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Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
InuitESKIMO6Across1 MoistDAMP4Across1 Stir the porridgePRISON6Across1 SickenAIL3Across4 NoisyLOUD4Across6 WeddingMARRIAGE8Across7 Cartographically in the right directionEASTERLY8Across7 StickCOHERE6Across8 Slightly crazy repetitionGAGA4Across8 VisageFACE4Across8 MessyUNTIDY6Across9 RodentRAT3Across10 Is his soldierly aim to build a pier on poles?SNIPER6Across10 American stateOREGON6Across10 Mother, sayPARENT6Across11 Observe the water isn't frozenNOTICE6Across11 Over-enthusiasmMANIA5Across12 PermitLET3Across14 A six-footer - clever, too!FLY3Across14 AccustomINURE5Across14 NearCLOSE5Across15 Multiplied byTIMES5Across16 Longed to be a good boyPINED5Across16 A chit to take back to schoolNOTE4Across17 ConsumesEATS4Across17 TalentedGIFTED6Across18 Witches caught taking a cookerCOVEN5Across19 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across19 DeedACTION6Across20 Thus we get a letter broadcastSOWED5Across21 Electricity supplyPOWER5Across21 Painter of a human extraterrestrialMANET5Across22 To fatherBEGET5Across22 WhipLASH4Across23 Moderately heated cordialWARM4Across23 MistakeERROR5Across24 StudentPUPIL5Across26 EmulateRIVAL5Across26 Waterway meandering in LancasterCANAL5Across26 It's paid back with some vexationTAX3Across28 BiscuitWAFER5Across28 TaxiCAB3Across28 Joined what might have been untiedUNITED6Across29 Handsome young manADONIS6Across29 Pig penSTY3Across30 Hair colourAUBURN6Across30 The only National Trust yachting waterSOLENT6Across30 Courtly pubs?INNS4Across31 WorryFRET4Across31 Enid hung around, out of her mind!UNHINGED8Across32 TawdryKITSCH6Across32 BullfighterTOREADOR8Across32 Certain deliveries can mean greater expenseEXTRAS6Across33 PropertyESTATE6Across33 ShellfishOYSTER6Across33 FamilyCLAN4Across34 FishEEL3Across35 RegulationRULE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Disclose, revealEXPOSE6Down1 Anybody capable of a quiet snorePERSON6Down1 FragranceAROMA5Down2 Fix broken plates together?STAPLE6Down2 Mental picturesIMAGES6Down2 PortentOMEN4Down3 ForecastPREDICT7Down3 Handy for the northern listenerNEAR4Down3 Inclined to have rushed around excessivelySTOOPED7Down4 DeclareAVER4Down4 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 OafLOUT4Down5 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 Bear some rubbish in a binBRUIN5Down5 LanguageLATIN5Down6 Where an eddy swirls around Flamborough HeadDYFED5Down6 Men's public lavatoryGENTS5Down6 ExperienceUNDERGO7Down7 Matted fabricFELT4Down8 For the present, a soldier goes on footGIFT4Down8 CribCOT3Down9 Very ScottishGEY3Down9 DonkeyASS3Down11 Can it be extracted from platinum?TIN3Down12 BeakerMUG3Down12 Raised edgeRIM3Down12 Grace Darling's treeCEDAR5Down13 BeerALE3Down13 RequirementsNEEDS5Down13 Not as manyFEWER5Down15 Terry, possibly, disturbs an owletTOWEL5Down15 PoemODE3Down16 SpikeEAR3Down17 An ear for music?ORGAN5Down18 In a normal voiceALOUD5Down18 NCO roughly flung into prison?CON3Down19 FirstINITIAL7Down19 Wet spongy groundBOG3Down19 Professional person who may mend a woofer?VET3Down20 HardenSET3Down20 New Orleans is a faraway placeSALERNO7Down21 IntimidateCOW3Down21 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down21 Farm vehicleTRACTOR7Down22 Rubbish holderBIN3Down22 Upon which you may stand a drinkMAT3Down22 TagsLABELS6Down23 May be cracked when a new law is above one's headWALNUT6Down23 And notNOR3Down23 AdjoinABUT4Down24 Cuts out a sex changeAXES4Down24 Desire for foodHUNGER6Down25 Their effect can be movingMOTORS6Down25 GrooveRUT3Down25 Certainly not thrilled to bits!CUTUP5Down26 BeanoPARTY5Down26 Fire-raisingARSON5Down27 Rains heavilyPOURS5Down27 Time for a jar with a bird?NIGHT5Down27 TykeCUR3Down28 Not over a hundredTON3Down28 PraiseEXTOL5Down29 The team longed to be heardSIDE4Down30 FootwearSHOE4Down30 Bushy hairstyleAFRO4Down30 ShoutYELL4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. 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.