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Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
InfluenceAFFECT6Across1 CrazeCULT4Across5 AnimalBISON5Across8 CoachCHARABANC9Across9 LimbARM3Across9 Too tired-looking and in debtOVERDRAWN9Across9 DogRETRIEVER9Across10 Incurring a bill for the making of, fastRUNNINGUP9Across10 IntelligenceNOUS4Across10 PleasantNICE4Across11 Understand there’s to be no declarationKNOW4Across12 FuryRAGE4Across12 FeatSTUNT5Across12 Grants the maid’s free time is included in itADMITS6Across13 AgreementASSENT6Across13 CavalrymanHUSSAR6Across13 Aggressive when it’s back in the burrowHOSTILE7Across14 StaggeringREELING7Across14 You’ll need it for the roast - and turn the veg on, dearOVENGLOVE9Across15 EasilyHANDSDOWN9Across15 StitchedSEWN4Across16 RememberRECOLLECT9Across17 He brings news of chaos at the Green RallyMESSENGER9Across17 BelovedDEAREST7Across18 GangCREW4Across18 He got into a terrible state in China, for instanceTHEEAST7Across18 FrankCANDID6Across19 Plot to strike and create pandemoniumBEDLAM6Across19 Proposal I accepted in “33”PLAN4Across20 OceanSEA3Across20 BearingMIEN4Across20 LumpWAD3Across22 ProximityCLOSENESS9Across23 NumberTEN3Across23 Does it think it makes cycling at night safer?REFLECTOR9Across23 PaddleWADE4Across24 AfreshANEW4Across25 HiddenCONCEALED9Across25 Looking sad, is telling misery to go awayWOEBEGONE9Across25 First a thumbs down then a thumbs up, from the cornerNOOK4Across26 ReluctantLOTH4Across26 AnimalOCELOT6Across27 Masses of cold stewed plumsCLUMPS6Across27 OustDEPOSE6Across28 FigureDIAGRAM7Across29 Ever so strange article from abroadOVERSEA7Across29 CheeseGOUDA5Across30 PrejudiceBIAS4Across32 Having seats outside mean not being togetherSEPARATED9Across32 RobinREDBREAST9Across32 HeroIDOL4Across33 ForceCONSTRAIN9Across34 WatchEYE3Across34 Leaves one with no filthy lucre?CLEANSOUT9Across34 BeatPOUND5Across35 InstrumentTRUMPET7Across35 He has a big head with a small hat to cover itBOASTER7Across35 FightDUEL4Across36 Only taking exercise in it in front of everybody!OPENLY6Across36 FairnessEQUITY6Across36 TempoRHYTHM6Across37 NeglectOMIT4Across37 Like a sap, teaseTWIT4Across37 SonorityRESONANCE9Across38 Learn differently about the Scandinavian when you listenLENDANEAR9Across38 Attended to the broken limb, though drunkPLASTERED9Across39 ImpedimentHINDRANCE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Reading material unpacked, leaves the hotelBOOKSOUT8Down1 CharredSCORCHED8Down1 IndifferenceAPATHY6Down1 Become uninhibited and no longer bother about personal appearanceLETONESELFGO12Down2 LoiteringHANGINGABOUT12Down2 StarvingFAMISHED8Down2 And so, in the shack, makes the distributionHANDSOUT8Down3 DocumentPASSPORT8Down3 ClothCANVAS6Down3 From teatime, in dire need of something to eatENDIVE6Down4 HideSCREEN6Down4 SwelledDISTENDED9Down4 Supposed to have gone on to the pianoPRESUMED8Down5 BrothersBRETHREN8Down5 JoinCONNECT7Down5 GroupUNIT4Down6 Keeping cool when surpassed byINTHESHADE10Down6 AllureATTRACTION10Down6 PourTEEM4Down7 A good one will give the better value for moneyTIPSTER7Down7 InsectFIREFLY7Down7 CoachBUS3Down8 Looks for the exotic canape with the fruit fillingAPPEARANCE10Down8 ScaredFRIGHTENED10Down8 Off - or workingGOING5Down11 MaterialVOILE5Down11 GratifyingREWARDING9Down14 MarshlandFEN3Down15 AppearedSEEMED6Down16 Wine, Robert?GRAVES6Down16 PaleWAN3Down17 Except for some notes of musicBAR3Down19 FragrantREDOLENT8Down19 LettuceCOS3Down19 SorrowfulSAD3Down20 AbuseILLTREATMENT12Down21 Air-sprayAEROSOL7Down21 Is anticipating, as one tries to find where the patient isLOOKSFORWARD12Down21 LeaveDEPART6Down22 Give me a home on the outskirts that’s humbleDEMEAN6Down22 Reminds that one wishes to gain admissionRINGSABELL10Down23 SopranoCOLORATURA10Down23 DelightfulENCHANTING10Down24 Get down to business in a powwow with a foreign countryTALKTURKEY10Down24 Had been cut upWAS3Down25 CommissionCUT3Down25 RichesWEALTH6Down26 SaveREDEEM6Down27 StrewnLITTERED8Down28 Cod I ordered that’s only about second-rateMEDIOCRE8Down28 SleepingABED4Down29 GivingDONATING8Down29 Change too muchOVERLOAD8Down29 YawnGAPE4Down30 BardMINSTREL8Down30 It just shows what the high-ups get up to!ALTITUDE8Down30 The tool the fellow took up: a rakeFRETSAW7Down31 SwathingDRAPING7Down31 AppendADD3Down31 SmearsDAUBS5Down33 Clear but not easy on the eyePLAIN5Down33 Most unpleasant people, sneaksCREEPS6Down34 NabbedCAUGHT6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 20, 2022. 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.