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Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 21 2021. 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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Fashionable41 AcrossReveal answer → Mist34 AcrossReveal answer → Swab46 AcrossReveal answer → Cower68 AcrossReveal answer → Clothes69 AcrossReveal answer → What the foreigner wanting airmail stationery asked for?89 AcrossReveal answer → Picture89 AcrossReveal answer → Downcast310 AcrossReveal answer → Said "Get me water"310 AcrossReveal answer → Look at310 AcrossReveal answer → Bother! That means there's a baby in the house!611 AcrossReveal answer → Entertained611 AcrossReveal answer → The hard stuff is grit612 AcrossReveal answer → Under512 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened612 AcrossReveal answer → Laugh when her colt bolts713 AcrossReveal answer → Provokes713 AcrossReveal answer → A list is dropped round to the singer414 AcrossReveal answer → Shatter514 AcrossReveal answer → Run414 AcrossReveal answer → How to acquire a profound knowledge of your subject1015 AcrossReveal answer → Spoon515 AcrossReveal answer → Wealth1015 AcrossReveal answer → Protector817 AcrossReveal answer → Just as brief? Not these days!817 AcrossReveal answer → Respect618 AcrossReveal answer → Certificate718 AcrossReveal answer → Make your own armed men go to the ship718 AcrossReveal answer → Fish419 AcrossReveal answer → Around one, it's going to tell you the meal is ready419 AcrossReveal answer → Hydrophobia620 AcrossReveal answer → Booted621 AcrossReveal answer → She will talk about cuts621 AcrossReveal answer → Last attempt to borrow that really capped everything1724 AcrossReveal answer → Tend524 AcrossReveal answer → Carol1724 AcrossReveal answer → Cut526 AcrossReveal answer → Now goes out sailing with the old mariner627 AcrossReveal answer → Box627 AcrossReveal answer → Cost528 AcrossReveal answer → Supplant429 AcrossReveal answer → In return, try to impress with your clothes429 AcrossReveal answer → Echo730 AcrossReveal answer → Finish330 AcrossReveal answer → Making one feel there's point to the cause730 AcrossReveal answer → Dome632 AcrossReveal answer → Messy633 AcrossReveal answer → Leaving, as it's anything but fresh833 AcrossReveal answer → Slighted833 AcrossReveal answer → Lake434 AcrossReveal answer → Not a single little girl!1035 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth335 AcrossReveal answer → Biscuit1035 AcrossReveal answer → Unlit436 AcrossReveal answer → Move436 AcrossReveal answer → Hitch the small horse436 AcrossReveal answer → Melancholy737 AcrossReveal answer → Understands dogs737 AcrossReveal answer → Weed638 AcrossReveal answer → Speak freely about what the dentist said?638 AcrossReveal answer → Fold640 AcrossReveal answer → A gambler or no longer having the bug640 AcrossReveal answer → Utilise341 AcrossReveal answer → A very hard worker, the letter said341 AcrossReveal answer → Merry842 AcrossReveal answer → Old hat only brought in to be re-blocked842 AcrossReveal answer →

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About101 DownReveal answer → Was said without thinking, as one left101 DownReveal answer → Lead42 DownReveal answer → Animal52 DownReveal answer → Fight in the yard42 DownReveal answer → Fantasise83 DownReveal answer → Contrariwise, is much more clean83 DownReveal answer → Comfort73 DownReveal answer → Sense44 DownReveal answer → Double74 DownReveal answer → As a rule, the creep ordered a pint74 DownReveal answer → Increase45 DownReveal answer → Aggressive115 DownReveal answer → Double over!115 DownReveal answer → Irrigate56 DownReveal answer → Tumbledown106 DownReveal answer → It means you can go ahead and practise putting in the dark106 DownReveal answer → Secret77 DownReveal answer → Threw67 DownReveal answer → Make an effort to find the ancestral line67 DownReveal answer → The attendants, without exception, having their wits about them88 DownReveal answer → Memento88 DownReveal answer → At the second attempt, ring through the news report510 DownReveal answer → Each510 DownReveal answer → Lubricate311 DownReveal answer → Prevent312 DownReveal answer → Fighting313 DownReveal answer → Carrying a gun did make it bulge716 DownReveal answer → Dispose of716 DownReveal answer → Lair316 DownReveal answer → Stray317 DownReveal answer → Perform719 DownReveal answer → Cries520 DownReveal answer → The gold rings are different520 DownReveal answer → Serpent321 DownReveal answer → Scolded722 DownReveal answer → Unfeeling722 DownReveal answer → "It keeps the light out, mum," you say722 DownReveal answer → A champion golfer and a real card!1123 DownReveal answer → Prosecute323 DownReveal answer → Popular1123 DownReveal answer → Well and happy and being taught by an excellent master?1025 DownReveal answer → Vase325 DownReveal answer → Bird1025 DownReveal answer → I most certainly will not!1026 DownReveal answer → Father Christmas1026 DownReveal answer → Elicit527 DownReveal answer → Opening828 DownReveal answer → Said clearly the aim is to curb the weight828 DownReveal answer → Wood529 DownReveal answer → Nobleman430 DownReveal answer → Cheat431 DownReveal answer → Jeopardise831 DownReveal answer → Does its roof have a slate loose?831 DownReveal answer → Search732 DownReveal answer → The girl and I get on with the job732 DownReveal answer → Commotion634 DownReveal answer → Deny having once called about the gun634 DownReveal answer → Note535 DownReveal answer → Saw fit to have cold water in the garden535 DownReveal answer → He will tip off a woman439 DownReveal answer → Sharp439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 21, 2021. 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.