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Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 125 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 22 2023. 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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Month51 AcrossReveal answer → Strut around in confidence51 AcrossReveal answer → Short52 AcrossReveal answer → The Spanish, in time, will say "Oh, ma–ana!"56 AcrossReveal answer → Razor sharpener56 AcrossReveal answer → Yield47 AcrossReveal answer → Kidnap68 AcrossReveal answer → Finds79 AcrossReveal answer → Tendency59 AcrossReveal answer → Dog with a stick79 AcrossReveal answer → Undress510 AcrossReveal answer → Cold accommodation with only one good toilet510 AcrossReveal answer → Harmful311 AcrossReveal answer → Based on truth511 AcrossReveal answer → Could be great power511 AcrossReveal answer → Pugilist512 AcrossReveal answer → To put on weight, I see, can do you good!512 AcrossReveal answer → You can't say it won't hold water713 AcrossReveal answer → Odd313 AcrossReveal answer → Shrewd713 AcrossReveal answer → Cattle415 AcrossReveal answer → The sailor boy's sphere?315 AcrossReveal answer → Plunge315 AcrossReveal answer → Nave316 AcrossReveal answer → But for being unique417 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name417 AcrossReveal answer → Oft shaken by the price of confectionery618 AcrossReveal answer → Present418 AcrossReveal answer → Gorge618 AcrossReveal answer → Satan519 AcrossReveal answer → Half bedraggled, maybe, but can be groomed519 AcrossReveal answer → Renewed719 AcrossReveal answer → Emergency620 AcrossReveal answer → It seems Charlie is very fond of their flavour620 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked420 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted422 AcrossReveal answer → There's not much electricity in this little room422 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter422 AcrossReveal answer → Curl723 AcrossReveal answer → Cabin324 AcrossReveal answer → Fashionable joint?324 AcrossReveal answer → Works out that figs contain water725 AcrossReveal answer → Due425 AcrossReveal answer → Not artificial725 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimate526 AcrossReveal answer → Could blot the character of a could-be saint526 AcrossReveal answer → Spike327 AcrossReveal answer → Wanderer527 AcrossReveal answer → Make old-fashioned love with a dishy running mate527 AcrossReveal answer → His article seems to have upset Nora528 AcrossReveal answer → Moral story528 AcrossReveal answer → Intend428 AcrossReveal answer → Best be injury-free for the big match729 AcrossReveal answer → Ground729 AcrossReveal answer → Somehow eats a kilo of meat!530 AcrossReveal answer → Impulses530 AcrossReveal answer → Frenzied330 AcrossReveal answer → Food given in appeasement?531 AcrossReveal answer → Tries out531 AcrossReveal answer → Delve331 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful533 AcrossReveal answer → Mild636 AcrossReveal answer → Watched437 AcrossReveal answer → Kind538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rest51 DownReveal answer → Reg and Ian possibly recover62 DownReveal answer → Writer62 DownReveal answer → Wager32 DownReveal answer → Wrath33 DownReveal answer → Capable of lively response to spry manoeuvres63 DownReveal answer → Medical centre63 DownReveal answer → Whim34 DownReveal answer → To love beyond reason34 DownReveal answer → Jump on one foot34 DownReveal answer → Poem35 DownReveal answer → One heavyweight forename55 DownReveal answer → Destruction55 DownReveal answer → Is he halfway to heaven?76 DownReveal answer → Happen56 DownReveal answer → A few76 DownReveal answer → Emperor47 DownReveal answer → Chap cooking rice47 DownReveal answer → A horse running wild on the beach68 DownReveal answer → Source68 DownReveal answer → Intelligence410 DownReveal answer → Tedium711 DownReveal answer → A Rugby boy's essays?512 DownReveal answer → Wished712 DownReveal answer → Stings512 DownReveal answer → Diminished713 DownReveal answer → Training vehicle?513 DownReveal answer → Fruit513 DownReveal answer → Restrict514 DownReveal answer → Vessel much larger than a schooner, maybe514 DownReveal answer → Repairing714 DownReveal answer → Seem willing to go away to the other end515 DownReveal answer → Frogman515 DownReveal answer → Of the foot516 DownReveal answer → Clangers?516 DownReveal answer → Boundary516 DownReveal answer → Purchaser517 DownReveal answer → Draw in art, possibly518 DownReveal answer → Girl?s318 DownReveal answer → Competitor518 DownReveal answer → His anarchic style upset Ken a bit719 DownReveal answer → Splits up719 DownReveal answer → Cover321 DownReveal answer → Figures one's little darling to be the clinging type621 DownReveal answer → Gossip621 DownReveal answer → Fuel gas622 DownReveal answer → Pill623 DownReveal answer → They're bitter and unusually solemn623 DownReveal answer → Thoroughfare424 DownReveal answer → Form 20%?525 DownReveal answer → Mother-of-pearl525 DownReveal answer → Irrigate526 DownReveal answer → Destiny426 DownReveal answer → Ipso facto, includes something to sit on426 DownReveal answer → The one involved in Cleopatra's passing?328 DownReveal answer → Seizure328 DownReveal answer → Pointed529 DownReveal answer → Pig-pen332 DownReveal answer → Limb333 DownReveal answer → Firearm334 DownReveal answer → Shelter335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 22, 2023. 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.