Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2024 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 22 2024. 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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Toss52 AcrossReveal answer → Water nymph53 AcrossReveal answer → I've returned to court to dispossess someone53 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy47 AcrossReveal answer → Well known, though having no name!58 AcrossReveal answer → Frail68 AcrossReveal answer → Synagogue minister58 AcrossReveal answer → Solemn59 AcrossReveal answer → In remunerative work, he'd got round the Inland Revenue!510 AcrossReveal answer → Characteristic510 AcrossReveal answer → In politics, briefly, it's a bit of an alibi311 AcrossReveal answer → Free311 AcrossReveal answer → Stick, shaft311 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter512 AcrossReveal answer → Best colour for the top coat?512 AcrossReveal answer → A year's start713 AcrossReveal answer → Authorise713 AcrossReveal answer → Headgear313 AcrossReveal answer → Assistants515 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed higher, by arrangement515 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman415 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey316 AcrossReveal answer → Cipher418 AcrossReveal answer → Boy or girl's name318 AcrossReveal answer → It's cold, I see, at mid-September318 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny619 AcrossReveal answer → Read of an eccentric peer touring the States619 AcrossReveal answer → Exhilaration719 AcrossReveal answer → Attitude420 AcrossReveal answer → Old soldier721 AcrossReveal answer → It's a different tree, lad!721 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy422 AcrossReveal answer → Prayer ending422 AcrossReveal answer → Rotten shade of red422 AcrossReveal answer → Remaining423 AcrossReveal answer → It's said to give a degree of restraint423 AcrossReveal answer → Bondage723 AcrossReveal answer → Being in the red is either evil or vile, thus scorned724 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage724 AcrossReveal answer → Cook425 AcrossReveal answer → Loves intensely626 AcrossReveal answer → A black eye, it seems, shows brilliance!626 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep327 AcrossReveal answer → Ripped428 AcrossReveal answer → You may have forgotten sleeping in it329 AcrossReveal answer → In good health329 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor330 AcrossReveal answer → Parrot giving a masterly imitation of a crow?531 AcrossReveal answer → Permit331 AcrossReveal answer → Acts silently531 AcrossReveal answer → Not very732 AcrossReveal answer → He makes dad dodge732 AcrossReveal answer → Verify533 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle Tom's berth?534 AcrossReveal answer → Alcoholic drink534 AcrossReveal answer → Bird in the music room335 AcrossReveal answer → Uncooked335 AcrossReveal answer → Ringo, a celebrity by right536 AcrossReveal answer → Haughty536 AcrossReveal answer → Dwell636 AcrossReveal answer → Soft-hearted male rooted to the spot!537 AcrossReveal answer → Jacket part537 AcrossReveal answer → Always437 AcrossReveal answer → Sum538 AcrossReveal answer → Makes marginal movement sideways538 AcrossReveal answer → Horse controls538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hurts51 DownReveal answer → Madness51 DownReveal answer → It's a big thing in dentistry51 DownReveal answer → Belly72 DownReveal answer → Constructed in unoriginal style72 DownReveal answer → Pin32 DownReveal answer → Beverage33 DownReveal answer → Assert44 DownReveal answer → Hasten34 DownReveal answer → For Victor to get Ray upset would be inconsistent44 DownReveal answer → Newt35 DownReveal answer → Hunted in the land around the southeast65 DownReveal answer → Achieve65 DownReveal answer → Step56 DownReveal answer → Sewer56 DownReveal answer → An old one is presumably right on occasion56 DownReveal answer → Bathroom fitting57 DownReveal answer → Williams may well be looked up to57 DownReveal answer → Dance, informally39 DownReveal answer → Continental container?39 DownReveal answer → Permit410 DownReveal answer → Esteem711 DownReveal answer → Sideboard712 DownReveal answer → Was it slow in getting to Virginia?712 DownReveal answer → Erases, expunges712 DownReveal answer → Regulate713 DownReveal answer → Provide the audience with some distraction314 DownReveal answer → Streamer714 DownReveal answer → Rainy314 DownReveal answer → Thick quilt516 DownReveal answer → Adjusted by turning a nut with two keys516 DownReveal answer → Quick516 DownReveal answer → Cults517 DownReveal answer → Is she made of money?517 DownReveal answer → Stock517 DownReveal answer → Lettuce318 DownReveal answer → Bird making light of crossing the road?719 DownReveal answer → Head towards719 DownReveal answer → Oscar Wilde's glassy, angular 'Miss'520 DownReveal answer → Precocious girl520 DownReveal answer → Tasteful start of a picture, at some cinemas521 DownReveal answer → Sprite321 DownReveal answer → Malice521 DownReveal answer → Word for word723 DownReveal answer → Take another step in tyre production723 DownReveal answer → Next to624 DownReveal answer → Payment put back in a drawer624 DownReveal answer → Pitcher424 DownReveal answer → Flipper325 DownReveal answer → Biblical character with a fortune325 DownReveal answer → Seraglio526 DownReveal answer → Journal527 DownReveal answer → Is obliged to finish late, in a hurry527 DownReveal answer → Happen again528 DownReveal answer → Pearl's mother528 DownReveal answer → Allude529 DownReveal answer → Electricity supply530 DownReveal answer → It's singularly handy in a row530 DownReveal answer → Inert gas432 DownReveal answer → Mine332 DownReveal answer → A peaceful smoke432 DownReveal answer → One politician being mischievous?333 DownReveal answer → Favourite333 DownReveal answer → Strike lightly333 DownReveal answer → Choose334 DownReveal answer → Fish335 DownReveal answer →

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