Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 21 2026. 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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Dulcet52 AcrossReveal answer → Phase53 AcrossReveal answer → What a skindiver uses in South Island53 AcrossReveal answer → Ration57 AcrossReveal answer → Instinctive feelings, never quite the best for a girl58 AcrossReveal answer → Pick-me-up58 AcrossReveal answer → Intends58 AcrossReveal answer → Equitable, but only just510 AcrossReveal answer → Expel510 AcrossReveal answer → Fire-raising510 AcrossReveal answer → Twitch311 AcrossReveal answer → Fair entertainment?311 AcrossReveal answer → Noise312 AcrossReveal answer → This squad exists by chicanery!512 AcrossReveal answer → Pickling solution512 AcrossReveal answer → Has he winning ways at the wedding?713 AcrossReveal answer → Skyline713 AcrossReveal answer → Step513 AcrossReveal answer → Burdened715 AcrossReveal answer → Insert515 AcrossReveal answer → Rushes at different rates515 AcrossReveal answer → Dog-house617 AcrossReveal answer → Father abandoned by that woman? That's rich!318 AcrossReveal answer → By way of318 AcrossReveal answer → Hold in affection619 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecute319 AcrossReveal answer → Cleaning cloth619 AcrossReveal answer → Tidiest720 AcrossReveal answer → Creeps721 AcrossReveal answer → They've had their day (in May)721 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine422 AcrossReveal answer → Real mad king!422 AcrossReveal answer → Fail to hit423 AcrossReveal answer → Dregs423 AcrossReveal answer → They disagree on a number of points423 AcrossReveal answer → Widen724 AcrossReveal answer → Taffy taking a bit of a siesta in the garden724 AcrossReveal answer → Secure425 AcrossReveal answer → Revealed that one was in debt, on the quiet626 AcrossReveal answer → Expiates626 AcrossReveal answer → Satan726 AcrossReveal answer → What one made sure was sharp?329 AcrossReveal answer → Gallivant329 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub330 AcrossReveal answer → Oppose631 AcrossReveal answer → Iraqi currency531 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous woman, but she will give warning531 AcrossReveal answer → Iota732 AcrossReveal answer → Nick Law moved there, near Morpeth732 AcrossReveal answer → Beef you can buy for about a pound a pound?534 AcrossReveal answer → Stream734 AcrossReveal answer → Devil534 AcrossReveal answer → Hebrew name for an illegal organisation335 AcrossReveal answer → Incision335 AcrossReveal answer → Acceleration in racing, by the way536 AcrossReveal answer → Swindle536 AcrossReveal answer → Nell, said to give us a ring537 AcrossReveal answer → Tag537 AcrossReveal answer → Circumference537 AcrossReveal answer → Lead538 AcrossReveal answer → A stretch up the river?538 AcrossReveal answer → Strive338 AcrossReveal answer → Prickle539 AcrossReveal answer → Reimburse540 AcrossReveal answer → Heron541 AcrossReveal answer → Combine542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Reveal51 DownReveal answer → Absolutely51 DownReveal answer → Erroneously file a letter for a prisoner51 DownReveal answer → Rude72 DownReveal answer → Attacked and destroyed the new fort72 DownReveal answer → Blemish52 DownReveal answer → Burrow63 DownReveal answer → Rotate44 DownReveal answer → Cupid44 DownReveal answer → Ham may be sweet44 DownReveal answer → Deity75 DownReveal answer → Statesman who brought dry champagne to America65 DownReveal answer → Brilliance65 DownReveal answer → Collier56 DownReveal answer → Gambling odds56 DownReveal answer → Helped Ida, upset over Ed56 DownReveal answer → Loose debris57 DownReveal answer → Lurch around with a low fellow57 DownReveal answer → Ventilate39 DownReveal answer → Nothing39 DownReveal answer → Transportation in business39 DownReveal answer → Meaner711 DownReveal answer → Straw hats712 DownReveal answer → Buffoon of the big top?712 DownReveal answer → Art513 DownReveal answer → Seraph514 DownReveal answer → Coaster, perhaps, with part of the mast missing314 DownReveal answer → Fastener314 DownReveal answer → A farewell maybe said out of love516 DownReveal answer → Tarnish516 DownReveal answer → Owing316 DownReveal answer → Meaning to get in touch, say?517 DownReveal answer → Lock of hair517 DownReveal answer → Merciful718 DownReveal answer → Angrily cry out about a bad loss719 DownReveal answer → Ten-sided figure719 DownReveal answer → Form of candy good for the teeth?520 DownReveal answer → Fear520 DownReveal answer → Animal521 DownReveal answer → Lord's servant or house!521 DownReveal answer → Claw521 DownReveal answer → Cabin522 DownReveal answer → The modern thing to drink?723 DownReveal answer → Health-check723 DownReveal answer → Scold624 DownReveal answer → Dream-like724 DownReveal answer → Study, for some students, is a revealing thing to do624 DownReveal answer → Scot, possibly, returning from Nairn325 DownReveal answer → Father325 DownReveal answer → Fast527 DownReveal answer → Hint327 DownReveal answer → The beast starts to be hopping mad!527 DownReveal answer → Remorse628 DownReveal answer → Of the nose528 DownReveal answer → Operatic composer who might almost have become a brewer528 DownReveal answer → Quilt529 DownReveal answer → Stringed instruments530 DownReveal answer → Trophy lost by a head530 DownReveal answer → Planet432 DownReveal answer → Char532 DownReveal answer → Guinness, perhaps, or a beer that's cold432 DownReveal answer → The director's displeasure333 DownReveal answer → Precipitous533 DownReveal answer → Young fox333 DownReveal answer → Tear335 DownReveal answer → Lean436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. 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.