Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 22 2020. 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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Swift41 AcrossReveal answer → Abroad34 AcrossReveal answer → Grating46 AcrossReveal answer → Cover39 AcrossReveal answer → Issue more than the others – the maximum99 AcrossReveal answer → Serene99 AcrossReveal answer → Sick810 AcrossReveal answer → The answer is to have a liquid mixture810 AcrossReveal answer → Conversation810 AcrossReveal answer → Top411 AcrossReveal answer → Achieve the correct balance with the ornamentation412 AcrossReveal answer → Always412 AcrossReveal answer → No mere mortal, I guess613 AcrossReveal answer → Gambling place613 AcrossReveal answer → Will lay on drink, you think714 AcrossReveal answer → Washing cloth714 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral314 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle915 AcrossReveal answer → Commits an error in writing the clue for “odes”915 AcrossReveal answer → Traded516 AcrossReveal answer → Was a welsher – a shortcoming, indeed917 AcrossReveal answer → Genuine917 AcrossReveal answer → Spots an insect crawling round the hole718 AcrossReveal answer → Ecstasy718 AcrossReveal answer → Earned819 AcrossReveal answer → Very keen to get the other flighty daughter into620 AcrossReveal answer → Boil620 AcrossReveal answer → Rodents421 AcrossReveal answer → Cap521 AcrossReveal answer → He’s come back with a fresh egg421 AcrossReveal answer → Severe823 AcrossReveal answer → Hasn’t it yet learned to steer clear of insect spray?824 AcrossReveal answer → Conventional824 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher524 AcrossReveal answer → Bought back and restored oneself to favour826 AcrossReveal answer → Of the Middle Ages826 AcrossReveal answer → Stray327 AcrossReveal answer → So after all is left unfinished, too428 AcrossReveal answer → Unsightly428 AcrossReveal answer → Golf club629 AcrossReveal answer → Going back, see the trainee’s mistake629 AcrossReveal answer → Infernal731 AcrossReveal answer → Savage431 AcrossReveal answer → Is fast finding what all the study was for731 AcrossReveal answer → Show833 AcrossReveal answer → Very sad he ruined the roast again934 AcrossReveal answer → Sluggish934 AcrossReveal answer → Golf-peg334 AcrossReveal answer → Ale435 AcrossReveal answer → Youth336 AcrossReveal answer → Unpleasant surprise936 AcrossReveal answer → A dash just before take-off936 AcrossReveal answer → Deadened437 AcrossReveal answer → Jury's decision738 AcrossReveal answer → “Lacks stability,” they add738 AcrossReveal answer → Probable639 AcrossReveal answer → With which to pay the minder?639 AcrossReveal answer → Magician's stick440 AcrossReveal answer → Story Sally was given specially to break440 AcrossReveal answer → Only commenting on briefly, but it’s poignant841 AcrossReveal answer → False teeth841 AcrossReveal answer → A difficult task for High Command942 AcrossReveal answer → Infamy942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gun attachment81 DownReveal answer → Interrupted only when I tend to digress81 DownReveal answer → Vascular organ62 DownReveal answer → Go out when you light up62 DownReveal answer → Parched42 DownReveal answer → Differ in opinion83 DownReveal answer → Do get involved in some game83 DownReveal answer → Rank43 DownReveal answer → Watcher84 DownReveal answer → Spiritualist64 DownReveal answer → Pearls are round, by the way64 DownReveal answer → Neat45 DownReveal answer → Recommend85 DownReveal answer → Went up and roughly cased all round, you conclude85 DownReveal answer → Dazzle56 DownReveal answer → Improbable106 DownReveal answer → Heavy rain accompanied by lightning?106 DownReveal answer → Tear37 DownReveal answer → Furniture item77 DownReveal answer → Doesn’t retire and creates a logjam77 DownReveal answer → Perfect58 DownReveal answer → Soft fruit container68 DownReveal answer → Managed to leave when it became known68 DownReveal answer → First the raging gale drowned the noise711 DownReveal answer → Shine intermittently711 DownReveal answer → Skilful512 DownReveal answer → Advantage513 DownReveal answer → Sphere314 DownReveal answer → Weird515 DownReveal answer → Zero616 DownReveal answer → Like a really bad oil lamp?616 DownReveal answer → Detest517 DownReveal answer → Lock518 DownReveal answer → Spoils the acts519 DownReveal answer → Danger519 DownReveal answer → Number320 DownReveal answer → Debased820 DownReveal answer → He’s a catch320 DownReveal answer → Middle-Easterner522 DownReveal answer → Hill322 DownReveal answer → Question the female we apprehended522 DownReveal answer → Finds out that money constitutes a snare623 DownReveal answer → Kingdoms623 DownReveal answer → Show yourself to have a heart, perhaps, and emulate1025 DownReveal answer → Disparaging1025 DownReveal answer → Combine525 DownReveal answer → Command526 DownReveal answer → Spoil326 DownReveal answer → Knock back the usual326 DownReveal answer → Survive727 DownReveal answer → Carrying the spray (mace) and a knife727 DownReveal answer → Tablet428 DownReveal answer → Scrutinise429 DownReveal answer → Staunch430 DownReveal answer → Singer830 DownReveal answer → Standing outside “The Goat’s Head,” Peter is worried830 DownReveal answer → Humbleness831 DownReveal answer → Keeps it a secret from the firm and freelances831 DownReveal answer → A job you are safe and at home in?832 DownReveal answer → Shelter332 DownReveal answer → Vacations832 DownReveal answer → Eke out the bit of porridge733 DownReveal answer → Diversity733 DownReveal answer → Small tower635 DownReveal answer → Fighting to get something done635 DownReveal answer → A little flash636 DownReveal answer → Swimsuit636 DownReveal answer → To hinder from grasping power, I deem wrong637 DownReveal answer → Rubber637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 22, 2020. 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.