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Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2024 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TossPITCH5Across2 Water nymphNAIAD5Across3 I've returned to court to dispossess someoneEVICT5Across3 TardyLATE4Across7 Well known, though having no name!NOTED5Across8 FrailINFIRM6Across8 Synagogue ministerRABBI5Across8 SolemnGRAVE5Across9 In remunerative work, he'd got round the Inland Revenue!HIRED5Across10 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across10 In politics, briefly, it's a bit of an alibiLIB3Across11 FreeRID3Across11 Stick, shaftROD3Across11 Greek letterDELTA5Across12 Best colour for the top coat?CREAM5Across12 A year's startJANUARY7Across13 AuthoriseEMPOWER7Across13 HeadgearCAP3Across13 AssistantsAIDES5Across15 Fixed higher, by arrangementSETUP5Across15 NoblemanEARL4Across15 DonkeyASS3Across16 CipherCODE4Across18 Boy or girl's nameMEL3Across18 It's cold, I see, at mid-SeptemberICE3Across18 TinyMINUTE6Across19 Read of an eccentric peer touring the StatesPERUSE6Across19 ExhilarationELATION7Across19 AttitudePOSE4Across20 Old soldierVETERAN7Across21 It's a different tree, lad!ALTERED7Across21 StupefySTUN4Across22 Prayer endingAMEN4Across22 Rotten shade of redRUST4Across22 RemainingLEFT4Across23 It's said to give a degree of restraintREIN4Across23 BondageSLAVERY7Across23 Being in the red is either evil or vile, thus scornedREVILED7Across24 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across24 CookCHEF4Across25 Loves intenselyADORES6Across26 A black eye, it seems, shows brilliance!SHINER6Across26 SheepEWE3Across27 RippedTORN4Across28 You may have forgotten sleeping in itCOT3Across29 In good healthFIT3Across29 SailorTAR3Across30 Parrot giving a masterly imitation of a crow?MACAW5Across31 PermitLET3Across31 Acts silentlyMIMES5Across31 Not veryNONETOO7Across32 He makes dad dodgePATRICK7Across32 VerifyPROVE5Across33 Uncle Tom's berth?CABIN5Across34 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Across34 Bird in the music roomEMU3Across35 UncookedRAW3Across35 Ringo, a celebrity by rightSTARR5Across36 HaughtyPROUD5Across36 DwellRESIDE6Across36 Soft-hearted male rooted to the spot!MAPLE5Across37 Jacket partLAPEL5Across37 AlwaysEVER4Across37 SumTOTAL5Across38 Makes marginal movement sidewaysEDGES5Across38 Horse controlsREINS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HurtsHARMS5Down1 MadnessMANIA5Down1 It's a big thing in dentistryMOLAR5Down1 BellyABDOMEN7Down2 Constructed in unoriginal styleREBUILT7Down2 PinPEG3Down2 BeverageTEA3Down3 AssertAVER4Down4 HastenHIE3Down4 For Victor to get Ray upset would be inconsistentVARY4Down4 NewtEFT3Down5 Hunted in the land around the southeastCHASED6Down5 AchieveATTAIN6Down5 StepTREAD5Down6 SewerDRAIN5Down6 An old one is presumably right on occasionTIMER5Down6 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down7 Williams may well be looked up toVENUS5Down7 Dance, informallyBOP3Down9 Continental container?TIN3Down9 PermitVISA4Down10 EsteemRESPECT7Down11 SideboardDRESSER7Down12 Was it slow in getting to Virginia?CREEPER7Down12 Erases, expungesDELETES7Down12 RegulateCONTROL7Down13 Provide the audience with some distractionACT3Down14 StreamerPENNANT7Down14 RainyWET3Down14 Thick quiltDUVET5Down16 Adjusted by turning a nut with two keysTUNED5Down16 QuickALIVE5Down16 CultsSECTS5Down17 Is she made of money?PENNY5Down17 StockSTORE5Down17 LettuceCOS3Down18 Bird making light of crossing the road?PELICAN7Down19 Head towardsMAKEFOR7Down19 Oscar Wilde's glassy, angular 'Miss'PRISM5Down20 Precocious girlMADAM5Down20 Tasteful start of a picture, at some cinemasASPIC5Down21 SpriteELF3Down21 MaliceVENOM5Down21 Word for wordLITERAL7Down23 Take another step in tyre productionRETREAD7Down23 Next toBESIDE6Down24 Payment put back in a drawerREWARD6Down24 PitcherEWER4Down24 FlipperFIN3Down25 Biblical character with a fortuneLOT3Down25 SeraglioHAREM5Down26 JournalDIARY5Down27 Is obliged to finish late, in a hurryHASTE5Down27 Happen againRECUR5Down28 Pearl's motherNACRE5Down28 AlludeREFER5Down29 Electricity supplyPOWER5Down30 It's singularly handy in a rowSCULL5Down30 Inert gasNEON4Down32 MinePIT3Down32 A peaceful smokePIPE4Down32 One politician being mischievous?IMP3Down33 FavouritePET3Down33 Strike lightlyTAP3Down33 ChooseOPT3Down34 FishEEL3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. 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.