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Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
SpokenORAL4Across1 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across4 InsaneMAD3Across4 Do they hold the prison service together?SCREWS6Across4 PortentSIGN4Across6 It was at the end of the Wembley RoadTHEFACUP8Across7 SufficientADEQUATE8Across7 TaperNARROW6Across8 Where to get wrong notes on keyOSTEND6Across8 StrayERR3Across9 MaltreatABUSE5Across10 People get Bertie no end upset!TRIBE5Across10 LentADVANCED8Across10 FeebleWEAK4Across11 FlingTOSS4Across13 Lavish affectionDOTE4Across13 Mountain lakeTARN4Across14 Possibly see about a facilityEASE4Across14 ChartMAP3Across14 SeparatePART4Across15 Compared to prison, it's splendid!FINE4Across15 Not goodBAD3Across16 We finish last (because of the cats and dogs?)WET3Across16 SubdueCRUSH5Across16 Count on Steffi!GRAF4Across17 PortentOMEN4Across17 US stateUTAH4Across19 SharedRATIONED8Across19 Earl made kingLEAR4Across19 Practical jokerPRANKSTER9Across21 Hurt as much as possible in unpleasant stylePAINFULLY9Across21 LanguishedPINED5Across21 WaterfallCATARACT8Across23 Abominable SnowmanYETI4Across23 I've left the beach to JamesBOND4Across23 TwistSCREW5Across24 RowTIER4Across24 Periods of greater aspirationERAS4Across24 MeadowLEA3Across26 Obtain inner satisfactionEAT3Across26 Get paid for learning to go without fishEARN4Across27 BalladLAY3Across27 Let fallDROP4Across27 The days of some wild desireIDES4Across29 CounterfoilSTUB4Across29 PrevalentRIFE4Across31 Running amok with it, involves riskKRIS4Across32 JumpLEAP4Across32 Pumping centreHEART5Across33 SafeUNHARMED8Across33 Party, informallyBEANO5Across33 She's not merely good, but superiorABBESS6Across34 MaleMAN3Across34 WashesCLEANS6Across34 Vessels used by ignition specialists?LIGHTERS8Across35 TransmitSEND4Across35 ApronPINAFORE8Across35 Preserve with courageBOTTLE6Across36 OfferBID3Across36 Playground itemsSWINGS6Across36 MouthfulBITE4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Moroccan capitalRABAT5Down1 Speak for the nation?STATE5Down1 ThighboneFEMUR5Down2 He's capable of being snideDENIS5Down2 DiscourteousRUDE4Down2 GargantuanHUGE4Down3 To the Romans, a sea horse?MARE4Down3 PrecedeLEAD4Down3 Spanish manSENOR5Down4 ArtisanMECHANIC8Down4 It's handy for eating at the golf clubSPOON5Down4 DandyDUDE4Down5 PlanetMARS4Down5 The speed extraterrestrials haveRATE4Down5 DrainSEWER5Down6 Back-scrubberLOOFAH6Down6 Maybe write about one letter in three months!WINTER6Down6 AngerIRE3Down7 PastureGRASS5Down8 ShrewdASTUTE6Down9 Her hero William is in the Salvation ArmySTELLA6Down9 Tease an urchin for not having a muffinRAG3Down11 A sackBAG3Down11 Started with a bang, perhaps, out EastBEGAN5Down12 AnnoyedCROSS5Down12 Noise from the noseSNORT5Down12 GuideSTEER5Down13 GarmentTANKTOP7Down13 If Fred's upset, is not at all agreeable!DIFFERS7Down13 SwabMOP3Down14 PunitivePENAL5Down15 Writing implementPEN3Down15 Fresh air enthusiast?FAN3Down15 Drinks counterBAR3Down16 The road skirting WallaseyWAY3Down16 NormalUSUAL5Down17 RashHASTY5Down18 Those carried by legal or other documents?RIDERS6Down18 First-everMAIDEN6Down18 AbruptTERSE5Down20 She makes a change from EliseELSIE5Down20 SeparatedDETACHED8Down20 VegetablePEA3Down21 Shoot in the belly?POT3Down21 Drink gingerlySIP3Down22 24 hoursDAY3Down22 Its tea can run out!URN3Down22 ColourYELLOW6Down23 Old-fashioned Oriental curtain materialBAMBOO6Down23 MerrimentFUN3Down25 FelonyCRIME5Down25 By putting a piano key rightPER3Down25 CorrectEMEND5Down26 Coarse filesRASPS5Down28 CheckCURB4Down28 Passage to a place like Capri?AISLE5Down28 DullDRAB4Down29 ForbiddenTABOO5Down30 HidePELT4Down30 Women make me sadDAMES5Down30 One's own little drug-storeSTASH5Down31 PugilistBOXER5Down31 EnthusiastFAN3Down32 Plot of grassLAWN4Down32 A county you known has a treatment centreKENT4Down32 Funny sort of fence?HAHA4Down33 BoastBRAG4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. 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.