Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 21 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 132 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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DulcetSWEET5Across2 PhaseSTAGE5Across3 What a skindiver uses in South IslandSCUBA5Across3 RationQUOTA5Across7 Instinctive feelings, never quite the best for a girlVIBES5Across8 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across8 IntendsMEANS5Across8 Equitable, but only justRIGHT5Across10 ExpelEVICT5Across10 Fire-raisingARSON5Across10 TwitchTIC3Across11 Fair entertainment?FUN3Across11 NoiseDIN3Across12 This squad exists by chicanery!FRAUD5Across12 Pickling solutionBRINE5Across12 Has he winning ways at the wedding?BESTMAN7Across13 SkylineHORIZON7Across13 StepSTAIR5Across13 BurdenedSADDLED7Across15 InsertINSET5Across15 Rushes at different ratesTEARS5Across15 Dog-houseKENNEL6Across17 Father abandoned by that woman? That's rich!FAT3Across18 By way ofVIA3Across18 Hold in affectionCUDDLE6Across19 ProsecuteSUE3Across19 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Across19 TidiestNEATEST7Across20 CreepsTIPTOES7Across21 They've had their day (in May)MOTHERS7Across21 GenuineREAL4Across22 Real mad king!LEAR4Across22 Fail to hitMISS4Across23 DregsLEES4Across23 They disagree on a number of pointsNOES4Across23 WidenBROADEN7Across24 Taffy taking a bit of a siesta in the gardenDAISIES7Across24 SecureSAFE4Across25 Revealed that one was in debt, on the quietSHOWED6Across26 ExpiatesATONES6Across26 SatanLUCIFER7Across26 What one made sure was sharp?SAW3Across29 GallivantGAD3Across29 ShrubRUE3Across30 OpposeRESIST6Across31 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Across31 Dangerous woman, but she will give warningSIREN5Across31 IotaMODICUM7Across32 Nick Law moved there, near MorpethALNWICK7Across32 Beef you can buy for about a pound a pound?BULLY5Across34 StreamCURRENT7Across34 DevilSATAN5Across34 Hebrew name for an illegal organisationIRA3Across35 IncisionCUT3Across35 Acceleration in racing, by the waySPEED5Across36 SwindleCHEAT5Across36 Nell, said to give us a ringKNELL5Across37 TagLABEL5Across37 CircumferenceGIRTH5Across37 LeadLEASH5Across38 A stretch up the river?REACH5Across38 StriveVIE3Across38 PrickleTHORN5Across39 ReimburseREPAY5Across40 HeronEGRET5Across41 CombineUNITE5Across42

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RevealLETON5Down1 AbsolutelyQUITE5Down1 Erroneously file a letter for a prisonerLIFER5Down1 RudeUNCIVIL7Down2 Attacked and destroyed the new fortWENTFOR7Down2 BlemishSTAIN5Down2 BurrowWARREN6Down3 RotateTURN4Down4 CupidEROS4Down4 Ham may be sweetCORN4Down4 DeityGODDESS7Down5 Statesman who brought dry champagne to AmericaBRUTUS6Down5 BrillianceGENIUS6Down5 CollierMINER5Down6 Gambling oddsEVENS5Down6 Helped Ida, upset over EdAIDED5Down6 Loose debrisSCREE5Down7 Lurch around with a low fellowCHURL5Down7 VentilateAIR3Down9 NothingNIL3Down9 Transportation in businessBUS3Down9 MeanerNASTIER7Down11 Straw hatsBOATERS7Down12 Buffoon of the big top?FATHEAD7Down12 ArtSKILL5Down13 SeraphANGEL5Down14 Coaster, perhaps, with part of the mast missingMAT3Down14 FastenerZIP3Down14 A farewell maybe said out of loveADIOS5Down16 TarnishSTAIN5Down16 OwingDUE3Down16 Meaning to get in touch, say?SENSE5Down17 Lock of hairTRESS5Down17 MercifulLENIENT7Down18 Angrily cry out about a bad lossCROSSLY7Down19 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Down19 Form of candy good for the teeth?FLOSS5Down20 FearDREAD5Down20 AnimalTAPIR5Down21 Lord's servant or house!MANOR5Down21 ClawTALON5Down21 CabinBERTH5Down22 The modern thing to drink?NEWWINE7Down23 Health-checkMEDICAL7Down23 ScoldBERATE6Down24 Dream-likeSURREAL7Down24 Study, for some students, is a revealing thing to doDENUDE6Down24 Scot, possibly, returning from NairnIAN3Down25 FatherDAD3Down25 FastTIGHT5Down27 HintCUE3Down27 The beast starts to be hopping mad!HIPPO5Down27 RemorseREGRET6Down28 Of the noseNASAL5Down28 Operatic composer who might almost have become a brewerWEBER5Down28 QuiltDUVET5Down29 Stringed instrumentsLUTES5Down30 Trophy lost by a headSCALP5Down30 PlanetMARS4Down32 CharSINGE5Down32 Guinness, perhaps, or a beer that's coldALEC4Down32 The director's displeasureIRE3Down33 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down33 Young foxCUB3Down33 TearRIP3Down35 LeanTHIN4Down36

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