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Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 MistFOG3Across4 SwabWIPE4Across6 CowerCRINGE6Across8 ClothesOUTFIT6Across9 What the foreigner wanting airmail stationery asked for?FLYPAPER8Across9 PicturePORTRAIT8Across9 DowncastLOW3Across10 Said "Get me water"SEA3Across10 Look atEYE3Across10 Bother! That means there's a baby in the house!RATTLE6Across11 EntertainedAMUSED6Across11 The hard stuff is gritSPIRIT6Across12 UnderBELOW5Across12 FrightenedSCARED6Across12 Laugh when her colt boltsCHORTLE7Across13 ProvokesNEEDLES7Across13 A list is dropped round to the singerALTO4Across14 ShatterBREAK5Across14 RunLOPE4Across14 How to acquire a profound knowledge of your subjectREADDEEPLY10Across15 SpoonLADLE5Across15 WealthPROSPERITY10Across15 ProtectorGUARDIAN8Across17 Just as brief? Not these days!NOLONGER8Across17 RespectREVERE6Across18 CertificateDIPLOMA7Across18 Make your own armed men go to the shipPOSSESS7Across18 FishCHAR4Across19 Around one, it's going to tell you the meal is readyGONG4Across19 HydrophobiaRABIES6Across20 BootedKICKED6Across21 She will talk about cutsGASHES6Across21 Last attempt to borrow that really capped everythingTHEFINISHINGTOUCH17Across24 TendNURSE5Across24 CarolGOODKINGWENCESLAS17Across24 CutSEVER5Across26 Now goes out sailing with the old marinerSEADOG6Across27 BoxCARTON6Across27 CostPRICE5Across28 SupplantOUST4Across29 In return, try to impress with your clothesGARB4Across29 EchoRESOUND7Across30 FinishEND3Across30 Making one feel there's point to the causeEMOTIVE7Across30 DomeCUPOLA6Across32 MessyUNTIDY6Across33 Leaving, as it's anything but freshGOINGOFF8Across33 SlightedREBUFFED8Across33 LakeMERE4Across34 Not a single little girl!CHILDBRIDE10Across35 UntruthLIE3Across35 BiscuitBRANDYSNAP10Across35 UnlitDARK4Across36 MoveSTIR4Across36 Hitch the small horseSNAG4Across36 MelancholySADNESS7Across37 Understands dogsFOLLOWS7Across37 WeedNETTLE6Across38 Speak freely about what the dentist said?OPENUP6Across38 FoldCREASE6Across40 A gambler or no longer having the bugBETTER6Across40 UtiliseUSE3Across41 A very hard worker, the letter saidBEE3Across41 MerryCHEERFUL8Across42 Old hat only brought in to be re-blockedOBSOLETE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AboutCONCERNING10Down1 Was said without thinking, as one leftSLIPPEDOUT10Down1 LeadSTAR4Down2 AnimalHORSE5Down2 Fight in the yardSPAR4Down2 FantasiseDAYDREAM8Down3 Contrariwise, is much more cleanSPOTLESS8Down3 ComfortCONSOLE7Down3 SenseFEEL4Down4 DoubleSTANDIN7Down4 As a rule, the creep ordered a pintPRECEPT7Down4 IncreaseGROW4Down5 AggressiveBELLIGERENT11Down5 Double over!PASTANDGONE11Down5 IrrigateWATER5Down6 TumbledownRAMSHACKLE10Down6 It means you can go ahead and practise putting in the darkGREENLIGHT10Down6 SecretPRIVATE7Down7 ThrewHURLED6Down7 Make an effort to find the ancestral lineSTRAIN6Down7 The attendants, without exception, having their wits about themALLTHERE8Down8 MementoKEEPSAKE8Down8 At the second attempt, ring through the news reportSTORY5Down10 EachEVERY5Down10 LubricateOIL3Down11 PreventBAR3Down12 FightingWAR3Down13 Carrying a gun did make it bulgeDISTEND7Down16 Dispose ofSELLOUT7Down16 LairDEN3Down16 StrayERR3Down17 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 CriesHOWLS5Down20 The gold rings are differentOTHER5Down20 SerpentASP3Down21 ScoldedBERATED7Down22 UnfeelingCALLOUS7Down22 "It keeps the light out, mum," you saySHUTTER7Down22 A champion golfer and a real card!KINGOFCLUBS11Down23 ProsecuteSUE3Down23 PopularINGOODODOUR11Down23 Well and happy and being taught by an excellent master?INGOODFORM10Down25 VaseURN3Down25 BirdKINGFISHER10Down25 I most certainly will not!HAVEDOUBTS10Down26 Father ChristmasSANTACLAUS10Down26 ElicitEVOKE5Down27 OpeningAPERTURE8Down28 Said clearly the aim is to curb the weightENOUNCED8Down28 WoodCEDAR5Down29 NoblemanEARL4Down30 CheatDUPE4Down31 JeopardiseENDANGER8Down31 Does its roof have a slate loose?MADHOUSE8Down31 SearchRANSACK7Down32 The girl and I get on with the jobMISSION7Down32 CommotionUPROAR6Down34 Deny having once called about the gunNEGATE6Down34 NoteBREVE5Down35 Saw fit to have cold water in the gardenCHOSE5Down35 He will tip off a womanELLA4Down39 SharpTART4Down39

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