Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 21 2020. 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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Free61 AcrossReveal answer → My rise cannot possibly bring happiness64 AcrossReveal answer → Husband or wife64 AcrossReveal answer → Seaman65 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark87 AcrossReveal answer → Where the boatman gets badly out of line87 AcrossReveal answer → Wisdom88 AcrossReveal answer → Charles keeps in fetters!68 AcrossReveal answer → Feline mammal68 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy49 AcrossReveal answer → Points out some hate is simmering510 AcrossReveal answer → Asserts510 AcrossReveal answer → Timid310 AcrossReveal answer → Slumber512 AcrossReveal answer → Posh emporium?413 AcrossReveal answer → Oak, for example413 AcrossReveal answer → Be unsuccessful414 AcrossReveal answer → Dance turn Hal’s upset about414 AcrossReveal answer → Slippery fishes415 AcrossReveal answer → Decay315 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a cat415 AcrossReveal answer → A patient task316 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle316 AcrossReveal answer → One in the past a villain417 AcrossReveal answer → Prison room417 AcrossReveal answer → Devil317 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder318 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet319 AcrossReveal answer → I’m half a day with a Muslim leader419 AcrossReveal answer → Earth’s satellite419 AcrossReveal answer → Imitating520 AcrossReveal answer → Absurd921 AcrossReveal answer → It comes later to one in search of illumination921 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch321 AcrossReveal answer → Fate322 AcrossReveal answer → Obscurity leads to half the errors423 AcrossReveal answer → Help323 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress423 AcrossReveal answer → Hop-drying kiln424 AcrossReveal answer → Defective324 AcrossReveal answer → In Ireland, a girl gets love424 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed526 AcrossReveal answer → Roll of banknotes326 AcrossReveal answer → Being on edge, he starts mumbling326 AcrossReveal answer → Short-term worker427 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally a unit427 AcrossReveal answer → Pull along429 AcrossReveal answer → Marine creature bringing credit to a seaman429 AcrossReveal answer → Still329 AcrossReveal answer → Run out of escudos432 AcrossReveal answer → Painful432 AcrossReveal answer → Like Christmas, one imagines533 AcrossReveal answer → Cease433 AcrossReveal answer → Way or course taken533 AcrossReveal answer → Plenty of hard biscuit aboard ship!634 AcrossReveal answer → Breed834 AcrossReveal answer → Time to come634 AcrossReveal answer → Give a girl a servile status835 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb-hole635 AcrossReveal answer → Curved row of houses835 AcrossReveal answer → A drink, but you can snap it like a biscuit!636 AcrossReveal answer → Offend636 AcrossReveal answer → Hate636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Kidney, liver, etc.51 DownReveal answer → Break into a jumbled mass on the top of the heap51 DownReveal answer → Runs away52 DownReveal answer → Attain52 DownReveal answer → Nurse Lange, possibly?52 DownReveal answer → Rip43 DownReveal answer → Employs43 DownReveal answer → A name in patriotism43 DownReveal answer → Motionless54 DownReveal answer → Bobbin54 DownReveal answer → Like the tough guy who almost came up to the house54 DownReveal answer → Fashion55 DownReveal answer → Was indebted to45 DownReveal answer → A game of quick decision45 DownReveal answer → Laze46 DownReveal answer → Catchword66 DownReveal answer → Firing at it, you’ll never hit it66 DownReveal answer → World or universe69 DownReveal answer → In a pious way, I’m reformed by its moralising69 DownReveal answer → Tolerate510 DownReveal answer → Cede511 DownReveal answer → The little old king’s sign of impatience311 DownReveal answer → Solemn pledge311 DownReveal answer → Happen again512 DownReveal answer → Did they stray from the orphanage?512 DownReveal answer → Flood512 DownReveal answer → Held forth thunderously713 DownReveal answer → Eject513 DownReveal answer → Greet713 DownReveal answer → Heathen514 DownReveal answer → Get into life’s later stages315 DownReveal answer → Biblical priest315 DownReveal answer → Shrill515 DownReveal answer → Handle516 DownReveal answer → Talk? Yes - to the point!316 DownReveal answer → Lettuce316 DownReveal answer → Engaged in getting riding equipment for the assault618 DownReveal answer → Newspaper boss618 DownReveal answer → Loiter with a low companion520 DownReveal answer → Surpass520 DownReveal answer → Stripling321 DownReveal answer → Mean to go first class to Minehead321 DownReveal answer → Knock322 DownReveal answer → Is she up from the village out West?322 DownReveal answer → Acknowledge with praise623 DownReveal answer → He advises men on bad rot623 DownReveal answer → Of Irish butter?325 DownReveal answer → Speak525 DownReveal answer → Titfer325 DownReveal answer → Presage527 DownReveal answer → Upright528 DownReveal answer → Like a presidential beard, possibly?528 DownReveal answer → Boredom528 DownReveal answer → Indian monetary unit530 DownReveal answer → Praise530 DownReveal answer → Is a hard hearted one a competitive newcomer?530 DownReveal answer → Men’s public lavatory531 DownReveal answer → Notice431 DownReveal answer → Like a glass eye?531 DownReveal answer → Certain432 DownReveal answer → Show an interest in the bar code?432 DownReveal answer → Dagger432 DownReveal answer → Delivery extra far out433 DownReveal answer → Hazard433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2020. 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.