Evening Standard Crossword May 20 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 20 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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Agreeable52 AcrossReveal answer → Elflike priest, possibly?64 AcrossReveal answer → Themes64 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable87 AcrossReveal answer → Run off47 AcrossReveal answer → A warning ignored with marked consequences87 AcrossReveal answer → Attempts at writing68 AcrossReveal answer → Thespians68 AcrossReveal answer → Provoke68 AcrossReveal answer → Astound59 AcrossReveal answer → Break by accident510 AcrossReveal answer → Pamphlet510 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's311 AcrossReveal answer → Take for a ramble in the wood413 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion313 AcrossReveal answer → Cart413 AcrossReveal answer → A few are a bit soft on me!414 AcrossReveal answer → Cummerbund414 AcrossReveal answer → Something floating in the cistern415 AcrossReveal answer → Imitated415 AcrossReveal answer → Listen415 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch316 AcrossReveal answer → Novel316 AcrossReveal answer → A gig for some of the banjo boys?316 AcrossReveal answer → First man417 AcrossReveal answer → Double back, lad, out of turn!417 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise418 AcrossReveal answer → Continent419 AcrossReveal answer → Blasphemous719 AcrossReveal answer → It would be right out of order to call this a flower419 AcrossReveal answer → Expensive420 AcrossReveal answer → Absent-minded921 AcrossReveal answer → Attacks a boor holding a cricket trophy921 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge422 AcrossReveal answer → Some French renegade?423 AcrossReveal answer → Passport423 AcrossReveal answer → Fell723 AcrossReveal answer → Too many drinks, we figure424 AcrossReveal answer → Region424 AcrossReveal answer → Gang425 AcrossReveal answer → Soap, perhaps, for Mr Bloggs326 AcrossReveal answer → Network326 AcrossReveal answer → Spasms that almost give you a stiff back427 AcrossReveal answer → Hill327 AcrossReveal answer → Feeble427 AcrossReveal answer → Lake428 AcrossReveal answer → Run as Communist429 AcrossReveal answer → Conceited429 AcrossReveal answer → Goat330 AcrossReveal answer → Performed331 AcrossReveal answer → Moistens432 AcrossReveal answer → They get hot, of course, shooting432 AcrossReveal answer → A sighed utterance?533 AcrossReveal answer → Renovate533 AcrossReveal answer → Tennis score533 AcrossReveal answer → In effect, a strange lustre634 AcrossReveal answer → Reply634 AcrossReveal answer → Describes what is apparent in perverse sex835 AcrossReveal answer → Learned835 AcrossReveal answer → In a daze, possibly puts nothing right636 AcrossReveal answer → Part636 AcrossReveal answer → Merchant636 AcrossReveal answer → Absent437 AcrossReveal answer → Beg538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Adjoins51 DownReveal answer → National roll?51 DownReveal answer → Slumber51 DownReveal answer → Roman gowns52 DownReveal answer → Naughty mates possibly let off52 DownReveal answer → Ocean32 DownReveal answer → Rabbit's tail43 DownReveal answer → Dough, as bread43 DownReveal answer → Vegetable33 DownReveal answer → Expire34 DownReveal answer → Jewelled headdress54 DownReveal answer → Something hard that can give you an edge54 DownReveal answer → Deed35 DownReveal answer → Sympathy45 DownReveal answer → One takes it to be chancy45 DownReveal answer → Map-book56 DownReveal answer → Eye membrane66 DownReveal answer → Robert acted to get some royalties distributed66 DownReveal answer → Shortly takes an apprentice in a pub69 DownReveal answer → Bottle69 DownReveal answer → Nothing410 DownReveal answer → Fish711 DownReveal answer → Knock311 DownReveal answer → Semi-mobile group311 DownReveal answer → Disorder512 DownReveal answer → Told712 DownReveal answer → Automobile town in France512 DownReveal answer → Debases713 DownReveal answer → Delighted713 DownReveal answer → Gifts of old money713 DownReveal answer → Erased714 DownReveal answer → Expression of disgust when there's a bit of a job ahead315 DownReveal answer → Witch315 DownReveal answer → Burst516 DownReveal answer → Aircraft propeller!316 DownReveal answer → Nothing316 DownReveal answer → Following517 DownReveal answer → Cloth dealer618 DownReveal answer → Handy American fuel product618 DownReveal answer → Finish318 DownReveal answer → Urbane520 DownReveal answer → Songs, etc., expected at the conclusion of concerts520 DownReveal answer → General who put the French right on the map321 DownReveal answer → Petty lie321 DownReveal answer → Rank321 DownReveal answer → A diminutive relative322 DownReveal answer → Attempt322 DownReveal answer → Old Bill's formal nickname?623 DownReveal answer → Superficial appearance623 DownReveal answer → Learning424 DownReveal answer → Thus325 DownReveal answer → It's positively significant325 DownReveal answer → Inflexible526 DownReveal answer → Italian team of sprinters?528 DownReveal answer → Complete528 DownReveal answer → Emulate529 DownReveal answer → Undeviating line in a form of grid530 DownReveal answer → Relatives530 DownReveal answer → Maybe past getting jittery531 DownReveal answer → Requires531 DownReveal answer → Take down or plug up432 DownReveal answer → Forest432 DownReveal answer → Transgress332 DownReveal answer → Fit to return from Elba433 DownReveal answer → Material333 DownReveal answer → Waterfowl433 DownReveal answer → Born334 DownReveal answer → Lump335 DownReveal answer →

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