruit326 AcrossReveal answer → Eased726 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation427 AcrossReveal answer → One binder in a row?427 AcrossReveal answer → But catching one is no credit to a sailor!429 AcrossReveal answer → Engrossed429 AcrossReveal answer → Bed330 AcrossReveal answer → Oust631 AcrossReveal answer → Jam containers432 AcrossReveal answer → Post a letter at last432 AcrossReveal answer → Oriental part of Galashiels, possibly533 AcrossReveal answer → Willow533 AcrossReveal answer → She keeps an object in her bra!634 AcrossReveal answer → Irritates634 AcrossReveal answer → Aroused734 AcrossReveal answer → What it is to call anybody a bit of a loon835 AcrossReveal answer → Flood835 AcrossReveal answer → Invisible636 AcrossReveal answer → Don't continue to drip so!636 AcrossReveal answer → Singer537 AcrossReveal answer → Feline338 AcrossReveal answer → Quilt539 AcrossReveal answer → Decoration540 AcrossReveal answer → Begin541 AcrossReveal answer → Irritable542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Browned bread51 DownReveal answer → Is he too scared of being kicked out?51 DownReveal answer → Hurry51 DownReveal answer → Weasel-like animal52 DownReveal answer → Cook nothing for stray rats to consume52 DownReveal answer → Pane52 DownReveal answer → Not any43 DownReveal answer → Use ice skates among the desk imps43 DownReveal answer → Guide63 DownReveal answer → Prophet44 DownReveal answer → Wheat powder54 DownReveal answer → Wild bears found in Scotland54 DownReveal answer → Wilted75 DownReveal answer → Cheese45 DownReveal answer → Young animal or duck in the river45 DownReveal answer → Abrupt56 DownReveal answer → Oozes66 DownReveal answer → Embarrassed about being dismissed, or beaten66 DownReveal answer → The mannerly thing to do oneself69 DownReveal answer → Spike39 DownReveal answer → Fears69 DownReveal answer → Denied711 DownReveal answer → Pig311 DownReveal answer → A red setter, perhaps311 DownReveal answer → African country512 DownReveal answer → A Caledonian royal512 DownReveal answer → German dog, red, with a round figure713 DownReveal answer → Form513 DownReveal answer → The North Star713 DownReveal answer → Keen514 DownReveal answer → Receptacle that's been mispronounced315 DownReveal answer → Healthy315 DownReveal answer → Spoil316 DownReveal answer → Month316 DownReveal answer → That girl who goes to bat in a bikini?316 DownReveal answer → Ed's out, upset, dismissed618 DownReveal answer → Discussed718 DownReveal answer → Awry618 DownReveal answer → Sir Toby has the making of a big noise520 DownReveal answer → Looks lasciviously520 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle321 DownReveal answer → Devil521 DownReveal answer → Shoot a bachelor at midnight!321 DownReveal answer → Religious sister322 DownReveal answer → Colour522 DownReveal answer → Over-poetical?322 DownReveal answer → In it, what's left looks right623 DownReveal answer → Mounted gun623 DownReveal answer → Performance724 DownReveal answer → Primate325 DownReveal answer → It's good as a source of heat325 DownReveal answer → Fate327 DownReveal answer → Illegal burning528 DownReveal answer → Loathe628 DownReveal answer → However unsuitable, it's about to take a rest528 DownReveal answer → Surpass529 DownReveal answer → Such weather may keep you in, for there's little sunshine about530 DownReveal answer → Gangway530 DownReveal answer → Fishing net531 DownReveal answer → Lord's deliveries?531 DownReveal answer → Prank432 DownReveal answer → Trivial532 DownReveal answer → Cut pins up!432 DownReveal answer → Light-headed drunken sot - simply gone!433 DownReveal answer → Penitent533 DownReveal answer → Rowing blades433 DownReveal answer → Rotter335 DownReveal answer → Sand-hill436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 20, 2021. 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.