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Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
SewSTITCH6Across1 Four-sided figureSQUARE6Across1 An airborne carrierPIGEON6Across1 JourneyVOYAGE6Across5 In the kitchen, it has its upside downsEGGTIMER8Across7 DeputeDELEGATE8Across7 PauseINTERVAL8Across8 Be given thanks by letterBETA4Across8 UnclothedBARE4Across8 SpikeNAIL4Across9 Club motorist?DRIVER6Across10 MeadowLEA3Across10 Signal fireBEACON6Across10 Holy or not, they tend to be obeyedORDERS6Across11 Most recentLATEST6Across11 CommerceTRADE5Across12 ProsecuteSUE3Across14 It's in an arable areaLEA3Across14 NovelNEW3Across15 Tempts one to break the rulesLURES5Across16 BloodsuckerLEECH5Across16 GirlLASS4Across17 In Athens at the time in questionTHEN4Across17 InsectBEE3Across17 StriveVIE3Across18 Holy bookBIBLE5Across19 Possibly heard to be rushedHARED5Across19 TreeASH3Across19 Eat AwayERODE5Across20 Peace birdsDOVES5Across21 SheepEWE3Across21 Though arguably unyielding, might one go in a bit?BIGOT5Across21 PlaitBRAID5Across22 It can be faced with a tricky sum, I seeMUSIC5Across22 AwayOUT3Across22 What you might call rock salmonHUSS4Across23 ParePEEL4Across23 FreeRID3Across23 SailorTAR3Across24 A growing boy in a carCEDAR5Across26 Bulgarian capitalSOFIA5Across26 DenseHEAVY5Across26 A sort of joke, possibly up northPUN3Across28 Border of clothHEM3Across28 When squashed, a goner?ORANGE6Across29 AmongstAMIDST6Across29 StillYET3Across29 Old soldier's singular danceLANCER6Across30 ThroughoutDURING6Across30 Viola from CarshaltonALTO4Across31 AdjoinABUT4Across31 A bird and a male one, furthermoreCOCKATOO8Across32 Wind instrumentCLARINET8Across32 The time to sing about a trouble-free AprilSPRING6Across33 DeficiencyLACK4Across33 Broad streetAVENUE6Across33 LikenessPORTRAIT8Across34 MeanSTINGY6Across35 RatherSOONER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EmblemSYMBOL6Down1 The would-be expert punned the thing spoken ofPUNDIT6Down1 TautTENSE5Down2 Counting frameABACUS6Down2 Figure as a noted LochELEVEN6Down2 RowTIER4Down3 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 Close to the northeast central partNEAR4Down3 RecollectsRECALLS7Down4 Young performer shaking rattlesSTARLET7Down4 HangHOVER5Down4 One receiving moneyPAYEE5Down5 CogentVALID5Down5 Possibly warm end of SeptemberEMBER5Down5 PullYANK4Down6 End of lifeDEATH5Down6 Get over being angryCROSS5Down6 SootGRIME5Down7 Irritability is good for your digestion!BILE4Down8 Male voiceBASS4Down8 Time for a drinkTEA3Down9 Fish eggsROE3Down9 JumpedLEAPT5Down10 LoatheABHOR5Down11 Golf pegTEE3Down12 A loser anyone can backDUD3Down12 CogsTEETH5Down12 Group of twentySCORE5Down13 Uncle's legendary twin?REMUS5Down13 FragranceAROMA5Down13 AllEVERY5Down14 Was he too villainous to put a cigarette out?FAGIN5Down15 FuriousLIVID5Down15 IndigentNEEDY5Down15 WrenchWREST5Down16 Defy gravity craftily?HOVER5Down18 IdiomAXIOM5Down18 Snake typeBOA3Down19 You won't find her in Memphis, Tennessee!HIS3Down19 It never really got airborneROC3Down20 Sleeping placeBED3Down20 A thief in the houseBURGLAR7Down21 ExtremeDRASTIC7Down21 He comes in from another placeMAN3Down22 OfferBID3Down22 Watch - he's after something!HUNTER6Down23 StudyPERUSE6Down23 Very ScottishUNCO4Down24 DischargeEMIT4Down24 AsternABAFT5Down25 A line of questionable lengthSTRING6Down25 EnvoyLEGATE6Down25 One sat on by Charlie with a cry of pain?COUCH5Down26 KetchupSAUCE5Down26 VacantEMPTY5Down27 In ballet, a name for a half paceDANCE5Down27 UltimateFINAL5Down27 PoisonVIRUS5Down28 Friend giving father moneyPAL3Down28 Centre of a wheelHUB3Down28 Also to be found in an Asian countryLAOS4Down30 BanishEXILE5Down30 InfoDATA4Down30 RindSKIN4Down31 ThreesomeTRIO4Down32

About this puzzle

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