Evening Standard Crossword May 22 2026 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 22 2026. 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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Fashionable41 AcrossReveal answer → Wager34 AcrossReveal answer → Departed46 AcrossReveal answer → Thoroughfare68 AcrossReveal answer → Attack with a jack, say78 AcrossReveal answer → Gold bars78 AcrossReveal answer → Shrewd69 AcrossReveal answer → A flower in the game reserve?99 AcrossReveal answer → Disease of blood99 AcrossReveal answer → Soar310 AcrossReveal answer → Scrub512 AcrossReveal answer → Not a Mister Right, it's not!513 AcrossReveal answer → Moist513 AcrossReveal answer → All four are back home514 AcrossReveal answer → Rule514 AcrossReveal answer → Main part of body514 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense! The vehicle backed when the other appeared!715 AcrossReveal answer → Betrayal715 AcrossReveal answer → Wall-painting515 AcrossReveal answer → Native716 AcrossReveal answer → Laugh and return for the man-traps716 AcrossReveal answer → Trap517 AcrossReveal answer → That's the stuff, man!517 AcrossReveal answer → Young bird of prey518 AcrossReveal answer → Erase618 AcrossReveal answer → Wander about in the mountains518 AcrossReveal answer → Tell on, creating a rift520 AcrossReveal answer → Began620 AcrossReveal answer → Uniform fabric520 AcrossReveal answer → Criticise622 AcrossReveal answer → Quite clever, letting the air in622 AcrossReveal answer → Make over623 AcrossReveal answer → Get a gun before going back for the gold623 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade524 AcrossReveal answer → Silvery-white mineral725 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning a number will get left out725 AcrossReveal answer → Javelin526 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse727 AcrossReveal answer → Learned it's true I'd gone out East727 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom528 AcrossReveal answer → To hide, prostrate yourself in the ditch?630 AcrossReveal answer → Again630 AcrossReveal answer → Pig-pen330 AcrossReveal answer → Hunting expedition631 AcrossReveal answer → If it's bad fuel, it is useless631 AcrossReveal answer → Hot outside, one keeps under cover532 AcrossReveal answer → Beau532 AcrossReveal answer → Allow632 AcrossReveal answer → Property633 AcrossReveal answer → Employed434 AcrossReveal answer → She goes from South America to the north535 AcrossReveal answer → South American rodent535 AcrossReveal answer → Swab335 AcrossReveal answer → Nibble at a bit of Brighton rock?536 AcrossReveal answer → Not light436 AcrossReveal answer → Delivery536 AcrossReveal answer → Takes occupation when Dr Vine's out737 AcrossReveal answer → Self-propelled weapon737 AcrossReveal answer → Fall back and line up on the right, please739 AcrossReveal answer → Went back739 AcrossReveal answer → Left the mare cantering round the field541 AcrossReveal answer → Additional thing541 AcrossReveal answer → Amend to "a teal swimming on the river"542 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter542 AcrossReveal answer → Was in the top bunk and woke up too late?943 AcrossReveal answer → Luxurious car943 AcrossReveal answer → The person wandering round inside is prying744 AcrossReveal answer → Compensates744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Aromatic spice61 DownReveal answer → A ship is taking one to somewhere in Italy61 DownReveal answer → Sword lilies82 DownReveal answer → How much better it is than myopia?82 DownReveal answer → Chaos52 DownReveal answer → Tending to argue113 DownReveal answer → That's OK but are there no thick ones?113 DownReveal answer → Eat73 DownReveal answer → Documentary style94 DownReveal answer → Not the part of the ghost but an important one94 DownReveal answer → Meat44 DownReveal answer → Superficial75 DownReveal answer → Salver45 DownReveal answer → After half a mile there's a change in the heart beat75 DownReveal answer → Supple56 DownReveal answer → Kindly106 DownReveal answer → What the show jumping pony having an obvious ball had?106 DownReveal answer → Weariness77 DownReveal answer → Prejudice47 DownReveal answer → Land is what the story is all about47 DownReveal answer → Shrill cry610 DownReveal answer → Goes ahead and gets the tickets610 DownReveal answer → Meadow311 DownReveal answer → With spring, there's a final melting of the ice encasing it711 DownReveal answer → Maxim711 DownReveal answer → Pull in and stop612 DownReveal answer → Informer612 DownReveal answer → Sorrowful312 DownReveal answer → Groove313 DownReveal answer → Colour316 DownReveal answer → Fate317 DownReveal answer → Communication between groups719 DownReveal answer → Said one didn't need to carry a gun719 DownReveal answer → Utter719 DownReveal answer → General lawlessness721 DownReveal answer → Through321 DownReveal answer → She's game!721 DownReveal answer → Built722 DownReveal answer → Obscure323 DownReveal answer → Not much time to give you a summary?1124 DownReveal answer → Difficult problem1124 DownReveal answer → Newt325 DownReveal answer → Surly person1026 DownReveal answer → Accepted the role of Fleming's Doctor or remained aloof1026 DownReveal answer → Pointed527 DownReveal answer → A name written on the car chart928 DownReveal answer → Having shrewd judgement928 DownReveal answer → An engine-driver, perhaps, at the station!729 DownReveal answer → Subsequently529 DownReveal answer → Newspaper729 DownReveal answer → Staunch430 DownReveal answer → Putting the slut to work again with the polish630 DownReveal answer → Protective vehicle630 DownReveal answer → Yap431 DownReveal answer → Find it difficult to leave the ranks of the unemployed832 DownReveal answer → Time something lasts832 DownReveal answer → Many are parched by the heat633 DownReveal answer → Signals officer633 DownReveal answer → Shows the parson is having a jumble sale734 DownReveal answer → Jewish language734 DownReveal answer → Excuse638 DownReveal answer → A painted dolly!638 DownReveal answer → Pet duck440 DownReveal answer → Fastening device440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 22, 2026. 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.