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Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2018 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#
RotDECAY5Across1 DeceptionDECEIT6Across1 It's exciting to have a drink with oneDRAMA5Across1 OrbSPHERE6Across5 Admitted having been bought?OWNED5Across6 Vote inELECT5Across6 The sameDITTO5Across9 Seamen possibly love to forgiveABSOLVE7Across9 Be prominentFEATURE7Across9 HaphazardRANDOM6Across10 The place for fencing may be on the ski slopesPISTE5Across10 Terminate prematurelyABORT5Across10 PassELAPSE6Across11 Ancient artefactRELIC5Across11 Composer of 'The Spanish Rag'?ELGAR5Across11 SucroseSUGAR5Across12 SlanderLIBEL5Across12 Pumping centreHEART5Across12 One whose parliamentary seat is free?LIBERAL7Across13 TolerantLENIENT7Across13 SleighSLED4Across14 Cry of a part-time workerMEW3Across15 Metallic elementTIN3Across15 AmongAMID4Across17 She'll finish up out of lineENID4Across17 ImmerseDIP3Across17 A piano on hire will suitPLEASE6Across18 SavageFIERCE6Across18 SnareTRAP4Across18 Of a city or citizensCIVIC5Across19 Wrongly take to be a form of slateSTEAL5Across19 View or glanceEYEFUL6Across20 A letter to declare one's propertyESTATE6Across20 DenseSOLID5Across20 QuoteCITE4Across22 Eating his, could make a fathead sickFILL4Across22 TrunkCHEST5Across22 CylindricalTUBULAR7Across23 Let's suppose aunt is robbed of £50SAY3Across24 CalmPEACE5Across24 And notNOR3Across24 Smoked herringBLOATER7Across25 Cuts round the bend in certain channelsSLUICES7Across25 Erotic, perhaps, but not without tasteSPICY5Across26 SoarTOWER5Across26 ChurlishSURLY5Across26 PerfectIDEAL5Across27 Something to hang on to?STRAP5Across27 Vehicle to buy, horse includedBUGGY5Across28 Whole range or scaleGAMUT5Across28 Student, initially one having a jobLEARNER7Across29 Jelly-like sweetGUMDROP7Across29 RoguishARCH4Across29 Possibly dead at the end of the world, furthermoreADDED5Across30 AttemptsTRIES5Across30 AllowLET3Across30 DiscourageDETER5Across31 Would he attempt to embrace H.M.?TERRY5Across31 DecreaseWANE4Across32 MadnessMANIA5Across33 BelieveCREDIT6Across35 SieveRIDDLE6Across36 MeasuredMETED5Across37 EpistleLETTER6Across38 EdictDECREE6Across39

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CompulsionDURESS6Down1 SymbolEMBLEM6Down2 AnnulCANCEL6Down2 It's sweet, but less than elevatingRAISIN6Down2 Tangled with a couple of guysMATTED6Down3 ImageIDOL4Down3 FrightenedAFRAID6Down3 ShyTIMID5Down4 Holding a CD, he'd be perfectly in orderABE3Down4 NeverthelessYET3Down4 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down5 No part of a travelogue is fictionNOVEL5Down5 PortlySTOUT5Down5 ReferendumPOLL4Down6 The general, of course, is everybody's superiorOVERALL7Down6 IrregularERRATIC7Down6 Look lasciviouslyLEER4Down7 DieEXPIRE6Down7 Part of a shoe left in the rainWELT4Down7 A steel product that stimulates!ELATES6Down8 ReviewerCRITIC6Down8 ExcusedEXEMPT6Down8 EscargotSNAIL5Down12 In which one eats rashly at a hotel?HASTE5Down12 TarBITUMEN7Down13 We get Les out of townLEWES5Down13 LoadedLADEN5Down13 After a bit, some duty becomes discontinuousBITTY5Down14 African riverNIGER5Down14 AdmirerLOVER5Down15 It's wonderful how master Joe gets the car to startMAGIC5Down15 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down15 TrenchDITCH5Down16 Not everNEVER5Down16 An author's deep sources?WELLS5Down16 TossTHROW5Down18 Young female horseFILLY5Down18 Friendly with a beginner in a new playPALLY5Down18 Trod very softly taking a horse outSTEPPED7Down19 PaleASHEN5Down19 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Down19 A seasoned coupleSALTED6Down21 OwingDUE3Down21 Over thereYONDER6Down21 Savoury snackCANAPE6Down22 FelineCAT3Down22 Fire about half the guns - a number, that isFIGURE6Down22 Term of officeTENURE6Down23 The book on the shelf to the rightLEDGER6Down23 PackagePARCEL6Down24 Knife partBLADE5Down25 With a delicate cut?SCORE5Down25 StressACCENT6Down25 Bargain opportunity in townSALE4Down26 SavantSAGE4Down26 RoamWANDER6Down27 To live at central Tooting involves riskBET3Down28 VenerateREVERE6Down28 DeityGOD3Down28 AfterLATER5Down30 WearyTIRED5Down31 MimicMIME4Down33 AssistantAIDE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. 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.