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Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
FreeGRATIS6Across1 My rise cannot possibly bring happinessMISERY6Across4 Husband or wifeSPOUSE6Across4 SeamanSAILOR6Across5 Punctuation markFULLSTOP8Across7 Where the boatman gets badly out of lineMANITOBA8Across7 WisdomSAGACITY8Across8 Charles keeps in fetters!CHAINS6Across8 Feline mammalOCELOT6Across8 TardyLATE4Across9 Points out some hate is simmeringSTEWS5Across10 AssertsAVERS5Across10 TimidSHY3Across10 SlumberSLEEP5Across12 Posh emporium?SHOP4Across13 Oak, for exampleWOOD4Across13 Be unsuccessfulLOSE4Across14 Dance turn Hal’s upset aboutHULA4Across14 Slippery fishesEELS4Across15 DecayROT3Across15 Bit of a catATOM4Across15 A patient taskJOB3Across16 VehicleCAR3Across16 One in the past a villainIAGO4Across17 Prison roomCELL4Across17 DevilIMP3Across17 WonderAWE3Across18 HatchetAXE3Across19 I’m half a day with a Muslim leaderIMAM4Across19 Earth’s satelliteMOON4Across19 ImitatingAPING5Across20 AbsurdLUDICROUS9Across21 It comes later to one in search of illuminationAFTERGLOW9Across21 StretchEKE3Across21 FateLOT3Across22 Obscurity leads to half the errorsMIST4Across23 HelpAID3Across23 Indian dressSARI4Across23 Hop-drying kilnOAST4Across24 DefectiveDUD3Across24 In Ireland, a girl gets loveMAYO4Across24 ConsumedEATEN5Across26 Roll of banknotesWAD3Across26 Being on edge, he starts mumblingHEM3Across26 Short-term workerTEMP4Across27 Nominally a unitABEL4Across27 Pull alongDRAG4Across29 Marine creature bringing credit to a seamanCRAB4Across29 StillYET3Across29 Run out of escudosSCUD4Across32 PainfulSORE4Across32 Like Christmas, one imaginesWHITE5Across33 CeaseSTOP4Across33 Way or course takenROUTE5Across33 Plenty of hard biscuit aboard ship!STACKS6Across34 BreedGENERATE8Across34 Time to comeFUTURE6Across34 Give a girl a servile statusHANDMAID8Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 Curved row of housesCRESCENT8Across35 A drink, but you can snap it like a biscuit!BRANDY6Across36 OffendINSULT6Across36 HateDETEST6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kidney, liver, etc.OFFAL5Down1 Break into a jumbled mass on the top of the heapSMASH5Down1 Runs awayFLEES5Down2 AttainREACH5Down2 Nurse Lange, possibly?ANGEL5Down2 RipTEAR4Down3 EmploysUSES4Down3 A name in patriotismOTIS4Down3 MotionlessSTILL5Down4 BobbinSPOOL5Down4 Like the tough guy who almost came up to the houseMACHO5Down4 FashionSTYLE5Down5 Was indebted toOWED4Down5 A game of quick decisionSNAP4Down5 LazeIDLE4Down6 CatchwordSLOGAN6Down6 Firing at it, you’ll never hit itRANDOM6Down6 World or universeCOSMOS6Down9 In a pious way, I’m reformed by its moralisingHOMILY6Down9 TolerateSTAND5Down10 CedeYIELD5Down11 The little old king’s sign of impatienceTUT3Down11 Solemn pledgeVOW3Down11 Happen againRECUR5Down12 Did they stray from the orphanage?WAIFS5Down12 FloodSPATE5Down12 Held forth thunderouslySTORMED7Down13 EjectEVICT5Down13 GreetWELCOME7Down13 HeathenPAGAN5Down14 Get into life’s later stagesAGE3Down15 Biblical priestELI3Down15 ShrillREEDY5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 Talk? Yes - to the point!JAW3Down16 LettuceCOS3Down16 Engaged in getting riding equipment for the assaultATTACK6Down18 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down18 Loiter with a low companionMOOCH5Down20 SurpassOUTDO5Down20 StriplingLAD3Down21 Mean to go first class to MineheadAIM3Down21 KnockRAP3Down22 Is she up from the village out West?GAL3Down22 Acknowledge with praiseSALUTE6Down23 He advises men on bad rotMENTOR6Down23 Of Irish butter?PAT3Down25 SpeakUTTER5Down25 TitferHAT3Down25 PresageAUGUR5Down27 UprightERECT5Down28 Like a presidential beard, possibly?BUSHY5Down28 BoredomENNUI5Down28 Indian monetary unitRUPEE5Down30 PraiseEXTOL5Down30 Is a hard hearted one a competitive newcomer?RIVAL5Down30 Men’s public lavatoryGENTS5Down31 NoticeSPOT4Down31 Like a glass eye?BEADY5Down31 CertainSURE4Down32 Show an interest in the bar code?SCAN4Down32 DaggerKRIS4Down32 Delivery extra far outWIDE4Down33 HazardRISK4Down33

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